My NFL Rant

Alright, most of you are going to read this and shrug it off. Most will read this and just call me an asshole, or a crybaby, or whatever. Fine. I’ll deal with it, but you know what? I don’t care. I don’t care what you think of me, or my thoughts. I don’t care if you don’t like them. Most will disagree and that is alright.

So here we go.

Here’s my first rant.

On Sunday February 3rd, 2008, the New York Giants defeated the supposedly unstoppable New England Patriots in a stunning upset by the score of 17-14. Most people cheered. New York was destroyed by the massive amounts of drunken New York fans (where do the Giants play again?) Everyone was happy.

Everyone, except me.

I will not sugar coat it – I hate the Giants. No, let me rephrase. I FUCKING DISPISE AND LOATHE THE GIANTS. I wouldn’t piss on a Giant player if he was on fire and begging me to golden shower his burning ass. Maybe not as much as I hate the Cowboys, but enough for me to root on one of the most disgusted football team this side of Philadelphia, the New England Patriots.

With that said, let me begin my rant about the Super Bowl. In 2001, the United States was brought to its knees when it was attacked on 9-11. The St. Louis Rams were earmarked for glory and the New England Patriots were the underdogs in the Super Bowl that year (sound familiar?). Everyone expected a St. Louis win. And then it happened. The St. Louis Rams, like EVERY TEAM BEFORE IT, was called on to the field individually. Every player had his name called and when it was time for The Patriots to do so, they said “no.” They didn’t want to be called out individually. They were a team and they were to be called out as a team. A team united, just the country was. How poetic.

The game began, and it happened. To the shock of everyone in the whole United States – a football miracle – the New England Patriots defeated the St. Louis Rams in an upset and became America’s new team (sorry Cowboys).

Coincidence?

From that point on, the New England Patriots seemed unstoppable. Winning two more Super Bowls in four years and loosing only a handful of games. I’m not saying they won every time. They were given a breather now and then and allowed to sit and enjoy a few Super Bowls from the confines of their overpriced homes. But don’t worry. This season, again, unstoppable. Winning an astounding 18 games in a row.

Amazing?

Unbelievable?

But this season was different – people didn’t want to see them win.
People didn’t care about them winning, in fact, people wanted to see them fail. The New England Patriots were no longer America’s team. No one liked Tom Brady. People thought Belichick was an arrogant ass. Then, at the beginning of the season, news leaked out that the New England Patriots were cheating in the prior seasons, taping run-throughs and play calls. My god – the horror.
People were disgusted, no, the world was disgusted.

“How dare they,” people thought. “Those cheating bastards!”

No, this is not the team we want representing America. No, we need a new team to carry on the NFL’s legacy and it is here that we find ourselves back to last night. The New York Giants, like the Patriots against the Rams, are the underdogs in what is suppose to be a royal ass beating. Everyone expected Manning to choke, or Moss to finally win the big one. So as all of America is watching (and I do mean ALL), we watch history unfold. Brady seemingly chokes and plays terrible. Neither the offense nor the defense is making the big plays they were known for throughout the entire season.

And then it happened.

The New York Giants, the underdogs, win.

Seven years after the New England PATRIOTS defeated the St. Louis Rams, the NEW YORK Giants become Super Bowl Champs and the greatest team in the NFL. Coincidence? Yeah, call me an ass. No, I do not think the government or anyone like that is involved with the fixing of football games. But in the end, the NFL is entertainment. People want drama. They want excitement. They didn’t want to watch The Patriots to have an undefeated record. They wanted the Giants, the united NEW YORK GIANTS, to win and they got exactly what they wanted.

Whatever.