Oh, Week One, you cruel, cruel mistress. Just when we think we have it all figured out, the perfect team, the perfect season, you bring us back to reality.
Yes, this week we had football—real NFL football. Football that counted! But we also saw how the offseason, that tricky devil that fills in the gap between the Super Bowl and the next weekend we care about, deceives us.
Those positive, uplifting stories melt away when Jake Delhomme throws more picks than Aerosmith, and the St. Louis Rams fail to notch a single point against an NFC West opponent.
It’s sobering, if sober is your thing, to see your team come back down to earth. Well, back down to earth if you weren’t starting Drew Brees. If you have Brees, you get to look like a genius this week. And we all hate y ...
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Foolish Thoughts: They Aren’t Who We Thought They Were
Posted: 14th September 2009 by Jacob Sloan in NFLComments Off on Foolish Thoughts: They Aren’t Who We Thought They Were