How you can tell a failure

Dolphins-Giants was supposed to be a nice introduction to the NFL for the European continent. A showcase that displayed why the NFL Europe was bush league, and why that league deserved to be disbanded.

Now I didn't have tickets, but I can pretty much follow everything from a distance with si.com and nfl.com, and here's what I noticed:

• both quarterbacks threw a combined 25 completions; that's damned little considering a decent NFL quarterback can throw that on his own. Manning had 59 yards passing. Cleo Lemon 149. Not exactly an offensive output you should be proud of.
  
• I saw an in-game picture during the first quarter that had some Miami players mugging Eli... and the turf was stuck in their helmets. That pitch must have looked sloppy.
• One knock not against the NFL, but to the English fans... what the hell did Martin Johnson do to you then?
  

So all in all, I might have been luckier not to have gone to the game anyway.