take a break from pricing, check out the superb owl

superb owl time

let’s take a break from the grind of creating seo content for a new pricing consultancy. 

my love for football runs deep. i was raised in washington dc and the football team there was my first love. like most first loves, however, it fizzled out. the pandemic was a bad time for everyone, and it was the end of a destructive relationship with the r*******. sexual assault and harrassment allegations, a tone-deaf approach to a name change during a time of massive social upheaval (george floyd) were the straws that broke the camel’s back, and these issues don’t even start to address the ~30 years of losing i endured.

so i became a niners fan in the summer of 2020, just after they lost in the super bowl to the chiefs. i figured that i’d been in san francisco long enough to adopt the team, and i’ve been accepted with open arms as a dan snyder refugee. things are going great. i’ve seen more playoff wins in ~4 years of fandom than i saw in my whole life as a washington football team fan.

on to the superb owl. what a weekend! everyone is picking the chiefs. it’s so great. kyle’s motivational speech has never been easier. here’s how the game will go, broken out by quarters since that’s how you people roll:

q1: purdy throws a pick in the first quarter, and cause my stomach to be outside of my body. chiefs will have trouble punching it in and purdy will recover. cmc takes one in for a touchdown and establishes his dominance at the point of attack. this is going to be a violent game, folks. end of quarter score: 7-3 niners.

q2: pacheco and greenlaw have their meeting at the line of scrimmage, and the whole earth is knocked off its axis. greenlaw leaves the game with a concussion but dislodges the football, evening out the turnover battle. niners punch it in and add a field goal at the end of the half. chiefs eek out another field goal. 17-6 niners at halftime.

q3: mccaffrey takes over the game. niners open the half with a 14 play, 79 yard drive that takes seven minutes. chiefs finally break through after a big gainer from rashee rice. 24-14 niners, headed to the fourth.

q4: keep away time. a quiet fourth quarter for everyone but cmc. niners grind down the clock with the run game. final score, 27-17. niners win. 

most pundits are afraid of mahomes at this point after three strong playoff performances. the fact is the defenses they’ve faced in the playoffs haven’t been good, with the exception of the ravens. the ravens d delivered, and the ravens offense pooped their pants. if the niners run defense continues to struggle, however, the predictions above will look bad.

sample size is important. the chiefs haven’t been great for most of the year. the niners have. go niners baby!