LOS ANGELES RAMS v. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS


Discuss the upcoming Super Bowl.

This will be the discussion sticky for the game day.

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Rams the ugly kid getting beat down. They gotta win big.

This game will come down to a few guys that may not get top billing:

Aaron Donald -- this guy has been a wonder since he was at Pitt and he has become one of the best football players I have ever seen. 20 sacks from the interior this season -- 10 used to be considered All-Pro level from a DT/NT. Like the Hall of Fame West Coast Offense QBs that preceded him, Brady can be limited with effective interior rushing threats. Donald is perhaps the best interior rushing threat in this history of the game, and only Reggie White was better.

Ndamukong Suh -- Pairing Donald with this guy is almost illegal. This guy's likely going to Canton too. And he's been balling out in the playoffs.

Shaq Mason -- This guy won't get a break at guard for the Pats. He'll draw Donald and Suh all night. But he's one of the best guards in the game and anchoring an OL that's been playing well. If he can limit the dynamic duo inside, the Pats can win this comfortably.

James White -- THE GUY you need to stop on offense. He's a dual threat, and keeps the clock and chaims moving for NE, who squeezed KC with time of possession.

BOTTOM LINE: All that being said, given the lack of experience of the Rams, and the Belichick-Brady Pats heading into Super Bowl No. 9, I can't bet against the Pats.

31-23 New England.

Aaron Donald's regular season numbers will mean nothing unless he gets it done at 'winnin time'. Walt Frazier always says the playoffs are where you make your fame. No matter what Belichick throws at him, Donald has to do what Justin Tuck did in SB XLII - wreck the game.

wut stoopid bowl? #pettyaf

poppys said:

wut stoopid bowl? #pettyaf

Yeah what she said. ^

^^ Waahhhh! Nice dress, looks good in pink.

Aaron Donald and Goff and Gurley have to be perfect. Loving the opening. The lockeroom, field walk on.

CBS streaming it free.

Cower was clowing Boomer with his Super Bowl Ring. Esiason was rubbing his empty finga. lol. That Superbowl still hurts. Joe Cancer Montana.

Football making looks like fun job.

Zak Taylor may coach Bengals. Nice. Go Whitworth.

I'm going to prep my seafood boil.

Pretty much a defensive game

Saints/Chiefs would have been a better Superbowl match up

I am pulling for a Dallas comeback!


Oh was there a Star Wars ad?

boring game so far and that halftime performance was terrible

SoulAlive said:

boring game so far and that halftime performance was terrible

Yeah that 1/2 time sucked. Prince's was the very BEST.

Hard to beat the Pat's when they bring their own refs with them.

kpowers said:

At least my Steelers beat the Patriots this season

The rappers were a complete waste of time, but they always are. No-talent wanna-be musicians who add absolutely nothing to a live performance - especially Travis Scott. I'm ashamed he's named his tour after an amusement park from my hometown.

I know - "Old Man Can't Stand Them Rappers" is not much of a headline, is it?

Maroon 5 was, like Huey said, meh. They aren't a bad band; they've got some catchy tunes. I've sen them live twice and they were miles better than tonight.

But the Big Story is:

THE NFL MADE THE MUSICIANS HIDE THEIR INSTRUMENTS' LOGOS?!?!

What the F***?!?

At first I thought, "Hey, maybe that's some Stratocaster knock-off that Adam Levine bought at Sears when he was 7" but if you looked hard, you'd have noticed that NO guitar had a logo on its headstock.

That is LAME.

The NFL deserved to have everyone on that stage take a knee, but none of them had the guts.

SoulAlive said:

boring game so far and that halftime performance was terrible

I just woke up.

Lowest scoring Super Bowl in history.

Meeeh. Superbowl was never that boring when Obama was still in office

happinessinitsuncutform said:

Trying to be less cynical this year so here it goes...

Also the time when P rocked the stadium. Mediocre, compared to his prime but way superior to any of these “pop star” performance during halftime.

riiight

I shoulda got drunk.

Biggest waste of 3 hours ever. Will inspire a thread on P&R, look for it.

Why kick ass all year then only get 3 fucking points? You deserve to lose.

Saints shouda been there. It's only a game people.

PennyPurple said:

kpowers said:

At least my Steelers beat the Patriots this season

The fun watching football part of the season definitely peaked early this year. The end was basically rope-a-dope.