A couple quick NFL notes

1) Has anybody paid close attention to the Wrangler commercials, featuring "The Wrangler" himself, Brett Favre? If you do, you'll notice one important thing.... this pickup game of football features Brett Favre at QB, a guy running out to catch a pass... and 10 guys running into each other at the line of scrimmage. There are no other WRs, and there are no defenders trying to cover the one guy heading out to catch the pass. What the hell kind of pickup game is that? I've never played a pickup game of football where there was more than 1 offensive and defensive lineman... a guy to snap the ball and a guy trying to rush the QB, nevermind the BULK of the players rubbing up against each other at the line of scrimmage.

Not only that, but they have one shot of the receiver diving to make a catch for a touchdown, and slamming into a giant mud puddle. So Brett Favre, "the greatest QB of all time," can't even hit a receiver in a pickup game when there's nobody covering him without the receiver needing to dive? And Brett leads him right into the one mud puddle on the field? What a jerk.


2) It's shocking how okay I am with the Brady injury already. I'm actually getting excited to see how they respond and how the year plays out. If anything, it snapped me out of the Super Bowl coma and is making football interesting again. I'm not foolish enough to believe the Pats are still favorites to win it all... but I've tried the "favorites" thing, and it's honestly less fun than being the scrappy underdog after a while.

Oh, and to everyone who's saying the Patriots are toast because they don't have Tom Brady now... most of you are picking Minnesota as a Super Bowl contender, and their QB is Tavaris Jackson. Seriously, did you see that guy last night? At least Cassel will be able to look at more than 1 receiver before he pulls the ball down and frantically tries to run for the first down, and he'll probably hook slide instead of taking 10 linebacker blows to the skull each game.