The 2021 Super Bowl will kick off at what's become a standard start time for the NFL's final game of the season. Get your televisions or live streams to CBS at 6:30 p.m. ET to make sure you don't miss a moment of Chiefs vs. Buccaneers from Tampa's Raymond James Stadium.
You could be tuning in to the greatest quarterback matchup in Super Bowl history. On one side is six-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady, but he's not wearing his familiar Patriots colors. He migrated south for the 2020 season, abandoning Bill Belichick in New England and joining Tampa Bay. He and the Buccaneers were only good enough for a wild-card spot in the regular season, but they've won three playoff games on the road to get a home Super Bowl.
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Opposing Brady is Patrick Mahomes, only the reigning Super Bowl MVP who hoisted the Lombardi Trophy about a year ago. Any discussion of what modern QB could rival Brady as the greatest of all time starts with Mahomes, who may have the most arm talent in NFL history. The third-year starter won MVP in 2018 and Super Bowl MVP last year. He's pretty good himself.
The star-studded nature of this game doesn't end with the quarterbacks, of course. Mahomes' top weapons are Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce, while Brady's offense is loaded with Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Antonio Brown, Rob Gronkowski, Leonard Fournette and Ronald Jones. Whichever defense can slow down a legendary quarterback could have the advantage.
So don't miss a moment of the action. We have all the information below about when you need to lock your TV on what should be a highly entertaining matchup.
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What time does the Super Bowl start 2021?
- Date: Sunday, Feb. 7
- Time: 6:30 p.m. ET
Super Bowl 55 between the Chiefs and Buccaneers kicks off at 6:30 p.m. ET, which has become the usual time for Super Bowls. The game will be played on Sunday, Feb. 7, which is two weeks after the conference championship games determined that Kansas City and Tampa Bay would play in the season's final game.
You should be able to find Super Bowl coverage all over your cable channels throughout the day, including morning coverage on NFL network and extended pregame shows on CBS before kickoff.
What channel is the Super Bowl on today?
- TV channel (national): CBS
- TV channel (Tampa Bay): WTSP
- TV channel (Kansas City): KCTV
The 2021 Super Bowl will be broadcast on CBS, which has actually flipped its turn in the three-network rotation with NBC. NBC wanted to trade to broadcast the 2022 Super Bowl to pair its advertising with its 2022 Winter Olympics coverage.
This will be the 21st Super Bowl on CBS, the most of any channel. It will also be the last during the current broadcast agreement that expires after 2022 and featured the three-network rotation of CBS, NBC and Fox, which broadcasted last year's game.
On the CBS call will be the network's No. 1 NFL broadcast team. That means Jim Nantz on the call for his sixth Super Bowl and joined in the booth by Tony Romo, who will be calling his second.
There's a heavy crew of additional reporters joining Nantz and Romo, with Tracy Wolfson, Evan Washburn and Jay Feely all serving as sideline reporters for the broadcast. CBS will also have Gene Steratore, a long-time league official, to provide rules analysis during the game.
Super Bowl live stream
There are plenty of options for live-streaming the Super Bowl. The easiest is to use NFL Digital (NFL app on phone, tablet, connected TV devices or NFL.com) and/or Yahoo Sports (Mobile web and app), which will both be streaming the game for free.
CBS is on offer on all the major subscription streaming services, as well. That includes Sling, Hulu, YouTube TV, fuboTV and AT&T Now. CBS will also be streaming the game for free on the CBS Sports App and CBSSports.com, along with on CBS All Access for those who already subscribe.
For fans watching in Canada, Super Bowl 55 can be streamed live with DAZN, and new DAZN users can sign up with a 30-day free trial.
Super Bowl 2021 odds, picks, predictions
The Buccaneers opened as 3 1/2-point underdogs against the Chiefs in Super Bowl 55. That's despite the game being played in Tampa Bay's home, Raymond James Stadium.
Super Bowl odds (via DraftKings Sportsbook):
- Point spread: Chiefs -3.5
- Over/under total: 57.5
Super Bowl picks, predictions:
Vinnie Iyer: Last year in this space, I somehow went with a pick against Patrick Mahomes. Let's correct that now, because the Chiefs are playing as complete Super Bowl reigning champions.
Tom Brady has done great work leading the Buccaneers and raising their offensive efficiency. The "home team" also has a pretty good overall defense. But the Chiefs counter well and have QB play, pass defense, coaching and experience all on their side on top of that unstoppable, intimidating feeling. Although Brady will have his typical Super Bowl moments, Mahomes will have a lot more of his to ensure the Chiefs repeat, keeping himself on a special trajectory to rack up rings.
Prediction: Chiefs 31, Buccaneers 27
Bill Bender: Patrick Mahomes passed for 462 yards in the regular-season meeting, and at one point it looked like Tyreek Hill would set the single-game receiving record. Tackle Eric Fisher’s injury is a major storyline given how Shaquil Barrett and Jason Pierre-Paul were able to combine for five sacks in the NFC championship game, but Mahomes presents more of a challenge because of his mobility.
Look for a similar game to emerge the second-time around. Kansas City will build a first-half lead behind TD passes to Hill and Travis Kelce, but Tom Brady — as he so often does — will lead a comeback in the second half. Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and Rob Gronkowski will make their share of plays in the passing games, and Leonard Fournette will be more involved this time around.
In the end, however, the Chiefs don’t give Brady a chance to lead the game-winning drive. Mahomes wins Super Bowl MVP honors again, and Andy Reid starts thinking about a three-peat.
Prediction: Chiefs 35, Buccaneers 32
Mike DeCourcy: There is no such thing as an undeserving Super Bowl entrant. Getting into the NFL Playoffs, when margins in the league are so narrow between success and failure, is an underrated accomplishment. Maneuvering through those playoffs to the ultimate stage is amazing.
Sometimes, that achievement needs to be embraced — because that’s as good as it’s going to get.
The Buccaneers were a 7-9 team a year ago. They were 5-11 the year before that. Now, they are a Super Bowl team. Soon they will be a Super Bowl loser, but until kickoff they can revel in the overnight quality of their success. They brought in an “aging” Tom Brady, watched him wrestle with the conversion to a new system, heard those who doubted it ever would take and now can laugh at those who wondered if he could be successful with a different team, at an age when most NFL players are long since retired.
The Super Bowl will not be about Brady, though. It will be about how Tampa can stop Patrick Mahomes. They did an excellent job against Aaron Rodgers and the Packers. But this is even a half-step beyond that. And they won’t succeed. Mahomes is too elusive, too inventive. It will not be easy for KC, but it will be done.
Prediction: Chiefs 33, Buccaneers 24
Matt Lutovsky: The Buccaneers don’t have many weaknesses, but if there’s one area they struggle, it’s pass defense. That’s not ideal against Patrick Mahomes and company, so unless the loss of Eric Fisher (Achilles’) opens the door for Tampa’s solid pass rush to wreak havoc, Kansas City should have a key advantage.
Tampa will be able to run with its dynamic duo in the backfield — and it figures to shut down KC on the ground — but Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and Tyreek Hill are playing so well it might not matter. Throw in an opportunistic Kansas City defense against a somewhat mistake-prone Bucs offense, and you have just enough reason to like the Chiefs here.
Prediction: Chiefs 30, Buccaneers 24
Joe Rivera: The more things change, the more they stay the same.
While the Chiefs aren’t playing the 49ers in the Super Bowl this year, the matchup looks very similar in a lot of ways, and a lot like last year, the Chiefs’ defense is the key ingredient that isn’t been talked about enough throughout another KC romp through the playoffs.
While Patrick Mahomes (deservedly) gets most of the praise for being a human “Madden” glitch, the Chiefs’ defense held one of the NFL’s most potent offenses to just 15 points through three quarters in the AFC championship game, with a few inconsequential scores bumping up the Bills’ total to 24 points.
The Chiefs are, once again, playing a top-level defense with a pretty killer pass rush. Without left tackle Eric Fisher (out with an Achilles tear), Kansas City will have its hands full with both Jason Pierre-Paul and Shaq Barrett, though Mahomes’ mobility and Andy Reid’s creative play-calling will likely mitigate the threat of the pass rush, much like they did in Super Bowl 54.
In order to beat a Brady-led team, you have to play a near perfect game. Tampa Bay’s wide receiver corps is going to be a lot to deal with. The run game will be, too.
But the “Patrick Price” is going to be too much for Brady and the Bucs to pay, and Mahomes will get his playoff revenge for the 2018 AFC championship game loss to then-Patriot Brady.
Prediction: Chiefs 34, Buccaneers 24
Billy Heyen: As much as everyone will bill this matchup as Patrick Mahomes vs. Tom Brady, it's really Mahomes versus the Buccaneers' pass rush. Mahomes, the far better quarterback than Brady at this stage, needs to be neutralized for Tampa Bay to have any shot of winning.
We already saw in Week 12 that the Buccaneers have no shot of covering Tyreek Hill. And Travis Kelce has proven time and again this season that basically no one can guard him. If Mahomes has time to stand in and deliver to his top weapons, it'll be a long day for the de facto home team in Tampa. Even if Mahomes doesn't have time, he may just be too good to stop, anyway.
Yes, it's remarkable that Brady is in his 10th Super Bowl in his first year with a new team at age 43. But for all his GOAT-ness, Brady can't impact Mahomes' performance in Super Bowl 55.
Prediction: Chiefs 34, Buccaneers 24
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