The NFL has reached an agreement with CBS and NBC to broadcast the Saturday night game between the so-far perfect New England Patriots and the somewhat less perfect (that's an understatement) New York Giants. In addition, the NFL Network will run the game.
Let's face it, this is the dull conclusion to a boring season. It is assumed, most likely correctly so, that the Pats will win. Some will watch to see that happen, thereby making football history with the only perfect 16 game season. Others will watch to see if the Giants can pull off the upset of the century. Win, lose or draw, this is good advertising for the fledgling NFL Network, now available in fewer than 40 percent of the nation's homes with TVs, due mostly to monetary disagreements with cable and satellite providers. The NFL hopes this game will turn the tide in their direction.
Too bad it's going to be a boring game. The NFL used to be fun, there used to be color and personality and character. No longer. The NFL used to be Ditka, now it's Dungy. There's a part of me that wants the Patriots to be perfect, so I don't have to hear those geezers from the '72 Dolphins gloat. There's another part of me that wants the Giants to crush Pretty Boy Tom and his partner in boredom, Randy Moss. Most of me just doesn't care though. I won't be watching, I won't be caring and I think that's a sad statement on the NFL today.
Too bad you weren't interested in watching this game. I wouldn't have described it as boring. Many like yourself assumed that the Pats would just run away with the game. Nope, they had to dig & crawl their way back to finishing the game with only a 3 point lead. Tom & Randy are a good team, but they can't do it without the other exceptional players on the team!
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