{"id":167848,"date":"2021-02-01T08:53:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T05:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/super-bowl-2021-storylines-chiefs-brady-buccaneers\/"},"modified":"2021-02-01T08:53:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T05:53:43","slug":"super-bowl-2021-storylines-chiefs-brady-buccaneers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/super-bowl-2021-storylines-chiefs-brady-buccaneers\/","title":{"rendered":"#Super Bowl 2021 storylines: Chiefs, Brady, Buccaneers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d8acd57bd5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d8acd57bd5\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/super-bowl-2021-storylines-chiefs-brady-buccaneers\/#A_Certain_Quarterback\" >A Certain Quarterback<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/super-bowl-2021-storylines-chiefs-brady-buccaneers\/#A_Certain_Other_Quarterback\" >A Certain Other Quarterback<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/super-bowl-2021-storylines-chiefs-brady-buccaneers\/#Wheres_the_Buzz\" >Where\u2019s the Buzz?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/super-bowl-2021-storylines-chiefs-brady-buccaneers\/#You_Betcha\" >You Betcha<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/super-bowl-2021-storylines-chiefs-brady-buccaneers\/#Home_Cooking\" >Home Cooking<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/super-bowl-2021-storylines-chiefs-brady-buccaneers\/#New_York_State_of_Mind\" >New York State of Mind<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/super-bowl-2021-storylines-chiefs-brady-buccaneers\/#Best_of_the_Best\" >Best of the Best<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/super-bowl-2021-storylines-chiefs-brady-buccaneers\/#Dandy_Andy\" >Dandy Andy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/super-bowl-2021-storylines-chiefs-brady-buccaneers\/#Trailblazer\" >Trailblazer<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/super-bowl-2021-storylines-chiefs-brady-buccaneers\/#Bucs_Lead_the_Way\" >Bucs Lead the Way<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Super Bowl 2021 storylines: Chiefs, Brady, Buccaneers<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>Remote: (adj.) Far apart; situated at some distance away.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Super Bowl 2021, the first remote Super Bowl. And, hopefully, the last remote Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the two teams that made it this far, the Chiefs and the Buccaneers, will get together on the field Sunday at Raymond James Stadium. Until then, though, there is absolutely nothing about what is set to transpire this week that will be normal, familiar or desired, when it comes to the usual lead-in to hype to the big <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>. The pandemic made sure of that. The Bucs will be in Tampa all week, of course, but the Chiefs will not arrive in the host city until Saturday, making this feel like an ordinary game in October and not anything very \u201csuper\u2019\u2019 at all. <\/p>\n<p>That wild scene at <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Day, with real journalists mixing with fringe types in wedding dresses and superhero costumes? Not this year. The mass interview sessions in cavernous ballrooms and hotel banquet halls? Nope. Super Bowl LV should be sponsored by Zoom, given how often players and coaches will come at you through laptop screens. Everyone strengthen your Wifi and, please, unmute only when called upon to do so!<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the game will go on. Here are 10 storylines expected to dominate what figures to be an unusual week:<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Certain_Quarterback\"><\/span>A Certain Quarterback<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Tom Brady. Tom Brady. Tom Brady. Tom Brady. Tom Brady. Tom Brady, Tom Brady, Tom Brady. Tom Brady. Tom Brady. That\u2019s 10 mentions, one for every Super Bowl he has been to in his 21-year career. In some ways, though, this is No. 1 for Brady, as it is his first Super Bowl without the Patriots and Bill Belichick. The whole Greatest Of All Time dialogue is getting rather moot. If Brady wins this one with the Buccaneers, consider the discussion over and done with, for good.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Patrick Mahomes\" class=\"wp-image-17200750 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Chiefs-Mahomes.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Chiefs-Mahomes.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Chiefs-Mahomes.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Chiefs-Mahomes.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Chiefs-Mahomes.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Patrick Mahomes<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Certain_Other_Quarterback\"><\/span>A Certain Other Quarterback<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It is silly hearing these comparisons of Patrick Mahomes and Brady, as if such a young guy (Mahomes is 25) nearing the end of his fourth NFL season can ever catch up to what such an older guy (Brady is 43) has accomplished. Let\u2019s revisit this in about a decade, OK? For now, Mahomes is the most fun and formidable player in the NFL and might top the list as the athlete you must never miss in action, or else risk hearing about something miraculous he pulled on the field.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wheres_the_Buzz\"><\/span>Where\u2019s the Buzz?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The influx of fans from all over the world will not be there. The bars and restaurants in downtown Tampa will not be teeming, at all. There is no massive Media Center in the Tampa Convention Center. No Radio Row with talking heads, former athletes and celebrities wandering around and babbling nonstop. No after-hour parties sponsored by the likes of Playboy or Maxim. There are no mass gatherings in the age of COVID-19. A week of Super Bowl hysteria and a pandemic do not mix. It will be strange. And quiet.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"You_Betcha\"><\/span>You Betcha<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Bets of all shapes and sizes, point spreads, exotic prop bets, this is nothing new for a Super Bowl. You want to wager on the identity of the Most Valuable Player? Patrick Mahomes is the favorite, at odds of 5-6. Tom Brady (9-4) is next. Here is a first, though. The Over\/Under for players missing the game due to COVID-19 is 1.5, according to BetOnLine. Talk about a sobering reality check.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Home_Cooking\"><\/span>Home Cooking<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This never h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened in the first 54 Super Bowls. The Buccaneers will play this game on their home field, Raymond James Stadium, and no team has ever played a home game in the Super Bowl. The closest we have come to this was back in Super Bowl XIV, when the Rams faced the Steelers at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. about 11 miles from Los Angeles. Alas, this will not be a wild home-field advantage, as only 22,000 fans will be allowed in deference to social distancing.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"New_York_State_of_Mind\"><\/span>New York State of Mind<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There is a decidedly New York\/New Jersey flair to what will go down on defense. Buccaneers defensive coordinator, Todd Bowles, was the Jets head coach from 2015-18 and was 24-40 in a rough four-year stay. Steve Spagnuolo runs the Chiefs defense, just as he did for the Giants in 2007 (when he won the Super Bowl) and 2008 and again from 2015-17, including a four-game stint as the interim head coach to close out the 2017 season. Bowles and Spagnuolo are likeable coaching veterans engendering good feelings from so many of their former players.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Best_of_the_Best\"><\/span>Best of the Best<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Rob Gronkowski is not close to what he once was in his heyday with the Patriots, but he does provide a comfort zone for Tom Brady as the duo looks to complete their first year with the Bucs with another ring. For now, the tight end crown is worn by Travis Kelce, an unstoppable force and yet another weapon for Mahomes. The Bucs counter with quality linebackers Devin White and Lavonte David, making this somewhat of a fair fight and a key matchup.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dandy_Andy\"><\/span>Dandy Andy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Andy Reid\u2019s place in NFL history is secure and there is no way he will be denied Hall of Fame selection after winning his first Super Bowl last year. If he wins another? Wow. The Chiefs would be the first repeat champions in 16 years, since the Patriots did it in 2003 and 2004. If this happens, they will build a statue (a big statue) of him in Kansas City, where Reid is 91-37 in his eight years in red.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Trailblazer\"><\/span>Trailblazer<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Sarah Thomas, a 43-year old from Pascagoula, Miss., makes history as the first woman official to ever work a Super Bowl when she takes the field on Sunday. She became an NFL official in 2015 and rose through the ranks. She will take her place in Super Bowl LV on Carl Cheffers\u2019 officiating crew.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bucs_Lead_the_Way\"><\/span>Bucs Lead the Way<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Diversity in the NFL is once more up for debate, with Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy again closed out when it came to filling any head-coaching vacancy. The Buccaneers this week will gain deserved attention for the way head coach Bruce Arians assembled his staff. It includes two women (assistant defensive line coach Lori Locust and assistant strength and conditioning coach Maral Javadifar) and all of Arians\u2019 top coordinators \u2014 Byron Leftwich (offense), Bowles (defense), Keith Armstrong (special teams) and Harold Goodwin (assistant head coach), are African American.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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