I\u2019m not saying there is 0% chance that Denver will win<\/a>.\u00a0 In football, anything can happen.\u00a0 But poor Manning has been past his prime for several years.\u00a0 Denver picked him to essentially get Tim Tebow the hell out of there.\u00a0 But except for one year that ended in one of the worst defeats in Super Bowl history, his record has been on a slow decline.\u00a0 And this year has barely been worth mentioning.\u00a0 If Denver wins, I can\u2019t imagine it being with Manning at the helm.<\/p>\nThat kills me, since I can\u2019t stand the Patriots.\u00a0 I know the media, sports media included, is always on the lookout for that next \u2018it!\u2019.\u00a0 Be it Babe Ruth or the Pittsburg Steelers.\u00a0 Or Magic vs. Bird.\u00a0 Or Tiger Woods or Michael Jordon or Joe \u2018Cool\u2019 Montana.\u00a0 They\u2019ve been pushing Brady and the Patriots for years, and it\u2019s taken this long to get where they are.\u00a0 But the Patriots have come to symbolize the modern \u2018no ethics or rules, just winning for money\u2019s sake\u2019 NFL, if not all of professional sports.\u00a0 Right or wrong,\u00a0you can\u2019t think of the\u00a0Patriots and not think \u2018cheaters.\u2019 <\/p>\n
I fear they will win, and the media will crown the Patriots the greatest sports team in history and\u00a0Brady the greatest athlete since Heracles.\u00a0 But one can always hope.\u00a0 Who knows?\u00a0 Maybe Manning can do it one last time for the credibility of the sports media narrative.\u00a0 Here\u2019s hoping!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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