It took a while, but the New England Patriots demonstrated to the world that they are athletically and mentally as close to perfect as any NFL head coach or owner could hope for, imagine, or expect. Playing against the Indianapolis Colts (and televised by CBS), the Patriots won 24 to 20.
My head hurts and I’m sad. I’m not a self-identified Colts fan, but I always enjoy watching them play and will more likely than not hope they win. Not only was I unable to watch the Falcons beat the 49ers, but just when it seemed reasonable that the Colts would out-score the Patriots, even if only by three to seven points, it didn’t happen. I need to conserve my cognitive processing for the Cowboys vs. Eagles game tonight.
Observations & Miscellania:
1. The commentators gave a name to a new graphic called the “freeze frame.” It consists of a still taken from an extreme high-angle camera and the software/hardware involved allows a zooming-in to a close-up of specific players and places on the field. It’s like taking surveillance pictures. Even if you and your camera are quite far from the target, the high-power zoom lens enables you to capture a much closer shot of the person or thing you’re shooting…except that the zooming-in-and-out occurs on the master shot, the widest picture of the field.
2. Peyton Manning is usually the more visibly emotional out of the two quarterbacks. But Tom Brady was revealing frustration at the top of the fourth quarter when the Colts had 20 points and the Patriots were down with 10.
3. If/when Indianapolis and New England play each other in the playoffs, I sure as purgatory hope the Colts win.
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