I'm well aware I'm not the first person to use that clever little headline...or to write about this subject matter.
But I feel like I need to weigh in.
On Sunday, waiting on a Colts win, I was ready to declare Peyton Manning the best quarterback ever.
Obviously, that's changed somewhat.
Well, I did not see that coming.
I said it when I made my pick - the Week 10 or so Saints I would have given a shot against the Colts.
Not the way the Saints were playing towards the end of the season.
Well, sometime around the second quarter, the Week 10 Saints showed up.
And that's why they're Super Bowl champions.
Really, when is it going to stop with the Mets?
The way they are run is not championship-caliber. It's laughable to think of it as championship-caliber.
To even compare the level on which they are operating right now is an insult to that other level.
Have you heard the latest involving J.J. Putz?
I guess I'll make my Super Bowl pick today, since it's the Friday before the game, and that's when it's fashionable to make the pick.
I haven't gotten my Super Bowl square numbers yet, and I'm finished in the playoff pool, so this is just about the purest pick you're going to get.
And before we go any further, kudos to the NFL for its fourteenth straight year with a non-repeat matchup in the Super Bowl.
On to the game...
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This is fast becoming "Body Parts Week" at 200 Miles From the Citi.
Yesterday, it was Rex Ryan's finger. (Part 1 of this case is closed, with a $50,000 fine from the Jets. Still probably a penalty coming from the league.)
Today, it's more of the injured body part variety - some good news and some bad news for two of the biggest stars in New York.
When we last left our hero, he had just suffered a humbling setback. The man that proclaimed his team favorites to win it all had watched his season end in the place it was reborn.
In the Old West, guys named Rex tamed the Colts...not let them run wild all over the yard.
But he was so humbled, and ol' Rex kept out of the spotlight...for a week.
This here is the story of Rex's return to the media.
As the calendar turns to February, there is nothing to do now but wait until baseball season.
Opening Day...when the final cold days of winter melt into the warmth of spring.
The vivid colors of green grass, the bright uniforms when the players take the field, the cleanest dirt you'll ever find.
The bright lights of a night game.
I feel like the Mets missed out on a golden opportunity when Ben Sheets signed with the Oakland A's.
I know there's potential risk involved in that signing...but I also think there's a big reward possibility.
Speaking of reward, I was more than a little surprised that Sheets' price tag was $10 million.
Knowing as little as I do about the situation, and the Mets' pursuit of Sheets, I have to think that was the deciding factor in the Mets not being a factor.
But the A's are the ones outbidding the Mets? That doesn't quite add up.
Slowly but surely I'm getting beyond the AFC Championship Game loss.
I'm not totally over it, but I'm going to channel myself from a month ago, the version of me that would have been thrilled to hear the Jets made it as far as the AFC Championship Game.
And that version of me is going to fill you up with optimistic thoughts.
