As I am dozing through the Washington/Seattle NFL game this afternoon a couple of things pop to mind.  The first thought is,

Wow HD does make a difference. You can actually see the dust being kicked up as backs rush around the line of scrimmage.  Before I bought my HD I really thought it was just hype but now I am blown away by how bad grass fields look!  Strangely indoor fields look odd in a different sort of "too sharply focused" way.

My second thought involves the New Orleans Saints.  I really am disheartened that the Saints did not make the playoffs but as a true Saints fan I am looking forward to next season.  At the beginning of this season I wrote an opinion piece expressing the opinion that the NFL Commissioner was trying to transform the sport into a girls sewing circle.  "Bounty Gate" indeed.  The season for the Saints was dismantled by Roger Goodell before it ever started.  I could not and still do not believe that other teams have not done the same thing for years.  It's a contact sport with players being paid multi-millions and the commissioner actually thought that players would play differently based on the possible earning of a $1,500 bounty for injuring an opposing player?

Now that the season is over and the Saints are finished for the year I am focused on next season with questions.  Will the Saints play better and/or get into the playoffs and the Superbowl with the return of Sean Payton?  Payton has had an entire year to watch and dissect the play of every other team so I wonder if that will make him an unbeatable coach?

When Drew Brees signed his multi-year mega contract I was afraid he would lose his edge and I think I was right.  I think this season was a disaster for Brees because deep down inside he feels guilty about taking all that money.  At the beginning of the season I really believe he was thinking something like,

Oh my God!  All that money, now I HAVE too play like a SuperBowl winning quarterback in every game.

I think Brees and his agent placed too much pressure on him by asking for and getting all that money!

Lastly, I wonder if Payton and Brees will be back next season like the dynamic duo, Batman and Robin?  I certainly hope so.  It has been a far from stellar season and all Saints fans deserve better.  Paraphrasing "The Christmas Song",

It's been said many ways but Roger Goodell can just to go to hell.

 

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