First off, nobody outside Denver cares about last night’s very late edition of Monday Night Football pitting the Broncos vs. the Titans. Well, nobody outside the states of Tennessee and Colorado, I guess. As proof, I submit the following: The game ended at 1:30AM EDT. And the final score? 16-14, bad guys. I rest my case. Still, it was riveting NFL action for a sports-starved populace salivating for any sort of action not involving BLM protests, Western forest fires, or the upcoming election (yawn).
Alright, it wasn’t actually “riveting” in any known sense of that word. In fact, the biggest draw I can think of after enduring this snooze-fest was the over/under on how long until Titans kicker Stephen Gostkowski’s inevitable release from the team after he missed 3 field goals and an extra point… right up until he kicked the game winner in the waning seconds. See what I mean? Riveting…. NOT!
However, there was this pretty funny piece in SBNation from former DP sports reporter Nicki Jhabvala about an unusual twist to the telecast. Nicki’s tweet is here. SBNation’s piece, titled “What the hell is going on with this MNF graphic of John Elway?” is here. Selected excerpts are below. If possible, try to keep your excitement under control.
While introducing the Broncos, we were greeted with Jon Swoleway, John Elway’s buff doppelganger from a different dimension. There is absolutely no room for interpretation here. This looks nothing like Elway. I like that sometime during the process, the first cut of this was submitted and someone was like “This doesn’t look like Elway,” but it was too late to turn it around. So I imagine they slapped the No.7 button on him, in an effort to try and help things. Still not convinced this would evoke Elway, they slapped a sign next to him that says “JOHN ELWAY,” with an arrow. It’s like the drawings my daughter brings home from school so I can identify which of the potato people she’s drawn is me.
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In case you were wondering, Gostkowski is still with the (1-0) Titans. And the (0-1) Broncos still suck. Ah well. Life goes on. That’s something at least. Right?
