Rozner: Super Bowl beauty in eye of beholder

It was the most boring Super Bowl ever.

This seems to be the opinion of nearly every human outside of New England, including so many who were compensated to observe Sunday's contest.

While not wanting to turn this into a conversation about our collective short attention span, and being unable to get off the computer in our palms long enough to avoid walking into a light pole, it is stunning that a game of such magnitude, undecided for 59 minutes and within a possession until the last 60 seconds, could be deemed boring.

Yet, that's the overwhelming narrative.

OK, maybe Tom Brady took some time to get it going. And sure, he missed a few throws early, but that Rams' defensive line was making his life miserable.

As for Jared Goff, tell me you didn't think Bill Belichick was going to have looks for the 24-year-old that Goff had never seen or imagined.

The Pats were so late getting into their defensive sets that Goff had no clue pre-snap what was happening. Even with the football in his hands, he was consistently fooled.

Brady would probably say the same about trying to figure out the Rams' zone vs. man.

That's just great defense. And it was a heart-pounding fourth quarter as every play had meaning.

Boring?

It was physical and mean and the more physical team won the game. What a crime, right? Where's the 100-point game? Isn't that the NFL in this era? Isn't that all of sports today?

Every commissioner talks only of increased scoring, rigging the rules in favor of offense and punishing any general manager who dares to build a defense.

And nearly every coach and manager stares at the ceiling as his family sleeps, wondering how to prevent scoring, because that's the only part of the game within your control.

Your offense is going to come and go and if it goes at the wrong time, you better be able to control what the other team does against you.

That's what keeps a coach up at night.

No, this wasn't a game filled with trick plays and fake punts and wild scoring flurries, and the postgame wasn't inundated with lies and salesmanship. No one pretended it was pretty and you didn't hear excuses.

You get a lot of that in some NFL cities right now.

But instead of telling us the quarterback played great when he didn't, or pretending there was some great positive that came out of losing a rather important game, Rams head coach Sean McVay admitted that he and his quarterback were completely confused by the Pats' defensive scheme.

"There's no other way to say it: I got out-coached," McVay said. "I didn't do nearly good enough for our football team."

The Pats used a six-man front to stop the run and then a mix of looks in coverage that the Rams said they never saw on film.

Classic Belichick.

"They did a good with job with that, with the stunts and different things. They mixed it up," McVay said. "They played almost exclusively man coverage principles and … ended up playing some single-high buzz structures with some quarter principles.

"They did a great job. It was a great game plan."

The Rams seemed overwhelmed by the magnitude, but the greatest coach and greatest QB in history remained patient.

"I was not pleased at all with my feel for the flow of the game and making adjustments as the game unfolded," McVay admitted. "Credit to the Patriots. They did a good job and I certainly didn't do good enough for us."

Wow, a young coach admitting the greatest of all time got the best of him. That honesty is not only unusual, but also admirable and refreshing.

While some teams are preoccupied with promoting their stars and draft picks, not to mention the head coach, convincing everyone of just how smart they are, Pats owner Robert Kraft sets the tone in New England.

Kraft, Belichick and Brady are identical in that the only thing they have in mind is winning. No sales job. No promotion. No time spent winning over the media and stuffing them in their pockets.

They spend their time winning titles, period.

And, sorry, but there's nothing boring about that.