The way too early official Super Bowl LIII gameday thread

[Timm Rosenbach]

Brady and company know how to win these games. Not sold on Gurley having his head right. One more for Brady (sad to say)

 

[NJCardFan]

man must be heaven being a Pat's fan
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A Boston fan in general. Every one of their teams have won a title in the past 10 years or so. This year alone the Red Sox are already World Series champs and the Pats could add to that. In my lifetime, my favorite teams have won 5 titles and 1 since 1983. The freaking Patriots have done that all on their own in the past 20 years.

 

[Southpaw]

This the Patriots secret weapon.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/...ind-curtain/IrNCfgrysUphGpkcIjEaBL/story.html

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Ernie Adams (right) is the Patriots’ director of football research and a close confidant of Bill Belichick.
By Dan Shaughnessy Globe Staff January 29, 2015

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Ernie Adams (right) is the Patriots’ director of football research and a close confidant of Bill Belichick.
The Patriots’ man behind the curtain

Is little-known Bill Belichick confidant Ernie Adams the secret to the Patriots’ success?

By Dan Shaughnessy | Globe Staff

PHOENIX — You can see the Ernie Hotline in the phone bank near the Patriots bench. Sometimes when Bill Belichick is prowling and scowling on the sideline, you get a glimpse of the wall of black phones behind the coach.

Under an NFL-shielded Microsoft Surface blue awning, in the middle of the row of old-timey wall phones, there is one handset with a strip of red tape affixed to the receiver. Somebody with a black Sharpie has identified the man on the other end of this line.

The five letters run from top to bottom of the handpiece.

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A bank of phones behind the Patriots bench includes one with orange tape and "Ernie" written on it.
Who is Ernie Adams? What does he do? These are the eternal questions surrounding the Mystery Man of the Patriots.

Adams declined a request to be interviewed for this story. No big surprise there. Ernie Adams interviews are like J.D. Salinger interviews. Like Garbo. Like Koufax. They are rare. Adams prefers to stay out of the spotlight.

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Adams, who is officially listed as “football research director,” is the man behind the Patriots’ iron curtain. He is the man who has Belichick’s ear. He is a football genius, a statistical savant, the Rain Man of the NFL. In the words of late author David Halberstam, Adams is “Belichick’s Belichick.’’

The magic game plan that beat the unbeatable St. Louis Rams in the Patriots’ first Super Bowl win? Hiking the ball off your own goal post to win an unwinnable game in Denver? Skull-imploding substitution plays that paralyzed John Harbaugh in New England’s playoff win over Baltimore? Adams’s DNA is sprinkled over all Patriot strategy and trickeration. History and anecdotal evidence suggest that Adams would know a lot about the PSI of a pigskin.

Adams is Belichick’s trusted football brother and confidant. He is like Robert Kennedy serving as attorney general for brother JFK in the New Frontier. He is Dick Cheney, behind the scenes with George W.

Who is the Patriots’ true decider? We’re never quite sure.

Asked to assess Adams’s contribution to the Patriots’ success, Belichick said, “Ernie’s really a great sounding board for me personally and other members of our staff. Particularly coaching staff. Strategy, rules, decisions. Ernie’s very, very smart. He has great historical perspective. Sometimes that comes into play.’’

 

[NJCardFan]

The one cool thing about this game is that there's a player on the Rams who is from my alma mater. First one ever to play in a Super Bowl from my old high school. Jamil Demby.

 

[Ronin]

trey wingo

✔ @wingoz



Per @ESPNStatsInfo Including the playoffs, the Rams and Patriots have had their top offensive lines intact for the longest time of any two teams this season. This just in.. O LINE MATTERS

 

[Ronin]

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[Ronin]

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[Southpaw]

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Wade Phillips Super Bowl tribute to his father.

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[Ronin]

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[Ronin]

Language! Is NSFW.

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[Ronin]

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[Ronin]

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[Ronin]

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[Ronin]

Tom Pelissero
@TomPelissero

McVay is asked if #Rams would go to the White House. Says their sole focus is on trying to win the game.

 

[Ronin]

Albert Breer

✔ @AlbertBreer



Rams coach Sean McVay on RB Todd Gurley: “He’s gonna be a big part of this game.”

 

[Ronin]

Albert Breer

✔ @AlbertBreer



Rams CB Aqib Talib on @RobGronkowski: “Best tight end in the game. Still.”

 

[Ronin]

Albert Breer

✔ @AlbertBreer



Patriots coach Bill Belichick asked whether Tom Brady is the greatest of all-time: “He’s a great quarterback, I’d put him up there against anybody. It’s not really my job to rank them.”

 

[Ronin]

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[Crimson Warrior]

Ten (Ten!) superbowls for the Pats in the last 25 years. Disgusting.

Ten superbowls!

 

[RugbyMuffin]

Ten (Ten!) superbowls for the Pats in the last 25 years. Disgusting.

Ten superbowls!

They be a good organization and a good team.

#IrootforthePenguinsHockey

 

[Ronin]

Pittsburgh TV Station Fires Employee Responsible for Tom Brady ‘Known Cheater’ Graphic

https://www.si.com/tech-media/2019/01/30/tom-brady-kdka-graphic-known-cheater-employee-fired

 

[Southpaw]

Super Bowl 2019: Brandin Cooks surprises Rams janitor with two tickets to the big game

Cooks wanted to show his appreciation, saying 'this is a team and he's a part of that'

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/super-bowl-2019-brandin-cooks-surprises-rams-janitor-with-two-tickets-to-the-big-game/

 

[Ronin]

trey wingo

✔ @wingoz



Tom Brady has yet to be sacked this post season. Since sacks became an official stat... only one QB in the Super Bowl era has gone an entire post season without getting sacked. And of course... it’s Tom Brady... went all the way thru Super Bowl 38 without getting sacked.