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What the NFL Talking Heads Won’t Say
And what I will
As another NFL season draws to a close, I decided to watch two entire football games yesterday. The weather was bad — and I’ve been nursing what might be a chronic hip injury. So I stayed home to view the semifinal round. I’d like to say both were great/well-played games. But they weren’t. And in at least one case, the better team did not win.
While I love watching football and recognize that the athletes are amazing, I’m tired of them showing off after every play. What ever happened to modesty? The last time I witnessed a guy score a touchdown and not dance like he was in a rap video was almost 20 years back when Tiki Barber hit the end zone. He would score and act like he’d been there before. He was also the valedictorian of his high school class. Not that that says something. But it might!
Which leads me to a wideout who plays for the Baltimore Ravens named Flowers. What a fucking moron! First, the dude breaks free on a broken coverage to make a 50-yard reception. Mind you, he didn’t fake any defender out of his shoes; he simply ran down the sidelines while nobody followed him. Tackled at the 10 yard-line, he lords over the defender, taunts a guy he didn’t overwhelm with some awesome fake, spins the ball in his face, and earns a 15-yard penalty for being a douchebag.
