Ch-Ch-Changes

Football is still fresh and creating this year's identity. I won't go over college right now because if you're reading this you already know what happened and that's what those links up on the right are for. I need a hug after this weekend's football but what is becoming an apparent theme this weekend as I sit here typing along they flash to Peyton Manning riding the exercise bike on the sidelines and the talk of Tom Brady's wounded knee.

Those guys are my age and while I'm not old, I've been working at my profession for nearly ten years and so have they and while I've learned quite a few tricks I will continue to get more experience but those guys, I don't think they have too much left in the tank. Brett Favre looked good today but he's only for or so years older than those two so it's not like he's 100 years old or something but football takes it's toll. You can make your muscles stronger by lifting weights and get faster through speed training and you get smarter through film and other mental gymnastics but the bones and the tendons and the joints cannot simply be trained to get stronger. They can only withstand so much pulling apart and getting put back together and as a quarterback in football the average fan has no idea just how exposed these players are. The sport is very cruel to that position. They get to stay stationary somewhat while many are just trying to hurt them.


And Another Thing About Quarterback....

The average fan sees all of football as though they are the quarterback somehow and thus all of football is seen through and "offensive eye-piece." For instance if team "A" beats team "B" by 20 but allowed 30 points, it just seems more impressive than team "C" who beats team "D" by one touchdown less but only gave up 1 touchdown as the defense was suffocating. It is often said that defense wins championships. It's like baseball. Pitching wins gams and th big hitting teams always end up losing the big one. So here we are all over again. Offense totally gets people over excited while stifling defense just bores people. The teams with the flashy offenses always get people excited but those offenses can have a bad game or go up against a strong defense and not seem quite as good.