The Patriots are back in the Super Bowl, attempting to win a record-setting sixth title against the Rams, who are trying to bring the Lombardi Trophy to Los Angeles for the first time in franchise history.
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February 7, 2019
Super Bowl Reactions and Offseason Story Lines With Mina Kimes, Ty Law, Ted Nguyen, and Geoff Schwartz
Robert Mays is joined by a series of guests to discuss the Patriots’ defensive performance, what it’s like playing for Bill Belichick, the offseason’s biggest story lines, and much more
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February 7, 2019
Super Bowl LIII Brought Us the Last Great Gronking
Over the past nine seasons, Rob Gronkowski has stood for everything the Patriots otherwise have not: joy, pure athletic dominance, partying hard on cruise ships in the Caribbean. If his pivotal catch Sunday goes down as his last great NFL moment, it couldn’t be more fitting.
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February 6, 2019
Super Bore LIII Aftermath With Jay Kornegay
Plus, Cousin Sal and the Degenerate Trifecta discuss the fallout from the Patriots’ latest Super Bowl win and the many missed prop opportunities Sunday night
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February 5, 2019
Should the Rams Worry About Todd Gurley’s Mega Contract Extension?
The 2017 Offensive Player of the Year signed a record-setting deal this past offseason. But after Gurley no-showed in Los Angeles’s two biggest games of the season—with the running back insisting he was healthy—it’s fair to wonder whether the team will come to regret the deal.
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February 4, 2019
The Starting 11: What Super Bowl LIII Can Teach Us About the Future of Defense
There was no one cheat code that Bill Belichick and Wade Phillips used to slow the Los Angeles and New England offenses at Super Bowl LIII on Sunday. But both staffs found success by valuing similar principles.
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February 4, 2019
Why We Love to Hate the Patriots
New England’s Super Bowl–winning dynasty elicits feelings of anger, fatigue, and frustration among football fans. The way the NFL is designed makes this animosity inevitable.
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February 4, 2019
Julian Edelman Is a Playoff God. Should He Be a Hall of Famer?
The Super Bowl LIII MVP has had an unremarkable career in regular-season games, but his postseason performances have given him an outsize impact on football history
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February 4, 2019
‘Game of Thrones’ Goes Dilly Dilly: Grading the Trailers From the Super Bowl
Plus: Captain America is alive, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ is still on, and Jordan Peele is everywhere
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February 4, 2019
The Perils of Going All In During the Age of the Patriots
Sean McVay’s Rams exemplified the tenets of modern team building in their run to Super Bowl LIII. They just learned the lesson that’s defined this decade in the NFL: It doesn’t matter if you aren’t built to beat the dynasty in New England.
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February 4, 2019
The Not-So-Super Bowl
Bill Belichick and Tom Brady do it again, while Sean McVay and Jared Goff struggle every step of the way
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February 4, 2019
Once Again, Belichick and Brady Bend the NFL to Their Will
The Rams were a vision of the NFL’s exciting, innovative, high-scoring future. The Patriots rendered them ineffective in the Super Bowl, a reminder, if we needed one, that the league will change only as much they will allow it to.
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February 4, 2019
Six Plays That Explain How Bill Belichick Outdueled Sean McVay
The Patriots made one of the league’s best offenses look like a high school squad by stopping the run, dialing up pressure, and playing tight coverage. With just enough help from Tom Brady and the offense, New England won their sixth Super Bowl.
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February 4, 2019
The Winners and Losers of Super Bowl LIII
The matchup didn’t live up to the billing, but legacies were still made and torn down on Sunday.
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February 4, 2019
Patriots Victory Party No. 6 With a Bored and Horrified Cousin Sal
Cousin Sal joins Bill to discuss another Patriots Super Bowl win, the national anthem prop-bet controversy, Todd Gurley, and much more
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February 4, 2019
Jared Goff Had the Worst Game of His Life on the Biggest Stage
The third-year signal-caller had largely shaken the "system QB" talk that chased him early in his career, but that discussion could come roaring back after an all-time bad performance against the Patriots in Super Bowl LIII
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February 3, 2019
Exit Interview: Los Angeles Rams
The Rams’ grand plan was working to perfection—until they whiffed in the Super Bowl. After making several aggressive moves to position themselves to win this season, they face difficult decisions about how to keep their roster intact in the seasons to come.
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February 3, 2019
The Historically Boring Super Bowl LIII Sent Football Back to the Stone Age
The Patriots won their sixth title in a low-scoring snoozefest against the Rams. But in a game headlined by Tom Brady and the most hyped offensive guru in the league, punters Johnny Hekker and Ryan Allen became the story.
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February 3, 2019
Maroon 5’s Super Bowl Halftime Performance Was Deeply Whatever
At intermission, Adam Levine and Co. just had to not bore us to death. But doesn’t it still seem like their performance fell short of the lowest-scoring Super Bowl in history?
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February 3, 2019
Exit Interview: New England Patriots
It looked like a down year for New England, but here we are again. What could next season look like for the defending champs?
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February 3, 2019
Super Bowl LIII With Alvin Kamara, Amari Cooper, and Melvin Gordon
Plus, a brief visit from the Backstreet Boys
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February 3, 2019
REMBERT-SNATCH! A Choose-Your-Own Adventure Tour of Atlanta with Rembert Browne
Rembert takes Rodger on a tour of Atlanta before Super Bowl LIII
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February 2, 2019
How Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Became the Last Niche Act to Play the Super Bowl Halftime Show
Before the show became the massive, commercial entity it is today, one small swing band got the call to perform in 1999. Their appearance is virtually unbelievable 20 years later—even to the band’s members.
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February 1, 2019
The Tony Romo–Jim Nantz Prop Bets Super Bowl Special
Kevin and Bryan discuss the best Romo-and-Nantz-related prop bets from Super Bowl LIII
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February 1, 2019
The Super Bowl LIII Game Preview: Who Wins a Clash of Coaching Masters?
It’s Bill Belichick versus Sean McVay and Josh McDaniels versus Wade Phillips. Let’s break down how Sunday night’s Patriots-Rams matchup could play out.