Day: December 9, 2019

I’m sure I got the Spanish wrong. Languages and me have a strained relationship. Even English is occasionally not my friend. The idea though, that remains intact. It is after 5 now, but I’ve been up since 4:30 with the new puppy. She’s a situation. My partner has bore the brunt of the damage, having gotten up with her the last few nights. I was fortunate to pull a duty that only had me up at 4:30. Of course that means the pup is entirely up and needs supervision less she pee and chew her way through the house.

She also needs to be watched around the other dog because he’s, well, kind of not smart in the dog to dog sense. He does not realize how little she is and wants to treat her like she can ply and run just like he can. Not the case. Still, that level of scramble wears her out and I like that.

My plan is get her al good and worn out today so that she is wanting to sleep tonight. I don’t have an early work week, so why be up at 4:30 every morning?

This reminds me of raising my kids in the most basic ways.

It has been a good Sunday. I spent hours with my boys gaming and hanging out and enjoying football. I did not get enough of the writing done, but the truth of that is I can only do so much before my mind decides to shut down entirely. You can shut down and watch the Ravens and still have a great time. I’m looking forward to more of the same “on the ‘morrow” when I watch Eli re-ascend the starting throne and take on Philly. Eli deserves to go out on top. When he does leave there will continue to be questions at QB that are not likely to be answered by Daniel Jones.

Yes, I’ve stepped back from Danny Drops. The dude has a good amount of potential and shows flashes but he is not the guy for leading this team right now. In fact, I’ve been rife with wonder about what the Giants actual succession plan is at multiple positions. Given the cache of picks they’ve acquired for the coming season it seems that Jones could be joined by legit talent on the line shortly.

I decided to get back into Madden 20 franchise mode and found myself trying to figure things out as an owner. I found a diamond in the rough mobile QB who may be a future superstar, and that was a good look (that probably won’t happen in real life) but what was more surprising is how many solid players were available Tyreek Hill was available, but RL shut that down already. There were a number of quality LBs around too, and that could be real.

I think the Giants are trying to rebuild themselves around defense and a run game. I think that it is a really good look for them and I expect it to work out–so long as they find talent to put around Barkley and so long as Jones finds a way to not turn the ball over every game he plays.