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Super Bowl XLIV Media Day Called ‘Tame’ And ‘Lacking The Absurd’

Tuesday’s Super Bowl Media Day was the first I’ve personally attended so I didn’t quite know what to expect. According to several media folks around the league, there weren’t many “freaks” at the event compared to previous years.

Mike Freeman of CBSSports.com:

On Monday came one of the more boring media days in recent memory. The numbers of freaks, strippers and jackasses were low and there was just one puppet dude.

I can’t be certain, but I believe this to be the “puppet dude.”

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Don Banks of Sports Illustrated also thought this was a watered-down version of Media Day.

Most subdued SB media day in memory. Maybe it was the all-business teams we have to work with, but very little in the way of the absurd.

Maybe it was a little subdued, but there were still some strange occurrences. Like the Colts and Saints players singing karaoke.

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Yeah, maybe it was subdued, but the spectacle of Media Day is still an event in itself. Maybe it’s just that the weird and absurd are starting to become normal.

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