NFL’s Watershed Year Thrills Fans with Unexpected Drama

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Published: December 16, 2009

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... your team is rolling towards a playoff berth or suffering from soggy bread syndrome like mine, you can’t deny that the league has provided us with a fair share of fresh headlines and new drama.

The usual suspects are still in the newswires, but for different reasons.

Rather than contributing to the prosaic discourse of age-old players pushing the limits of their capabilities, Brett Favre is having the best year of his epic career.

Rather than leading his team down the road to another Super Bowl, Ben Roethlisberger finds himself at the helm of a team that has lost five straight, a first for a team that still holds the title as NFL champion.

The New England Patriots and their ethereal offense are no longer enough to bear the weight of a team suffering from the locker room blues. Discord has replaced the amity that has allowed those in Foxboro to serve as the cornerstone by which to measure the success of a championship-caliber team. Even ...

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