They want to hear cold, hard, unflinching takes.
Then we can all go to X.com and call Cam Newton the Hitler of ESPN.
That’s how you talk sports.
That being blown out in a Super Bowl is worse than not making the Super Bowl at all.
I refuse to give into that premise.
I can’t accept it.
I know fans and the media have to talk about something.
I know you gotta go to bat for your team.
But at this point we are just spitting in the face of reality, and ignoring history entirely.
Tom Brady went 9 years in the prime of his career without winning a ring.
In those 9 years, he made the Super Bowl twice.
He lost to the Giants both times.
Obviously in those losses to the Giants, Brady performed significantly better than Mahomes did last night.
Or the Jets with Mark Sanchez?
Tom Brady lost a fumble and threw two picks in the first quarter of that game.
One of them was as inexcusable of an interception as you’ll ever see.
I think more likely than not you’ll be right in the end.
But nobody knows that yet.
That’s not a hot take.
It’s probably the most vanilla, most level-headed take I’ve ever had.
But somehow there are so many people who will vehemently disagree with it.
And they’ll say mean things to you if you make that point on the internet.
I’m not even trying to knock Tom Brady.
If you’re comparing dynasties, the Chiefs are nowhere close to the Patriots.
Quarterbacks in particular are legitimately better off not making it to the Super Bowl at all.
It’s so backwards.
This is the second day in a row I’ve wrote a blog bitching about this.
But nobody can stop me from going to the grave knowing I am objectively right.
