What a Saturday afternoon/evening of divisional round NFL football.!!!
What more could you ask for? Two close games with incredible human storylines attached. I’m spent. This is we adore the NFL. This is why the NFL is the premier professional sports league in America.
All of this and we still have Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen and Matthew Stafford still to come on Sunday.
Precocious Joe Burrow says the future is now and who would doubt him after what we just witnessed on Saturday afternoon. Joe Burrow was sacked nine times in this game, but like Rocky Balboa just kept getting up until he found a way at the end. I’m not sure what I would compare his performance to.
The last time I saw an NFL quarterback get bludgeoned like this was when the Denver Broncos with Von Miller effectively ended Cam Newton’s NFL career.
I’m not going to write about the 49’ers stunning win on the last play to end Aaron Rodgers’ season and perhaps career in Green Bay until I’ve had more time to ponder what this loss means to the legacy of Aaron Rodgers.
You could feel it happening when possession after possession the Packers wasted scoring opportunities in the first half.
Aaron Rodgers… bless his heart. Too much time doing Jeopardy and State Farm commercials. But by the same token you now have to consider Jimmy G in three consecutive weekends has led the Niners to three straight road wins over the LA Rams, the Dallas Cowboys, and the Packers.
This is what I would describe as an NFL Super Bowl contender trending at the goal achieving portion of the season. Hard to believe George Kittle went to Norman High School and yet left the state to play for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
The Niners are loaded. I mean…. loaded.
I’m exhausted. I feel like I’ve played two games. Time for me to fall asleep next to the diva lab Pauli and recharge for tomorrow.