BAD BEATS: NFL WEEK 12

BY ADAM GREENE

Back in Week 10, we had a potential Worst Bad Beat of All Time as the Arizona Cardinals completed a last second Hail Mary pass to defeat the favored Buffalo Bills. This week, we might have one that qualifies as the all time dumbest.

If I were to throw some stats at you; say a quarterback who throws for over 300 yards in the first half or a wide receiver who hauls in 203 yards in the first quarter, there’s not a sane person who would predict that the football game in question would end up close.

And no one, who bet earlier in the day or week on the Kansas City Chiefs at -3.5 over the visiting Tampa Bay Buccaneers would have believed they would be doing anything other than cashing in a winning ticket by the time Cris Collinsworth slid into the Plexiglas partition protecting Al Michaels from his face germs on Sunday Night Football.

And I know Collinsworth isn’t doing the slide in this year, but she should. He should butt up right against the glass every time with a thud. And then he and Michaels should kiss through it like a convict and his wife denied a conjugal visit.

Also, Mike Tirico and Tony Dungy called Sunday Night’s game between the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears, but that’s the whole point. Your expectations for the day, and hopes of a longing, fogged up prison smooch between the Peacock network’s premier broadcast team, were dashed before they eased into their cold weather NBC quarterzips.

So how did a game with a quarterback (Patrick Mahomes) and wide receiver (Tyreek Hill) already setting first half records along with a 20-7 hafltime lead turn into a Bad Beat?

Because Tom Brady will ruin anything and everything you’ve ever wanted or loved. Sure, this might be his last year in the league, but Tom’s not leaving before he guts you one last time. It might be the only thing really keeping him going at this point.

But you, person who bet on that -3.5 spread, were feeling great in the third quarter, even after the Bucs opened with a measly field goal. Because the Chiefs are gonna Chief and Mahomes, the first chance he had with the ball again, reeled off a seven play, 75-yard drive that culminated with a TD pass to Hill. It was almost boring at that point.

Brady, in an effort to lull you into a false sense of security, tossed a pick to shut down his next drive. A three-and-out from the Chiefs was no big deal. You had a 17 point cushion.

That deflated to 10 after an eight play, 75 yard Tampa Bay scoring drive. Another KC punt, put the ball back in Brady’s hands in two minutes and 11 seconds later, Mike Evans was celebrating in the end zone with 4:10 to go. The Buccaneers trailed by just three, 27-24 and suddenly planning to surprise your significant other with a brand new luxury SUV with a big red bow on it like some kind of psychopath was on the ropes.

But Mahomes had the ball and all you needed was a field goal to give you that half-point advantage you needed. Unfortunately for you, no one Kansas City’s entire football team cared about you, your hopes and dreams, or desire to participate in this year’s Happy HondaDays sales event.

The Chiefs needed to run the clock down and win and that’s exactly what they did. Mahomes took a knee and, with it, any dashing an chance you had at having a Lexus December to Remember. Now, just like with everything else you want to do, you’ll have to wait until 2021.

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