BBQ vs. Sourdough: Super Bowl LVIII thread

Those Vikings, man …

 

I will stand by what I wrote for the Sunday paper the day of the game. "If this is John Elway's last Super Bowl, he's not losing it."

 

The kind of reporting you only get on Pat McAfee's show. Haven't heard anyone else report it - only circulate the rumor - and that it was one of the players. Embarassing.

 

I think that Vikings team beats Denver unless Randy Moss and Robert Smith get busted with the same prostitute that Eugene Robinson got caught with.

I get the whole Elway thing, but the Broncos were 26th in the league in passing yards allowed. They were excellent against the run and absolutely outstanding at forcing turnovers (+10 during the season and a ridiculous +12 in the playoffs), but unless Elway is playing cornerback, they are going to struggle against that vertical pass game.

All that being said, the Vikings didn't make it and the Falcons (who were a 14-2 squad) did and got smothered.

 

Obviously Newton had one of the greatest seasons by quarterback, something like 45 touchdowns and almost 4,500 total yards. Defensively they had a ridiculous +20 turnover margin and were great against the pass (around league average vs. the run).

The issue was that the a very rare time Cam needed someone else to step up, no one was there. Greg Olsen had a great year, I think he was an All-Pro, but beyond him? Jonathan Stewart was the RB1, he would have had a 1,000-yard season had he not missed three games. Ted Ginn, Devin Funchess and Jericho Cotchery were the receivers. I remember watching the Panthers in the final week of the season when they crushed the Bucs and in the press box there was so much skepticism of the team because they lacked a real threat at wide receiver.

 

As for best team not be in SB, the 1990 Niners would’ve been first three-peat but for Roger Craig fumbling under 2 mins left BEFORE CONTACT!!!! Then Hostetler leads NYG over Buffalo. Damn good team (Young did replace Montana who got hurt)

 

Pretty boring lead up this year. Remove Tay-tay from the equation and there would have been nothing to talk about.

 

A healthy Vikings team might have had a chance against Denver, but they were beat up defensively at the end of that year and Denver would have run it down their throats. John Randle was playing on a bad knee, and Ed McDaniel, their best linebacker, hurt his knee against Atlanta and would have missed the Super Bowl.

 

This announcement will doubtless create joy among Chiefs fans on this board. After much wishy-washing through the week, I have to pick the 49ers. They have more guys who can beat an opponent than KC does, even if KC has the best of them. Caveat: Purdy has to play well, or at least decently. He's shown he can do that, do better than that in fact.

 

Hoping Taylor Swift endorses Biden during the broadcast.

It would change televised sports FOREVER.

 

Hopefully this is 100 percent sarcasm.


She probably will not be interviewed. Why would she do it now? How would it change televised sports forever?

 

It's incredible a.) how close they were to a three-peat and b.) how no one has come remotely close since then. Only the '94 Cowboys got as far as the conference title game after back-to-back Super Bowl wins and they were blown out there by the 49ers (plus, Switzer would have figured out a way to lose to the Chargers anyway). Makes for some extra intrigue tonight with the Chiefs having a chance to go b2b.