There is absolutely no excuse for the Super Bowl to be this bad. So many Eagles players changed cleats, they just have a pile of shoes on the sideline /OSZWNeDhzk- February 13, 2023 Nothing about the game felt normal, with pass rushers failing to get their footing, defensive backs falling on cuts - hell, we almost had a kicker hurt himself on a kickoff. It might be harsh to claim it’s a football failure after one game, but damn was this a bad time to have a grass fail this spectacularly. This was the biggest football test for the new grass. On the topic of things I wish didn’t happen in the Super Bowl: How about the absolute stupidity of trying a new, experimental grass type like this was a preseason game? Tacoma 31, a cross-breed of Bermuda and rye grass was created after years of development, much of it funded by the United States Golf Association for use on courses. I just wish it didn’t happen at the worst possible time. It was a damn shame, and I still think if that same James Bradberry play happens 500 times in a season, it’s going to be flagged maybe 50 times. This is all the drama we were robbed with, only to see the Chiefs run the clock down - kick a short field goal, and give us a wet fart end to the best game of the season. If they tie on a field goal Mahomes is going to get another shot to win it. You’re asking Jalen Hurts to put forth a monumental effort to even get the game to a tie score, and KC is holding a timeout too.
They’re sitting with one time out, and their average scoring drive length over the course of the game was well over four minutes, and they have less than two in order to try and win, on a night play calls were coming out slowly for the Eagles all evening.
Though the Eagles were scoring at will on the Chiefs’ defense, this is absolutely not a gimme for Philadelphia. Kansas City kicks the field goal and is up 38-35. Okay, so let’s say Bradberry doesn’t get flagged and it’s now 4th and 8 with 1:54 left. Especially because it robbed us of what could have been one of the most dramatic, incredible endings to the Super Bowl of all time. Especially in the biggest game of the year. Still, even if it was holding by the letter of the law - it felt really soft. I was hoping they would let it slide." #Eagles #Chiefs- Mike Giardi February 13, 2023 Bradberry was really the cherry on top of questionable decision making.įor what it’s worth, Bradberry is acknowledging that he pulled on JuJu Smith-Schuster’s jersey.įor those who didn't like the call on James Bradberry, here's the word from the man himself: To close out the first half DeVonta Smith had a catch called back on a play we’ve seen ruled a catch dozens of times before, then in the fourth quarter we had an obvious incompletion to Dallas Goedert ruled as a catch. This was a game of questionable subjective calls on both sides of the ball. We can appreciate all those things while admitting at the same time that one of the best Super Bowls in a long time was completely ruined by a field that wasn’t suitable to play on - and an ending that was such a buzzkill it sucked all the drama out of the game at its most critical moment.Ī lot is going to be made of the decision to flag James Bradberry for holding on a game-defining third down.
Patrick Mahomes played through considerable ankle pain, Andy Reid proved why he’s one of the best of all time, and the entire offensive unit around Mahomes stepped up to win. Their second-half play calling found defensive weakness and exploited them. The Kansas City Chiefs deserved to win the Super Bowl for dozens of reasons.
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