Upon the Super Bowl

The Patriots established themselves as a dynasty on par with any team that has played football. Very shaky showing by Donovan McNabb, who looked good at times, and terrible at others. He threw far too many interceptions, and many of his attempts were off-target or wobbling. The Eagles ran an atrocious last several minutes on offense, when they needed two scores to tie the game. They did jump on a banged-up Patriots secondary, and scored the TD they needed, but they had to try the onside kick and then hold New England with only 2 time-outs. The defense did their part, forcing a 3-and-out, but by the time the Eagles got the ball back, they had under a minute to move 60 yards into FG-range. It was cringe-inducing watching McNabb pull his offense into huddle after huddle, while time burned off the clock. Bad-job by both the QB and the coaches.


For some reason, even with their dominance, I just can not get excited about the Patriots. I take nothing from their ability, but they just don't thrill. This may be a partial result of the absence of media-hype, but who besides New Englanders gets excited to see the Pats play? They have no Mike Vick, no Terrel Owens, no Priest Holmes, no Ray Lewis. Bill Belichick is an awesome coach, but he looks like a bum and has no discernible media personality. Tom Brady is one of the great "winners" in sports, but he doesn't have the Jeter/Jordan moments that make you say "Wow!". The defense is very strong, but doesn't have the Ravens or Steelers aura. The Patriots seem to win ever Super Bowl that they are in these days, but 3 -point field goal wins are only exciting when they are last-second.

Terrel Owens had over 100 yards receiving, and could easily have done more. He rightfully noted that Brett Favre would have been deified for playing on the ankle, while he was scrutinized and criticized.

Congrats to the Pats, the three time champion team who defined......Zzzzzzzz.