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The Pats certainly looked like a beatable team tonight. If the Boys see the Pats in the Super Bowl, and I think that's probable, it'll be a tight contest. I've never rooted for the Eagles before, but I found myself cheering for Emo Quarterback of the Future, AJ Feeley. McNabb is done in Philly. He'll be in Chicago this time next year, giving the Bears a breath of fresh air in the QB department.

Speaking of the Bears and quarterbacks, Rex Grossman didn't throw the game away against the Broncos at home today. Color me impressed, but color me even more impressed with Devin Hester. Goodness gracious. 27 games in the NFL with 10 return touches, come on. He passed Gale Sayers as the Bears' all-time return man. Good company.

I could probably write a novel about everything that's wrong with the NFL Network and the fact that millions of football fans will miss Thursday night's game between the Pack and the Boys. The biggest issue, no surprise here, is Jerry Jones. He's the new President of the NFL Network. He's the one going around telling people to drop cable and switch to satellite so they'll get the NFL Network. Now, if my team were 10-1 for the first time ever, and we're going into a home-field-advantage-deciding game against the 10-1 Packers, I'd want as many people as humanly possible to see the game. But no, not Jerry. Jerry wants you to switch to Dish Network so you can see the game on the NFL Network. It's a crock of shit and the NFL should be way fucking embarrassed about this. I'm not torn up about missing the Indy-Falcons game the other night, but someone is somewhere in the United States. If the NFL wants to branch out to China, Mexico, London, and so forth, they should reach out to their American fans first. I was a rabid supporter of the NFL Network before they started buying rights to more and more games each season. I think guys like Chris Collinsworth and Brian Baldinger, who work for NFL Network as well as NBC and Fox, respectively, should be embarrassed that they're playing both sides of this thing.

It's bullshit and it needs to stop, end of story.



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