Schedule release day always reminds me of when I first fell in love with football, because I used to break open the New York Daily News and New York Post (What, I didn’t tell you I’m a Dolphins fan from New York?), and with tabloid ink accumulating on my fingertips, I’d scan the schedule chart, and start writing in my check marks for wins, X’s for losses, and question marks for the “who knows” games.
In the days of the Killer B’s and Dan Marino, it was always an easy eleven-five, twelve-four season, especially when we got to play the pre-Manning Colts and Steve Grogan Patriots four times a year.