Revisiting that Patriots-Buccaneers Super Bowl prediction, and other thoughts
Picked-up pieces while the Bills Mafia gets lathered up for the first-place-again Patriots in Orchard Park Monday night …
▪ As one who is routinely wrong, let me mention that I’m no latecomer to the suggestion that the Bill Belichick Patriots could wind up facing the Tom Brady Buccaneers in Super Bowl LVI Feb. 13 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif.
Go back to the Globe’s “NFL Season Picks” that were posted online Sept. 8 and you’ll see me predict that the Patriots would go 11-6 and make it to the Super Bowl, where they’ll beat Tampa Bay in “the greatest event in the history of sports.” Colleague Chad Finn also had the Buccaneers and Patriots in the final, but he picked Brady to win the big game.
Speculation about a Patriots-Buccaneers Super Bowl was a topic this past week after New England knocked off top-seeded Tennessee while the Brady Bucs got back on the winning track in Indianapolis. Data analytics website Football Outsiders stated that going into Week 13, Patriots-Buccaneers is the most likely Super Bowl matchup, with a 9.9 percent chance of happening.
Saturday, December 04, 2021
DHL Dan CLXI - Getting It Wrong In Advance?
Shank jumps on another hot-take type of bandwagon:
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Good for Shank for admitting that he is "routinely" wrong, something most of us already knew.... and as for these preseason prognostications, place those alongside the yearly predictions by NY sportswriters who predict the Yankees winning the World Series every year.
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