Super Bowl LVII Recap
In what could have easily been one of the best Super Bowl’s in recent memory (maybe even history) ended with a resounding THUD due to a controversial ticky-tack defensive holding flag on Philly.
The call was made on third-and-eight at Philly’s 15, the call gave KC a fresh set of downs and allowed them to run the clock until Harrison Butker eventually kicked a 27-yard game winner.
Opinion: The defensive holding call was egregious and ruined a what- could-have-been historic Super Bowl.
The refs had been mostly quiet the entire game but at the most crucial point they decided that a mild hip pull on a ball overthrown by 10-yards was the time to get involved.
The game was setting up for an-instant-classic-type finish. If no flag gets thrown there, KC most likely takes the lead via field goal then we get to see Jalen Hurts with one timeout and 1:50 to try and win his team the Super Bowl.
Was it technically a penalty? Maybe. But at that point in the game, you simply don’t throw that flag. The “hold” had no barring on the outcome of the play. The Eagles won the play. The flag was a complete bailout similar to the one the Chiefs got handed the week before in the AFC Championship, (and no, not the late hit, the infamous 6-down sequence).
All that flag did was end the Super Bowl in the most dissatisfying way anyone could have ever imagined and fed right into the hands of “the NFL is scripted” truthers.
But hey, at least Rihanna killed it, right?
Another Opinion: I love Rihanna but I selfishly wish she wasn’t pregnant for her Super Bowl performance.
I’m seeing this posted a lot of places right now.
A pregnant woman performed 12 hits in 13 minutes while suspended 150 ft in the air, and y’all thought it wasn’t good enough. Good lord, the bar is in heaven.
She did an amazing job, I thought. Yes it wasn’t as flashy or have any guest stars like the past years but when it comes to talent you don’t need all the flash and guest stars. Just saying.
And yes, I agree with you. It was an extremely, scratch that, mind-blowingly impressive performance for a pregnant woman. But you can’t argue that the pregnancy didn’t limit her.
I’ve seen Rihanna live. Rihanna dances. She moves around. She changes outfits. Hell, she smokes blunts and does sexually risque shit… all while performing. We didn’t get any of that due to her being with child.
Does she owe me more? No, not at all. I’m just some asshole on the couch watching an artist do things I could never imagine. But if you were to ask my honest opinion on her half time performance, I would call it forgettable and a little disappointing.
It’s the Super Bowl. I want the flash. I want the surprises. I want the MF’ing stars. Instead we got a half-singing barely-dancing Rihanna surrounded by hazmat jabbawockeez.
Love you forever Rihanna and congrats on the pregnancy, but I selfishly wish got to witness peak performance you.
But at least we got this tweet out of it.
As far as commercials go, we got served a heavy amount of nostalgia, with most falling flat. But I did think there was a clear winner with Doritos and Jack Harlow.
