Brandt's Rant: Ranting on the Conference Championships

by Stephen Brandt

As a Buffalo Bills fan, I have really no need to watch the conference championship games or the Stupid Bowl. What’s the use? There aren’t any teams worth watching, or that I care about. Atlanta, Philadelphia, New England, and Pittsburgh. Ho-hum, wake me up when the Bills make their first selection in the draft. Nothing appeals to me here, and as a Bills fan, why would I care about any of them? Can’t see why, but I will go through each of them on why I shouldn’t care about these games this year.

NFC

Atlanta: They have one-dimensional offense with a quarterback who should be playing running back and he is vastly overrated. But I will talk about Mike Vick in another piece. They really don’t have an offense fitted for the NFL of the past thirty years. The Falcons just run on every play and their quarterback can’t throw if his life depended on it. Stop me when I am not sounding like I am describing the option offense. Their defense while good, is not great. They are relying on a rookie and a castoff from the 49ers as their cornerbacks. Gee that doesn’t instill any confidence in my defense.

Philadelphia: They will escape being the Buffalo Bills (ie losing four straight) of the NFC Championship games, however, they are boring and one-dimensional. All they do is run now that TO is gone. And they are annoying with that yahoo at wide receiver. I wish that TO would stop talking. Their defense is very pedestrian to me, nobody really sticks out and makes me say wow. Lito Sheppard? Ok, so he made the Pro Bowl, but he’s tiny and nothing more than a kick returner to me. Brian Westbrook, in any other system, is a third down back. But they have Donovan McNabb, and as a Central New Yorker he’s the only reason to watch them.

AFC

New England: Boring, boring, boring, and just in case if you haven’t figured it out, I think that they are boring. I really appreciate good football and high scoring offenses. This is what we got for a dynasty? Ok, they do have a lot of team leaders and players who play in the “system”, and they have a very good coach. But, I mean, they win and it’s boring. Their coach is so football smart that he forgot how to speak to the media. And then there’s that quarterback of theirs, Mr. Tom Brady. Ok we get the point he has talent, can the popular media stop telling us about it?

Pittsburgh: Can’t they ever stink? I mean come on, please just bottom out once please? Have a Miami Dolphin melt down. They are the most consistent team out there. Ok, so they had a down spot, but nothing too bad. Oh, and by the way, the Pittsburgh media wants you to know that Big Ben is the best rookie quarterback to come out in years. Just in case, if you forgot about that. They are very vanilla and boring, but they win and play hard. Also, another reason why we shouldn’t care about them, is that they kept us out of the playoffs.

By the way, I expect to see Philly and New England in the Stupid Bowl.

That’s my view from my chair, care to share yours? Drop by The Bills Zone to discuss this with other Bills fans.