It can technically be called football, so the NFL’s 2019 preseason is officially here. The Hall of Fame Game has arrived, bringing with it the first in a long string of largely unwatchable games for the casual NFL fan.
And yet, here we are. It has been almost six months to the day that the NFL played its last game, and with a new preseason comes a renewed sense of hope for the 31 franchises that are not the defending world champions and their fan bases. For two of them, the journey to glory or sadness kicks off in Canton this evening.