Fans were quickly because I can hear them from the middle of America right now.

In some eyes.

Some of those penalties Tim were ticky tack, especially that one holding called.

That negated a turnover where Matthew it had intercepted Tom Brady off of that pick past.

There was another one that was somewhat questionable.

Did you think the refs maybe weren't letting the boys play, so to speak in this game early?

Well, it's interesting because you go back to, you know, championship Weekend, even the divisional round.

There was a lot of talk about the officials, you know, quote letting guys play.

I think you've got to officiate consistently, you know, through the regular season into the postseason in the Super Bowl.

I don't think you change the rules.

Look, you could make an argument that things we're called less throughout times in the playoffs, and they were tonight.

I would agree with that wholeheartedly, but I would say that I do think that some of the penalties were standard with how they would call things during the season.

You mentioned the interception from tyrann Matthew that was negated because of pass interference.

You maybe have the ability to say, Look, that was contact after the ball was tipped.

Look, you may have a case there.

It's hard for the official.

Thio decided to decipher that.

You look at the pass interference on Mike Evans before the end of the first half, where Brundtland's feet get tangled up with Mike Evans and then, as he trips out of the rest of his body, makes contact with Evans.

The official throws a flag.

Look, I can't say that I loved either one of those calls.

At the same time, you do have to understand what the official is looking at.

And so okay, the saying is, do business as business is being done, Michael.

And if if they're calling those, you know, pass interference, then then then you gotta take your hands off of them.

And I think you know they weren't able to do that.

Let's take a look at some of the numbers as related to the penalties there.

Tim in the first half, 8 to 1 would be the discrepancy, in the words of Chiefs fans.

95 yards on those eight penalties.

But it's not just the yardage is also the moment they happen and able to keep drives alive, where the Bucks were able to score on those drives, as opposed to maybe getting off the field on 1/4 down situation.

But that right there put the Chiefs behind it.

But here's the deal.

Kansas City being behind in a playoff game or even a Super Bowl is not that big of a deal.

Over the last couple of years, they've overcome those deficits time and time again.

This one, they just couldn't do it.

And so now we have to give credit to that Tampa Bay defense and I made this comment earlier on social media.

If you look at the two, I felt as if the Buccaneers defense embarrassed the chief's defense because what they did against Patrick Mahomes compared to what the Chiefs did to Tom Brady night and day.

Why was Tampa so effective against my homes and company?

Because Kansas City could have passed protect, You know, I think on 56 you know, pass.

You know, our drop backs.

Patrick Mahomes was pressured on 29 of them.

I mean, he just he had no time they could not pass.

Protect Patrick Mahomes, Which is why he didn't look like the Patrick Mahomes that we're used to seeing his big plays.

You know, in the first half, when he scrambled on a third and seven for a first down or a 3rd and 10 for a first down, they could get nothing going down the field.

Tampa Bay did a good job of not giving up the big play, and they were able to get home.

They dialed up a few pressures that caught Mahomes off guard.

You know, they weren't able to alter the protection to get it picked up, but other than that, it was a lot of, you know, guys up front, getting beat, you know, losing their individual matchups.

And so I know a lot was made about, you know, offensive lineman being out for Kansas City Coming into this game, it had an impact, plain and simple.

It did.

They could not pass protect, and that was a problem because they didn't have time to get the ball out and down the field.

By the way, you see the news right there across the bottom of the screen.

As Tim was talking, Tom Brady was named Super Bowl M V P as expected for 1/5 time.

Seven championships, five Super Bowl MVPs For Tom Brady.

Again, that's most all time.

It was most before winning this fifth, because Joe Montana second, there were three just adding to the legacy for Tom Brady as the greatest NFL player of all time.

Uh, if we could go back to that Chiefs, uh, offense.

They've been so versatile throughout the year, whether it's Tyreek Hill, Travis Kelsey, uh, Edwards, he layer like they have all these weapons.

But as you mentioned earlier, Tim, some of the things that Kansas that Tampa was doing just wasn't allowed that because the pressure was too great.

How much credit do you give to Todd Bowles in that defense, based on what they saw the first time they played him in week 12 to make those adjustments necessary, especially the secondary here in Super Bowl 55?

Well, you have to have a ton of credit because I think that, you know, you go back to that earlier matchup.

There was a lot of hate being made, uh, you know, in the passing game, on stuff down the field, they gave up big place.

I think it was clear that they were gonna play deep in the first half, you know and say, Look, if you're going to complete a pass, it's not gonna be over our head that they were able to do that.

And listen, you know, part of what you do to is you.

You put a plan together for the opponent that you're facing.

And because of that, they decided to come after Patrick Mahomes with backup offensive linemen.

And it was the right plan.

And so, I think, a lot of credit.

Look, both coordinators, Leftwich on offense and Todd Bowles on defense did a tremendous job.

What a staff that Bruce errands and put together there in Tampa.

And you bring in a quarterback like Tom Brady and you get a Super Bowl championship number seven for Brady fifth M V P water performance.

It was for Tampa Bay.

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