Super Bowl Last Man Standing: Not A Good Two Weeks For The National Religion

For a time of year, in most sports, that does not want to be overshadowed...

It's getting overshadowed...

• The face of the league for the last two decades may be hanging it up -- or trying to jawbone the right situation to get one more Lombardi
• The Rooney Rule has been exposed for the farce it is
• Two Black ex-coaches now claim their teams attempted to incentivize losing in one form or another -- which MAY be in violation of US Federal law.
• The NFL apparently KNEW Alvin Kamara had a legal incident at 6:30 in the morning of the Pro Bowl in Las Vegas, and let him play anyway...

... and, outside of LA or Cincinnati, how much news has there really been that there's a football game on Sunday for the World Championship of the National Football League?

Now, to give an idea of where the league might be going here:  Gee, there's been a lot of talk about Joe Burrow and his new "swagger" these last two weeks, hasn't there been???

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

• Current line as of 4 PM Pacific:  Rams -4 or -4 1/2 across the Strip
• Total is a consistent 48 1/2 -- to give an idea, that's about 26-21 or something to that effect (it's an odd number for get regular without taking the line to about 6...