Rap is a recording phenom, doesn't always work live. Bands that sound good on record tend to suck live. Even Stevie.

teams that beat Pats: Miami, Jags.

uPtoWnNY said:

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.

He and Suh were not impactful though the defense as a unit played well enough to win. Wade Phillips called a heckuva game. But the Pats lines were excellent the whole postseason.

The Pats looked like a vintage 80's-90's NFC East team last night. The teams played tough, quality defensive football that made for terrible TV.

BombSquad said:

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

Wrong!!!!!!!!!!! Super Bowl XLVIII Seahawks 43 Broncos 8

Now that's what you call a Superbowl performance!!!

BombSquad said:

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

Lies, like so many others!

kpowers said:

BombSquad said:

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

Wrong!!!!!!!!!!! Super Bowl XLVIII Seahawks 43 Broncos 8

There have definitely been some clinkers, not that I'm any kind of authority.

I think Squad was at least half-joking y'all.

The Rams forgot who brought them to the dance.

They didn't give Todd Gurley the damn ball!

It's like they wanted to put the ball in Jeff Goff's hands.

Jeff just didn't seem like the same qb without Cooper Kupp.

If the Rams offense showed up or just fed Todd the damn ball

it could have been a different outcome.

The Rams defense played as well as you could against the Pats offense

except control Julian Edelman.

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But they had fire! Fire people.

2freaky4church1 said:

But they had fire! Fire people.

That's exactly what they should do.

TrivialPursuit said:

2freaky4church1 said:

But they had fire! Fire people.

That's exactly what they should do.

Who? It was ultimately McVay's decision to limit Gurley's carries, and Gurley may have been hurt. They ain't firing him.

The defense was outstanding. Wade Phillips called one helluva game. For all the Edelman talk, NE didn't even get into the Red Zono until the 4th due to an all-world catch by Gronk.

Wade was just overshadowed by Belichick, who along with his DC Flores, called one of the 4-5 greatest defensive performances in SB history (including his schemes to shut down the Greatest Show On Turf in NE's first SB win).

Anybody who gets fired behind this would be a pure scapegoat.

PennyPurple said:

why cant he beat the Giants????? strange but true.....by the time the giants ever get back to par ..he'll retire

namepeace said:

TrivialPursuit said:

That's exactly what they should do.

Who? It was ultimately McVay's decision to limit Gurley's [snip]

I'ma stop ya right there because I honestly have no idea what you're talking about. I meant who plans the halftime shows.

TrivialPursuit said:

namepeace said:

Who? It was ultimately McVay's decision to limit Gurley's [snip]

I'ma stop ya right there because I honestly have no idea what you're talking about. I meant who plans the halftime shows.

I thought y'all were talking about the Rams.

I'd take it easy on the bookers who booked Maroon 5. The best acts that had not previously played the Super Bowl weren't going to do the gig out of solidarity with Colin Kaepernick.

They'd exhausted all the surviving Baby Boomer tentpole acts and the big name Gen X/Hen Y acts have either played the SB or aren't around anymore.

Limited options.

For some reason there is no thread allowed on the halftime performance in the Music forum, so one last observation re - lack of logos on guitars.

I watched Prince's performance and I'll be danged - no logo on the Hohner OR the Strat that he played. I knew the NFL was a bunch of pricks but this is just beyond prickiness.

namepeace said:

TrivialPursuit said:

I'ma stop ya right there because I honestly have no idea what you're talking about. I meant who plans the halftime shows.

I thought y'all were talking about the Rams.

I'd take it easy on the bookers who booked Maroon 5. The best acts that had not previously played the Super Bowl weren't going to do the gig out of solidarity with Colin Kaepernick.

They'd exhausted all the surviving Baby Boomer tentpole acts and the big name Gen X/Hen Y acts have either played the SB or aren't around anymore.

Limited options.

Has Van Halen played it? Or John Mellencamp? Those are the only two "tentpole" acts I can think of that haven't played it.

I'd love to see Van Halen there, with both David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar.

SoulAlive said:

This was the most boring Super Bowl ever.I almost fell asleep during the game.I have nothing against Maroon 5,but their halftime performance was terrible.

So sick and tired of Tom Brady and the Patriots!

I know the Patriots are cheaters, but still - 9 Super Bowls and 6 wins under Bellichick and Brady? Dang, no amount of cheating is going to get all those wins. Some of them at least were won honestly.

The job Bill Bellichick did on Sean McVay's offense was just incredible. You have to respect that. It was the shutdown of the millenium.

RodeoSchro said:

For some reason there is no thread allowed on the halftime performance in the Music forum, so one last observation re - lack of logos on guitars.

I watched Prince's performance and I'll be danged - no logo on the Hohner OR the Strat that he played. I knew the NFL was a bunch of pricks but this is just beyond prickiness.

Really? We had to take them to court when they tried to copyright WHO DAT - after we won the championship. Actually started pulling down local merchandise. They lost that money grab.

RodeoSchro said:

namepeace said:

I thought y'all were talking about the Rams.

I'd take it easy on the bookers who booked Maroon 5. The best acts that had not previously played the Super Bowl weren't going to do the gig out of solidarity with Colin Kaepernick.

They'd exhausted all the surviving Baby Boomer tentpole acts and the big name Gen X/Hen Y acts have either played the SB or aren't around anymore.

Limited options.

Has Van Halen played it? Or John Mellencamp? Those are the only two "tentpole" acts I can think of that haven't played it.

I'd love to see Van Halen there, with both David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar.

Van Halen would be a bigger draw than Mellencamp, even though I like Mellencamp a little more personally. Not a bad idea, VH with Roth and Hagar could do a heckuva halftime

Roth and Hagar have an extreme dislike of each other.

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Bengals have a new coach. Steelers better hide. Superbowl coming.

PennyPurple said:

Roth and Hagar have an extreme dislike of each other.

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That's why I'd tune in!

2freaky4church1 said:

Bengals have a new coach. Steelers better hide. Superbowl coming.

So you've already jumped off the Rams bandwagon?

I get that it wasn't a high scoring game, but I'd take the game we got over a blowout snooze fest ... at least it was close so still quite gripping. And I enjoyed watching some of the great defensive play, though I accept that the casual fan wouldn't find that entertaining.

The halftime show was the worst one I've ever seen though. Maroon 5's music just isn't designed to grab an audience of 100,000 by the nuts, its too middle of the road. Had no idea who the rapper was, and Big Boi added nothing.

And don't get me started on the rent-a-crowd they had around the stage ... that's the most cringeworthy part of the halftime shows, when they stuff actors around the stage and get them to pretend like they're being spontaneous. That catalogue-model couple hugging during She Will Be Loved is one of the most vomit inducing thing I've ever seen.

DaveT said: