For a variety of reasons, most football fans have no clue, nor that much interest it seems, in the battle of the behemoths that takes place along the Line of Scrimmage (LoS). Yet, in my estimation, whomever wins that battle, wins the game, at least 67% of the time, and probably closer to 80 or 90%.
But, let's face it, when it's one's leisure-time entertainment that's involved, for most fans it's, "More bread and circuses, please!" ..and nowadaze it's, "..make that aerial circuses, please.. (or else!)"
It's almost as if folks would rather watch their favorite team lose, as long as they get the chance to see some fireworks, some "high octane" revving of the engines.