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| The GCOAT and GQOAT (si.com image) |
In this year's championship the Los Angeles Rams and the New England Patriots were both among the top-five offenses in the league--while being in the bottom half in defense--so more fireworks were expected.
Super Bowl LIII--Patriots 13, Rams 3--confounded expectations. It was the lowest scoring Super Bowl in history and many people called it boring. Not me.
Toward the end of a tight, low-scoring game each play's importance is heightened. If the defense makes a mistake, that could well be the decider because the offense is unlikely to come back with a score. That sort of game is suspenseful and thrilling, where just making a first down is an achievement or even grinding out field position in a punting duel is sound strategy. (Your humble blogger also enjoys 1-0 pitching duels where sacrifice bunts, stolen bases, and aiming a ground ball to advance the runner are paramount, but I'm a sports fossil.)
I also appreciated watching Tom Brady and Bill Belichick seal their reputations as the greatest quarterback and coach, respectively, of all time. It was another chance to watch them at work, for in my lifetime I'll never see their like again.
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