Week 1 Topic: NFL Predictions

Mr. Wilbon there are plenty of times I disagree with you but between you and Boswell most recent Redskins articles I believe you two have hit the "nail on the head". Reason 1; When Boswell says that the owners tend to buy teams because they lack something . . . to fill a personal vacuum. It is my opinion that with all due respect, Mr. Snyder attempts to overcompensate for what he fills is a lack of something within himself. Hence the reason he is almost always willing to overpay players or go way above and beyond to court players and coaches. But then he treats some of these same players, coaches(and now fans)that he sent Redskin 1 for (LaVar Arrington, Lavarneus Coles, Greg Williams)as if they were bums off the street once he is finish with them or when he finds the next person that personifies a "the Redskin" way. Also, why would you buy two radio stations that broadcast the same shows????? Then fire ex-players that you appear to have vendettas against.
Reason 2: Wilbon when you say that the problems of ownership eventually creep down to the players. I can't help but think about last year. I thought Snyder finally got it. But when he was caught celebrating NFC East back to back wins on live tv, I knew our season was over. It was a classless act that an owner should not allow to be seen as a public display. Maybe one day he will learn the "Rooney Way" and our fans will do whatever it takes to take over Heinz Field and he will have two of his coaches going against each other in the Super Bowl. But until then I guess we are just onlookers to the Washington Snyders. I mean "Redskins".

“It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year…for Lions Fans”

Right now, the Detroit Lions are as good as the Pittsburgh Steelers.

“You are what your record says you are,” Bill Parcells famously said. And for us fans of lousy teams, that statement is pure symphonic bliss to our ears, because when the standings read like a sea of zeroes, it means that our team’s Super Bowl hopes are as good as yours.

Basking in the false promise of preseason predictions is what us fans of consistently mediocre teams love to do. Sure, all the expert analysts may annually predict our team to be the perennial cellar dweller – but honestly, how much better are their predictions than that of a monkey lobbing shots at a dartboard? Okay, maybe a little bit better.

Each year, the approach of autumn shatters our grand aspirations back to reality the first time we play a New England or a Pittsburgh. For the fan of the lousy team, preseason predictions are the perfect time to forget about the upcoming schedule, forget about the future, and just dream.

Amidst the constant sports chatter espousing every possible angle of preseason prophesies, perhaps it’s fitting to end on another Bill Parcells quote, which best typifies why everyone gorges on a vicious cycle of NFL predictions:

“Sometimes when everybody's feeding you the cheese it's hard not to eat it.”

And for those of us with lousy teams, the cheese never looks more appetizing than right now.