I’m going to get to football in a minute but I want to address the fact that our internal systems are falling apart. I can throw a dart at a US map and hit a city that is dealing with lead in the water system. We have so many structural problems from pipes to roads to outdated power grids and nobody is even a little interested in fixing that. Instead we dump millions into building new stadiums to attract football teams to our cities in hopes of increasing statewide revenue and making us seem that much cooler of a city. That being said, I love football and love the fact that the Giants are dumping money into their defense to get things going.
Olivier Vernon, ‘Snacks’ Harrison, and Janoris Jenkins are off the board. All of these moves as well as the resigning of JPP represent a significant increase in the ability of the Giants to make plays on defense. In so far as offense goes, we haven’t seen much yet. There are a handful of really valuable free agents available–especially at receiver, but I get the feeling the Giants are looking to the draft to fill gaps there and along the offensive line. Still, money is being spent early in free agency and this is a sign that the team is looking to win right now and willing to spend the cash to do so.
Some Thoughts:
- Politics are very stupid. The media takes something you did 20 years ago and uses it as evidence of how you think and feel today. None of us are who we were even 10 years ago.
- Bernie Sanders has a very vocal and energized following. Hillary does not.
- This Benghazi thing is being trotted out every day and made to mean more about what Clinton did and less (almost none) about what happened there.