Category: Super Bowl 55

Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ QB Tom Brady facing minor surgery

Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Tom Brady, 7-time Super Bowl champ and 5-time game MVP, will have knee surgery

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback and seven-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady will have minor surgery on his knee, “a clean up,” the Tampa Bay Times reported Thursday.

 Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports

Brady, 43, was named Super Bowl MVP for the fifth time on Sunday as the Buccaneers throttled the defending champion Chiefs, 31-9, at Raymond James Stadium.

Brady threw for 201 yards and three touchdowns. He did not appear bothered by any knee issue during Super Bowl LV.

Per ESPN:

Brady wore a brace on his left knee Wednesday during the Buccaneers’ Super Bowl boat parade Wednesday. But wearing the brace is not uncommon for the 43-year-old Brady, who also wears it when golfing and during other recreational activities.

His counterpart in Super Bowl LV, Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes had successful surgery for a turf toe problem on Wednesday.

 

 

Tom Brady’s social team wins with recap of Buccaneers’ triumph

Tom Brady’s social team put together another masterful video chronicling the Super Bowl win and ensuing celebration

Tom Brady’s social team is as sharp as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ quarterback is at his craft. And they delivered again, summing up the magical run that concluded with his seventh Super Bowl ring.

Starting with Brady and buddies on his boat with the Vince Lombardi Trophy, the video takes you through the victory Sunday in Super Bowl LV with the message: Still here. Never left. To be continued …

https://www.instagram.com/p/CLIEWjYg-Lf/

All aspects of the celebration are encompassed, including Brady’s toss of the Super Bowl trophy from one boat to another. Harrowing as the trophy could have wound up sinking.

However, when it comes to Brady the pass was a strike.

As good as the video is, nothing will compare to his mini-series with Rob Gronkowski.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKdPL8ggWIR/

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs4uDt9nMKH/

And their splendid commercial … quite the duo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L6juLUkwuw

 

Patrick Mahomes to under surgery to repair turf toe

Kansas City Chiefs superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes is headed for surgery on his turf toe

Patrick Mahomes will have surgery to repair his turf toe injury, according to a report on Tuesday. The surgery, which will be performed by Dr. Robert Anderson, is scheduled to take place on the former league and Super Bowl MVP on Wednesday.

Mahomes is expected to be ready to go by training camp, according to a source.

Mahomes was 26-of-49 for 270 yards, zero touchdowns, two interceptions, and a passer rating of 52.3 in Sunday’s 31-9 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV.

Kansas City failed to score a touchdown for the first time since Mahomes became a starter in 2018. Overall as a starter, he is 38-8. He is 6-2 as a starter for the Chiefs in playoff games.

“Yeah, I can’t say the toe was a problem when I played last week or two weeks ago and I played well on it,” Mahomes said. “It’s something you battle through. You’re playing football you have to battle through injuries. We’ll look at it tomorrow and we’ll make a final decision on if we’re going to have to have surgery on it or not.”

Anderson was the surgeon who handled both Chad Henne’s ankle fracture last year and Taco Charlton’s ankle injury earlier this year.

 

 

Super Bowl TV ratings are less than super for CBS

The viewer numbers were down for the 2021 Super Bowl while Internet usage reached an all-time high, according to CBS

The numbers are in for Super Bowl LV’s TV ratings. The overall figures failed to reach 100,000,000 viewers for Viacom/CBS.

Super Bowl LV attracted 96.4 million viewers, the company announced Tuesday, as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Kansas City Chiefs, 31-9.

It’s the lowest watched Super Bowl since 2007, when the Indianapolis Colts played the Chicago Bears, another CBS broadcast. That game attracted 93.1 million viewers, according to Octagon’s media division data.

There is always a positive spin, however. CBS saw growth in Internet streaming. The company said the stream averaged 5.7 million viewers per minute.

This marks the second time in three years the game failed to eclipse 100 million TV viewers. Tom Brady’s last Super Bowl win in 2019 while with the Patriots generated roughly 98.2 million viewers; the lowest since 97.5 million tuned into the 2008 Super Bowl.

The 2015 game between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks remains the most-watched game with roughly 114 million viewers.

Super Bowl ratings and viewership, all-time

As of 2021, out-of-home viewing is now included in traditional Nielsen-reported audience, via Sportsmediawatch.

YEAR GAME MARGIN NET OVERALL A18-49
RTG TV VWRS STRM SPNSH OOH RTG VWRS
2021 TB-KC TB +22 CBS 38.2 91.63M 5.7M 647K incl. 26.5 34.28M
2020 KC-SF KC +11 FOX 41.6 100.45M 3.4M 757K 13M 29.9 38.67M
2019 NE-LAR NE +10 CBS 41.1 98.19M 2.6M 473K 12M 31.0 39.95M
2018 PHI-NE PHI +8 NBC 43.1 103.39M 2.02M 543K 12M 33.4 43.00M
2017 NE-ATL NE +6 (OT) FOX 45.3 111.32M 1.72M 650K — 37.1 47.62M
2016 DEN-CAR DEN +14 CBS 46.6 111.86M 1.40M 472K — 37.7 47.86M
2015 NE-SEA NE +4 NBC 47.5 114.44M 973K 368K — 39.1 49.71M
2014 SEA-DEN SEA +35 FOX 46.7 112.19M 531K 561K — 39.3 49.87M
2013 BAL-SF BAL +3 CBS 46.4 108.69M 508K — — 39.7 50.22M
2012 NYG-NE NYG +4 NBC 47.0 111.35M 346K — — 40.5 51.84M
2011 GB-PIT GB +6 FOX 46.0 111.01M — — — 39.9 52.48M
2010 NO-IND NO +14 CBS 45.0 106.48M — — — 38.6 50.82M
2009 PIT-ARIZ PIT +4 NBC
42.0
 98.73M — — — 36.7 48.45M
2008 NYG-NE NYG +3 FOX
43.1
 97.45M — — — 37.5 49.19M
2007 IND-CHI IND +12 CBS
42.6
 93.18M — — — 35.2 n.a.
2006 PIT-SEA PIT +11 ABC
41.6
 90.75M — — — 34.6 45.01M
2005 NE-PHI NE +3 FOX
41.1
 86.07M — — — 33.2 43.14M
2004 NE-CAR NE +3 CBS
41.4
 89.80M — — — 35.7 46.00M
2003 TB-OAK TB +27 ABC
40.7
 88.64M — — — 36.4 46.86M
2002 NE-STL NE +3 FOX
40.4
 86.80M — — — 34.7 n.a.
2001 BAL-NYG BAL +27 CBS
40.4
 84.34M — — — 35.8 n.a.
2000 STL-TEN STL +7 ABC
43.3
 88.47M — — — 37.9 n.a.
1999 DEN-ATL DEN +15 FOX
40.2
 83.72M — — — 36.4 n.a.
1998 DEN-GB DEN +7 NBC
44.5
 90.00M — — — n.a. n.a.
1997 GB-NE GB +14 FOX
43.3
 87.87M — — — n.a. n.a.
1996 DAL-PIT DAL +10 NBC
46.0
 94.08M — — — 41.2 n.a.
1995 SF-SD SF +23 ABC
41.3
 83.42M — — — n.a. n.a.
1994 DAL-BUF DAL +17 NBC
45.5
 90.00M — — — n.a. n.a.
1993 DAL-BUF DAL +35 NBC
45.1
 90.99M — — — n.a. n.a.
1992 WSH-BUF WSH +13 CBS
40.3
 79.59M — — — n.a. n.a.
1991 NYG-BUF NYG +1 ABC
41.9
 79.51M — — — n.a. n.a.
1990 SF-DEN SF +45 CBS
39.0
 73.85M — — — n.a. n.a.
1989 SF-CIN SF +4 NBC
43.5
 81.59M — — — n.a. n.a.
1988 WSH-DEN WSH +32 ABC
41.9
 80.14M — — — n.a. n.a.
1987 NYG-DEN NYG +19 CBS
45.8
 87.19M — — — n.a. n.a.
1986 CHI-NE CHI +36 NBC
48.3
 92.57M — — — n.a. n.a.
1985 SF-MIA SF +22 ABC
46.4
 85.53M — — — n.a. n.a.
1984 LA RAIDERS-WSH LA +29 CBS
46.4
 77.62M — — — n.a. n.a.
1983 WSH-MIA WSH +10 NBC
48.6
 81.77M — — — n.a. n.a.
1982 SF-CIN SF +5 CBS
49.1
 85.24M — — — n.a. n.a.
1981 OAK-PHI OAK +17 NBC
44.4
 68.29M — — — n.a. n.a.
1980 PIT-LA RAMS PIT +12 CBS
46.3
 76.24M — — — n.a. n.a.
1979 PIT-DAL PIT +4 NBC
47.1
 74.74M — — — n.a. n.a.
1978 DAL-DEN DAL +17 CBS
47.2
 78.94M — — — n.a. n.a.
1977 OAK-MIN OAK +18 NBC
44.4
 62.05M — — — n.a. n.a.
1976 PIT-DAL PIT +4 CBS
42.3
 57.71M — — — n.a. n.a.
1975 PIT-MIN PIT +10 NBC
42.4
 56.05M — — — n.a. n.a.
1974 MIA-MIN MIA +17 CBS
41.6
 51.70M — — — n.a. n.a.
1973 MIA-WSH MIA +7 NBC
42.7
 53.32M — — — n.a. n.a.
1972 DAL-MIA DAL +21 CBS
44.2
 56.64M — — — n.a. n.a.
1971 BAL (COLTS)-DAL BAL +3 NBC
39.9
 46.04M — — — n.a. n.a.
1970 KC-MIN KC +16 CBS
39.4
 44.27M — — — n.a. n.a.
1969 NYJ-BAL (COLTS) NYJ +9 NBC
36.0
 41.66M — — — n.a. n.a.
1968 GB-OAK GB +19 CBS
36.8
 39.12M — — — n.a. n.a.
1967 GB-KC GB +25 CBS
22.6
 26.75M — — — n.a. n.a.
NBC
18.5
 24.43M — — — n.a. n.a.

Tom Brady delivers sensational Instagram Super Bowl LV story

Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady delivered a brilliant Instagram story video tribute to his Tampa Bay Buccaneers teammates

Tom Brady must have been up all night and day putting together the captions and music to go along with the Instagram Story the Super Bowl LV MVP dropped Monday.

Or someone on his team was busy pulling it together for the quarterback’s approval. Either way, it worked.

Being the great teammate and leader he is, Brady offered tributes to just about anyone and everyone who had a role in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 31-9 demolition of the Kansas City Chiefs at Raymond James Stadium.

Brady won his seventh Super Bowl and was named MVP for the fifth time as Tampa Bay won its second Super Bowl.

The Bucs signed Brady to a two-year contract as a free agent before the 2020 season. This has to go down as one of the best signings in the history of any sport.

PETA donor honors 100K pledge for Tyrann Mathieu interception

A donor will follow through on a 100K pledge to PETA for a Tyrann Mathieu Super Bowl interception

The underdog Tampa Bay Buccaneers had their day in Super Bowl LV on Sunday. Dogs will have theirs, too, despite a Tyrann Mathieu interception being nullified by a penalty flag.

An anonymous donor said last week they would donate $100,000 to PETA if the Kansas City Chiefs’ DB made an interception in the Super Bowl. Mathieu made a pick but it was wiped out by a penalty.

Those penalty flags be damned. The donor said Monday they were going to follow through with the contribution $100,000, anyway.

Per the release on Monday:

Angry at what he calls a “100% unfair” penalty that nullified Kansas City Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu’s brilliant interception during Super Bowl LV, an anonymous PETA donor says that he will still give PETA the $100,000 he had pledged for a Mathieu interception, because “the dogs didn’t deserve that call and neither did Tyrann.”

… Tyrann has now scored a donation that will help us spay and neuter dogs for free, provide ones who would otherwise freeze with sturdy doghouses, and give away straw bedding that offers these animals some insulation against the bitter cold. This winter will be a little less cold for neglected “backyard dogs,” thanks to Tyrann — PETA’s MVP for helping the most vulnerable pups.

The story kicked off when the donor said if Mathieu made an interception during Super Bowl LV, they would $100,000 to help dogs in need.

Mathieu has starred in videos for PETA, showing what impact leaving a dog in a hot car can have on the canine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBTGcWUf2ts&feature=emb_logo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaJfna0WX2s&feature=emb_logo

Per PETA:

For putting his own body on the line to help animals, we honored him with a PETA Humanitarian Award at our 40th anniversary celebration. His teammate Patrick Mahomes presented the award, calling Tyrann “not only an asset to our team but to animals who need protection.”

Super Bowl tributes and celebrations of Tom Brady roll on and on

The greats of sports reached out on social media to celebrate Tom Brady’s seventh Super Bowl victory.

Tom Brady has seven Super Bowl championships in 10 shots at the ring.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ quarterback is being feted by one and all after winning Super Bowl LV over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday at Raymond James Stadium.

The 43-year-old was 21-of-29 for 201 yards and a trio of TDs in the 31-9 victory.

The tributes and celebration of the G.O.A.T. poured in on social media and continue.

Tom Brady, one of a kind. Pretty damn good for a guy who went 199th in the NFL Draft.

New England Patriots quick to congratulate Tom Brady

After his first Super Bowl victory with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tom Brady’s former team, the Patriots, were quick to congratulate the QB

Tom Brady won six Super Bowls with the New England Patriots.

He guided New England to nine Super Bowls.

In his 10th, with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he earned ring No. 7 as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers crushed the Kansas City Chiefs, 31-9 at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday.

And his former team was quick on the social-media trigger to congratulate the one and only G.O.A.T.

His wife, Gisele Bundchen, enjoyed the game and showed so on social media.

Baker Mayfield weighed in, too.

What were the winning Super Bowl squares?

What were the winning numbers if you played the Super Bowl squares game everyone loves?

Super Bowl LV is over and now is the time for everyone to check out how they did on their wagers … and squares.

The Super Bowl squares game captivates hardcore and casual fans.

We’re one-stop shopping for the results:

First quarter

Game score: Tampa Bay 7, Kansas City 3

Winning numbers: TB 7, KC 3

Second quarter

Tampa Bay 21, Kansas City 6

Winning numbers: Tampa Bay 1, KC 6

Third quarter

Tampa Bay 31, Kansas City 9

Winning numbers: Tampa Bay 1, KC 9

Final

Tampa Bay 31, Kansas City 9

Winning numbers: Tampa Bay 1, KC 9