NFL Playoffs Lack Excitement

As we head into the Conference Championship round of the NFL Play-offs there have been a couple things lacking from my perspective. Those things would be drama and excitement . A total of 8 games have been played through the 1st 2 rounds so far, and only 2 of those provided good entertainment value for 4 quarters. The remaining 6 games have been completely 1 sided, which is no fun to watch unless it's your home team on the giving end of the beat down.

The problem is that most fans aren't watching their favorite teams in these games. Sitting through the second half or 4th quarter of a game that has already been decided is not the experience that fans are looking for when the settle in to watch the play-offs. Outside of the Green Bay- Arizona shootout that was decided in overtime and the New York- San Diego game that wasn't decided until the final minute the games have lacked excitement.

5 of the 8 play-off games have been decided by 17 points or more. If we remove the the G.B.-Arizona and N.Y.-S.D. games from the mix that leaves us with 6 games decided by an average margin of 21 points. Not exactly the kind of stuff to keep you glued to your seat, is it? To be fair about it, I realize every game isn't destined to become an instant classic, but I do expect to see a little better brand of football than I have seen so far. Some of these teams have performed as if they don't belong in the play-offs at all.

So here's hoping that the Conference Championship games and the Super Bowl can pick up the slack and have our pulses pounding late in the 4th quarter this coming weekend. Hey, I'm a Browns fan. I haven't had a lot of exciting Sundays in recent seasons. If I can't get my fix during the play-offs I'm going to be in serious trouble.