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."

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.

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.