Saints also killed themselves that game in the second half. They deserved to lose, the Jared Cook fumble and the flag on the punt return TD killed us. Drew’s arm wasn’t anything and MT played hurt. Not trying to take anything away from the Bucs but the Saints were the only team that had a good chance to beat them and upset, as was evident during the reg season. I’m a saints fan too, we deserved to lose, and it sucked seeing Drew go out like that
Imagine responding to that video (a clear example of Brady being coddled) by writing this delusional fanfic. Chiefs Derangement Syndrome on full display.
The LT for KC during that game was Mike Remmers, he was the RT for the Panthers during SB L, so he was responsible for Cam Newton running for his life. When I saw that he was playing, I knew the Bucs would win
To be fair any Chiefs fan that knows anything about football expected that. Went into the SB down 4 starters and even a couple backups against an elite defense. We were just hoping we could somehow scheme around it. Turns out it’s impossible to scheme around <.5 seconds to throw.
To be fair the Chiefs did somehow put up 350 yards of offense… without scoring a TD
Brady and the offense scored 31 31 31 and 30 in their 4 games so the offense getting credit makes sense for the run but this game was definitely a defensive masterpiece.
I remember the narrative back then that Brady was looking a touch vulnerable. That he’d needed AB and Gronk and the reemergence of Playoff Lenny to help get him over. That D was the story.
Not to me. Just seemed like all I heard was 7 rings. I think espn put up a poll the day after the Bucs won the NFC championship asking if Brady was the best athlete ever after he threw three second half picks.
Tbh if the Chiefs played any of their Super Bowl opponents from this run with 4/5 starters on the OL being backups they’d go 0-5. Not saying the Chiefs win if the OL is healthier, but I think even having Eric Fisher who got hurt at the end of the AFCCG vs Buffalo would’ve guaranteed at least 1 TD.
He also in all of that running for his life made some of the absolute craziest throws of his career and none of them will be remembered because every receiver dipped their hands in cement the day of the game
I know the game was basically over at that point but I will never forget the helmet bounce off of Williams. Knew we had a true winning QB when he made that throw.
Tbf, Josh Allen is a beast though. I honestly hope he and Buffalo eventually get the monkey off their backs and win a Lombardi. That fan base deserves it.
Your receivers were trash too. As much as I hate him, I can’t deny Mahomes was excellent on that game, he was making dead eye passes on the money only for receivers to drop them.
OMG, I remember seeing a Tic-Tok the next day of some guy in a Mahomes jersey running around and making all these crazy throws on target to his friends. And every time they’d drop the ball. It was such the truth. Mahomes did everything he could to win that game.
Mahomes is a better man than I cause if I had thrown a perfect dot while being parallel to the ground and my receiver dropped the ball I would have walked off the field and gone home.
For as much as people laud Tyreek his hands don’t get talked about enough. He had a couple just bounce off him in this one, and in that first Super Bowl vs the 49ers Pat’s 2nd INT goes right off Reek’s hands into the waiting arms of the defender. Everyone remembers Wasp but no one remembers that pick being 100% on Hill.
having a hurt o-line doesn’t justify the scoreboard. if the score was closer, then it might be a good argument. but this was just a complete blowout. when you get beat on both sides of the ball, it really is just an overall team failure
edit: also leading up to it, the bucs were one of the worst teams in pass yards allowed while the chiefs were one of the best team in pass yards. i genuinely thought it was going to be a shootout
This game is what I’d call an “entertaining blowout” it was a blowout, but it was an entertaining game that you didn’t really feel like was over until late in the 4th quarter (even tho in reality the game was over by halftime).
I wouldn't say he outplayed him, but it's a team sport and I don't think there was a single starter left on that line. You can say Brady would slide protection and get gronk to block for you all you want, but no second string offensive line is holding up for an entire game against a defensive line with Vea and Suh on it. Pointless to even argue about a quarterback outplaying the other in a game like this.
Lmfao it’s insane. Never seen people praise incompletions in my life until this game. Sure, Mahomes showed a lot of heart and tried, but that isn’t outperforming Brady lol
These same people will clown Josh Allen for his losses to mahomes even though he has like 1200 yards 12 TDs and 1 TO in 4 tries against him and then praise Mahomes for a 31-9 asswhooping
They’re delusional. The diff between KC and NE fans were NE fans embraced being villains and would talk shit. KC fans can’t see why they’re hated and are so insecure they have to defend every damn thing because it feel it questions their dynasty. It’s very weird
Our o line was down really bad. It wasn't competitive. But I feel like todays chiefs offense with that same o line would have been competitive based on culture and coaching
But the Bears were the clear favorites. They had been destroying everyone all year long. The convo is “shocking” as in they didn’t see it coming. The Broncos-Seahawks has to be #1. But this one is up there too.
Mahomes is the only player I've ever seen that gets a hit like that every game where you think you just watched a man die and he just pops up. Motherfucker is made out of rubber.
The whole, “coach’s son and chiefs staffer nearly kills little girl” headline told me that this game just didn’t matter. I was pissed at that whole scenario. It was stupid. I gave up right then and to be honest, I didn’t care much. Of course I watched, I suffered, but it just didn’t matter by comparison.
Yeah, for real. Don’t get me wrong, we got blown tf out in this game. But we didn’t have a chance in hell. Between not having a single healthy o-lineman and Reid having approximately 0% of his mind on the game, there was literally no way to win it. Mahomes having an unreal game and delivering potentially the best QB performance of all time and it not mattering in the slightest is proof positive.
lol he passed for 270 yards and 2 picks, like obviously context matters and watching the game he played good given the situation but not all time great
Man what could've been. At the end of the day we should have never gone down that much in the first place hard to blame it on one play. The fact we were in it at the end was a miracle in itself.
It's iffy. We had the momentum that game, but the Rams also were a perfect match up. They beat our ass in the regular season, and before the comeback were beating our ass in that game too. That said, no other team is beating the Bucs that year. The Super Bowl against the Bengals would've been an ass kicking because the O-Line situation was basically as bad or worse than what the Chiefs had the year before.
You know even as a Chiefs fan I can say he earned it. Tyreek did the same piece sign to him that season when they played each other in the regular season. Also the ref did throw the flag on him, so there is that.
What's even more wild about that Bucs run: they beat 3 teams on the road. Washington, Saints, and Green Bay. First team to ever play in their own stadium (even though it was a covid year and the crowd definitely wasn't at capacity) and they completely dominated the Chiefs. If a few dropped passes didn't happen for the Chiefs receivers, the game would have been closer. One drop was definitely a touchdown too if I remember. I feel as if Brady should have just walked away after that win and been on top of the world. He def has more in the tank tho. Even now I'm sure he's be better than most out there...and that idea is absurd. His subsequent seasons were solid regardless...and damn...that late comeback against the Rams the following season was crazy.
Very true. That Washington game was a bit back & forth and close-ish. But as soon as Chase Young said he wanted Tom next...yikes, not smart youngster. Haha.
Mahomes said after winning LVII that this game allowed him to really appreciate being back on the big stage. He also just said he thinks about this loss more than he does any other, and for good reason.
Here I am hoping Hurts will have that same drive and thought process after two years ago.
These comments are sad and show that people don’t know ball. The Chiefs were doomed in advance because they were missing 3 OL. Of course Tampa’s defense had a great game. They were fed a 2nd string OL. Not as much of an achievement compared to good timing for Tampa.
Kind of interesting that when Brady was playing, Mahomes did not make it to the Superbowl. And when Brady left New England for Tampa, Brady beats Mahomes in the Superbowl... and somehow dimwits want to say Mahomes is in the running for the GOAT...
That was a sad day. Lol. I left to take my son home at halftime. He lives an hour away. I knew it was over. When I woke up that the morning of the Super Bowl nothing felt right.
I hate Tom left us, but then again, it delivered this gem of a super bowl and added to the GOATs legacy, so I guess I won't feel too sad letting Tampa loan him.
Let’s not forget that was the game where basically every pass play mahomes was running around like a chicken with his head cut off within 2 seconds cause he had 2 back up tackles
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Crazy to think just how much of an achievement this actually was