Ummm... Football without the Packers and insomnia are fun... Wait, did I say "fun?" I meant detrimental to your (my) health...
I'm not sure where to start since the Packers' season is over. It's so strange to watch football games without having a rooting interest in any of it. Normally, I'm trying to see who the Packers may face and how they match up against them, but now I just don't care. Instead, I tried to amuse myself by wondering what it's like to be the fan bases of these respective teams. I thought of the heartbreak of the Chiefs fans after probably the most "Andy Reid" playoff game ever. The Titans fans short-lived joy with their miserably mediocre team who is busy getting ready to be annihilated next week. The delusional Rams fans who thought Goff and the young Rams could win themselves a playoff game. I would've bet my life (well, maybe just large sums of money) against the Rams and Jared Goff. I watched Goff since the Aaron Rodgers comparisons started 3-4 years ago and have never been impressed. Sure, I've seen him make NFL-type throws (far hash to the opposite sideline, looking the safety off just enough to get the deep post open and releasing an accurate dart just before taking a hit, etc.) but it has mostly been relatively "meh" when watching him play. I think his coach has done an amazing job getting him into great looks but I feel like he's a less-talented Matt Ryan. You know, the guy who rode the same situation last year to an undeserved MVP award. No doubt Matt Ryan can make "all the throws" as they say, but I rarely feel like he is the reason the team wins games. If anything, he actively tried to lose them games this year but the team was good enough to overcome his multiple-interception disasters in Detroit and at home vs. the Saints. So, that's why I wish I was a gambler so I could bet on Matt Ryan vs. Goff/less-talented Matt Ryan. But, I am not, so I made $0 this weekend...
Bills vs. Jaguars went exactly how I envisioned it; except, Blake Bortles was even worse than I could have imagined having only watched one Jaguars game all season. The Micah Hyde concussion may have swung that game unfortunately (in addition to the Tyrod Taylor concussion, though I believe Hyde's to be more detrimental to the Bills)...
Saints vs. Panthers was more interesting than I had hoped and Cam actually had a pretty damn good game but it's unfortunate that we cannot have a Panthers prime-time game with a Cam concussion controversy... Concussions, concussions, concussions... Not a good look especially after the NFL was going to take a stronger stand just a few weeks ago. Nice stronger stand. No penalties on the concussion hits, no players ejected, a player not removed properly after falling to a knee. Nice...
The College National Championship just ended a bit ago, and while it was more entertaining than I had hoped, I never felt like Georgia had a chance, even after the missed field goal to end regulation.
But I'll get more into all this tomorrow. Sorry, I'm sick and feel like absolute shit. Probably doesn't help that I've been battling insomnia for the past few weeks either but so it goes...
(Dictated but not read. Well, typed drowsily and not edited or checked for errors.)