Martin Rogers
FOX Sports Insider
Even if a lump of coal came your way this Christmas, here’s a consoling thought.
As sports fans, we are already ahead. We’re living through a period that is handing out gifts regularly.
You don’t always realize such things when they’re happening, but sports are on an absolute tear, providing us with a constant thread of narrative entertainment as the New Year approaches and with the promise of much more to come.
With 2024 beckoning, the closing stages of the National Football League season guarantee to bring unceasing intrigue. Last season’s Super Bowl duelers, the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, are undeniably flawed but absolutely still dangerous. (The Eagles, by the way, should be in your Christmas Day viewing plans with a showdown against the New York Giants at 4:30 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports app.)
Mr. Irrelevant, Brock Purdy of the San Francisco 49ers, is making his nickname hilariously inaccurate with a concerted tilt at the MVP award, dominating the NFC, while the AFC is a high-quality minefield where even 11-6 may not make sure of a postseason spot.
There are characters to pontificate on, and for some reason their stories seem bigger than ever. Aaron Rodgers was somehow one of the most talked-about athletes in sports despite playing all of four snaps on the year, there’s some pop star-tight end love thing going on, and then there is Dak Prescott and the Cowboys, always watchable for all kinds of reasons, and capable of fluctuating from brilliant to dire on a weekly whim.
Matthew Stafford, Rams DESTROY Derek Carr, Saints
College football’s playoff comes even sooner than the Super Bowl, having already delivered on the thing the sports lover adores more than anything – argument – all taking place amid the biggest and most significant period of upheaval the game has ever seen.
The semifinals party is just around the corner, Florida State isn’t…
Source link : https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/were-receiving-near-constant-gifts-from-sports-these-days
Author :
Publish date : 2023-12-25 16:53:17
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
