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Championship Roundup

I know that it has been over a day since the two Championship games in the NFL, but there is stil a large need to recap them. Whereas the previous two weekends of NFL playoff matchups have featured a few exciting games, and the other games being boring blowouts, this weekend finally broke the 2010 mold. My dad frequently says that Championship Weekend usually has a better game than the Super Bowl, but this weekend, that was certainly not true.

 Ben Roethlisberger and Aaron Rodgers showed why they are the most underrated quarterbacks in the league, once again, and their respective defenses methodically picked apart depressing Bears and Jets offenses. Needless to say, although both games were decided with 7 points or less, neither was as close as that. The Packers, despite being underdogs in terms of seeding, lived up to the hype that made them favorites over the two-seed Bears. On the other side, the Steelers finally quieted the loud Jets and their pompous coach Rex Ryan, giving Big Ben a chance at his third title.

As much as this weekend's games were not particularly exciting, it seems that this match up will make the Super Bowl, and the two weeks leading up to it, less exciting as well. Simply by eliminating the Jets, it has been insured that there will be far less shit-talking in these next weeks. And, I can assure you, that the Pro Bowl will not fill that void. Without the antics of Darrelle Revis and company, the Packers and Steelers will most likely enter Super Bowl Sunday with no headlines other than each team attempting to add a title to their Championship Dynasties. And I promise, there is nothing I hate more than dynasties.


So I believe this game would be better played with both the Jets AND the Bears. As well as two Championship upsets, which are always exciting, just imagine Revis going word-for-word with Brian Urlacher for two weeks straight. After Brian's rant yesterday telling people not to question Jay Cutler's dedication (Cutler left the game early, "injured"), I would love to see Revis poke fun at Cutler's drukedness, or find many other ways to infuriate the Bears, as Urlacher's response would surely be exciting. Believe me, this is not a man you want to anger, yet Revis would have probably wanted to do just that. But, I don't think Urlacher can even take much more Championship disappointment, before he spends a year on a murderous rampage through the league to reach the Lombardi Trophy. For that reason, I believe Brian would overcome the shit-talking Jets, and in a fantasy world, would beat the Jets in two weeks. Of course this is all hypothetical, but let's face it, Super Bowl 45, as of right now, is just boring.

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