Ok, maybe every sports league isn't perfect.  I have always thought the NFL was as close as it could get.... until this season.  This year was not without it's off the field drama.  As for the subject of TO....NO Comment....Next Question.....

The highlights of the pre-season were the anguish faced by Jamal Lewis, who was recently released from jail and unable to commit 100% to training camp...My heart goes out to Jamal...How can you not have a soft spot for highly paid criminal athletes, who provided a mediocre season in a contract year, to prove his best yards have passed him.  As a matter of fact many current and future stars are becoming more involved in legal antics off the field and there may just be enough to film a sequel to "The Longest Yard".

At mid-season, we are more consumed with the newest episode of the "Love Boat", observed off the coast of Minnesota than those selected to the Pro Bowl.  Mind you, these selections are becoming more of a popularity contest as the NFL does anything it can to give Michael Vick the spotlight.

Sure, maybe as a Packers fan, I was left a little bitter with this NFL season.  Needless to say, I don't believe I am alone.  At least the Super Bowl would provide comfort for a crazy year....

Alas, Super Bowl XL passes as a huge disappointment.  If you break down the game film, I believe it can be translated into 6 plays:

    *    The dreadful Pass Interference call against Darrell Jackson, negating the ever so important first TD.
    *    The horrendous call of Big Ben's TD run.
    *    The fake reverse and TD pass from Randal El to Ward.
    *    Willie Parker's record-setting TD run.
    *    The questionable below-the-waist hit by Matt Hasselbeck.
    *    The mysterious holding call on Sean Locklear.

Is anyone seeing a pattern?  As I mentioned before, I am a Packers fan and was cheering for Big Ben to prove to the world that he is better than Eli.  As a matter of fact, he has more SB rings than the Manning clan.  I am just curious that after a year of blow calls and questionable officiating how the league would provide a keystone cop approach to the biggest game of the year and disappoint a vast majority of its viewers.

I guess we should have seen the writing on the wall, when Tom Brady flips the coin.  Tom Brady? Doesn't he still play in the league?  They had a host of former Super Bowl MVP's and Tom Brady flips the coin.  Nothing against Tom, as my best friend is a Patriots fan, but whose brainchild was that?  Why not let Michael Vick flip the coin, that way he can say he played a part in the Super Bowl.  Bart Starr, Joe Namath.... Heck, with the focus on off field legal problems, Ray Lewis was around to flip the coin.  Why not a member of the Armed Forces?  I guess professional sports is tiring of thanking the men and women in uniform for their courageous efforts at home and abroad.

Enough self-pity.  Super Bowl XLI is right around the corner.  I will continue to work on my mock draft, predict the impact of off-season deals and make my predictions for next year's season and before you know it, we will all be sitting in front of the TV, awaiting the next Super Bowl, forgetting the Super disappointment of last year.