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Thoughts On Super Bowl 41 3/4
Published: 11/30/2007 9:48 AM
Last Modified: 11/30/2007 9:48 AM

The Patriots-Colts game was billed as Super Bowl 41 1/2 and the Cowboys-Packers game was supposed to be Super Bowl 41 3/4. Will there be a Super Bowl 41 7/8? Maybe it's the Steelers-Patriots game Dec. 9 in Foxboro, if the thrice-beaten Steelers can hold up their end of the bargain.
Some random thoughts on Super Bowl 41 3/4:
1, Green Bay lost, but Packers fans have to feel good about the post-Brett Favre future. Aaron Rodgers looked like a potential star when he took over for the injured Favre.
2, If you like tough guys, you have to hope that Favre can shake off his injury and continue his string of umpteen million consecutive starts. I wrote a few weeks ago that Favre's consecutive start streak is more impressive than Cal Ripken's consecutive games played streak because Favre plays a contact sport and someone is trying to decapitate him every week.
3, The Cowboys are good. If they have a weak spot, I can't see it. Sure, they get burned by a pass every now and then, but what NFL team doesn't get burned by a pass every now and then? Other than the Cowboys and Packers, I don't see another legit Super Bowl contender in the NFC. Seahawks? They showed what they were made of when they cried about the refs in Super Bowl XL. Buccaneers? Blah. Everybody else is hovering around .500.
4, It's a shame that a big showdown game was marred by a questionable pass interference penalty that helped the Cowboys put the game away. But, even without the penalty, I doubt the Packers could have stopped the Cowboys on subsequent possessions.
5, Unplug the computer that schedules the games. Out of fairness, the next times the teams meet in the regular season, it should be in the Land of Cheese.




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