Tom Brady Is Eternal And Shall Devour Us All
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, BUCS!
That game was anticlimactic and pretty bad overall. The Bucs dominated the entire time, and even with a team as explosive as the Chiefs, you could sort of feel they were screwed because the defense wasn’t keeping them in it. When Tampa scored to go up 21-6 right before half, it felt like a dagger that cut you deeper then you are willing to admit. This might have been the worst Super Bowl of the past decade, up there with the Rams/Pats slog and the Hawks/Broncos beatdown. It wasn’t nearly as fun as the Hawks/Broncos game, which became farce after one play and was filled with hilarious Broncos Blundering to keep us entertained. It wasn’t as competitive as the Rams/Pats slog, which at least was close the whole time so it kept some tension overall. It was just a fairly clean domination by one side. Felt like a 90’s super bowl. Bucs played great. Chiefs played like ass. Bucs won. Bucs deserved to win. MVP should be Todd Bowles, all things considered.
The Chiefs never even scored a touchdown. I’m stunned by that. Mahomes was under exceptional duress all night long and unlike most Chiefs games, his supporting cast completely let him down. I’ve never seen a throw like the one he made on 4th down, in midair, sideways, a foot above the ground. It might legitimately be the best throw I’ve ever seen in my entire life. He threw it from that position, 30 yards, perfectly on target into the endzone, and it plopped off the facemask of the receiver. It was one of at least two straight endzone drops. Hill had one bounce off his face early on. Kelce had butterfingers. Hill was barely there. They fell behind and couldn’t use CEH, even though he seemed to do okay. The defense got hit by a ton of penalties (some fair, some pretty ticky-tack), and it set the tone for the whole game and they seemed to play too cautious after that.
It’s weird, because Tom Brady has such a pedigree, to realize this was the Bucs victory. The Bucs. Tom Brady, yes, we’ve seen that. But the Bucs. Tampa has had a good sports year, and I am happy for the Tampa Bay fans. Thanks to Tom it’s easy to forget this is a franchise that hasn’t had much luck over the years outside one beautiful season in 2002. They got to win the first home-field Super Bowl. Yes, this is a weird season, but I’m happy for those folks. The Chiefs? They won it last year. They can have that. I’m really happy for everyone not named Tom Brady. And you know what? Seeing him do it again, in a different uniform…I think I’ve finally reached acceptance. He’s the best. I want him to go away, but he’s the best.
Other stray thoughts:
-I am very happy for Bruce Arians. Dude had to quit coaching a few years ago for health issues, but he came back and won it. And his 96 yr old mom got to see it happen. Incredible.
-Happy for Todd Bowles, and the entire Tampa coaching staff, which is one of the most diverse in the league. That’s important, and it should be mentioned.
-Blane Gabbert! Super Bowl champion!
-JPP! I wish you were still in Blue, but I am still so happy for you.
-Fuck Antonino Brown. Not happy for him. He can eat shit.
-To anyone making the “Is Tom Brady the greatest athlete ever???” argument; he’s not. Football is too much of a team sport to even give Brady full credit for any of his championships. I’d hear plenty of other people, but for my money it’s Serena Williams. She won one of her bazillion titles while she was fucking pregnant.
-None of the commercials were good. They’ve all given up. It’s just “celebrity cameo being wacky!” or “old property nostalgia reminder!” or “outdated meme!” or worst of all, “Inspirational Brand Message ad”. The one with Disney style dead CGI Vince Lombardi bothered me the most. Stop doing that. Let them be dead.
-The halftime show had horrible mixing, at least on the official stream I watched. I couldn’t hear the Weeknd at all. It was a pretty bad show as a result, he’s not a dancer or big time entertainer, his skill is his singing, so if you can’t hear that, it all falls apart.
Since this is the final cartoon of the season, I think it’s a good time to look back at this year and see how I did. How many games I got right, how many I got wrong, who I got wrong the most, who I got right the most, and what my favorite images of the season were. It was genuinely a fun time this year, and I wouldn’t mind bringing it back next season. Let me know if you would want that, or any changes you might want to make to the format (within reason). Also let me know your favorite images from this year!
Doing it next season might be a bit tougher, since normally I’m not by my computer all year. This year made it easy since the pandemic closed my usual sports bar. But if I can find a way to make it work and the people demand it, I can see if I can figure it out. Without further adieu, lets look back on the 2020 season of cartoon pics!
Keep in mind, I didn’t do it for week 1, so all games start at week 2. Here’s my chart!
As you can see, I went 137-86-1 out of 224 games picked. Roughly 61% correct, which sounds about right to me. I never got more than 7 games wrong in any week, but I did that twice, Weeks 6 and 8. Week 2, my first week, was my best week, only getting 2 games wrong.
It’s very clear from the data that I was very streaky. Most wins and losses come in multiple week bunches. So clearly I had an opinion of a team that would get proven wrong for a couple weeks until I learned better. My most successful streak was 12 accurate picks in a row (13 weeks with a bye in the middle) with the Jets.
The two teams I was the best at picking was the Jets and, surprisingly, the Lions. I went 13-2 with both teams. The Jets are not a surprise, the Lions are. I managed to pick out the few Lions wins fairly accurately.
Speaking of the Jets, they are the team I officially had the least amount of faith in, as I picked them to lose every single week. I never even tried to pick the upset. Only the Bengals were close, who I picked to win one game. I got that game wrong. I also had no faith in the Giants to nobody’s surprise, picking them to win only twice. Got both of those wins right though.
The Giants and Jets are the only two teams that I never got a win pick wrong. That doesn’t count for the Jets, since I never picked them to win, but it is notable for the Giants. The only Giants games I got wrong (4 in total) were all games I picked them to lose in. My pessimism is in full bloom. The Seahawks are the only team where I only picked wins incorrectly, but that is a result of me never picking the Seahawks to lose.
As stated above, the team I had the most faith in was clearly the Seahawks, as I never picked them to lose. From a misplaced faith perspective, the team I had the most faith in that punished me for it was The Titans. I picked the Titans to win 11 times, and they lost 5 of those times. I had too much faith in the Titans. Henry you let me down.
As for the team I had the least amount of faith in that proved me wrong, we got a tie between the Bills, Vikings, and TEAM. All 3 teams won 5 games that I pegged for losses. I should have had more faith in Buffalo.
Teams I got wrong the most? Well, this ended up a 6 way tie. Titans, Vikings, Raiders, Bears, Rams, and 49ers. The Vikings, Bears, and Raiders were all trends I noticed during the season, but the Rams, 49ers, and Titans surprised me. As stated above, I had too much faith in the Titans, and then when that faith got occasionally shaken I picked their bounce back games wrong. The 49ers injuries really knocked me out early on, and then once I was convinced they were bad some of the team came back healthy and screwed me over late. The Rams were my biggest surprise. I went on a long streak of losses right in the middle of the season but since they had a bye directly in the middle, I must not have noticed.
As for my worst streaks, I got 6 games wrong in a row with both the Vikings and Rams. Both streaks had a bye week in there somewhere, so it wasn’t directly 6 weeks in a row, but it was 6 picks in a row. Fuck the Vikings and Fuck the Rams.
So apparently I drew 87 pictures all year, which is astounding to me. In fact, I actually drew 100 total, since all the playoff games got pics. That’s crazy. With that said, here are my top ten from the season. Be sure to let me know which ones were yours!
I think NorCal shitting on SoCal was my crowning achievement
I’ll be taking the week off from some work fatigue, be back next week hopefully with the dog post
I just want to say fuck Tom Brady for pulling an NBA superteam move by going away form the sinking Pats ship to the stacked Bucs team and then recruiting Gronk and fucking Antonio Brown. The latter does NOT deserve a ring, let alone to ever play again in this league.
Agree totally. Dumb people won’t understand it though.
^ This ^
It feels like the title was bought. Not surprising, given the Glazers’ tenure owning Manchester Utd.
Should he have gone to a bad team instead? The Pats made it abundantly clear the last few years that they didn’t want him anymore. Sure, they paid lip service to sorta offering something, but if you follow the NE media that covers the team, they did it in ways that made it clear they preferred he moved on. So he did. At that point, why not pick the best place just like when Peyton was in the same situation awhile ago? (but I’m totally with you on Antonio Brown. Unfortunately there are multiple guys on both teams who I did NOT want to see get a ring)
This Super Bowl was unfortunately a massive pick your poison type of affair. Obviously Antonio Brown is an unlikeable douche that should have never sniffed a football field again, but then you have Kansas City, a roster with Tyreek Hill and Frank Clark, and a coaching staff of Eric Bieniemy and now Britt Reid. Even Tyrann Mathieu and Travis Kelce aren’t exactly the most likeable names either.
Not even close to the same situation man. Only two teams aggressively pursued Brady and that was the Bucs and the Chargers and neither team made the playoffs last year.
It’s also extremely disingenuous to compare any NFL move to the NBA. Superteams rarely, if ever pan out in this league because you can’t just rely on 2 or 3 superstars to out-talent everyone. Coaching and chemistry matter.
I’ll be honest, I didn’t even watch it, I was that drained last night. I picked up Immortals: Fenyx Rising for my Switch and wanted to get started on it, but I couldn’t even be arsed with doing that. What fragments remain of my soul had already devoured by a stocktake at work while we were still open. Sooooooooo many morons. “Where’s your light bulbs at?” WELL THEY’RE NOT GOING TO BE IN THE SODDING PET FOOD ARE THEY FUCKLECHOPS?
So yeah, I wasn’t about to watch Smuggy von Flatball’s ego start to generate its own gravitational pull on the back of that.
Hope you’re feeling better. If it helps, Fucklechops is now my go to insult.
I feel bad for people that genuinely hate Tom Brady because it’s basically guaranteed that they will be miserable come February every other year. The dude has a knack for turning it on when it matters, and last night was no exception. I’ve watched Brady for a long time, but I’ve rarely seen him that locked in. Once he hit that zone, with the way the defense was dominating on the other side, you pretty much knew Kansas City was dead in the water.
That being said, never in a million years did I expect Andy Reid to get outcoached by Bruce Arians. Bill Belichick is one thing, but Bruce Arians? That was the biggest advantage KC had.
I can’t speak for anyone else, but I don’t hate Tom Brady, as much as I hate the stunads who blindly worship him as a god, many of whom were silenced this year. The overall narrative seemed less about him playing beyond everyone else, and more about him picking the right team to support him in his elder years. The Bucs were already stacked before adding Brady, Gronk, and Brown, so from the get-go, the biggest question was whether the talent would gel.
The good news is I can ignore everything from last night, because we got hit with a snowstorm that made kindergarten remote today, so I won’t have time to put on the sports news since I’ll spend whatever time I’m not verbally threatening my child cramming in work! MUAHAHAHAHA!
Yep, exactly this. The Chiefs didn’t score a TD for the first time in years, but we’re supposed to believe Tom Brady is literally Sammy Baugh and played defense too?
Tampa’s defense put on a masterclass but that doesn’t negate that Tom Brady played an excellent game as well. Do we dismiss Drew Brees’ win in 2009 because the defense held Peyton Manning to 17 and even spot him a TD? Or Peyton’s win in 2006 because the defense held Chicago to 10 points? It’s kind of pointless to bring up the defense as if Brady had nothing to do with it lol.
I feel like those guys are exactly the kind of people you were talking about lol
I just don’t understand that argument. Like yeah, of course Tom Brady is going to receive most, if not all of the credit for wins. Every QB does because it’s a QB-centric league. But in this particular case, Tom Brady played an excellent game separate from Tampa’s dominant defensive performance. If Brady put up those same numbers in a loss, I feel like they’d actively try to blame him for losing because he didn’t throw for enough yards or something to that effect.
If someone thinks that Brady is receiving far too much credit for wins, that’s perfectly understandable, because he absolutely does receive too much credit, as does any QB that plays a decent game in a win. But responding to that by trying to diminish the role that he’s played in said wins is equally as silly. Just give the guy props and shout out the defense too. Both can play excellent in a win, which is what happened on Sunday.
I have to ask, how exactly would the Brady Cultists that you described have been silenced this year? I’m a Tom Brady guy, and I can safely say that this season pretty much covered any remaining doubts that anyone had about his career.
Can he win without Bill Belichick? Yes.
Can he lead a team without elite coaching? Yes.
Can he perform in the NFC? Yes.
Can he win multiple playoff games on the road? Yes.
I don’t deny that Tampa Bay was a near perfect situation for him, but, as we’ve seen year in and year out, just having a bunch of talent on the roster does not automatically mean that you’re Super Bowl bound. We saw Peyton Manning jump on onto a Broncos team that somehow won a playoff game with Tim Tebow, and it still took 2 years to make a Super Bowl and 4 to actually win one after bolstering an already stout lineup. Tom Brady did exactly that, only he did in 1 year without an offseason or preseason to actually form some sort of chemistry with the guys he had. He learned a new system unlike anything he’s ever run before, with new players, and an entirely different coaching staff and turned them into a Super Bowl team all in ONE YEAR.
Say what you will about some of the less optimal performances, Brady was far from perfect this season, but this was one of the more impressive runs that I’ve seen. I said a few weeks ago that Brady probably wasn’t going to win a Super Bowl in Tampa and he managed to make me eat shit the very same season.
The entire NFL media has gotten unbearable just because they all never shut up about calling Brady the Goat. When you hear a guy getting worshipped and almost never criticized 24/7, you get really tired of it. The NFL needs new blood and new stories, and I just want Brady to go away so that everyone stops taking about him constantly. It’s made the league itself too much like the NBA where nobody shuts up about Lebron.
Yup. Brady himself is good for the game, I’m glad we have a good villain and a true pocket passer in the league. It’s the Brady stans that make me want to quit watching american football for good.
This I get, although with literally any good QB in the league. You talk to a stan of any QB and they will find any excuse in the world for why their guy deserves zero blame for a mistake they made. The league is way too QB-centric and while the QB play is outstanding, I can’t even root for guys like Mahomes, Rodgers or even Russell Wilson because their defenders are so damn insufferable to talk to. Hell, if I didn’t grow up a Patriots fan, I’d hate Tom Brady too.
The Brady stans are a little different than the regular Russell ones though. The sheer number of pundits that have unironically called him the greatest ATHLETE of all time is baffling. Like, Serena Williams has won 23 times in an individual sport, including once while she was literally pregnant, and she’s probably not even in my top 10. To say Brady is the greatest athlete is absurd.
Call me biased here but it’s pretty hit or miss with Brady Cultists. On one hand, I completely agree that it is absurd to call Tom Brady the greatest athlete of all time purely because he plays in the ultimate team sport. You can’t really compare anyone that plays a team sport in general to those that participate in individual athletics, but it’s nearly impossible with football given how much every position–especially quarterbacks rely on others and their surroundings. Hell, that reasoning is why it’s hard for me to say that any QB can be the greatest NFL player of all time. Their success is entirely dependent on their situation, and this holds true for every QB ever.
On the other, it is extremely, and I mean extremely difficult to play quarterback at basically any level, let alone the NFL. The amount of knowledge and preparation that is required, as well as athletic talent is insane. You have to know your whole offense inside and out, know your opponent’s defense, recognize coverages and schemes, avoid rushers, find guys open and make a whole assortment of decisions all in the span of a few seconds and do it consistently, every play for 60 minutes. You could argue that it is way harder to play quarterback than it is to play tennis because of the combination of intelligence and athleticism needed to even attempt to play the position, let alone be good at it.
I guess what I’m trying to say is that I can at least see a case for why people would call Tom Brady the greatest athlete ever. He’s been so dominant at his position for so long, and now he is quite literally defying basic science and doing things that no man his age should even consider. He’s 43 and still very comfortably top 5 at his position. He’s still winning championships, even with a new team. He’s still at the top of his craft. The more I look at what he’s doing, the more dumbfounded I am, because it really shouldn’t be possible. Even if I don’t personally believe that he’s the greatest athlete ever and find the notion absurd, there’s an argument there, so I let it pass.
When it comes to QB stans in general, though, my main issue is that they can’t even argue most of what they believe. It’s always weak excuses and hypothetical scenarios that are supposed to take the place of actual arguments, and they look ridiculous. Are Brady stans also insufferable? Absolutely, but at least they have a legit case. Their guy is unequivocally the best, they just piss everyone off because they feel a strange compulsion to rub it in everyone’s faces.
That’s not gonna change at all though. Look at what the media did with Mahomes. As soon as Brady retires they’ll latch onto the next hot kid in town that’s taking over the league and people will still be crying incessantly over the fact that they’re receiving endless praise for being very good at what they do. I’d say your best option is to just stop watching ESPN and any sports media. It sounds hard but I did and things have been all the better.
After last year’s SB, I think we all predicted the KC would be back. And of course we also predicted they would lose to the Bucs, lead by Tom Brady and his offensive weapons of Rob Gronkowski, Antonio Brown, and Leonard Fournette.
Lol
Even if I wasn’t a fan of tom brady (his first superbowl happened when I was 4, and I’ve spent my entire life watching the NFL with him in it, sue me), watching Chiefs fans lose it has been a ton of fun. Most thought there was never any chance they’d lose this game, so the schadenfreude of it has been glorious. Looks like we might have to wait a few years before we crown the frog.
Above all, I’m just happy knowing that one day I’ll die, and my great great grandchildren will still be able to watch Tom Brady dominating the NFL.
Other thoughts:
– It was fantastic watching Tyreek get clowned on. Man that was one of the highlights of the game for me.
-Gronk looked more like his old self last night than he has since 2016. They even had him go for a few short routes that he then outran defenders for more yards.
-Mahomes genuinely didn’t have a bad game. He threw 3 or so passes that could’ve picked and two of them did. He also threw 3 or so that could’ve (maybe should’ve) been TDs and every last one ended on the turf. The story of the game is that the o line let the chiefs down, but everyone on offense other than kermit played like absolute dogshit. Mahomes looked like russ out there with the scrambling into bullshit, beautiful throws. They just then proceeded to bounce clean off receivers facemasks.
-There was only one flag that was even remotely questionable imo. The dpi in the endzone on the two minute drill was lame. Every other one was textbook. The dbs really said “They can’t call it every time” and the refs hit em with “watch me loser”.
-Really weird to see Mike Evans and Cris Godwin be pretty much non-factors. I think that was the plan by KC. Lock down those two and the Buccs offense should struggle. But then along came a great showing from Gronk and Lenny fucking Fournette.
-Bucs ground game had a sneaky incredible night. I can and will suck off Brady for a great performance, but the Buccs played well at every level: run o, run d, pass d, special teams.
-Andy Reid’s son getting that DUI this weekend definitely fucked with big red’s mental state last night. Dude was thousand yard staring at the field from kickoff on. I legitimately feel bad for Andy. No father should have to bury one of their sons. And to have another son struggle like his is after the first son passes just has to hurt like an mf. I wish Andy peace with his family in the offseason.
-And lastly, it was really fun watching this game, knowing that patty’s little brother won’t be making any ridiculous tiktoks with his cringe “dancing” after the game for once.
Sounds like you have a lot of shit you’ve been holding onto. Glass you got to get that off your chest.
I was constipated all day man. My moods were in flux. Sorry you had to see this.
I hope you do it again next season if possible. MY favorite was Minnesota flipping you off. Congrats to TB, you proved you can win without BB. You also had to have a a team of superstars like Lebron had with the Heat to finally win one, but yay, go you!
Does a win only count if the QB is the only good player on the team? I’m pretty sure almost every team that wins had good players…. that’s how this works.
Next comic gotta be a Ringless Rivers tribute. As for the super bowl, i stopped watching halfway through the third quarter. Not a single point was scored after i stopped.
Please don’t do another Ringless Rivers. The last one was a perfect cap to put on the joke and anything beyond that would cheapen it
It did feel like a 90s Super Bowl, one of those Super Bowls from that weird and long stretch where the NFC team won had won 13 straight and gave announcers an excuse to mention the LA Raiders.
No complaints here about your format this year, Dave, I thought it was a lot of fun and I’ll be happy to read it any time you do it. My favorite was Kyler kicking Russ into the Grand Canyon back in week 7, but I’m a sucker for the tiny Russ/tiny Kyler visual gag.
Brady helped enforced the Arian race.
The 2017 Super Team: AB, Bell, Brady, Gronk, and Fournette. All in the Super Bowl.
Poor Big Ben. Ab and Le’veon are in the Super Bowl and he isn’t after being undefeated most of the season.
Plans for Antonio Brown comic in the future?
No, fuck that guy
Lmao
Thanks for the year of great comics! Looking at the top ones without (as much) context is entertaining on its own.
Dave, your win picking this year was actually surprisingly elite at 61%. I think that you ended up doing better than most professional prognosticators. If this cartoon stuff doesn’t work out for you, there’s always the possibility of working in Vegas!
What is this comic a reference to?
Galactus
thanks
I thought the Statefarm commercial was pretty good. Paul Rudd cosplaying as Mahomes got a chuckle out of me.
Yeah that was funny. I liked the Paramount ones more tho, and the Rocket Mortgage. “I’m pretty sure we can park in Joey Bosa’s spot” *car gets flipped over*
How did Derek Carr kicking Kermit Mahome’s Testicles not end up on this list?
Technically that was a picture I shouldn’t have made, but finished because at the time the Raiders looked to win the game.
Fair enough … still a good one and definitely my favourite amongst the “shouldn’t have made”s.
Poor Mahomes, one of the best 250-0-2-53% games I’ve ever seen (if only because the stats don’t show the O-Line melting every rush, the receivers disappearing, the defense and Tyrann Mattieu losing all composure, and Andy looking completely un-invested)
Vegas made Tom Brady an underdog. Vegas made Tom Brady an underdog in the Super Bowl, on his own home turf. The public at large ate it up and made him a public underdog, giving him no chance despite being spotted 3-3.5 points, the GOAT, at home. While the Chiefs were missing their starting tackles on offense and the Bucs defense looked completely different and overwhelming with Vita Vea back and healthy.
This was already a favorable matchup due to injuries, usually public underdogs and especially public home underdogs perform well on average, and I got the GOAT leading that team? Easiest bet of my life. Thanks for the free money!
I admit to liking that one soap commercial because it reminded me of Youtube Manscaped sponsorships…
not to be random but bring back fort elite moneys
Oh, I like that comic; I’ve got a good friend that’s a Buc’s fan. Do you sell prints on any platforms? Cause I think he’d get a kick out of it
Also, I really hated this matchup. Tampa managed to get a 3 for 1 deal with AB and Gronk basically only working with Brady. And AB seems like a piece of work.
But KC seems like it’s gone…not full heel, but pretty bad. Major holding non stop, being majorly cocky, some real jerks on their team, a coach getting a DUI and critically injuring people, Hill of course is a POS…blech.
I love my new desktop wallpaper of BradyGalactus 🙂
Thank you for that and for all fun moments your work gave me this year. A community silver lining from your individual dark cloud.
can brady please finally fuck off and retire now
You heard him after the game. He’s already thinking about running it back.
Dave, I gotta disagree with you about Vince Lombardi, with good CGI, we can get a movie with James Gerner, Charlie Chaplain, Sean Connery and various other celebrities across different eras in the same movie. We can get a song with Elvis and Freddie Mercury.
It felt right that we should have an old hero return in (sorry for saying it) challenging times, seeing Vince Lombardi accurately felt amazing. imagine a morale boost someone would get from seeing Aubrey Hepburn shown accurately and in character for who she was? As a history fan, I think this should be an era people welcome where we can see our heroes again.
I hope this comment is satire
CGI people aren’t the people. They are warped modern interpretations of a dead person by someone living. What we see when a dead person shows up as CGI is someone’s interpretation of that person. It’s not genuine. It’s like puppeting their spirit. It feels wrong and manipulative in a way a picture, mural, or having an actor standin doesn’t. Uncanny Valley shit.
We aren’t seeing our heroes again. We are seeing weird computer recreations of real people, made by committees trying to sell us something. It’s kinda fucked up.
it’s not satire and as long as it’s done in a way that represents who they are, it’s fine. I think you’re overreacting BECAUSE you’re letting the discomfort win. Like, say we bring Steve McQueen back, i hope it wouldn’t be done to make him pro LGBTQ because he was very homophobic. BUT we use him for say a motorcycle scene, that’s just smart marketing.
To me, that vince commerical was as uplifting as the 2021 inaguration, i forgot there was awful crap going on in the world. Just think about when the tech improves, will you still be against it?
oh and sorry for rambling, this isn’t something i expected to debate.
Mr. Rappocio, thank you for making this comic. I’ve been following your page since day one back in 2012. I’ve got to say that your comics never fail to make me laugh. I do agree with you that North Cal taking a dump on So Cal is your best one from this past season, but I really like the Aaron Donald Jurassic Park recreation! I hope you keep doing these comics in the future, they’re the bomb!!
This was a weird year. Cleveland was good, the Patriots were bad. The Vikings defense was wet toilet paper held together by rusty wire and used painter’s tape by the end of the year. The guys most likely to rub winning a SB in your face got to celebrate a SB.
I went 170-84 on Regular Season Pickem on SASeliminator. The best record there was Madjock at 180-76.
Hey Dave, thanks for another great year of comics! I enjoyed seeing your game picks every week and would love for that feature to return.
I also run a pick’em pool with around 30 people, and if you commit to making picks on your site next season, I think I will throw down an entry fee in your name and enter your picks each week into my pool. I’ll enter your name as Draw Play Dave and promote your site to all participants. Hopefully you can make me some money, but this will be mostly for fun.
Many are saying that the Chiefs loss was squarely on their O-line health. I don’t think this is fair as it was obviously also on the wide receivers and defense. I could say that Mahomes outplayed Brady, and he might have, considering his circumstances. I didn’t watch the fourth quarter and half of the third so I’m not 100% sure.
There is no argument that can be made to prove that Patrick Mahomes outplayed Tom Brady. He had it worse for sure, but in no way shape or form did he outplay Tom Brady in that game.
Outplayed is a fairly meaningless distinction here with how scuffed the rest of the Chiefs’ performance was; Mahomes was absolutely doing twice the work for half the payoff compared to the master of the wide open screen pass. He was regularly doing his usual miracle throws to the endzone, the difference here is that they bounced off of the receiver’s helmet instead of getting caught.
Again, Mahomes may have had a much tougher time than Brady did, but that doesn’t mean that he played better or came anywhere near his level. Brady played a cleaner game, got the ball out much faster, and won. I’m not putting anything on Mahomes given the circumstances, but let’s not start a discussion about who outplayed who because there is quite literally zero case to be made in favor of Mahomes.
Just to clarify, I’m not trying to take anything away from Brady. It’s just that I can’t really say anyone in the league can throw a perfect dart two feet in the air, parallel to the ground. I feel like Mahomes adds a whole new dimension to the game, something no one can really rival except maybe Josh Allen or Lamar Jackson, and thats with his legs.
I didn’t think that you were, I’m just saying that there’s no way to really argue that. Mahomes is the only player in the league that will have you jumping up and down screaming “How tf???” after he throws an incomplete pass down 22 points with around 3 minutes left in the 4th, but having a couple of highlight throws late does not mean that he played anywhere near Brady.
Mahomes can’t really be blamed for that loss in my opinion. Andy Reid deserves all of it for his abysmal gameplanning. Brady and Leftwhich came out with a perfect gameplan to neutralize Kansas City’s blitz-heavy packages. Andy Reid left his backup tackles on islands with Shaq Barrett and JPP and expected Mahomes to save the day.
As a Cowboys fan who has like Texas Tech, Tom Brady’s SB ring stings
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