Super Bowl LV: Kansas City Chiefs v Tampa Bay Buccaneers – live! | Sports

“In the evening, Tom,” he sends an email to Matt Dony. “I don’t tend to follow American football, but I like to watch almost any sport when it’s played well. Most years, I sit up and watch the Super Bowl (or, for the most part, anyway) because it’s such an “event.” This year, however, coincides strangely with a cricket match in England that is broadcast on terrestrial television from the early hours of the morning in the UK. So my dilemma is, do I stay up late and watch this? Or go to bed and wake up early to watch the cricket? I can really do it … ”

Hmmmm. I would probably look at both of them and sleep until tomorrow.

Raymond James Stadium will now be at one-third of its capacity, with one-third of the tickets given to health workers to recognize their tireless and vital work during the pandemic.

Unlike the stadium, Tampa’s bars will be crowded today, despite the pandemic. They will be allowed to operate at 100% capacity as long as customers are seated and masked. You can read more about the city’s preparations for the game here:

Today, the Buccaneers have the advantage of the home field and the most successful defender of all time, but they face a terribly dangerous offense, led by the most talented NFL player of all time. How does he win? Our writers give their thoughts:

Shorten the game. Bucs have proven they can switch between several styles this season. They can win with their exceptional defense. They can count on Tom Brady to participate in a shootout. Against the bosses, although it will not be as much fun, they will have to rely on the running game to extend the units against a front with weak bosses to contain the score line. Bring Brady to the last race with a chance to win the game, that should be the plan. Oliver Connolly

Sic Jason Pierre-Paul, William Gholston and Ndamukong Suh on the reserve instruments of the chiefs. Stir it a little at first down. (Transmissions to Leonard Fournette & Co are so predictable.) And they take advantage of every opportunity to connect with receivers on the field, a focus for Bruce Arians all season long. If Antonio Brown is looking for a time to shine, this is it. Andrew Lawrence

Brady does not want to enter a throwing contest with Muhammad at this point in his career. His edge will be in his experience. He doesn’t want to be a pure game manager here, he will have to connect to a few long balls to win, but if he focuses on making the right game, trying the big game, his team has a solid chance. The hunter’s kind

Tampa must play to strengths and flash early and often. They have a pedigree – nine sacks and two wins against Rodgers this season – and can slow down Muhammad by attacking an offensive line that misses both initial attacks. You risk death with a thousand cuts in the form of Tyreek and Travis, but Todd Bowles must be brave to limit the Kansas City score. Graham Searles

You can read more game predictions here:

Little known defender for 576 years Tom Brady starts today for the Buccaneers, so I asked another room of the famer, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to write about the game in the 40’s (OK, Brady is 43). These are the fantastic results:

“I was 42 when I retired from the Lakers. After 20 seasons, I had a lot of NBA records and very little hair. Some of these records have since been broken, some remain to be broken at a set time. I learned a few lessons about being a middle-aged athlete in a league where the average age is 26, which is also the average NFL player’s age. Some of these lessons were about the game, others about the game – two very different things.

“Playing professionally against well-trained athletes 20 years younger is a challenge. The yard looks much longer, the legs look heavier, the circle looks smaller. Then you come face to face with what philosophers call the mind-body problem: the relationship between the consciousness of the mind and the stubborn bag of flesh that is your body. ”

You can read Kareem’s full column here:

Joe Biden was interviewed by CBS about the Super Bowl. The president is asked if he thinks we will be able to watch next year’s match in front of a full stadium.

“It is my hope and expectation … that we will be able to watch the Super Bowl with a full stadium [in 2022]. He also advises people not to attend Super Bowl parties this year: “If you look, be careful,” he says.

He is also asked if he would prefer to be thrown by Muhammad or Brady (Biden was a receiver at the time). He opts for Muhammad, who, he observes, has a “potential”, a slight underestimation. Then, Biden remembers that he is a politician and says that they are “both defenders”. A change from his predecessor, who would probably have called himself the greatest player of all time.

The construction of this game was overshadowed by a horrible car accident involving head coach Britt Reid which left a child in serious condition. And the latest news is not good:

Britt Reid is the son of head coach Andy Reid, so who knows how he should feel right now (and that before we get into the parents of the injured child).

Britt Reid is also in hospital with unspecified injuries and, according to a police report, said he drank two or three drinks on the night of the accident.

Do you miss the day when players could smoke on the sidelines? (LEGAL NOTE: The Guardian does not support smoking – even those with low tar.) Then take a walk through our gallery of past Super Bowls (which also features Giants dressed as Shirley Temple, which is as terrifying as it sounds):

Kansas City tight Travis Kelce appeared on CBS and talked about his offensive coordinator, Eric Bieniemy.

“I think it’s disrespectful that he hasn’t found a head coach job yet,” Kelce said. “But I will take advantage of the fact that he will be here every year and we will continue to do the Super Bowl as long as we have it.”

Bieniemy was the mastermind of one of the most explosive crimes in NFL history. And yet, despite the lack of one-color coaches in a league where most players are black, Bieniemy has failed to find a job as head coach, while a lot of guys who look like Sean McVay are put in charge of the teams.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is asked about the NFL’s lack of black coaches. He says he takes the issue “very seriously” and admits that the league “didn’t do as well as I wanted”. It’s easy to blame Goodell and the league office – and there’s a lot to blame the commissioner for! – but the fact is that white billionaires who own NFL teams are the ones who choose not to hire black coaches.

Andrew Lawrence has more about the coaching situation in the NFL below:

Hello and welcome to the cover [checks Roman numerals] Super Bowl 55, between current champion Kansas City Chiefs and hometown of Tampa Bay Buccaneers (the first team to play in its own stadium in Super Bowl history). Usually, the Guardian would be in the stadium, but with this year’s pandemic, the NFL could only promise us an office in the media center in the stadium parking lot, so we’ll be in front of the TV. It doesn’t matter, let’s face it, the NFL is better on TV than live anyway.

The most obvious question is: who will win? Four of our writers have spoken, and their thoughts are as follows:

Chiefs 31-24 Buccaneers. The combination of Brady and Bowles is as good as you can hope in trying to get the bosses off the perch. No one is able to stop the bosses, but all the Bucs need is a defense that slows down the Mahomes-Andy Reid car, even for a possession or two. Tampa has the talent and staff to make such a plan. I have Bucs to give Brady a chance in the final possession, but I’m only coming short. The offensive power of the bosses, even with all the goodness of Bowles, is too overwhelming. And even when the plays break down, no one is better than the script than Muhammad. The chiefs go back and Muhammad takes home a second successive MVP. Oliver Connolly

Chiefs 30-29 Buccani. As exposed as Muhammad’s figures to be on the sidelines, Bucs’s defense could easily be seen forgetting the QB wheels until it was too late. Whether it’s by raising the garden or buying time to throw arrows at Cheetah & Co., in the end, Muhammad will take his heart. Andrew Lawrence

Chiefs 34-17 Buccani. Look for teams that will hold it for almost a while, but by the fourth quarter, the bosses will have the lead and jump with one of those Muhammad explosions, in which two touchdowns flash in an instant. The hunter’s kind

Chiefs 30-33 Buccaneers. I said it in the middle of the season and I’ll say it again, Tom Brady and Bucs will win the Super Bowl. Choosing against Brady is a fool’s mission, especially now he’s an underdog. Six titles and your team not being a favorite is proof of how good the bosses are, but Brady will have the last word in the game with a last minute drive and probably which QB is really the biggest. At the same time next year, Tom. Graham Searles

You can read the full predictions below: