Now that Indy and the Redskins have thier one estra preseason game done with, we can move on to the next phase of looking forward to real football, the preseason. Each team will now play four games against other squads made up of mostly members who are looking for work with the NFL team whose jersey they are wearing. Sightings of actual NFL starters will be rare and followed by loud cheers from the crowds and, perhaps, the occasional XL-size pair of panties being thrown onto the field.
Of course the fan who threw said panties will be ejected from the stadium and banned from attending any more NFL games, according the new NFL code of conduct for fans. The overwhelming success of the NFL’s code of conduct for players must have been the impetus for putting this together. Of course, teams will also be able to add to this code, and I believe Miami is looking at allowing beer bottles to be thrown at fans wearing jerseys of teams within the AFC North, as long as those bottles are plastic. After all, it is probably cheaper for them that way to find a person who can actually hit another person from any distance and give them a tryout for quarterback.
I digress, let’s get to FanYard and the Yardsticks for these games. There is one that really stands out to me, and that is the one that has New England favored by ten points over the Baltimore Ravens. Bill Belichick cares not about the preseason, while the Ravens have a new coach who needs to show he belongs, not unlike the situation we just saw in the Hall of Fame game where Tony Dungy had nothing to prove and the Redskins had a new coach looking to prove his mettle. Don’t be surprised to see the ravens walk away with their heads up in this game.
Oh yeah, and Brett Favre is now a New York Jet, in case you’ve been in a coma and just woke up to find yourself here.
Only four weeks left until football!!!
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