My Superbowl Thoughts

Published on February 7, 2005 By chiprj In Sports & Leisure

I enjoyed the game. I thought both sides played fairly well and don't think it was nearly as one-sided in favor of the Patriots that many people predicted. Going into the game, I was torn with feelings of apathy. While I naturally root against any dynasty-type teams and have no love for the Boston area, really, I also couldn't care less about the Eagles.

While it's difficult to argue with the stats of 30/51 for 350+ yards, I just got the feeling that Donavan McNabb was off his game yesterday. Those stats are impressive, especially against the Pats stingy defense, but the three interceptions (that counted) were also very telling of his performance. I heard someone say this morning that if Owens had only been healthy, the Eagles would have won for sure. Now, I don't doubt that he was less then 100%. Maybe health-wise he was 100%, but he hadn't played tackle football in over 5 weeks (was it 6 weeks?). So, like I said, he probably was not 100%, but the guy still had 9 catches for over 100 yards. What more do you really think he could have done? Honestly?

The Patriots, on the other hand, played their game as they have for years - as a team. They had some tough going offensively to start, but their defense picked them up. Once they started to give the ball to Dillon, the offense started to open up and Tom Brady was able to move the team down field. I don't think that he mirrored his two prior MVP performances, but he did seem to remain unshaken as the team leader. Rodney Harrison did an excellent job of answering the criticism/challenges the Pats defense, and himself personnally, received from members *cough*FreddyonecatchMitchel*cough* of the Eagles.

All in all, it was a good game between two very good teams. The only thing lacking was that I watched it at home by myself. I had a couple of invites but for various reasons and difficulties, I ended up not going anywhere. Would have made the commercials even better if I'd seen them in a group. HAHA!

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Comments

foreverserenity

on Feb 07, 2005

Good review of the game. I really was rooting for the Patriots and they won. Yeah! No bets from me though. Let's face it like you said, team effort is what made this team win again. That always counts for a lot.

Dusk411

on Feb 07, 2005

It was a great game! I don't like it when the game is one-sided and one team has pretty much won by the second quarter. However, the Eagles and the Patriots were on in each other's heels throughout the game.

Angloesque

on Feb 07, 2005

It was a good game. Well, it was pretty sloppy, but it was good. I was getting the feeling that the Pats needed a bit of a kick in the arse to get them going. They seemed to warm up in the second quarter and things moved along nicely. I was actually far more interested in the game than the commercials, unlike so many people it seems. (Aside: the hype about commercials needs to go away so they can just be commercials, and so we can go pee without worrying if we're going to miss the one decently funny commercial worth talking about the next day at work.)

I was going for the Eagles. Normally I'm an AFC kinda girl, but I like diversity (unless it's back-to-back Superbowl wins by my Broncos) and it's nice to see teams come and go. Actually I like T.O. Sure he's a media glutton and he's a sports figure as opposed to a role model. But I just enjoy watching him play. McNabb, too.

Cheers.

-A.

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