A good weekend
Lots of snow. We stayed home from church. Samuel begged to go out strolling, but it was impossible. In the afternoon, I took out the “snow blaster” and cleared off most of the sidewalk and driveway.
Jasper, inspired by last week’s kill, played with his toy mice. He was like a kitten again.
I watched four good playoff games, the first three of which ended with field goals. The fourth quarter of the last and greatest game – Chiefs vs. Bills – also ended with a field goal, and then the Chiefs won in overtime. Both quarterbacks played spectacularly. The teams scored something like 25 points in the last couple of minutes of the fourth quarter. Tony Romo was going nuts. The Chiefs’ victory was due to their clock-eating third quarter, in which the Bills ran just a handful of plays (the Bills’ first drive was a three-and-out, and their second drive was a one-play touchdown). By the end of the contest, the Bills’ excellent defense was too tired to keep up with the Chiefs’ offense, which advanced at will. Even so, the Bills kept regaining the lead, and with thirteen seconds to play, they looked like they’d win. But they wouldn’t.
My favorite play was Tyreek Hill’s long touchdown reception. Look at him flash the peace sign on his way to the end zone.
The NFL does this a lot. Game after game has caused me to think, This has been the best game I’ve ever seen. I’ve thought it so often, it probably isn’t true most of the time; but this really might have been the best playoff weekend I’ve seen.
Jasper, inspired by last week’s kill, played with his toy mice. He was like a kitten again.
I watched four good playoff games, the first three of which ended with field goals. The fourth quarter of the last and greatest game – Chiefs vs. Bills – also ended with a field goal, and then the Chiefs won in overtime. Both quarterbacks played spectacularly. The teams scored something like 25 points in the last couple of minutes of the fourth quarter. Tony Romo was going nuts. The Chiefs’ victory was due to their clock-eating third quarter, in which the Bills ran just a handful of plays (the Bills’ first drive was a three-and-out, and their second drive was a one-play touchdown). By the end of the contest, the Bills’ excellent defense was too tired to keep up with the Chiefs’ offense, which advanced at will. Even so, the Bills kept regaining the lead, and with thirteen seconds to play, they looked like they’d win. But they wouldn’t.
My favorite play was Tyreek Hill’s long touchdown reception. Look at him flash the peace sign on his way to the end zone.
The NFL does this a lot. Game after game has caused me to think, This has been the best game I’ve ever seen. I’ve thought it so often, it probably isn’t true most of the time; but this really might have been the best playoff weekend I’ve seen.