Well, football fans, the NFL playoffs, known to insiders as "games that are actually close," are now officially over. Which means: Time to duck.Over the next two weeks, you will be bombarded with Super Bowl Previews, Super Bowl Extras, Super Bowl Insiders, Super Bowl Extravaganzas, Super Bowl Close-Ups, Super Bowl Analysis, and Super Bowl Commercials Featuring Michael Jordan.After which will come the actual game, a nail-biting 52-10 victory for the NFC team.
That's it? That's the way this mini-series ends? Somebody sticks a microphone in front of William Clay Ford and he says, "I didn't fire him and he didn't quit." And that's the end of this year's Wayne Fontes saga?
I know what you're thinking. How did the Philadelphia Eagles, who kicked the pus out of the Lions last week, look so mortal in dying against the Cowboys on Sunday? That's not fair. That doesn't make sense.I know what you're thinking. How did the mighty San Francisco 49ers, everybody's favorite juggernaut, get stomped like a grape in their own vineyard? How did Jerry Rice, Steve Young and that offensive brain trust lose to a team from the tundra, the Green Bay Packers? Not fair. Doesn't make sense.
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