Ty Watches the 2022 NFL Playoffs

I waited until the right time to start watching the NFL. I feel like the NFL is abhorrent. I understand that I love college football, and I cannot fully explain why I can look beyond all of its horribleness, but the NFL is just out there with all of its awfulness. The league is racist, dirty, implores injured players to continue playing, the commissioner is an idiot, it is all bad. The NFL makes me sick. But I do watch come playoff time. Again, I understand that makes me a hypocrite, but I watch. I just do.

Having said all that, this weekend was dope as hell. The games were amazing. I love that we have new blood in the conference finals. I love a good majority of the star players that are left. And the games were competitive and fun as hell. My dad, my son and I watched last weekend in Memphis and most of those games were straight up blowouts. Not this weekend.

The weekend started off with the Bengals and Titans. This game was low scoring yet totally in the balance the whole time. I love that the Bengals won on a walk off field goal. It is rad to see this young team with young stars getting this far this fast. Also, this game proved my point that the Titans were a paper tiger. They are the weakest number 1 seed that I can remember.

I am going to save the Packer game for last.

Yesterday, both games were fantastic. When the Rams got out to a big lead, I was watching with my son and he kept saying that the game was over. I told him that you cannot count out Tampa and Tom Brady. And of course they made a comeback. Hell, they tied the game with 45 seconds left, and I assumed that meant that Tom Brady would find a way to win the game. Well, the Rams, and Tampa's secondary for that matter, had other ideas. How Cooper Kuup got that wide open, that late in a tied game, I will never, ever know. But he did and the Rams kicked a game winning field goal to advance. After dispatching the Cardinals with ease, I think a game like this was what this Rams team needed.

Not to be outdone, the Bills and Chiefs played a great offensive feast for the eyes. Josh Allen, whom I loathe, and Patrick Mahomes traded barbs. This was literally a "last team with the ball" type game. And unfortunately for the Bills, they let Travis Kelce get open near the end of the fourth to set up a field goal try, and then let Patrick Mahomes march down the field, and throw an easy 8 yard TD pass to Kelce to win the game. This was the most exciting game of the weekend for me. It was incredible.

Now for the Packers-49ers.

This was a bad, bad game. Both offenses were inept. Both QB's stunk. Both coaches had awful, terrible game plans. It was horrible weather. It was all gross. Which should have played into Green Bay's hands. Aaron Rodgers decided otherwise. For someone who many claim is the MVP, he was dreadful. Of course I was rooting for Green Bay, but I took some joy in seeing Rodgers struggle mightily. He is an arrogant, egotistical, maniacal and lunatic of a person. He blames everyone except himself. He puts all the bad on others and takes all the accolades. He complains about "cancel culture". He takes medical advice from Joe Rogan. He acts like he knows more than doctors and scientists. He is a liar and a horrible role model. And, just on the surface, has a dumbass hairdo. And he got exactly what someone like him deserves. He was bad. He missed throws all night. He held onto the ball far too long. He took too many sacks. He looked uninterested and cold. And he played as bad as I have ever seen him. Ten points. That is all the Packers could muster on offense. After running up and down the field against the league all season, all they could get was 10 points. And it is all on Rodgers. The Packers defense played well. They did what they had to do. They only gave up 6 points. The 49ers TD was a special teams TD. It was a blocked punt returned for a TD. They made Jimmy Garroppollo look like, well, Jimmy Garroppollo. They stopped the run and they forced them to kick field goals. And sure, the Packers special teams had that awful play, but I do not blame this game on them. I will give credit to the 49ers defense and special teams, but this game was on Rodgers, and he blew it. I cannot believe how bad he played, how atrocious he looked and how much joy I took in seeing him do all that. I wasn't upset or mad when the Packers got beat. I actually felt like some kind of karma was being dished out to an awful person who deserves awful things.

Congrats to the 49ers on taking advantage of horrendous QB play. And congrats to the Bengals, Rams and Chiefs. I am rooting for the Chiefs because they are close to Saint Louis, but honestly it would be dope to see the Bengals and Rams play in the Super Bowl. The only team left that I am not a fan of is San Francisco, but I do not openly loathe them like I do the Cowboys or Aaron Rodgers. Any of these four teams, I would be fine with them winning it all. Now let's just hope this weekend's games are half as fun.

Ty

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