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Watching Sunday’s NFL title game has become one of my least favorite major sports events of the year.
You must credit the NFL for making fans wait for two full weeks for the season finale to be played. This brilliant marketing move allows word-of-mouth to spread to the once-per-year viewers who just show-up to watch the commercials and enjoy a party.
Those of us season-long football fans are ready to get this final game of the year over with. The pro football season continues to be stretched out longer and longer. Rest assured that football season will eventually shrink if demand falls.
The Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots had exceptional regular seasons with identical 14-3 records.
Unfortunately for Patriots fans, their favorite team’s offense was as cold as the weather back east in Boston last weekend.
Seattle toyed with New England throughout the first half like a kitten batting around a ball of yarn. A 3-0 first quarter Seattle lead became an equally boring 9-0 halftime advantage for the Seahawks.
Sunday’s third quarter likely put many to sleep.
Seattle’s kicker Jason Myers added his fourth field goal of the game.
Wowee! It was 12-0 heading into the final 15 minutes of the NFL season.
At least New England punter Bryce Barringer had the chance to say “Hi, Mom!” as he punted an incredible eight times in the first three quarters. This game was played in perfect weather conditions in Santa Clara, California.
Yawn.
Some of us tinfoil hat conspiracy theorists put forth that the NFL has exposed a rather interesting “fourth quarter” trend. Nearly every playoff game played this season had an explosion of points coming in the fourth quarter of play.
Why has that been happening?
Sunday’s season finale was no exception.
This game’s final quarter produced (gasp!) 30 points between these two sleepy combatants. Seattle was never in jeopardy of losing the lead during the final quarter. The Seahawks completed a touchdown pass to open-up a 19-0 lead on the hapless Patriots.
New England’s passing game finally awakened long enough to produce two late touchdowns after this game was effectively over.
Final score: Seattle 29, New England 13
Seattle’s “Dark Side Defense” deserved the MVP
The Seahawks’ defense appeared to know New England’s offensive playbook as well as the Patriots did. Blitz after blitz sacked New England’s 23-year old second year quarterback Drake Maye. He was taken down six times, hurried on nearly every throw, had two interceptions, and lost a critical fumble.
Seattle’s defense literally threw the kitchen sink at Drake Maye on Sunday. They suffocated New England’s running game, too. The team’s quarterback ran for his life for 37 yards to lead all New England rushers Sunday evening.
Seahawks’ running back Kenneth Walker III had a tremendous game with 135 yards on the ground.
His backfield dance moves should earn him an invitation to the next season of “Dancing with the Stars”.
Walker’s running ability provided some of the only excitement during the first three quarters of this rather boring football game. Walker received the game’s MVP award. It’s a shame that the Seattle defense couldn’t receive this award as a group.
New England Patriots – Were they simply lucky to have made it this far?
Many are pointing out that New England’s 2025 regular season schedule was loaded with weaker teams. The Patriots played 12 of their 17 regular season games against teams which would post a losing record in 2025.
New England finished with a stellar 14-3 record after going 4-13 just a year ago. The Patriots’ excellent defense carried this team into the NFL title game. New England allowed just three points (at home vs. the Chargers), 16 points (home vs. the Texans) and only seven at Denver in three playoff games leading up to Sunday’s NFL title game.
This year’s group of AFC playoff teams were, being generous, offensively-challenged. Top-seeded Denver’s defense carried the Broncos all season long. The Houston Texans had a terrific year – on defense. Jacksonville’s surprising season was also led by a better-than-expected defense.
It didn’t matter which team emerged from the AFC to face Seattle on Sunday. The Seahawks had a defense capable of clobbering any AFC contender this year and just enough offense to win.
That was Seattle’s simple recipe for victory all season long.
Is Seattle a dynasty in the making or was this just one great season?
Don’t forget that the Los Angeles Rams gave the Seattle Seahawks a run for the NFC West title all year long. The banged-up San Francisco 49ers also gave the Seahawks and the Rams a run for the money. All three NFC West competitors made it into the second round of the playoffs.
Seattle finished 14-3 in the regular season. They played just eight teams with losing records this year. The Seahawks’ defense was already considered top notch. The offense, though, surprised many with an improved performance in 2025.
Seattle scored less than 20 points in only three of 20 total games this season. The Seahawks’ eighth-ranked offense developed into a perfect complement to the NFL’s top-rated defense.
A number of Seahawks players will want more money to stick around for next season. Assuming they will lose a few to players to free agency, the nucleus of this team is still young and talented.
Coach Mike Macdonald’s magic with this team is much like college football’s Indiana Hoosiers under coach Curt Cignetti.
Macdonald’s Seattle Seahawks always seemed better prepared for games than their opponents.
Yes, Seattle should be a force in the NFL again next season – assuming that they remain relatively injury free.
Sunday’s commercials didn’t move my meter. How about you?
The commercials for Sunday’s game ran $8 million per 30-second ad. I challenge you to point to one specific commercial which will move you to purchase that company’s product this week.
A national newspaper just published its annual ranking of these expensive ads.
The beer commercial featuring a horse saving a baby bird (which turned out to be an American eagle) flew into the top spot. Will it sell any more beer this week or simply convince 100 million people that this particular beer maker is more patriotic than its competitors?
A potato chip maker’s tearjerker ad showing an aging farmer handing over the keys of his farm equipment to his daughter captured second place. It was a very nice spot, but I doubt millions will drop an extra bag of the company’s $5 potato chips into their grocery cart this week.
The bronze medal winner featured an iconic polar bear (long representing the top cola maker) coming to grips that his major competitor’s new sugar-free cola actually tastes better. Will millions now check-out the taste of the polar bear’s new favorite soft drink? Doubtful.
I wanted to like the Neil Diamond imitator singing a knock-off of “Sweet Caroline” as he sprayed mayo onto sandwiches inside of a cafe. The commercial’s ending was just a bit weird.
My “creepy-but-effective” commercials award went to an AI developer.
Their commercials all began with a person asking AI for advice. A computer generated character then provided a cringy answer and suddenly morphed into an unexpected product sales pitch. Effective, but who’s buying their product?
My thoughts on the 30-minute halftime show? I haven’t watched it in decades
Did you know that the NFL’s “big game” primarily featured college marching bands beginning in 1967 for ten years until mid-1970’s? A wholesome singing group known as “Up with People” was featured five times over the next ten years as the primary halftime entertainment.
Even us younger viewers (at the time) cringed.
The year 1991 brought “New Kids on the Block” as the first pop-oriented group performing at halftime. Michael Jackson’s 1993 appearance officially solidified the change to one primary performer for future halftime shows. Major popular artists like Diana Ross, Aerosmith, Paul McCartney, and the Rolling Stones would appear over the next ten years.
The last 20 years has produced younger artists to help attract that demographic to the annual football extravaganza.
This year’s halftime show featured a polarizing performer who became the first to sing a halftime show entirely in Spanish.
Many liked the show. Some didn’t and changed the channel.
I didn’t watch the halftime show (as usual) in order to grab a snack and check my email.
Happy trails to you, football!
Adios to college and pro football for another season. The Indiana Hoosiers and Seattle Seahawks were deserving champions this year.
Though some of us will be tempted to watch a game or two of spring football in a few months, America’s most popular sport needs to hibernate until next fall.
Less truly is best.
The post Super Bore 60 appeared first on SwampSwamiSports.com.
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By SwampSwamiSports.comWatching Sunday’s NFL title game has become one of my least favorite major sports events of the year.
You must credit the NFL for making fans wait for two full weeks for the season finale to be played. This brilliant marketing move allows word-of-mouth to spread to the once-per-year viewers who just show-up to watch the commercials and enjoy a party.
Those of us season-long football fans are ready to get this final game of the year over with. The pro football season continues to be stretched out longer and longer. Rest assured that football season will eventually shrink if demand falls.
The Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots had exceptional regular seasons with identical 14-3 records.
Unfortunately for Patriots fans, their favorite team’s offense was as cold as the weather back east in Boston last weekend.
Seattle toyed with New England throughout the first half like a kitten batting around a ball of yarn. A 3-0 first quarter Seattle lead became an equally boring 9-0 halftime advantage for the Seahawks.
Sunday’s third quarter likely put many to sleep.
Seattle’s kicker Jason Myers added his fourth field goal of the game.
Wowee! It was 12-0 heading into the final 15 minutes of the NFL season.
At least New England punter Bryce Barringer had the chance to say “Hi, Mom!” as he punted an incredible eight times in the first three quarters. This game was played in perfect weather conditions in Santa Clara, California.
Yawn.
Some of us tinfoil hat conspiracy theorists put forth that the NFL has exposed a rather interesting “fourth quarter” trend. Nearly every playoff game played this season had an explosion of points coming in the fourth quarter of play.
Why has that been happening?
Sunday’s season finale was no exception.
This game’s final quarter produced (gasp!) 30 points between these two sleepy combatants. Seattle was never in jeopardy of losing the lead during the final quarter. The Seahawks completed a touchdown pass to open-up a 19-0 lead on the hapless Patriots.
New England’s passing game finally awakened long enough to produce two late touchdowns after this game was effectively over.
Final score: Seattle 29, New England 13
Seattle’s “Dark Side Defense” deserved the MVP
The Seahawks’ defense appeared to know New England’s offensive playbook as well as the Patriots did. Blitz after blitz sacked New England’s 23-year old second year quarterback Drake Maye. He was taken down six times, hurried on nearly every throw, had two interceptions, and lost a critical fumble.
Seattle’s defense literally threw the kitchen sink at Drake Maye on Sunday. They suffocated New England’s running game, too. The team’s quarterback ran for his life for 37 yards to lead all New England rushers Sunday evening.
Seahawks’ running back Kenneth Walker III had a tremendous game with 135 yards on the ground.
His backfield dance moves should earn him an invitation to the next season of “Dancing with the Stars”.
Walker’s running ability provided some of the only excitement during the first three quarters of this rather boring football game. Walker received the game’s MVP award. It’s a shame that the Seattle defense couldn’t receive this award as a group.
New England Patriots – Were they simply lucky to have made it this far?
Many are pointing out that New England’s 2025 regular season schedule was loaded with weaker teams. The Patriots played 12 of their 17 regular season games against teams which would post a losing record in 2025.
New England finished with a stellar 14-3 record after going 4-13 just a year ago. The Patriots’ excellent defense carried this team into the NFL title game. New England allowed just three points (at home vs. the Chargers), 16 points (home vs. the Texans) and only seven at Denver in three playoff games leading up to Sunday’s NFL title game.
This year’s group of AFC playoff teams were, being generous, offensively-challenged. Top-seeded Denver’s defense carried the Broncos all season long. The Houston Texans had a terrific year – on defense. Jacksonville’s surprising season was also led by a better-than-expected defense.
It didn’t matter which team emerged from the AFC to face Seattle on Sunday. The Seahawks had a defense capable of clobbering any AFC contender this year and just enough offense to win.
That was Seattle’s simple recipe for victory all season long.
Is Seattle a dynasty in the making or was this just one great season?
Don’t forget that the Los Angeles Rams gave the Seattle Seahawks a run for the NFC West title all year long. The banged-up San Francisco 49ers also gave the Seahawks and the Rams a run for the money. All three NFC West competitors made it into the second round of the playoffs.
Seattle finished 14-3 in the regular season. They played just eight teams with losing records this year. The Seahawks’ defense was already considered top notch. The offense, though, surprised many with an improved performance in 2025.
Seattle scored less than 20 points in only three of 20 total games this season. The Seahawks’ eighth-ranked offense developed into a perfect complement to the NFL’s top-rated defense.
A number of Seahawks players will want more money to stick around for next season. Assuming they will lose a few to players to free agency, the nucleus of this team is still young and talented.
Coach Mike Macdonald’s magic with this team is much like college football’s Indiana Hoosiers under coach Curt Cignetti.
Macdonald’s Seattle Seahawks always seemed better prepared for games than their opponents.
Yes, Seattle should be a force in the NFL again next season – assuming that they remain relatively injury free.
Sunday’s commercials didn’t move my meter. How about you?
The commercials for Sunday’s game ran $8 million per 30-second ad. I challenge you to point to one specific commercial which will move you to purchase that company’s product this week.
A national newspaper just published its annual ranking of these expensive ads.
The beer commercial featuring a horse saving a baby bird (which turned out to be an American eagle) flew into the top spot. Will it sell any more beer this week or simply convince 100 million people that this particular beer maker is more patriotic than its competitors?
A potato chip maker’s tearjerker ad showing an aging farmer handing over the keys of his farm equipment to his daughter captured second place. It was a very nice spot, but I doubt millions will drop an extra bag of the company’s $5 potato chips into their grocery cart this week.
The bronze medal winner featured an iconic polar bear (long representing the top cola maker) coming to grips that his major competitor’s new sugar-free cola actually tastes better. Will millions now check-out the taste of the polar bear’s new favorite soft drink? Doubtful.
I wanted to like the Neil Diamond imitator singing a knock-off of “Sweet Caroline” as he sprayed mayo onto sandwiches inside of a cafe. The commercial’s ending was just a bit weird.
My “creepy-but-effective” commercials award went to an AI developer.
Their commercials all began with a person asking AI for advice. A computer generated character then provided a cringy answer and suddenly morphed into an unexpected product sales pitch. Effective, but who’s buying their product?
My thoughts on the 30-minute halftime show? I haven’t watched it in decades
Did you know that the NFL’s “big game” primarily featured college marching bands beginning in 1967 for ten years until mid-1970’s? A wholesome singing group known as “Up with People” was featured five times over the next ten years as the primary halftime entertainment.
Even us younger viewers (at the time) cringed.
The year 1991 brought “New Kids on the Block” as the first pop-oriented group performing at halftime. Michael Jackson’s 1993 appearance officially solidified the change to one primary performer for future halftime shows. Major popular artists like Diana Ross, Aerosmith, Paul McCartney, and the Rolling Stones would appear over the next ten years.
The last 20 years has produced younger artists to help attract that demographic to the annual football extravaganza.
This year’s halftime show featured a polarizing performer who became the first to sing a halftime show entirely in Spanish.
Many liked the show. Some didn’t and changed the channel.
I didn’t watch the halftime show (as usual) in order to grab a snack and check my email.
Happy trails to you, football!
Adios to college and pro football for another season. The Indiana Hoosiers and Seattle Seahawks were deserving champions this year.
Though some of us will be tempted to watch a game or two of spring football in a few months, America’s most popular sport needs to hibernate until next fall.
Less truly is best.
The post Super Bore 60 appeared first on SwampSwamiSports.com.