What impact does a rain drenched Super Bowl have on the outcome?
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What impact does a rain drenched Super Bowl have on the outcome?
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These teams are both ready. Mahomes and Brady are used to playing in tougher conditions, the Bucs players are not all career Tampa players do it won’t matter much in my opinion
@perkdog......... what is your final score? Hit me.
RB & OL become a much larger factor w/lower total score.
@LarkinCollector .. who wins it Lark?
Both are outdoor teams. Slop shouldn't be an issue I'd think. Bucs win it.
Neither QB. Don't know enough about either team's run game to comment or care.
Rain or shine I'm sticking with my prediction
BUCS win
A rain drenched sloppy field is always interesting.
QBs and WRs could have trouble gripping the ball. Yet defenders could slip, especially when trying to back peddle, and allow an easy touchdown.
I didn't see a choice of "the answer is blowing in the wind" so i didn't vote.
31-24 KC I just don’t think the Bucs can keep pace with them. Too much speed on the offense for Tampa to bottle up. I want Brady to win but I like Mahomes so either way I’m just going to enjoy the game 🍻
Brady has already "won" in life - enough is enough, give someone else a chance.
both Teams, in the general NFL model, have eschewed the run in favor of the pass. the current option is to throw the quick pass over-the-middle, the quick pass to the sideline, the quick WR screen or the jet-sweep instead of running. it gets the ball to the point of attack quicker, often downfield 5-10 yards where the receiver can then advance the ball.
we all know that and it seems to excite everyone.
I'm old school and like the run. what excites me is seeing Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt busting one for about 10-15 yards, but I accept I'm in the minority, just grateful that my Team employs that style.
how will a wet sloppy game affect the outcome of the SuperBowl?? I think the score might be higher, lower or near the same and it really will depend on chance more than skill. Tyreek Hill will be slower and Mahomes won't be as shifty, but Kelce will probably power through it. Brady won't be bothered much at all unless the ball slips out of his hands.
what I'd like to see is a game played in adverse weather, about 32 degrees, gusting wind with a wet rain/snow mix falling on a frozen field. that's Football. playing in 70 degrees with no wind and a dry field is called Training Camp.
I love those snow games, it's such an awesome atmosphere. I remember it rained during the Colts vs Bears Super Bowl. The final score of that Super Bowl was 29-17 with the Colts winning. That doesn't necessarily mean anything, every game is different, but I think both teams will stick with their game plans.
I'm a purist.
the NFL makes home-field advantage a reality by the way they construct the play offs. that has even crept into how games are scheduled to a small degree. home-field advantage is a two-part thing: the home crowd and the home field. a large part of the latter is the weather, and if you don't believe that just ask the Green Bay Packers or Pittsburgh Steelers.
here's what makes me crazy: after the NFL constructs a play off system that favors the home-field, they remove it for the most important game of the entire season so that it can be played under sunny skies in perfect weather. that's sort of artificial but I guess I get why they do it.
here's the twist. if they go to such silly extremes to have the game played in a neutral field under ideal conditions it seems they should honor that.
--- nobody, ever, despite how the game is scheduled, should have home-field advantage like is happening this year.
--- the game should be played under the perfect conditions the NFL manipulated for. it it rains Sunday or the weather is foul, I say postpone the game till the weather is perfect.