We did it!

Crawled through the off-season river of shit and came out clean on the other side.

It's football season, and with it comes hope.

Now remember what our friend Andy told us, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

Well, the Chief's dreams of a three-peed died, murdered in fact by the Eagles, but you know what I mean. How

could you be so obtuse? As in deliberate, as in me, deliberately starting a brand new NFL show

here in the year of our Lord 2025 with some crap from a 31-year-old movie, which coincidentally

is how long has been since America's alleged team last played in the Super Bowl. But the

Cowboys

have hope, and so do the other 31 teams. Well, not the Cleveland Browns. No one thinks they're going

to the Super Bowl. How say you there, fuzzy britches? I kid. Even Cleveland has hope. They hope one

of their 37 QBs is good. Not too good, though. They trade those guys away. The bills have more than hope. They've got the MVP, and they're all hoping his eighth season will be the one that ends in February. Problem is the Ravens hope the same for their eighth year QB. I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. Or maybe it's those white

hot playoff lights that are too bright. Either way, football is the study of pressure and time.

That's all it takes, really. Pressure and time. The latter part is especially true for the

olds. Looking at you, Stafford and Rogers. Really, how often do you look at another man's shoes?

A lot, as it turns out, if he's your

team starting quarterback. And they're CJ and Brock and Jaden, and they've gone this far. Maybe

this year they're willing to go a little further. You remember the name of the town, don't you?

Santa Clara. I find I'm so excited. I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it's the excitement only a football fan can feel, a fan at the start of a long journey

whose conclusion is uncertain.

I hope my team makes it to Santa Clara.

I hope to see them there and shake their hands.

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