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It feels like football season. Time to return to the blog.
With grad school applications and a stint in Manhattan (not to mention the lack of sports aside from baseball), I took a bit of a hiatus from the blog for a bit. Now that my favorite time of year is back, it’s time to get back to what’s important. So, here we go…
The NFL has been bizarre this season already. QBs dropping like flies. Dallas at the bottom of the NFC East (and the Skins at the top). The Colts are 2-2. LT as a Jet, T.J. as a Raven, and all sorts of other team switches. And craziest of all—the Kansas City Chiefs are the only undefeated team left after week 4? Weird.
I had an off-season of reflection and came to the conclusion that my heart just wasn’t completely with the Skins, but that I had somewhat secretly been hiding feelings for another team. The majority of my family (that cares about football) is loyal to the Green Bay Packers. I had always respected them and their tradition, and felt like it would just be following along to choose them as my team since I didn’t really grow up with them. Still, I had Greg Jennings and Donald Driver on my fantasy teams since season 1 (though someone else got to Donald before me this year), and I had admired them from a distance. While I will always be pro-Redskins, it was time to prioritize my split allegiance, so I made my hidden Green Bay love public. Consider this the official notice: I confess, I am a cheesehead.
That being said, it’s nice to be able to cheer for Donovan without feeling conflicted now that he’s not wearing Eagles gear. It seems that things are at least on the right track with the Skins, though it will take some time with the new personnel to get going smoothly. Aside from the bump in the road in Chicago, Green Bay is playing about as expected. Or at least as well as can be expected without Ryan Grant. Jermichael Finley’s been doing great while the whole rotating RB thing gets sorted out with Brandon Jackson and John Kuhn.
Not only is football back, but hockey comes back Thursday, too! My Canes are doing their season opener in Helsinki, Finland this season against the Minnesota Wild. While I would have loved to have gone with the 300+ Canes fans that made the trek through the AAA fan package deal, finances (and my lack of passport during booking) kept me here in the states to cheer them on from afar… during work, since they’ll be playing both games at noon our time due to the time difference. Luckily, I can get away with this to some extent since I can listen to podcasts at work with no issue J
Which brings me to my final musing before I close out this first blog entry of the NFL/NHL season… I’ve been listening to Bill Simmons (well, the B.S. Report) and PTI almost daily via podcast at work. I’ll probably work them into the blog throughout the season and hope to maybe generate some discussion with topics this season, too. Feel free to post comments and start debates as we go! Looking forward to an interesting season…
4 comments:
OK since you asked for a debate... The Packers are playing "about as expected"? I think not. They enjoyed probably the biggest preseason hype since Favre left. Many ESPN "analysts" even had them picked to win the NFC! Now they are 3-3 after losing to your old flame the Washington Redskins. Everybody has injuries but they need more than a quarterback that looks surprisingly like Ryan from the office to salvage this season. Respond.
welcome back! :)
Thanks Light!
And Bennett- Yes, please bring on the debates! I knew you would... When I wrote this entry, we had just suffered the loss against Chicago, which I noted as an exception to my comment (see above), then proceeded to clarify as best as could be expected sans regular running back, Ryan Grant. I hear you though... things shouldn't be this bad. As for the Aaron/Ryan twinness, I kinda see what you're saying, but it's quite a stretch, my friend. Any thoughts on the Colts performance so far?
My main comment about the Colts so far is that they are not looking that good. That said, they are battling injuries and perhaps in the end a little hardship now will pay off later. As for Peyton's performance and how that weighs in my fantasy situation, not a happy camper. He is supposed to be my "sure thing" every year. I guess there really is no such thing as a "sure thing".
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