Not me. Not even a little.
First off, the 11-5 Pats didn’t make the playoffs because Brett Farve decided to turn into the 60 year old man we all know he is. Then, the 8-8 San Diego Chargers get to host a playoff game! What the heck is that?! Okay I need to move on…
It started as a pretty boring bracket to begin with. Joe Flacco and Matt Ryan were getting a lot of attention for being young and Kurt Warner and Kerry Collins were getting a lot of attention for being old. Both the Manning brothers were in. The Tampa Bay Rays, ummm i mean the Miami Dolphins made the playoffs after having a 1-15 season last year. Then there were the random who cares teams like the Panthers and Vikings. Now don’t get me wrong DeAngelo Williams was killer for my fantasy team this season and I’m a huge AP fan, but lets face it kids, these teams are boring.
So my Boston College boy, Matty Ice gets knocked out in the first round by Grandpa Warner. Vikings go down at the hands of McNabb. Joe Flacco shows that the word rookie means nothing to him and takes down those stinkin’ Dolphins. Thankfully the Football Gods decide that Peyton Manning, (having already won an award he didn’t deserve) would not continue on in the playoffs, so the Chargers send them home. So at this point, Flacco is really the only interesting story left. I don’t care about destiny and McNabb.
Then Carolina who I am “rooting” for, (rooting meaning I glance up at the tv every once in awhile to see the score) falls to Gramps and the Cardinals in embarrassing 33-13 fashion. Chargers go on to meet up with the Steelers and even though Big Ben left his last game on a stretcher that doesn’t slow him down enough and the Steelers make the Chargers look weak. (Worse that weak actually, during the 3rd quarter, San Diego only had the ball for 17 seconds.) Then the Football Gods help out one more time by getting rid of the other Manning left in the playoffs, as the Eagles grab the win 23-11. The we have 23 year-old Joe Flacco (who will turn 24 this Friday- Happy Birthday Joe) and the Ravens take down the #1 seed Titans in a boring game decided by a FG.
So now we are left with: Steelers/Ravens. Cardinals/Eagles. Now unless you are a diehard fan of one of these teams then there is no way that this Super Bowl 43 is going to thrill you. I’m gonna stick with Flacco and hope he becomes the first rookie QB to win a Super Bowl. 
But this year, the Super Bowl really will be about the commercials.
1 Comment
January 14, 2009 at 11:27 am
touche man, the playoffs from conference champs on is going to be a BORE unless you like one of the teams. to make matters worse i have a TON of steelers fans as friends….and thats all i hear about.
i hate the patriots, but ill admit you guys got JOBBED this year. i havent looked it up, but ill assume thats the first time an 11-game winner has missed the playoffs.
damned division winners.
good post man, it was a good read.
scottykimberly
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