We have turned the corner and are now heading down the home stretch toward kickoff of the biggest event in the American sporting landscape. The NCAA tournament might be the most exciting, the World Series draped in history and Americana, the Stanley Cup doused with tradition, but nothing compares to the Super Bowl in terms of extravagance and exorbitance. Former coaches and players come out of the woodwork to conduct interviews and promote whatever endeavors they have embarked upon since they last stepped foot on a field and celebrities descend on the host city attending the multitude of lavish parties being thrown throughout the week and gallivanting around town trying to be seen by anyone and everyone with a camera and a credential.
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Sunday’s battle between Peyton Manning and Drew Brees is shaping up to be one of the greatest quarterback duels in Super Bowl history. It’s true that Manning-Favre would have been better historically, but this game isn’t too shabby and I don’t think it’ll disappoint. Manning is already being considered by many to be the greatest quarterback in NFL history and Brees has been moving up record lists at a rapid rate and isn’t showing any signs of slowing down anytime soon. I haven’t heard one media person yet say they don’t expect this game to be a barnburner. For the first time since 1992 (I think) both #1 seeds advanced to the Super Bowl and I truly believe this game will be something special.
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Since we are basically halfway through the NFL season, I thought I’d take the time to give out my midseason awards. We all know that it’s not how you start but how you finish, but there are some teams that regardless of how they finish their seasons have been lost. Obviously these awards are subject to change as the season progresses, but as of right now, this is how I see things.
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Even when it looks like the Saints might be upended and come back down to Earth, they find a way to pull it out stay unblemished. Last week they found a way to come from 21 points down to thrash the Dolphins in the second half and winning by 12. This week they faced a tougher test against division rival Atlanta and after facing a 14-7 deficit at the end of the first quarter, they reeled off three straight touchdowns in the second quarter to take a lead they would not relinquish, even though things got quite dicey at the end.
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This posting comes a little bit later than normal and I would like to apologize to all of my loyal readers. I have been a little busy working on a top secret project for a major provider of football information. But, I am now back to our beloved site here and I am ready to riff on all of the goings on in yesterdays games. So without further adieu here are the 8 things that I saw yesterday that I think everyone should recognize as well.
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The first quarter of the season will end for most teams after this weekend’s games. A lot of teams like to look at the season, like the game itself, in four quarters. After the first quarter they gauge where they are at and then adjust moving forward. After this weekend’s games, a lot of teams will have a better measure of where they stand and what they’ll have to do to improve going into the second month of the season.
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It’s Thursday, so that means its time for me to grace my eager audience with my insightful look into this weekend’s upcoming games.
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Yesterday’s games were supposed to clear things up a bit, leave teams knowing what they had to work on and where they were heading, for better or worse. So exactly how clear are things in the NFL after the first two Sundays? Well, to put it bluntly, not very.
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That’s one of the potential column titles for Brandon’s new weekly column, which will feature commentary on the weekend’s NFL games every Monday afternoon.
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