I have to admit though I am not used to seeing you be more on the pessimistic side. I think of you as more of an “honest homer” type like me (there is no hint of anything derogatory in that…there is such a thing as an honest homer, a guy who can cheerlead as PA says, but when it’s time will look the objective realities in the eye without flinching). I’m not doing a “what gives.” Just being conversational.
I’m not really being down on the team or the coaches or anything, it’s just that I have a weird feeling about this one. Vinovich is the referee, and I don’t like that guy. When he’s the ref, ill-timed penalties seem to occur to the visiting team, and last year – when he was the zebra – the home team won 12 of 16 games.
While they do seem to be able to handle division foes well (even on the road), it’s the disturbing trend of the team occasionally getting dominated by goofy teams that worries me. Teams that had no business beating us – like last year’s finale where Blaine Gabbert (BLAINE? HIS NAME IS BLAINE???) racked up 354 yards passing on them. Or the chop-block party in Washington. Or the backup TE in Chicago having a career year against them in one game.
Just bracing for the weirdness is all.
Again, I think they should beat them, because – well – they SHOULD.
I just don’t know if the stars will align for the other guys again. Like Kelly will have practiced an abundance of weird plays all off-season specifically to win the opener – and does – but then proceeds to lose the next 12 games. We’re sometimes on the receiving end of those things.
However, if they do win handily, I will have found the secret. It’s my pre-game cautiousness.
And so that, too, will become a ritual of sorts.
You have to be odd, to be number one.
-- Dr Seuss
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Agamemnon
