My observation of the game so far.. The Rams are riding the hype of what they can be, drinking the Kool Aid. The team isn’t gelling the way they might have expected.
On the bright side..it’s only the first game..so they have time to get things right.
The 49ers are playing the 49ers way the Kyle Shanahan way. They believe in their style of football..and they’re executing at a high level on both sides of the ball. I know it’s Week 1..but they’re letting the football world know that they’re dangerous.
Football is back!
“I think the Rams are going to have such an easy go of it offensively against this team that I think it’s gonna be very difficult for Purdy to match Stafford’s production.”
@getnickwright explains:
Bad Bunny walked out in a #64 jersey with “OCASIO” on the back.
Not Bad Bunny.
Not Benito.
His real name.
His family name.
Then he grabbed the mic and said:
“My name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio. And if today I’m here at the Super Bowl, it’s because I never, never stopped believing in myself.”
In Spanish.
No translation.
Even the jumbotron was in Spanish.
And I watched the whole thing with a translator on.
Because the message was that important to me.
They said he was “un-American.”
They said nobody would understand him.
They said having him perform was “ridiculous.”
And he SHOWED OUT!
He brought out Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin.
He staged a wedding on the field.
He recreated a bodega.
He gave us a whole scene of family and love.
He humanized an entire culture on the world’s biggest stage.
All in his native language.
And he didn’t flinch.
His lyrics were clear messages:
“They want to take the river from me, and the beach too. They want my neighborhood and for my grandma to leave.”
“I should have taken more photos when I had you. Hopefully my loved ones will never move.”
And that last line:
“Ojalá que los míos nunca se muden.”
Hopefully my loved ones will never move.
That’s about families being separated.
Forced to leave.
Displacement.
Yeah, he didn’t chase the mainstream.
He made the mainstream come to him.
He put his family name on his back and told 120 million people exactly who he is.
And I’m here for ALL of it!👏🏽
Brock Purdy on the 49ers handling adversity all season and still managing 10 wins to this point:
“Resilience. It’s the NFL, guys go down, guys step up. Everyone’s done a great job across the board. With every position group the next guy is stepping up, doing their job and doing what it takes to win. That’s what it looks like when you have a great team and we got a great team. We just gotta take it one game at a time. Go Niners!”