The Bleeding Inexperienced Nation writers picks are in for Tremendous Bowl LVIII!
The San Francisco 49ers are the betting favorites to beat the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, in keeping with DraftKings Sportsbook. Regardless of this, a majority of BGN writers are literally betting on the aspect of Patrick Mahomes/Travis Kelce/Andy Reid/Taylor Swift.
With regards to the BGN decide standings, John Stolnis has already clinched a win as the general champion. Congrats to him for stopping my threepeat try. However first place within the playoff standings remains to be on the road.
Tremendous Bowl 2024 Picks
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
Stolnis: 2-0Dave: 1-1Tyler: 1-1Natan: 1-1Alexis: 1-1Community: 0-2BLG: 0-2Drew: 0-2Jonny: 0-2Joe: 0-2 (no picks)
OVERALL STANDINGS
Stolnis: 189-95Community: 185-99BLG: 182-102Tyler: 173-111Dave: 172-112Jonny: 167-117Alexis: 166-118Drew: 157-127Natan: 154-130Joe: 124-160
PLAYOFF STANDINGS
Tyler: 9-3Stolnis: 9-3Dave: 8-4Alexis: 7-5Drew: 6-6Community: 6-6BLG: 6-6Natan: 4-8Jonny: 2-10Joe: 0-12
PICK EXPLANATIONS
BRANDON LEE GOWTON
If there’s justice on the planet, the Chiefs will win. The 49ers are very unlikable whiners. Additionally, I can’t actually dwell with myself if I guess in opposition to the inevitable Patrick Mahomes on this spot. I’d really feel rather more dumb for doubting him than I’ll if Brock Purdy proves me improper.
CHIEFS 28, 49ERS 27.
I mentioned my decide in additional element on this week’s version of TGIFootball for The SB Nation NFL Present:
ALEXIS CHASSEN
It feels just like the Chiefs are in place to win back-to-back Tremendous Bowls, and regardless of the 49ers being the extra proficient crew, they in all probability received’t have the self-discipline and preparation wanted to hold out a victory. San Francisco may have the poor apply discipline circumstances to lean on as an excuse, and if effort was an issue within the NFC Championship sport, there’s no purpose to assume it received’t be a problem in opposition to the Chiefs. Plus, Kansas Metropolis’s offense goes to make Brock Purdy work for each yard, and Patrick Mahomes will possible pull some herculean feat to spice up the offense in opposition to a stout 49ers defensive entrance. In opposition to another crew, I’d be rooting in opposition to the Chiefs, however the 49ers bug me, so I’m pulling for KC.
DREW HAMM
This Tremendous Bowl stinks. The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs stink as a result of they beat the Eagles within the Tremendous Bowl final 12 months and there are maniacs on-line who assume that Andy Reid was unfairly run out of city right here though should you have been exterior then YOU KNOW THAT REID NEEDED TO MOVE ON AN…okay, sorry, I’m again. The place was I? Ah, sure, the Chiefs. They stink and I’m sick of Patrick Mahomes, his silly voice, and Jake From State Farm.
That being stated…I’ve picked the Chiefs to win the Tremendous Bowl this 12 months as a result of the choice is the completely loathsome San Francisco 49ers. Very not often has a crew gone from “I don’t take into consideration them a lot in any respect” to “I want them to lose each sport in probably the most painful approach attainable” as rapidly because the Niners have over the previous 14 months. Ever since final 12 months’s NFC Championship Recreation the place the Eagles beat their ass, their followers (and gamers!) have been whining and complaining and moaning about every part. I’ve written about sports activities on-line for over a decade now and the one time I’ve ever gotten a menace from some random individual was after I wrote in regards to the Niners being little infants all offseason.
49ers followers are what the media paints Eagles followers as. They’re violent, delusional, and terrible to cope with in individual or on-line. Dropping this Tremendous Bowl by 100 factors isn’t a nasty sufficient destiny for them. It’s notable that we haven’t even talked in regards to the gamers on the crew but, as a result of their followers are simply that terrible, however there are a bunch of dweebs on the roster too. Brock Purdy is an Previous Navy model that was delivered to life by a witch who simply needed to look at the world burn and he’s solely good due to the offense round him. Deebo Samuel is a child. Chase Younger provides as a lot effort on the typical defensive play as you’ll at work on Monday following this sport. George Kittle…appears alright really.
The Niners ought to’ve misplaced to the Packers within the divisional spherical and so they positively ought to’ve misplaced to the Lions within the NFC Championship Recreation and but…right here they nonetheless are. Taking part in on my TV once more. I desperately want the Chiefs to stomp a mudhole in them in entrance of God and all people so I can hearken to them cry all offseason about how issues aren’t truthful as a result of a greater crew beat them. It brings me no pleasure in any respect to report this, however go Chiefs.
TYLER JACKSON
I consider Kyle Shanahan places to mattress years of Tremendous Bowl frustrations with a win Sunday.
San Francisco’s protection isn’t nearly as good as the large names on that aspect of the roster would counsel however I nonetheless don’t belief Kansas Metropolis’s offense which once more was shutout within the second half of the AFC Championship Recreation.
On the flip aspect whereas the discourse on Purdy has been maddening, he provides SF greater than Jimmy G did, incomes a pair of comeback wins this postseason. There’s additionally the obtrusive concern of Kansas Metropolis’s run protection which can face one of many sport’s finest run-designers in Shanahan.
I don’t belief both head coach’s in-game administration however my bonus prediction is Shanahan makes a gutsy name in some unspecified time in the future that makes the distinction.
San Francisco 27, Kansas Metropolis 17.
BEN NATAN
It must be the Chiefs. The 49ers are the extra proficient crew. Little question. Prime to backside one of the best roster within the NFL this 12 months. However the Chiefs have possibly one of the best quarterback ever and, at this level, possibly one of the best Head Coach ever. Kansas Metropolis is taking part in powerful, impressed soccer and received’t make the errors that the Lions or Packers made to let the Niners off the hook for gradual begins.
DAVE MANGELS
They are saying those that overlook historical past are doomed to repeat it. Final 12 months I scoffed at the concept Patrick Mahomes might single-handedly put the Chiefs over the Eagles. He did. I’m not making that mistake once more.
The Chiefs aren’t excellent, getting shut out within the second half in opposition to the Ravens and spending a lot of the Payments sport behind. However with Mahomes they by no means felt out of it, and so they weren’t.
However greater than Mahomes, the 49ers come into this sport on shaky floor. They have been the higher crew than the Packers, however not considerably so. They weren’t the higher crew in opposition to the Lions, they received fortunate. Brock Purdy has seemed mortal, their protection could be had, and Kyle Shanahan goes to go away factors on the sector.
I’m taking the Chiefs as a result of I’m extra assured they are going to play their finest sport than I’m that the 49ers will play their finest sport.
JONNY PAGE
It nonetheless appears unattainable for the Chiefs to win all of it after taking part in so poorly on offense for many of the 12 months. However I’m choosing the Chiefs.
I believe the hole between Mahomes and Purdy is large, and I believe the Chiefs’ protection beneath Spags goes to trigger Purdy big issues. I count on a nasty decide or two by Purdy and the Chiefs to win. I’ll go for 24-20.
JOHN STOLNIS
When the playoffs started, one might hardly have argued that the 49ers weren’t the crew to beat.
Oh positive, the Ravens handed them their lunch a month in the past and have the one-time and certain 2023 MVP beneath middle, however the checkered postseason previous of Lamar Jackson and the Ravens was certain to upend their quest for a Tremendous Bowl look and, positive sufficient it did. San Francisco, in the meantime, was far and away one of the best crew within the NFC by the point they clinched the No. 1 seed and appeared destined to achieve the Tremendous Bowl.
Nicely, they did that, nevertheless it was hardly straightforward. They narrowly escaped a large upset by the hands of the Inexperienced Bay Packers at dwelling and may have misplaced their NFC Championship Recreation to an inexperienced and doomed Detroit Lions crew in a sport that may hang-out that franchise ceaselessly. San Francisco didn’t cowl in both sport and seemed nothing just like the crew that ran roughshod over the NFC this 12 months. The protection was porous and, it’s loopy to say, appeared to lack effort in the course of the first half in opposition to Detroit.
The Chiefs, in the meantime, entered the playoffs driving a rickety set of wagon wheels, hoping to piece collectively sufficient of an offense to make one other run. Nicely, after a frigid 23-7 win over the Dolphins, they needed to beat the red-hot Payments in Buffalo and the Ravens in Baltimore, each of which they did, as underdogs in every sport. Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid, together with a extremely underrated protection that actually has carried the crew all season lengthy, are on the verge of a 3rd Tremendous Bowl title in 5 seasons.
The Kansas Metropolis protection may have solutions for Brock Purdy. The San Francisco protection may have no solutions for Patrick Mahomes, even with a receiving corps that’s less-than-stellar. Travis Kelce, regardless of being the one actual receiving menace on the sector, continues to pile up 100+ yard video games within the postseason. I believe the identical will occur within the Tremendous Bowl.
I’ve received KC 24, SF 17.
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