This is why I'm so angry about Mac. He is killing the franchise because if he could even provide Dalton-level play the Pats would be in the playoff mix.To the "unwatchable" point, with which I agree, *close* is all the NFL cares about. The Pats-Colts game was "burn the tapes" bad, but it was close.
I think the league has correctly concluded that its core fans dont care about objective "quality" as much as they do "close/even our shit-tastic team playing like shit has a chance to win."
Look at NE. If the QB play had been merely "well-formed log" shitty instead of "call your doctor" shitty, theyd be in the hunt. Now, *we* would know that in any objective sense, they still suck, but the league is unconcerned about having four 8-8 teams battling for a playoff spots in week 17.
Instead he's worse than Peterman. Nathan, not J.