By no stretch of the imagination am I a Patriots fan, but God, did it hurt to watch that game tonight. Not only does my dream of seeing great white hope Danny Woodhead (aka the Small Chadron Collider) get a Super Bowl ring get put on hold for at least another year, they had to fall to the Jets, of all teams, to lose that dream. Now we are faced with a championship game in the AFC that, in my mind, is a lose-lose. Let's break it down:
-On the one hand, a team that has already won 2 titles in the last 5 years with more bandwagon fans than any professional sports team other than the Yankees, boasting an (alleged, in the same way that OJ is an alleged killer) rapist at quarterback, a cheap-shot-loving star wideout, and a star linebacker that makes his intention of taking head shots at the opponent clear, versus:
-A team with 2 wideouts with less character between them than the whole lineup in The Usual Suspects, a linebacker that directly threatens the livelihood of opposing players, a starting cornerback that has fathered more illegitimate children than Thomas Jefferson, and a head coach who encourages fighting rather than improvement. Not to mention a quarterback that gets a free pass in the media despite a shakier delivery than UPS on a snowy day.
Who the hell do I root for? Can I even in good conscience watch this game? I'll cheer for a comet hitting the field instead, and maybe Goodell can just hand Green Bay the championship.
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