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Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Monday Night Football
I hate Monday Night Football. The games start too late for an old guy like me. John Madden, formerly known as a great football coach, is now nothing more than yet another television boob whose greatest talent if circling men's butts. The show itself is so over-packaged and over-scripted that the game doesn't matter. Who cares what's happening on the field when it's time for a sideline interview with Javon Walker, who is very good at catching footballs and starting sentences with the word "obviously".
So, last night, I was hoping for anything but a close game ending in disappointment. With a blowout, at least I get to go to bed at a decent hour.
Instead -- oh, wait, here's where I need to mention that I am an utter homer and Favre apologist -- I had to sit through one of the greatest games of Brett Favre's career. Few will remember the game and fewer still will remember the details. The salient facts are these: the Packers started the season with the same offense as last year, minus two excellent guards. The Packers started this game minus their best wide receiver, Javon Walker, and Pro Bowl tight end, Bubba Franks. Over the course of the game, the Packers lost left tackle Chad Clifton, center Mike Flanagan, running back Ahman Green and wide receiver Terrence Murphy.
The left guard was playing left tackle. Last year's backup center was playing left guard. The backup tight end was playing wide receiver. And the Packers were down by 19 in the fourth quarter.
The Packers lost by 3.
Favre missed Antonio Chatman deep on first down. He underthrew David Martin on second down. Monday Night Football didn't manage to show a replay to see whether the ball was catchable. Chatman turned a 6 yard reception into a 6 and a half yard reception on third down. On fourth down, the Packers did what teams ought to do: they ran their best play to their best player. Donald Driver ran a slant, but had no separation. Favre put the ball where Driver could catch it, but Chris Gamble made a nice play to break up the pass.
Man, do I hate Monday Night Football. Really glad I stayed up to watch it, though. Joe Montana, great as he was, was never as great as he was without Jerry Rice. Last night, Brett Favre played his best game in years against a good defense surrounded by the kind of talent that would disappoint a community theater casting director.
2 Comments:
Favre was incredible last night. You are right, it is unlikely many will remember this game, due to the Packers loss, but Favre was as good as ever with an injury-depleted offense.
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The MNF experience is a drawn out, miserable affair. The commercial break after a kickoff (in addition to the break before kickoff) angers me every time. As a result, great finishes happen too late for most people to watch. The game last week came down to the wire (Skins/Cowboys), and the game last night also finished strong, but who other than die-hard fans or unemployed losers (me) stay up to watch?
The majority of NFL announcers are weak. If you were only listening to the audio feed for most announcing crews, you would unaware that a game was occurring for long stretches of time.
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Me, I just miss Howard Cossell.
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