Week 1 Observations

I no longer remember what I planned to write about before I watched the edited version of the Sunday night game. Shakespeare would not have words to convey what I just witnessed. It was the worst game I have ever seen in any sport at any level. The pick-up nerf football game on my middle school’s warped astroturf never sank to such depths. A bum fight between people whose nutritional intake over the last month consisted solely of nicotine and heroin would reflect more positively on humanity. I am understating it, I know, but this is as close as I can get.

For me it was even worse than that. I am a Giants fan, but I stacked the Cowboys passing game in my highest stakes Primetime league. The Cowboys won 40-0, but Dak Prescott threw for 143 yards and no touchdowns. Turns out I sold my soul, and when I went to collect the proceeds, I got rugged.

Of course, Tony Pollard, who I faded all year got two walk-in TDs. Of course, the Dallas defense scored 37 points in the NFFC, though — and someone should do a wellness check to make sure he’s still alive — the guy in my Primetime had them on his bench for the Broncos who scored four.

Sometimes the misery of others is the only thing you have left.

• The Giants simply cannot block. This has been a problem for the last decade, but the line improved somewhat over the second half of last year, and Andrew Thomas has turned into a star left tackle. But Thomas played through a hamstring injury for much of the game, and now he’s headed for an MRI. If the Giants lose Thomas for any length of time, I’m confident they would not be a top-31 offensive line.

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