Hewson said:
Take these to the bank:
Patriots 27 Chargers 13
Packers 16 Giants 13 in OT
Alright, so I had the wrong team, but how many of you mf'ers predicted overtime?
As I (and Headache, who seemed the only 2 with any faith) said, the Giants had a legit "puncher's chance" and they cashed it, good on them. There won't be any Golden Boy Favre vs. Evil Empire Belichick story lines, but the Boston vs NY thing plus the rematch of a great week 17 game should provide some compelling storylines to fill the agonizingly long 2 week wait.
Thoughts on yesterday: Kudos to Philip Rivers, he manned up a lot more than I expected, played fairly well on (to quote a sobbing Mike Schmidt) 2 very bad knees. If I'm a Charger fan, I am pleased with him, not so much Classy LdT, who's comments last week in Indy about not wanting to jeopardize his future by playing in a playoff game coupled with his disappearing act yesterday in Foxboro force one to question one of 2 things, either his self proclaimed "90% healthy" prior to the game, or his toughness. The rest of the Chargers provided a very tough test, and deserve kudos for their performance.
As for the nightcap...how can you have more excitement than a title game going to overtime...fantastic drama...and I think Eli has clearly swum into the deeper end of the gene pool, he has really blossomed over the last month...just fewer camera shots of Archie please, he's as tough to take as Brenda Warner, The Cowher family and the Brister Sisters.
So whats the weather like in Phoenix this time of year?
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