The Fix Is In's 2022 NFL Season Review...The Last Hurrah?
WEEKS 2 & 3
I know this ad is for ESPN's College Football, but this is basically telling you what the NFL really is (and apparently, so is NCAA football). It's not a sport, it's a TV reality show disguised as a sport and fans eat it up by the bowlful. It's like my book's thesis summed up in a :45 second commercial (I know that the ad is 1:00 long, but the last :15 seconds are people clapping like trained seals).
Otherwise, a lot of football-like stuff happened. Like, here's the potential MVP Josh Allen on 4th down with the game on the line:
JOSH ALLEN SKIPPING ROCKS ON 4TH DOWN pic.twitter.com/wpsjKZgQm1
— josh houtz (@houtz) September 25, 2022
But NFL players don't/can't/won't tank games. Right? This is full-on, hard-nosed legitimate competition. Which results in this (from the same game as above, mind you):
Butt-Punt Block pic.twitter.com/f1SfppuW0d
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) September 25, 2022
Yea, football!
How 'bout this for good officiating?
This is NOT offensive pass interference on Shepard. One of this young season’s worst calls, which is saying something. @NFLOfficiating pic.twitter.com/alqMQWTOxV
— Don Van Natta Jr. (@DVNJr) September 27, 2022
See? I don't necessarily need to update this page each week of the NFL season because it's the same damn thing week after week, year after year. There's just new twists and spins added to the show to keep fans engaged. Which was why the NFL & ESPN/ABC gave fans two Monday Night Football games during Week 2 and not opening weekend as per usual:
Disney/ESPN Plan Behind Tonight's Overlapping ‘Monday Night Football’ Games - https://t.co/YP8FCJKtto via @FOS
— Michael McCarthy (@MMcCarthyREV) September 19, 2022
I've been saying this for years: if the NFL and it's broadcast partners had half a brain, they would stagger games throughout Sunday with kickoffs every half an hour. No idea why they think it's best to have a set of 1 pm EST and 4 pm EST games when it's possible to have them spread throughout Sunday leading to the finale on Sunday night. Keep these dopes engaged and betting on games with each passing moment. That's what I'd do. Because you still have grown men acting like this in relation to the farcical events:
Me: “Can I get a McFlurry?”
McDonald’s: “Sorry our ice cream machine is actually still broken.”
Me: pic.twitter.com/pOIvKyEOb2
— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) September 25, 2022
I'm not going to bother to break down individual games/outcomes at this point because, if you haven't noticed, there's a whole lot of "parity" going around. Only the Dolphins and Eagles remain undefeated after three weeks, otherwise most every other franchise is either 2-1 or 1-2. I mean, seriously, the Packers and Bears are tied for first place in the NFC North -- and the Bears, fixed or not, are horrid.
But all of this may be moot given the outcome of Hurricane Ian. I hope everyone comes out of this storm ok and that the damage isn't as extensive as expected, but if the Buccaneers (or the 2-1 Jaguars) come out of this #TampaStrong (or #JacksonvilleStrong) look out: a Super Bowl is likely in the immediate future.
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