There are three things that make "Devil Went Down To Georgia"; the two fiddle solos and the first verse. How do you NOT do the first verse? Baffling.
Be honest: who, for even the most split of seconds, thought Michael Douglas was going to sing?
YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE at the world's largest active legal fireworks depository. No intros, Eagles win the toss(!) Good evening, Terrell. How are you? Fine? OK. Yeah, his knee was down. You know who the most improved Eagle is is probably the punter, Dirk Johnson. See, look: A defensive stalemate. 38-17, my ASS. Westbrook and Lito are back returning punts. Interesting. Oh, that's a bad sack. Oh, that's worse. What? A flag? Whew. And then Donovan throws the EXACT SAME PASS to the other side. That's awful. (In retrospect, you could say that was the game right there.)
And yet the Patriots can't do anything with it. This is odd. Ack! FUMBLE! (I was in the bathroom at the time.) Brady gets sacked? That doesn't happen. Hey, a Todd Pinkston sighting! Nice catch, sir. Good to have you back. "The tackle was on the end of the line?" Isn't that where the tackle is supposed to be? Am I missing something? TOUCHDOWN! And Smith had to fight through about three guys to get open there. Wow, the Patriots are actually trailing. What world is this?
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Givens was also down. The replay people have been on point tonight. Is this Tom Brady or Greg Brady? Seriously, he doesn't do things like this. Not that I'm at all upset. Ouch, not a good punt there. This is the best field position the Patriots have had so far. And that's a touchdown, believe it or not. What an ugly throw. 7-7 at the half - I bet nobody predicted THAT.
Some questioned the appearance of "Hey Jude." If you've got the catalog, use it, I say.
Was it last year I said Branch was the Pats' best receiver? Or was it two weeks ago? Either way, it's true. Mike Vrabel? AGAIN? I guess we really shouldn't be surprised anymore. We've got a fever, and the only prescription is MORE WESTBROOK. This happened in the championship game, too - they just gave him the ball on every play for an entire drive. And there's your result. It's tied again.
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The Super Bowl's never been tied after three before? Wild. Is this the drive where the Patriots get the running game going finally? Sure looks like it. You know, if someone who was as much of a miserable bastard as Dillon was can fit in on the Patriots, I'm thinking almost anybody can.
Aikman was the only one who caught the roughing the passer penalty on Simon after the pass to Branch on the next drive. Good stand by the Eagles here... giving up another seven would have been devastating. Not that McNabb throwing another bad ball wasn't. One thing I've noticed about him is he can't afford to miss high. If he misses low the ball usually goes into the dirt, but if he's missing high, bad things happen. Credit to the Eagles' D, though... those turnovers haven't led to any points.
Time to get moving. T.O.'s had two big catches on this drive and is having a damn good game. You can playa hate, but you got to appreciate. CAN WE PICK UP THE FUCKING PACE? Hey, there's that post to Lewis that nobody's stopped yet in the playoffs. It's like that go route in pre-03 Maddens that was always there once a game. The Eagles are still in this thing almost in spite of themselves.
That's how you want to kick an onside kick, but that's not where you want it to end up. If there's such a thing as a "clutch punt", that was it. Westbrook really should've just let that one drop. EMERGENCY! EMERGENCY! Ironically, Harrison's my MVP because of his first pick, not this one.
Yeah, I'm upset. More than I thought I'd be, actually. I mean, I know we lost to a better team, but we had a shot, damn it. I'm tempted to think that this was the worst Super Bowl the Pats have played and won, just because things happened to them in this game that don't happen to them. This game will win no style points.
Still, I look forward to the rematch. Take that for what you want.
Desperate Grasp At Straws: If my Madden dynasty is any guide, the Eagles win next year. Of course, they beat the Chiefs and Bobby Taylor had three interceptions, so that may not be the best indicator.
FINAL RANKINGS
TOP 3:
1. New England - You can say the "D" word now
2. Philadelphia - Learned some hard lessons
3. Pittsburgh - Should probably tank home field in the future
BOTTOM 3:
30. Cleveland - Wherefore art thou, Romeo? Oh.
31. Miami - So many holes
32. San Francisco - Mike Nolan? Really?
1 comment:
Well, Dillon wanted out by the end, so he wasn't really "pushed", though given their clashes, Marvin was more than happy to let him go. I think if all things are equal, he doesn't go anywhere (or at least not to NE)
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