Picking winners or not

On Sunday I was sort of watching a NFL game that had been long decided when the network switched over to a more competitive game which was actually in the early stages of overtime. The Detroit Lions and the Pittsburgh Steelers were tied at 16 apiece. Detroit was moving the ball and had good field position when their QB was sacked on third down.

In the next 7 plus minutes of the game one had to wonder if the teams had actually employed professionals or if these were replacement players from a players’ strike that no one else knew about. To get to this point Detroit led 16-10 after the Lions’ ki...