A Crazy Day in Football

 

We love football in my house. Brie’s favorite team is the Steelers, my favorite team is the Raiders and Kitty loves the Ravens (probably because her sister hates them). Regardless, Sundays are given over to watching whatever games are on, as usually ours aren’t televised unless they are either a) playing a New York team; or b) ahead in the rankings.

So yesterday we started out with the Packers playing the Bengals. And here’s where the craziness began. We had no skin in this game as we are not Packers fans (Aaron Rodgers: please lose the man-bun) nor are we Bengals fans (have we ever watched one of their games?) but this one was the lesser of two evils as no one wanted to watch the Dolphins-Bucs game (no one is a Brady fan).

Getting back to the Packers – Bengals: I’m not sure what was going on with their kickers, Was it windy? Was the field tilted? But both teams missed three: count’em, THREE, field goal attempts. In a row! The game actually went into OT and that is usually too stressful for me, but Brie wanted to watch and root for the Bengals. Packers had first ups, so to speak. And the goal was to just get close enough to score a field goal to win. The offensive line did their job, then here comes the kicker. He was 4 inches from the goal post and it went up: only to hit the goal post and bounce out. Zoink! For the 3^rd time that game! We were excited because now the Bengals just had to get in field goal position and kick a field goal. The offense did their part, they were a foot from the goal posts, the ball went up: and zoink: it hit the goal post and bounced out for the 3^rd time that game! The camera panned to the kicker and he and a few team mates were high fiving and jumping up and down. I was like, “He’s going to feel real dumb in a few seconds.” I was right: that mood changed when they realized it was no goal. I’m sure the coach had some choice words for when they went to the locker room! Then the Packers got the ball again and this time were able to make the goal. So Man-bun’s team won. I really dislike overtime!

The next game was the Giants – Cowboys game. We had to root for the Giants because Brie’s boyfriend loves the Giants. Well I don’t know how he felt about them after they lost to the Cowboys, but I digress. Sorry!

But back to crazy: the late game was the Bills – Chiefs game. We are women, so we root for the Chiefs because hellooo Mahomes and Kelce! Oh, and they’re a good team too. 😁Anyhoo, it wasn’t so much the game, per se, as what happened during the game. When halftime rolled around, a storm had blown in and they emptied the stadium (to the best of their ability) because it was torrential rain and lightning, I believe. So instead of the normal 12-minute half-time, it was an hour. So the commentators had a lot of time to fill. And what did they fill it with? Many showings of the Man-bun - Bengals field goal debacles. Zoink! But then they showed some other crazy stuff. Like the Lions new coach crying at his press conference because the Lions are 0-5 this season. And it’s a new quarterback trying to pull the team together. I felt so bad for him: that I have decided that once again I have to adopt the Detroit Lions until they start winning games consistently. I did it before when they couldn’t win a game to save their lives, and they came back stronger. So I’ll do it again!

And then they told this story about how someone had leaked footage of the Jaguars coach getting a lap dance from some young twenty-something woman. I wanted to see the footage of his wife throat punching him, but no one had that! Now comes the press conference where he apologizes to everyone for his lapse in judgment. Mm hmm…wonder how many of those he’s had over the years.

But the craziest story they told was from info from the Bills locker room. They were upset because their visitor locker room was so small and hot, they had to periodically go out into the hallway for air. They were also upset because there was too much peanut butter, and not enough jelly on the sandwiches they were given. They said it was like 70% peanut butter and only 30% jelly. AND there was no almond butter!! Talk about a bunch of divas with first-world problems! Be thankful you had something to eat that included protein. However, the good news was the oranges were “fire”. 😒Then the commentators were wondering what, exactly, was the correct peanut butter to jelly ratio on a sandwich. Seriously: I can’t make this stuff up!

There you have it. Crazy! The Colts – Ravens play tonight. Go Ravens! I can’t wait to see if any craziness ensues for these teams! But if any does: it will be hard to beat yesterday.

On a side note: can you believe that the Cardinals are the only undefeated team in the NFL? The Jaguars are also 0-5, lap dances notwithstanding. It’s going to be a very interesting season!