Interestingly the betting line out of Las Vegas is Chiefs by a point and a half. I think San Francisco is the better team. Benjamin Hoffman predicts a 49ers win in a nail-biter. In a sampling of player interviews on the NFL Network the predominate belief appears to be that Patrick Mahomes is going to find a way to win. That's the way I choose to see it too.
Given that most think this game will come down to how the Kansas City offense plays against the vaunted San Francisco defense, a fruitful way to approach this game might be to say that it will really come down to how the Chiefs defense stacks up against the 49ers offense.
There's really no telling. If the Chiefs can't stop the run I think they're in trouble. Kansas City was able to shut down Derrick Henry. So that bodes well if you are a Chiefs fan. Is Jimmy Garappolo that much better than Ryan Tannehill? I don't think so. Take the Chiefs. Let's hope it is a high-scoring, close game.
With the Super Bowl, the holiday season comes to an end. Some would argue it's Presidents' Day. I think Presidents' Day is like a water stop in the first mile of a marathon, the marathon being the February-to-end-of-May long march to Memorial Day.
The Iowa caucus is tomorrow. In February and March the Democratic Primary will likely be decided; unless the DNC opts for some heavy hocus pocus, finding a way to transfer the allegiance of Biden voters, as well as the supporters of all the also-rans, to Mike Bloomberg. Shane Goldmacher's story from the other day says it all. Biden's campaign is on life support. If he finishes out of the top two in Iowa I think he's in real trouble.
Bloomberg has already spent a surreal $275 million in advertising. How Bloomberg does in the Democratic Primary will be a sobering assessment of the health of U.S. democratic system. Can a billionaire buy a major-party nomination with enormous ad buys as if he were selling Doritos?
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