I know I'm not the only one who watched Monday Night Football and was heartbroken by Carson Palmer and the Cincinnati Bengals' performance. While we got to see Carson get scolded for arguing with his, uh, interesting wide receiver, Chad Johnson, all we heard about Tom Brady is that he's the second coming of Jesus Christ Himself.
Seriously, Tom Brady has a lot of great assets (who wouldn't be jealous of three Super Bowl rings before the age of 30? Hate on this man!) but we don't need to hear how great he is for an entire football game. I'll take one quarter, maybe two, but an entire game of butt-kissing is just outrageous.
Tony Kornheiser, who co-commentated last night's game and delivered the vast majority of the besos to Brady's behind, is responsible for the brown-nosing. Even more than Brady's on field accomplishments, Tony gushed over Brady's movie star looks, dating supermodels (Giselle), and his new baby daddy status, and his penchant for being gossip column fodder as a result of all of the above. It got worse when he started talking about the New England Patriots going 16-0. Not so far-fetched if we're at, say, game 10 or higher in a season of 16 games. But this is game 4. That means there are 12 more games to go, and that is beyond way too early for anyone to be talking about an undefeated season.
Not only that, Tony went on and on about the genius of Bill Belichick, completely ignoring that just a few short weeks ago, his beloved Belichick was coughing up $250 G's for cheating. But never mind the cheating, this guy is amazing!
Even his fellow commentators took him to task for going too far. I'm not sure how long he's going to last on Monday Night Football after this. It's OK to do on Pardon the Interruption, but an entire game is entirely too long to hear about your crush on a football player and his team - from a man or woman. But while Tony is certainly responsible for the unending gushing, I think the men or women who cued up his ridiculous comparisons and scenarios by adding graphics and doing fact-checking should also be taking the heat. I blame you all, too.
But I don't know if I can totally blame you for being a fan.
Seriously, Tom Brady has a lot of great assets (who wouldn't be jealous of three Super Bowl rings before the age of 30? Hate on this man!) but we don't need to hear how great he is for an entire football game. I'll take one quarter, maybe two, but an entire game of butt-kissing is just outrageous.
Tony Kornheiser, who co-commentated last night's game and delivered the vast majority of the besos to Brady's behind, is responsible for the brown-nosing. Even more than Brady's on field accomplishments, Tony gushed over Brady's movie star looks, dating supermodels (Giselle), and his new baby daddy status, and his penchant for being gossip column fodder as a result of all of the above. It got worse when he started talking about the New England Patriots going 16-0. Not so far-fetched if we're at, say, game 10 or higher in a season of 16 games. But this is game 4. That means there are 12 more games to go, and that is beyond way too early for anyone to be talking about an undefeated season.
Not only that, Tony went on and on about the genius of Bill Belichick, completely ignoring that just a few short weeks ago, his beloved Belichick was coughing up $250 G's for cheating. But never mind the cheating, this guy is amazing!
Even his fellow commentators took him to task for going too far. I'm not sure how long he's going to last on Monday Night Football after this. It's OK to do on Pardon the Interruption, but an entire game is entirely too long to hear about your crush on a football player and his team - from a man or woman. But while Tony is certainly responsible for the unending gushing, I think the men or women who cued up his ridiculous comparisons and scenarios by adding graphics and doing fact-checking should also be taking the heat. I blame you all, too.
But I don't know if I can totally blame you for being a fan.
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