But I can't seem to stop watching it. It would be like not looking at a train wreck.

I much prefer College ball. Any team, any time, no favorites, none at all, not even the UW Badgers who in another life (galaxy?) a long, long time ago gave me a football scholarship.(I'm not sure but I think the ball was made of stone back then.)
(Why do they call it a scholarship when they just want you to administer or take a beating?? Is kicking ass scholarly?)Hell, in college the ball can be fumbled 3-4 times in the same play. How's that for exciting. And not nealy as many big egos either.
Of course I take out my aggressions, and I have a lot of them, on hocky