Packers-Cowboys: Super Bowl XLI 3/4
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Why isn’t the Packers-Cowboys game a bigger deal? As much as Super Bowl XLI(1/2) was over hyped, this game has been under hyped. The Packers and the Cowboys are both 10-1, both are almost certainly locked into first round byes no matter what happens tonight, and the loser of this game will likely be on the road for a trip to the Super Bowl! Both teams have big name quarterbacks, big name receivers and are amongst the most storied franchises in NFL history. At the very least this has to be Super Bowl XLI(3/4) right?
I get that it’s a Thursday game, which is kind of strange to begin with, and it’s on the NFL Network, but c’mon people. Lambeau and Texas Stadium are not exactly the easiest places to play in January; the winner of this game is in a much better position to go to the Super Bowl than the loser. It would be tough to have a regular season game mean more than this one does.
Prior to the Pats-Colts game this year, when the hype machine was at its highest, the cool counterargument was to remind everyone about the Giants-49ers game from 1990. That would be when both teams were 10-1 and both teams ended up playing in the NFC title game (at Candlestick because the Niners won the battle of the 10-1s). That title game was the one that basically ended Joe Montana’s career in San Francisco, saw the famous Roger Craig fumble, and was one of the best NFC title games I've ever watched. Here we have a game that’s as close to a repeat of the regular season game that set it all up as we’re likely to see.
This is about as high as the football stakes can be for a Week 13 game. Both of these teams are great and the underdog’s strength (the Packers passing game) matches up well with the favorite’s weakness (the Cowboy’s secondary). I couldn’t be more excited.
