The moment of rejoicing that Sunday football was back lasted a nice three hours before that all too familiar feeling sunk in yet again. Are we being treated to football, or are we trapped by it?
The Detroit Lions lost to the Chicago Bears in what felt like a rerun of many games we were treated to last year. The Lions got out to a healthy lead, sat on it, made some pretty stupid mistakes along the way, then slowly watched it fade away.
For the past few years now, I’ve joined team “Close Games Are Mostly Random, So If You Sucked At Them One Year, You’ll Be Better Next Year.