One can get some loopy ideas, especially when one subjects oneself to 14 hours of NFL football on any given Sunday.
Take last weekend for instance.
Aside from those who live in South Florida, inside the Beltway or have a fantasy team anchored by De’Von Achane, then there was little reason to get up early to watch the Week 11 matchup between the Miami Dolphins and Washington Commanders … unless you were curious to see the visuals from the league’s first-ever regular-season contest from Madrid – which included Real Madrid’s Bernabéu Stadium, perhaps European fútbol’s preeminent palace.
Sunday afternoon was also fairly light on compelling action. But there were some (more) memorable individual performances delivered in futility – think Bijan Robinson, Trey McBride and Myles Garrett, who had more than a hat trick's worth of sacks by his lonesome. (Sense a soccer theme building yet? Bear with me.)
Sunday night’s, uh, fixture between the Eagles and Lions featured two teams with Super Bowl aspirations – even if one could argue each might be a pivotal player away from World Cup, er, Lombardi glory. If only they could sublet another player.
