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Originally Posted by kccrow
One team played horribly in each half. Just because the end was dramatic doesn't make it a great game to me.
Kind of the same thing with the Chiefs on their SB run. Texans team played good and lucky for a quarter then got absolutely dominated the remainder of the game. It was good for us, obviously, as fans and winning. Not a good game. It was really just a blowout.
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I disagree.
A game, any game, is essentially a contrived situation to reveal human nature.
And the 28-3 game revealed the vagaries and complexities of human nature in ways seldom seen in human history, in a compelling and gripping way.
It can be interesting to see a team executing the perfect game plan for the entire 60 minutes. It can be interesting to see evenly-matched teams walk a tightrope to see who blinks first.
But this game showed both how one team can overcome vast obstables placed in their way AND how another team can crumble even with vast factors in their favor.
And it shows how sharp the edge is between success and failure. Things that are reliable can crumble and things that are underachieving can buck up and crack down.
And each and every play you don't know what's going to happen until the moment it does.
You could write a new book of The Bible from the events and lessons of that game.
Pretty good for a 3 hour improv drama.