Hope springs eternal, they say… especially for football fans.

I have not been paying much attention to the NFL during the offseason.   Too many other things to do.   Both of my teams did pretty well in the draft, though, so surely they would do better than they did last season, which was dismal to say the least.   The Jets have a new coach in Aaron Glenn, the Giants have a couple of new quarterbacks (a couple old new quarterbacks and a new new one).   Opening day, the G-Men were playing the Commanders from DC, and the Jets the Steelers.   At least one of them would surely bring home a win.

Well, no.

Sigh.

The Giants looked absolutely dismal against Washingon.   Defense was okay, but the offense did not exist.   Could not run the ball, could not pass the ball.   The game was not nearly as close as the final score suggested.

The Jets were much better.   Scored first, led for much of the game, Justin Fields showed flashes as QB.   Couple times it looked as if they had the game in hand.   But no.  Bad mistakes at key moments doomed them, and a long field goal at the end drove the knife through their hearts.   Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory is something the Jets have a lot of practice at.

So there we are.  0-1 and 0-1.   Another long season awaits.

Current Mood: morose