It could've been worse. At least Tom Brady didn't win, yet, another Super Bowl wearing a New England Patriots jersey.
I'm trying to find some silver lining in the dark cloud that was watching Super Bowl LV. First, we had to endure Brady adding a seventh ring to his collection on Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Brady now has more Super Bowl titles to his credit than any franchise in NFL history. His old team, New England, and the Pittsburgh Steelers were even with six Super Bowls.
I put up a Twitter poll Monday morning asking what people thought about Brady winning a seventh championship. The voting options were "I appreciate his greatness" or "stab me in the eye with a hot poker."
While I admit the latter sounds extremely painful, and I'm guessing life threatening, I must tell you I was disappointed to see respecting greatness was getting nearly two-thirds of the votes.
I don't need Brady to keep winning Super Bowls to respect his greatness. Been there, done that. It's not like his legacy needed further enhancement. When you get to the point where a player should universally be considered the greatest of all time in that sport, do you need more championships to drive it home?
Brady cemented that honor long before he left New England.
Beyond watching "TB12" win again, the game, itself, stunk. It was boring. It was a no contest. The hyped-up greatest of all time versus the possible next G.O.A.T. never materialized. Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City offense were dominated by the Buccaneers defense.
I kept waiting for the explosive Chiefs offense to do just that, but it never happened.
How about a "Stat of the Day" for you? Sunday's Super Bowl was the first time a Mahomes-led team didn't score a touchdown since his high school days.
You might be thinking, "I should be happy because Tampa Bay proved the Chiefs were not an unbeatable juggernaut, and that bodes well for the Buffalo Bills and the rest of the AFC next season."
I didn't think that anyway.
I think Kansas City is the gold standard in the conference, and they are still the team to beat next season. I've never felt, three years into the Mahomes era, that the Chiefs were an unstoppable juggernaut who would claim ownership of the Vince Lombardi Trophy like Brady did with the Patriots.
I'd say Brady ruined another Super Bowl Sunday for me, but it's happened so often I'm used to it.