I realize this isn’t Waiver Wednesday, but I spent a great deal of time today playing football and then watching it. The first hour or two was simply me on the ground looking up at the TV, because the legs wouldn’t work. That is what happens when you haven’t worked cardio for years and then run routes for two hours. Those two hours are my new weekly fix. I was welcomed into the weekend warrior community in a 2 hr football fest where I caught as many balls as I dropped–including a nice touchdown catch and a terrible TD drop in the endzone.
Once the playing was over I went on to watch my favorite teams play as my fantasy team has played: badly. The Jets were blown out at home while the Giants reminded America that they have no answer for the Eagles, dropping 8 out of the last 9 contests. The reason this climbs out of Waiver Wednesday is the emotional let down the losses brought.
I don’t know why people love sports to the point of emotional attachment, but we do become involved with our teams. We become rabid and we live and die by their actions. It feels like a biological thing; a way that we stay connected to the lizard brain and the us vs. them mentality. As evolved as I want to believe I am, I need that us vs. them fix. It gets my blood up. Sadly, when the Giants and especially Jets are involved, it can also get my sadness up.