NFL (since 2016)

[crystal falace]

"Free agency started last night and was pretty crazy some huge money being spent. Osweiler getting £18m a year for the Texans, leaving the Broncos without a QB, Giants have spent a fortune on good but not great players, Oliver Vernon has more guaranteed money than JJ Watt. lots more deals but cant be bothered to list them all."

[southbankbornnbred]

"Mind you, it was a reminder of what a good defensive mind Bowles is. He was so tepid and uninspiring as head coach. But there's little doubting his defensive talent. He's one of those coaches who might be trapped as a co-ordinator. He was clueless about offense."

[southbankbornnbred]

"Hahaha! That is a damning indictment, TM. Sanchez could barely put his shoes on the correct feet!"

[Takashi Miike]

"Mark Sanchez could have won that game for the Bucs last night, that's how bad the Chiefs were at handling the Bucs defence. for that reason alone, White should have got mvp or make history and hand it to Todd Bowles, who came up with the perfect gameplan"

[southbankbornnbred]

"I'm going to have to start TE-assessing GOAT territory at some point. I've always argued that Elway is the greatest QB of all time, and I still think he might be, talent-wise. But at some point even a hardened Jets fan has to think that SEVEN Super Bowls, now with two different teams, and not just under one incredible coach, the latest win as a 43 year-old, is beginning to look a lot like greatness..!"

[southbankbornnbred]

"The Buccs deserved that win and more. They were significantly better than Kansas from start to finish. Defensively, they were excellent. Chiefs didn't turn up. They rely so heavily on Mahomes' individual brilliance and athleticism. But if you don't protect your QB then you can't win. And when you're missing your two starting guards, you can't just carry on your tactics as though those absences aren't real. The Chiefs made no adjustments, whatsoever, for the fact that they didn't have a guard worth the name. Didn't even bring a second TE onto the line to help block, or try to run the ball. I thought it was a decent final."

[crystal falace]

"Tom Brady: 7 Super Bowl wins. Cardinals, Falcons, Panthers, Lions, Vikings, Chargers, Texans, Jaguars, Titans, Browns, Bengals, Bills, Seahawks, Rams, Saints, Bears, Eagles, Jets: 6 Super Bowl wins combined."

[crystal falace]

"This bucs defence has shut down brees, rodgers and Mahomes in successive games."

[zebthecat]

I'm enjoying it. Great defence.

[IsaacHock]

"I suppose we may have been spoiled in recent years, but this isnt much of a grand finale to what has been an intriguing season."

[El Scorchio]

Game over. Kansas have had that horrible combination of playing poorly and zero luck. TB also just too good man for man.

[zebthecat]

Brady hasn't even gone deep yet (apart from pass that resulted in the trip penalty on Evans). He still has Evans and Godwin to go to.

[southbankbornnbred]

"Scorch - bang on. The gap in quality between those two lines today is enormous. It's a complete mis-match and put Kansas under huge pressure. I know the Chiefs have been masters of the comeback in the past 18 months. But I can't see it here, unless they score very early in the 2nd half. I don't know who the back-up right tackle is on the Chiefs' roster, but regardless of who he is, I'd be asking him to move inside and play right guard in the 3rd quarter. He can't do any worse than the starter (who is a back-up anyway), and they need to double-(pass) block Mahomes' open-side. The Buccs have just strolled through that gap all night."

[southbankbornnbred]

"Brady, Gronk and Brown are on fire, in all fairness to them. But the Chiefs have been as god-awful as I've seen from a Super Bowl team for decades. Those two o-line guards should not play another snap today. They might as well have stayed at home. Can't remember either of them making a notable block in 30 mins. Can't help but admire what the Buccs have done today, though."

[El Scorchio]

SBBB- the line is patchwork. It's given a huge advantage to an already brilliant bucs defence.

[Northern Sold]

KC imploding

[southbankbornnbred]

All over.

[crystal falace]

Bucs were quite happy to run out the clock and go to halftime but chiefs calling timeout forced them to go for it. Now they're at the goaline

[El Scorchio]

They are killing them selves with these penalties. The refs are only to happy to throw them against the chiefs though....

[southbankbornnbred]

"Fucking hell - even the Jets would walk through these Kansas guards: that's how bad they are today! If the Buccs score a TD next, this is all over."

[crystal falace]

I know they're catering to the people who probably only watch the superbowl each year but this football for dummies thing on bbc is really starting to grate on me

[crystal falace]

Chiefs are never out of a game though. Won the superbowl last year coming back from big defecits in every round.

[zebthecat]

This could turn into an absolute pasting. If the chief don't stop holding this could get really nasty.

[El Scorchio]

The chiefs are beating themselves at the moment. I said after the championship game the Bucs have the stronger roster. I see nothing to make me change my mind.

[southbankbornnbred]

"Yeah, the Chiefs look rattled right now. Momentum can swing quickly, especially with these two sides, but Reid needs to find something extra here. No point sending four receivers (incl. TE) up the field when your line is playing so porous. You're just leaving your QB unprotected. Maybe the Chiefs need to, dare I say, RUN the ball a few times? Keep the Buccs D-line honest and get those guards shoving forward, rather than running back."

[crystal falace]

Chiefs shitting the bed in every phase of the game so far.