Bah. I wasn’t looking forward to short evenings, cool breezes, and Sundays devoted to arguing the merits of helmet-to-helmet collisions. Serving as an internet bystander to National Anthem debates and catch rule complaints. Wasting Sundays, which have become my favorite day of the week.
But then yesterday happened. Then I did some fantasy drafts, I read the Football Outsiders Almanac all weekend, I saw J.J. Watt make a tackle and Martinas Rankin protect the second-string blindside. Now I’m back. I take it all back. Death to the summer. I’m all in.
Here’s what I saw from preseason game number three against the Rams.