Super Bowl LV: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers – live! | Sport

Raymond James Stadium will have a third of its capacity today, with a third of the tickets given to healthcare professionals to recognize their tireless and vital work during the pandemic.

Unlike the stadium, Tampa bars will be packed today, despite the pandemic. They will be able 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:

The Buccaneers have an advantage at home today and are the most successful defender of all time, but are facing a terribly dangerous attack, led by arguably the most talented NFL player of all time. How do they win? Our writers give their ideas:

Shorten the game. The Bucs have proved that they can change various styles this season. They can win with their exceptional defense. They can count on Tom Brady to participate in a shooting. Against the Chiefs, although it is not so much fun, they will have to rely on the run-game to extend their attacks against the weak front of the Chiefs to contain the score. Take Brady to the final race with a chance to win the game, that should be the plan. Oliver Connolly

Sic Jason Pierre-Paul, William Gholston and Ndamukong Suh in the Chiefs’ reserve tackles. Mix a little at the beginning. (Transfers to Leonard Fournette & Co are very predictable.) And capitalize on every opportunity to connect with receivers in the field, a highlight for Bruce Arians throughout the season. If Antonio Brown is looking for a time to shine, this is it. Andrew Lawrence

Brady’s does not want to enter a pitch competition with Mahomes at this point in his career. Your advantage will be in your experience. He doesn’t want to be a pure game manager here, he’s going to have to connect some long balls to win, but if he focuses on making the right move instead of trying to make the big move, his team has a solid chance. Hunter Felt

Tampa must play to his strengths and blitz early and often. They have the pedigree – nine sacks and two wins against Rodgers this season – and can slow Mahomes down by attacking an offensive line without his two initial tackles. You risk dying for a thousand cuts in the form of Tyreek and Travis, but Todd Bowles must be brave to limit Kansas City’s score. Graham Searles

You can read more game predictions here:

Little-known 576-year-old quarterback Tom Brady is starting for the Buccaneers today, so we asked another Hall of Fame, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, to write about how to get to 40 (OK, Brady is 43). These are 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 already been broken, others still need to be broken at a time to be decided. I learned some lessons about being a middle-aged athlete in a league where the average age is 26, which is also the age of the average NFL player. Some of those lessons were about playing, others about being a player – two very different things.

“Playing at a professional level against well-trained athletes 20 years younger is a challenge. The court looks much longer, the legs look heavier, the bow looks smaller. That is when you come face to face with what philosophers call the mind-body problem: the relationship between mind consciousness and the stubborn sack 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 can watch next year’s game in a packed stadium.

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

He is also asked whether he prefers to be played by Mahomes or Brady (Biden was a receiver at that time). He opts for Mahomes, who, according to him, has some “potential”, a moderate understatement. Then Biden remembers that he is a politician and says that they are “the two great defenders”. A change from his predecessor, who probably would have called himself the greatest player of all time.

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

Britt Reid is the son of Chiefs’ head coach Andy Reid, so who knows how he must be feeling now (and that before we talk about the parents of the injured child).

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

Missing the day when players could smoke on the sides? (LEGAL NOTE: The Guardian does not recommend smoking – even those with a low tar content.) Then take a walk through our gallery of previous Super Bowls (also featuring the giants dressed in Shirley Temple, which is as scary as it sounds):

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

“I think it’s disrespectful that he hasn’t found a job as head coach yet,” said Kelce. “But I will reap the benefits of him being here every year and we will remain in the Super Bowl as long as we have him.”

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

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is asked about the lack of black coaches in the NFL. He says he takes the matter “very seriously” and admits that the league “did not do as well as we wanted”. It’s easy to blame Goodell and the league office – and there are many reasons to blame the commissioner! – but the fact is that white billionaires who own NFL teams are the ones who choose not to employ black coaches.

Andrew Lawrence has more information on the coaching situation in the NFL below:

Hello and welcome to the coverage of [checks Roman numerals] Super Bowl 55, between defending champion Kansas City Chiefs and hometown Tampa Bay Buccaneers (the first team to play in their own stadium in Super Bowl history). Normally, the Guardian would be at the stadium, but with this year’s pandemic the NFL could only promise us a table at the media center in the stadium parking lot, so we will be in front of the TV as well. 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 given their opinion, and their thoughts are below:

Chiefs 31-24 Buccaneers. The combination of Brady and Bowles is as good as you can expect when trying to knock the Chiefs off their perch. No one is able to stop the Chiefs, but all the Bucs demand is a defense that slows down the Mahomes-Andy Reid machine, even for one or two possessions. Tampa has the talent and the team to execute that plan. I have the Bucs giving Brady a chance at final possession, but getting close. The Chiefs’ offensive power, despite all Bowles’s goodness, is simply overwhelming. And even when play is interrupted, no one is better off the script than Mahomes. The Chiefs step back and Mahomes takes home a second consecutive MVP. Oliver Connolly

Chiefs 30-29 Buccaneers. As exposed as Mahomes is on the edge, one can easily see Bucs’ defense forgetting the QB wheels until it’s too late. Whether taking a piece of yards or buying time to throw darts at Cheetah & Co, eventually Mahomes will win your heart. Andrew Lawrence

Chiefs 34-17 Buccaneers. Look for the teams to keep him closed for a while, but in the fourth period, the Chiefs will take the lead and jump with one of those bursts of Mahomes in which he gives two touchdowns in the blink of an eye. Hunter Felt

Chiefs 30-33 Buccaneers. I said that in the middle of the season and I will say it again, Tom Brady and the Bucs are going to win the Super Bowl. Attacking Brady is a foolish mission, especially now that he is an underdog. Six titles and his team not being a favorite is proof of how good the Chiefs are, but Brady will have the last word in the game with a last-minute drive and possibly which QB is really the best. Same time next year, Tom. Graham Searles

You can read the predictions in full below: