I see you, reading this (and I appreciate it!), wondering to yourself, what are Jeremy and Erik thinking? What are the Pride of Detroit loyal followers getting in this new writer with a supposed moniker of Football Guy Al? I’m here to tell you what you’re getting:
- You’re getting a Football Guy who didn’t count sheep as a child but recapped every Super Bowl MVP instead
- A Football Guy who kept a journal and wrote down a postgame recap for every game he played in Madden 2000 (Shout out to Eddie George)
- One whose first-ever skipped class was in middle school, to go to the computer lab to catch up on the 2005 National Signing Day
- One who looks forward to watching All-22 of rookie Colby Sorsdal’s first start
- A guy who genuinely is thrilled that Josh Paschal was a groomsmen for Malcolm Rodriguez’s wedding
- Who hasn’t yet found a statistical rabbit hole he didn’t want to get lost in
- Who prepares NFL trivia flashcards to compete with fellow groomsmen the day of buddies’ weddings
- Who loves blankly stating, “From?