In the last 20 plus years of seeing or hearing about Super Bowls, I have seen bad ones. Tampa killing Oakland, Seattle harassing Denver. Probably a few others, too. But this one, Super Bowl LIII, has got to be the most boring and worst game I have ever seen. Even the Boston dick suckers will have to agree with that.
There's really no excuse for this shit show. As far as LA goes, the Rams are in the gist of getting use to playoff football. A healthier Todd Gurley and more experienced Jared Goff will make things better as I see this team coming back. Maybe not next year, but I think they will get their due. Running the ball better should be one of their priorities heading into next season. You can only do so much on defense without wearing out and it was noticeable. Certainly, the offense was getting better later on, but inexperience can hurt in many ways.
The fact that Tom Brady only mustered one decent drive says a lot about New England. Pure luck is what won him his sixth. One of the keys in my mind was Sony Michel running the ball. What he did was John Riggins and Terrell Davis type stuff for an entire playoff run. Starting the game with him running is also similar to Ottis Anderson back in Super Bowl XXV, a bit of a coincidence for Belichick's days with the New York Giants. The only worthwhile receiver was obviously Julian Edelman. But this doesn't guarantee him the Hall of Fame. Standards have changed and regardless of postseason heroics, his regular season stuff is not anything to smile about.
As far as calling the game, the refs did pretty well, which goes to discussion for the offseason. This Super Bowl will be another part of a very controversial dynasty in New England. This will be questioned for many years, regardless of cheating or not in previous years and all sorts of other things. The playoffs were marred with issues. Pass interference calls will be looked at deeply following the Rams Saints debacle. Rule changes could possibly be made regarding playoff overtime. I could see some other small stuff. Fans deserved a better game. A Rams-Chiefs, or Patriots-Saints, Chiefs-Saints game would have been ten to a hundred times better.
CBS tried the best they could with calling it and there wasn't much they could do, even with as great a commentator Tony Romo is so far in his young broadcasting career. Can't say much on commercials and the halftime show since I didn't watch them. Defense can be good to watch, but it wasn't the case for Super Bowl LIII. No, doubt, this has got to be worst Super Bowl I have ever watched. Three quarters worth of garbage and a mediocre fourth quarter. There's no defending this. This is worth making a podcast episode as well.
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