Day: November 3, 2022

Welcome to Thursday. It is early enough that the sun has yet to crease the sky. I’m awake because, well, because I am old or I’ve trained myself to the task of waking up at 4AM each day without any real want or need to do so at the moment. Going to bed before 9PM is certainly a part of that, as is the massive amount of coast to coast travel I’ve been doing (and plan to do more of moving forward). Nevertheless, I am here and awake and trying to find anything constructive to say as I rouse this weary brain.

I’m expecting today to be a good one. I plan to see Black Adam, and teach a class. That’s the morning. The evening is one for chilling with my love and staying relaxed as I roll into the weekend. Sometimes life is just chill.

Some Thoughts:

1. Again, I don’t want to RANT about Josh McDaniels, but I do want to point out that some people are very good at certain things and not so good at others. McDaniels is a wonderful Offensive Coordinator. That is not the same skillset as a head coach. You need a different set of talents to be able to bring the entire thing together, and his record reflects that he isn’t the guy for the job. Joe Judge too was not the guy for the job. Be good at what you’re good at. Try what you aren’t good at. Once you know where your niche is, apply it.
2. Speaking of leadership, I’m facing an interesting slate of candidates in my own collegiate division chair election. The two present very different skillsets and I have to ask, which is going to help me achieve my goals?

So, I slept. When I woke it was Waiver Wednesday!

My jet lag from several days of consecutive flights across the country reminded me of how difficult it can be for a team to travel. That showed in the Giants game. That is a team that needed a break. Most take the bye after a trip overseas. They didn’t and it cost them in the long run. This bye will reset the balance, and they get to reload with all of the people they started this thing with… except Joka. He’s in KC about to try to rewrite his narrative. Hopefully he will. Good luck to him.

Miami is still at work rewriting their narrative. A flurry of trades Tuesday means a rocked up Dolphins squad is ready to beat up on the Bears. Yeah, it will happen. So will PHI over HOU and LAC over ATL, and SEA over AZ. The rest of the matchups don’t feel that easy to me. I want to say Cincy has a win in them, but they looked terrible on Monday night. Las Vegas is another squad that should be good, but struggles. I will say this: Vegas has a coach who cannot win games. He is 12-20 as a head coach. Daboll is 6-2 with a team that lacks half the talent! He isn’t good. So, I see more losses in the Raider’s future.

I’m going to give NE the benefit of the doubt this week and say they win. I won’t say the same for Buffalo. They might fall into the NY trap and get beat.