Taylor Swift’s Super Bowl dilemma and Zay Flowers up-and-down Sunday | Sunday Night Blitz
Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and Frank Schwab discuss whether Taylor Swift will attend the Super Bowl during her Eras Tour and explain how Zay Flowers benefitted both the Ravens and the Chiefs on Sunday. Hear the full conversation on “Sunday Night Blitz” - part of the “Zero Blitz” podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.
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JASON FITZ: There were some amazing performances that delivered teams one step closer to football glory. Thanks to our friends at Amazon Prime, we want to single out two individuals who really delivered. Frank, get weird with me. Whatever the word "delivered" means to you, who delivered the most this weekend?
FRANK SCHWAB: I think I'm going to go with Travis Kelce's girlfriend. It's Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift is going to the Super Bowl. Now, look, she's got a long way to go. There are some logistics involved here, Fitz, with Taylor Swift making the Super Bowl. If people haven't known about this already, Taylor Swift, she's on the Eras Tour, right? Maybe you've heard about that.
She's going to be in Tokyo doing shows Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night. She's going to get done with her last show in Tokyo about 5:00 in the morning Las Vegas time on Saturday. Taylor's likely going to get on a plane, come to Las Vegas, land on Saturday, watch her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, at the Super Bowl. If you are that upset about Taylor Swift being on your TV screen for three seconds at a time, you're not the person for me. I love this story.
I want to see more of Taylor Swift. I hope she gets on that plane from Tokyo to Las Vegas. I heard Nicole Auerbach over at "USA Today" made the joke, "Taylor Swift has been in the NFL for one year, and she's already going to a Super Bowl." I love that line. I'm going with it. Taylor Swift delivered. She's going all the way to the Super Bowl. And I hope she makes it from her show in Tokyo in time to cheer on Travis Kelce.
JASON FITZ: All right, so I'll give you-- you know, you got a little weird. I'll give you a delivery that's weird. I'll give you-- I'll give you Zay Flowers because he delivered for both sides. He was basically all of the offense for the Ravens with the yards that he was able to get in the air. But he was also a bunch of the reasons why the Ravens weren't able to win this football game.
I mean, we talked about the taunting penalty. We talked about the fumble into the end zone. These are moments that I believe Zay Flowers as a rookie is going to look at and grow from. There is no doubt about it. And it's funny to me because, realistically, when we look back on this game, instead of thinking about his stat line, instead thinking about all of the big catches, instead of thinking about the fact that he was the one guy that was consistently able to get down the field for the Ravens, particularly late in the game, we are all going to think about the fumble. That is just the way the NFL works.
But I got to give him credit. Come on, he delivered for his team by putting up big yards. But he also delivered for the NFL scriptwriters by making sure that he could fumble into the end zone, which makes sure that we get Tay-Tay into the Super Bowl. I'm telling you, now all we need is Taylor Swift to deliver a performance in the Usher halftime show. Those were your playoff deliveries from the championship round, obviously. Whatever you're into, from shopping to streaming, it's on Prime. Visit amazon.com/prime to get more out of whatever you're into.