Five hours till kickoff and I'm a mess. Hold on while I go get the
81mg aspirin. Just in case.
It is too early to start drinking, isn't it?
Earlier in the week, the Broncos were pretty much promising to sweep the leg on Gronk.
They backed off of that (no doubt a response to a league memo reminding them
not to actually talk about hurting an opponent intentionally). They Danny Kanell
(Danny Kanell?) called on the Broncos to cheap
shot Tom Brady. Pigskin pundits and bobbleheads have been slow to distance
themselves from Kanell's – shall we say – "outside the box" game
planning. Then again, Danny Kanell?
The Broncos have been playing the referees all week; Gronk pushes
off on every route he runs, Brady is a crybaby who complains to the ref any
time a defensive player breathes hard on him. Trust me. Gronk will get flagged
for an OPI in this game at least once. And Von Miller is going to get away with
a questionable hit on Brady as well.
I can't help but think of the end of "Rollerball." Not the crap
remake, the good one with James Caan…
In a
corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball
represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who
want him out of the game.
In
the final contest, they have to play without rules.
It is a literal battle of attrition as player after player is taken off the
track until Jonathan E is the last man standing.
The good news? Tom Brady is Jonathan E.
Even better news?
Winning the AFC Championship in Denver would be the whipped cream
on Tom Brady's Pigskin Reckoning Tour Sundae (the Super Bowl would be the
jimmies). In the wake of Deflategate, Brady has authored one of his best
seasons at age 38, despite injuries that ravaged the offensive line and skill
positions, highlighted by the season-ending injury to Dion Lewis and the
six-game loss of his brother from another mother, Julian Edelman. You wanted
proof, Tom Terrific is preaching the pigskin truth.
Let's go!
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