21.   Carroll knew all too well what the game meant for the Patriots.

22.   Considering the opponent, no game might mean more than this one if indeed a turnaround comes.

23.   Every game means something.

24.   Every game will mean more in a shortened season.

25.   Favre knew that Freeman was from Baltimore and what this game meant to him.

26.   Few, then, overlooked what the game meant to Reese, what he meant to it.

27.   Fewer games would mean less money.

28.   Finally, the games will mean something again.

29.   Every game means a lot.

30.   Forty minutes a game means that lengthy days of quadruple and sextuple headers can roll by.