![]() ![]() Bill Belichick outschemed McVay, and the Pats' offense refused to get going either, which led to a 3-0 score heading into the fourth quarter. If we'd seen the sideline interaction of McVay coming to shake hands with Bill Belichick, we might have predicted this collapse, but surely no one saw this coming. Instead, the Rams scored - *checks notes* *wipes glasses* *checks notes again* - three points. The Rams were one of the most dominant offenses in NFL history and they were supposed to usher in a new era of offense with Sean McVay at the wheels and Jared Goff flinging the ball everywhere. New England Patriots 13, Los Angeles Rams 3 ![]() The Bills wouldn't score in the second half. ![]() The Bills, in their fourth consecutive appearance in a Super Bowl, led by seven points at halftime, so naturally Thurman Thomas immediately fumbled the ball in the third quarter, with James Washington scooping and scoring. The Colts come up winners at the Orange Bowl two years after losing to the Jets. and yet it was somehow a little underwhelming. It was a fun game - Matthew Stafford and Burrow each had their moments, we saw a running back throw a touchdown pass, there was a thrilling end. Then last year, Mahomes was unseated as AFC king by Joe Burrow, who got his Bengals into the big game to face the Rams. It was a tough Super Bowl to watch and an even tougher one to rank. Patrick Mahomes on the other side led a lot of us to believe "they'll get going eventually" and they never did. Because it wasn't the close nature of the game, the ending or anything drama related to the action on the field. One could even argue it was Brady's presence and age and the sheer dominance of the Bucs over a heretofore unstoppable offense that made this Super Bowl interesting. Then Brady showed up with his new team, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers hosted the Super Bowl and Brady - at the tender age of 344 - won his seventh Super Bowl in fairly boring fashion. Two years ago, the Kansas City Chiefs got back to the Super Bowl and tried to throw a real wrench in Tom Brady's dynasty plans by creating their own little party in K.C. ![]()
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