2023 PREDICTION: "12-5, tied for AFC East crown. As always, the injury factor will be dispositive, but we have reason for Hope." 2023 REALITY: 11-6, winning the AFC East, disposing of the Steelers and running face-first into the Taylor Swift Buzzsaw. It was a Tale of Two Seasons for the 2023 Bills,
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The One-Eyed Man is King: 2024 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Season Preview (and Open Thread)
2023 PREDICTION: 4-13 2023 REALITY: 9-8; not good, but good enough for the NFC South title The 2023 season was a good one for the Bucs, mediocre record in a trash division notwithstanding. They exceeded expectations. This was down to two (and only two) factors: Baker Mayfield emerged from his cocoon as
Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss: 2024 Carolina Panthers Season Preview
2023 PREDICTION: Bad (6-11) 2023 REALITY: Worse (2-15) Truly a testament to the power of the human will, these Panthers. "Parity" has been the battle cry of the league since the salary cap was introduced in 1994. "Offense Über Alles" has been the official NFL religion almost as long. And yet the Panthers
Achieving Transcendent Grace Through Mindless Violence: A Larry King Not Live Tuesday Open Thread
Pour Encourager les Autres: Tuesday Open Thread
It's mid-Summer, which can only mean one thing: revisiting the Age of Sail! That's right, bitches-- in the absence of serious hockey, basketball and Tuesday football, oceans are now battlefields! Currently I am listening to a biography of Commodore Stephen Decatur and reading a delightful account of the Seven Years War
Nonsense and Such: Tuesday Open Thread
I got nothing. Sometimes it seems like the Universe is against you, everything is running off the track, and the only thing left is to look to a Higher Power for aid, comfort and guidance. That's right: astrology! Accordingly, please enjoy the first installment of Miss Cleo's Football Fandom Horoscopes (Week of July
Signs AND Portents? In This Economy?!?: Tuesday Open Thread
Congratulations to the Florida Panthers. You have placed another nail in the coffin that is The Natural Order. We've covered many times how the Modern Captialist Corporatocracy is not satisfied by mere excellence, but demands infinite growth. Unchecked growth is also one of the definitional characteristics of cancer. Extending the metaphor,
Heavy, Heavy Fuel : Tuesday Open Thread
Purple Drank: Tuesday Open Thread
Yeah Right rejoice- the Vikings have made the obvious decision without (apparently) setting themselves on fire! Justin Jefferson, who was set to make $19 million playing on the fifth-year team option of his rookie contract this year, agreed to another 4 years at $140 million, $110 million of which is notionally
Scarcity as Value: Tuesday Open Thread
So in addition to my other avocations (raconteur, gentleman thief, hobbyist blacksmith, Holy Man for Hire) I am also the World's Cheapest Watch Snob. I really enjoy mechanical clocks and watches- the amazing precision of ninety pieces (or more) meshing together in harmony is mesmerizing. These devices were the cutting
In Which Rev Pays For His Hubris: Tuesday Open Thread
"Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall." Proverbs 16:18 (KJV) For someone with such deep-seated self-loathing, I can be surprisingly arrogant. It's a puzzle. In my brash youth of, uh, a month ago, I made a sincere but reckless pronouncement regarding the sixth pick of the NFL Draft: "I will
Camping Adventures II: The Search for Spork: Tuesday Open Thread
We're going camping this weekend. I hate camping. My ancestors camped for 40 fucking years in the desert because they were complaining dickholes who reverted to idolotry at the drop of a hat. Camping was punishment, and the intervening 3000 years of Jewish history have been a relatively steady march away from