Even before the Giants-Cowboys game became a Mike Glennon résumé-builder—arguably one of the worst kinds of games—the sheer hubris of a broadcast network’s using the “America’s Game of the Week” moniker to promote these two teams with the contemporary appeal of a M*A*S*H rerun felt a little overwrought.
Putting a tilt between two gigantic markets in a prime spot, which Fox at 4:25 p.m. ET is, is likely television making 101, but how often do we—and should we—force ourselves to consider what America’s Game of the Week really is, and which teams are actually deserving of that centerpiece in our homes each week?