So...for the umpteenth time...

[pmoon6]

Re: So...for the umpteenth time...

See I don't agree with defenses winning championships really ever.

9 times a Superbowl MVP has been a defensive player...27 times it's been a QB.

There are very few Superbowls that played out like yesterday where both teams played outright pitiful on offense, Ravens vs Giants was another.

The NFL wants to sell a product, especially on its biggest stage, that is compelling and worth watching. Yesterday's game was kind of boring but still fun to watch as it was an all out slugfest from both sides. What the NFL wants to avoid is Superbowls like the one two years ago where the Hawks beat the Broncos 43-8 or the Giants losing 34-7 to the Ravens or the Cowboys 52-17 drubbing.

These games have huge advertising dollars attached to them and it would be a hard sell on these corporations for ad time in the 3rd and 4th quarter if the game is already all but over at halftime. People might click the game off to something else, people just might have it on as background noise to other activities for their parties, etc...

So the rules in large part are set up to try and keep games as close as possible so fans worldwide are on the edge of their seats and give the game their full and undivided attention.

You said defense never won championships, but then say the league wants to avoid blowouts.

The first 30 Super Bowls were mostly blowouts with Cowboys/Stealers twice in the '70's, 49ers/Bengals, Bills/Giants being the exceptions.

Tell me Green Bays defense, Kansas City, Doomsday I, and II, Raiders 70's, Steel Curtain, '85 Bears, New Englands first three, Giants in all their SB's weren't the reason they won. You could make a case for the 49ers defense as well.

[YardRat]

Re: So...for the umpteenth time...

If it weren't for defense, the total number of Super Bowl rings in the Manning household would still be zero.

[pmoon6]

Re: So...for the umpteenth time...

If it weren't for defense, the total number of Super Bowl rings in the Manning household would still be zero.

Brady's as well except for maybe the Carolina win.

[Victor7]

Re: So...for the umpteenth time...

If it weren't for defense, the total number of Super Bowl rings in the Manning household would still be zero.

Ditto for Brady's 1st three