Kansas City Chiefs’ Tyrann Mathieu (32) talks with back judge Dino Paganelli (105) during the first half of the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday, Feb. “I’d never really seen that side of Tom Brady, but whatever. Brady came into the game with six Super Bowls titles, in part because he wins most of those mind games.
It was a marginal call that went against Charvarius Ward - lots of jockeying, and the sort of hand-to-hand combat that went unflagged through much of the playoffs. A few minutes earlier, Mathieu also sparred with Brady after his interception off a deflected ball was nullified by - what else - a defensive holding call. After the touchdown on the next play, Mathieu got an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for wagging a finger in Brady’s face. The face of all this Kansas City frustration: It was defensive back Tyrann Mathieu, who, one play after a 34-yard pass interference call that put the Bucs in business, got hit with an interference call of his own that gave Tampa Bay the ball at the KC 1. Reid burned two timeouts, after two short Bucs gains, thinking the Chiefs might get the ball back. The drive started at the Tampa 29 with 1:01 left. The Chiefs got too handsy in a vain attempt to cover Tampa Bay’s receivers, too jumpy on the line of scrimmage, too chippy when things didn’t go their way.Įach one of the eight first-half penalties hurt in its own way, none more than the two pass interference calls over the span of three plays that led to a touchdown and a 21-6 Bucs lead right before halftime. The team that ran like a classy, unstoppable machine through one championship season, and over 16 more wins en route to their second straight title game, imploded on itself. “It was uncharacteristic, and it was too bad it happened today,” coach Andy Reid said. The Chiefs only committed three penalties in the second half to finish the game with 11 for 120 yards. They were one more yard than Kansas City had racked up in any single game all year. Their 95 penalty yards in the first half were the most by any team in the first half of any of the 269 regular-season and playoff games this season. It was an undisciplined, uncharacteristic and somewhat unbelievable loss of composure that set the stage for a 31-9 drubbing at the hands of Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They did it to themselves.īy halftime, the defending champs had amassed more penalties (8) than points (6) - and more frustration than hope.
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The Kansas City Chiefs put on a textbook display of how to stop the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl on Sunday.
Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid walks to the sidelines during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday, Feb.
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