NFL Trash Talkers Thread

I'm hoping the commercials will be good bc the Chiefs are going to steamroll the Bucs.

 

Opening line Chiefs +3

 

They have Brady and they are playing a home game so....

 

True, but I’m expecting very little comedy and instead lots and lots of messaging. The weird kind of Super Bowl where people take their piss and nacho breaks during the commercials instead of the game.

 

With these games it seems to be whose D shows up, wins. Pretty typical there. I cannot say the Chefs will be crazy favorites. Bucs gots D, you know, pass D. KC too.

OK always comes down to O line!!!! Hahahahhahaha

 

Stats from the NFC Championship are interesting:

https://www.espn.com/nfl/matchup?gameId=401220402

Are we sure the Bucs won in Lambeau after throwing 3 picks?

Can’t believe Bucs are 3 point underdogs in their home field all things considered.

 

Kelce is still running around untouched this morning what happened to jamming the TE at the line of scrimmage ?

Cheifs D played very well, congrats to the Chiefs. Buffalo did not play very well at all.

 

https://www.breitbart.com/sports/20...ertisers-bow-out-over-fear-offending-viewers/

 

I think it is return on the $ more than anything. A first grade orangutan could come up with a non-offensive ad.

Or maybe not.

 

Have to take your word on what's in that link.


I personally hope for a close game.

 

budweiser coke and hyundai did release news about not having a super bowl add.... didnt see any mention anything about "contentious political landscape" though


https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...-during-super-bowl-2021-broadcast/6693387002/

 

The companies don't seem to think so. Also in that article, the price per ad dropped slightly. I expect that the NFL also anticipates lower viewership this year.

 

Because the two teams in it aren’t exciting.

 

Brady versus Mahomes will excite a good number of whatever is left of the NFL fan base.

 

Insert Dwight Schrute false meme here.

This is the best SB match up in a long time. Everyone is excited. Old GOAT about to pass the torch again to the new GOAT. Legendary match up.

 

I agree... I think this whole playoff run has been the most exciting in years...and I am a Steelers fan. I should be sore and pissed off, but it has been fun to watch, especially the AFC stuff...

 

The failure to score on the Bucs turnovers while simultaneously making game killing ones of your own was the real reason GB lost. Also, Rogers could have run that late game possession into the end zone for a TD, but didn't even look that way. Total lack of situational awareness at a crucial time.

Brady made some bad throws, but the Defense made up for a lot of his errors.

 

The real story about advertising in the SB. Bottom line is that it's about the best use of advertising budgets.
https://apnews.com/article/budweiser-coke-pepsi-super-bowl-nfl-c17d72e98fda8f07d114657dfb7f5b90

NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time since 1983, when Anheuser-Busch used all of its ad time to introduce a beer called Bud Light, the beer giant isn’t advertising its iconic Budweiser brand during the Super Bowl. Instead, it’s donating the money it would have spent on the ad to coronavirus vaccination awareness efforts.

Anheuser-Busch still has four minutes of advertising during the game for its other brands including Bud Light, Bud Light Seltzer Lemonade, Michelob Ultra and Michelob Ultra Organic Seltzer. Those are some of its hottest sellers, particularly among younger viewers.

But the decision to not do an anthemic Budweiser ad — which over nearly four decades has made American icons of frogs chirping “Budweiser,” guys screaming “Whassup!”, and of course the Budweiser Clydesdales — showcases the caution with which some advertisers are approaching the first COVID-era Super Bowl.

“We have a pandemic that is casting a pall over just about everything,” said Paul Argenti, Dartmouth College professor of corporate communication. “It’s hard to feel the exuberance and excitement people normally would.”

The Anheuser-Busch move follows a similar announcement from PepsiCo., which won’t be advertising its biggest brand, Pepsi, in order to focus on its sponsorship of the the halftime show. (It will be advertising Mountain Dew and Frito-Lay products). Other veteran Super Bowl advertisers like Coke, Audi and Avocados from Mexico are sitting out the game altogether.

These big-brand absences are just one more way Super Bowl LV will look very different from previous years. Attendance at the game will be limited to 22,000 people, about a third of the more than 65,890 capacity of Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. And Super Bowl parties will be more likely to be smaller affairs with pods or families.

“I think the advertisers are correctly picking up on this being a riskier year for the Super Bowl,” said Charles Taylor, marketing professor at Villanova University. “With COVID and economic uncertainty, people aren’t necessarily in the best mood to begin with. There’s a risk associated with messages that are potentially too light. ... At the same time, there’s risk associated with doing anything too somber.”

The pandemic has cut sharply into sales for many Super Bowl advertisers. With pricey ads costing an estimated $5.5 million for 30 seconds during the Feb. 7 broadcast on CBS, some may have decided it’s not worth it this year. Coca-Cola, for example, has been hard hit since half of its sales come from stadiums, movie theaters and other usually crowded places that have been closed during the pandemic. It announced layoffs in December, and said it said it wouldn’t advertise this year to ensure it’s “investing in the right resources during these unprecedented times.”

To fill the void, newcomers like the TikTok rival Triller, online freelance marketplace Fiverr and online car seller Vroom are rushing in to take their place. Returning brands include M&M’s, Pringles, Toyota and others.

Monica Rustgi, Budweiser’s vice president of marketing, said the brand is still calculating how much it will spend on vaccine awareness. But she said it will be a “multi-million dollar” commitment that includes donating airtime throughout this year for the nonprofit the Ad Council and COVID Collaborative’s COVID-19 Vaccine Education Initiative.

Budweiser will still have a marketing presence around the big game. Starting Monday, the brand will air an ad that celebrates resilience during the pandemic, including a socially distanced birthday parade and athletes in Black Lives Matter jerseys. The ad, narrated by actress and director Rashida Jones, ends with health care workers getting vaccinated and talks about Budweiser’s donation.

In the era of social media and digital advertising, brands aren’t limited to running ads during one event, since consumers can see them online, everywhere from Facebook and Twitter to YouTube, Budweiser’s Rustgi said. Budweiser’s Super Bowl step-back also won’t be long-term, she said.

“The Super Bowl is the most popular sports event, aside from the World Cup, that anybody is going to see,” added Dartmouth’s Argenti. “An event that draws that many people to the advertising is never going to go away.”

Companies that are running ads this year face a number of challenges. Super Bowl ads are usually developed months in advance and shot in the fall, meaning that ads airing in two weeks were shot under costly pandemic conditions and without any idea how the presidential election would turn out. That further complicates the already delicate process of striking a tone that acknowledges what’s happening with the world, managing to either entertain or tug at viewer heartstrings, and finding a way to tie it all back to their brand.

“It’s a tough year to do an ad,” Argenti said. “It will be a good year for creative companies who figure out how to thread that needle.”