The
pigskin roller coaster. For some the ride is already over. Perhaps they’re the
lucky ones. Peyton and Rodgers, RG III and Russell Wilson. Thanks for playing.
The stakes and the existential angst rise with each round of the playoffs. Playing
for the conference championship is far, far better than going 7-9-0. We know
this. It is the pigskin truth. And yet it’s going to suck wicked bad for half
the NFL’s core audience this coming Sunday. Somebody’s going to
emergency, somebody’s going to jail. And somebody is losing a football game.