NFL

The Buffalo Bills beat the NY Jets 22-17 and I’m glad I didn’t watch it. Not only because I couldn’t decide which team to root for because the Jets have been my team from the beginning of my times but the Bills are truly the only NY Team but because they were playing in pajamas. What was with those uniforms I thought the color aspect of my T.V. had been blown up?  I understand the NFL wants to hip or retro but let’s focus on the game not these crazy uniforms Halloween was last month.

This weekend watching the NFL was more unhealthy then eating two Big Mac’s and Fries especially if you were a Dolphin & Cowboy fan. First they get you up extra early to watch the London Bowl of the Jets Vs Dolphins at 9:30 AM and with all the preparations for the NFL fanatic it’s probably 7:30 AM. Then they make sure you’re extra exhausted watching the Saints beat the Cowboy’s 27-20 in overtime probably ending way after Cinderella’s shoe has changed and your attitude as a Cowboy’s fan has done the same. I’m sure the nightmares that followed the Cowboys loss insured that sleep was another loser in the Cowboys fan’s head.  There should be a warning before the night games “WARNING – NFL games at night can cause sleep deprecation especially if your team loses.   I intern decided my health was more important and therefore only saw pieces of both games with both my teams winning.

Ben Roethlisberger knee injury during yesterday’s game against the St Louis Rams left many others in pain.  The pain of knowing that your team will not have the great leadership that Mr. Roethlisberger brings to the game, the pain of knowing your fantasy football team is missing a key player and the pain of watching a great athlete hurt for at least 4-6 weeks was something that many witnessed in real time. While he is actually feeling the physical pain that must kill those who are his fans witness the emotional pain of losing his talents for several weeks. Imagine if in our own life’s our injuries were treated as if we were  Mr. Roethlisberger, those pains would lesson as we felt the kinship of many  and our recovery to our field would be quickened. G-D willing Mr. Roethlisberger will have a speedy recovery as do those that names aren’t as familiar.

To be honest in recent years I have become a fair weather fan of the NY Jets for the way they have treated some of their players (Pennington, Teebow) but this year it appears the weather looks very sunny.  It appears that the Jets truly have a team I can cheer for with a more cohesion then in years, led by an awesome quarterback who can throw a missile or a book , Mr. Fitzpatrick. Mr. Fitzpatrick and the rest of Jets team showed what they can do as the dominated the Indianapolis Colt in a 20-7 rout.  The times are changing back again and the letters are slipping out of my mouth as in years past – J-E-T-S let’s go Jets. 

I know I’m being a Monday Morning Linebacker but how could the Giants Let Dallas win with less then 90 seconds on the clock? The Giants defense had to know that all they had to do was to stop the long pass and this game would have been on the win column for “Big Blue”, so how did all  the coaching expertise let this fall apart in less then 2 minutes? Did anyone ever hear of rushing the quarterback? I’m sorry but I may not be a brain surgeon or an NFL coach but this was one I think I could have even won.