Patriots and Steelers: Worst Game Ever?

It's the Patriots and Steelers tonight on Thursday Night Football.  Yuk!  Normally, we like to promote NFL action.  But this dog on the schedule is going to be hard to watch.  Even Prime, which will air the game, had trouble promoting the game last week.  They aired a split screen graphic that featured the Steelers best player, TJ Watt.  But they didn't have any exciting players from the Patriots talent-less roster so they threw coach Bill Belichick's face on the screen.  Even Vegas thinks this is going to be a brutal game to watch.  They set the over/under at 30 points!  For an NFL game!  Why?  First of all, the Patriots have been shut out twice this year and scored just 3 points in another.  Do you know how hard it is to get shutout in an NFL game with all of the rules favoring the offense?

Another reason the Patriots and Steelers game total is so low is because of the quarterbacks slated to start.  The Patriots have benched QB Mac Jones and replaced him with Bailey Zappe.  Steelers starting QB Kenny Pickett underwent surgery on his ankle this week so Pittsburgh has to go with Mitch Trubisky.  None of this shouts confidence for a lot of points scored tonight.

Maybe, you will watch the game because bad football is better than no football.  Maybe it will be like the wreck on the road you can't take your eyes off.  But there are a few reasons to play the game.  The Steelers are amazingly in the playoff hunt.  And the Patriots appear headed for a great draft pick.  So, let's have some fun with Patriots and Steelers trivia on Craig Shemon and Company on ESPN Southwest Florida.

Olivia Dunne is obviously someone who pretty much everyone knows as not only an athlete but also an influencer.

The junior on the LSU gymnastics team is the highest-paid female college athlete in America. She's a huge social media star and has plenty of endorsements.

Dunne is featured in the new Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. For this issue, she was photographed by Ben Watts in Puerto Rico. In the magazine, she tells SI that, "My most viral Instagram post is a picture of me about to mount the beam at practice." That post has garnered more than 877,000 likes on Instagram, and her videos on TikTok regularly exceed one million views. That massive.

Dunne, of course, looks incredible in her SI shoot. Goals, is what I have to say about that. Perhaps unrealistic goals, but goals! Check out some of Dunne's most viral posts below, plus a link to her SI photo shoot! She took to both Instagram and TikTok to post images and videos from her Sports Illustrated shoot. She obviously had the time of her life. For more on Dunne's experience being a first-time Sports Illustrated model and what it was like to live out this dream, head to SI.

“It’s a dream come true. It’s an honor to be included because I love everything the magazine represents. It is all about supporting women from all different paths.”

More Olivia Dunne SI Swimsuit love! She is obviously thrilled to be in the magazine. They are likely thrilled to have her, too!

Remember this song? I'm not even a country music fan and I totally remember it. I hope I look that good on a horse when I go horseback riding this summer, lol!

Here's Olivia doing her thing in practice. Sometimes people forget she is a talent athlete, not just an Instagram star!

Olivia Dunne isn't just a great athlete. She's apparently a great dancer! I need to learn those moves!

Olivia Dunne was photographed by Ben Watts for the 2023 SI Swimsuit Issue in Puerto Rico. Check out more of her sizzling photos below!

https://swimsuit.si.com/swimsuit/model/olivia-dunne-2023-si-swimsuit-photos