Recently, Travis Kelce from the Chiefs finally admitted that he has been sucking. However, it is not because of his age or the fact that he has played so many post-season games that it practically makes up a whole nother season, it is because he is "acting and being an entertainer." Like, is he serious? Sure, yes, that will distract you, but dude, come on. You are getting older and so is the body that you abuse for money. This is normal in the NFL. Don't blame it on your other endevours and act like you can get that energy back after quitting. I do not think he is going to quit though. I think he likes the attention (and money) too much.
The latest news on the Parsons and Cowboys debacle is Jerry Jones being an ass... again. He recently came out and offered Parsons a metric shitton of money, like over $100mil. Parsons seems determined to deny any offered and insist on a trade still, but Jerry is adament on keeping him. Jerry Jones recently had a little small interview where he openly admits that he "stirs things up." While this does not really surprise me that he does this on purpose, I am a bit shocked that he would say it outloud, alongside things like "That controversy is good stuff!" He prefaced that by saying that he wants the Cowboys to be on people's minds and to remain popular in the offseason. This is just billionare people speak for "I want MORE money so I purposefully disturb the peace." Does he realize he is on Death's door? He literally looks decrepit.
What an interesting first week of preseason. There were two more games today.
The Miami Dolphins played the Chiacgo Bears and they ended up tying the game with both teams having twenty four points. The game was neck and neck pretty much the whole time. There were a few injuries, but only one of them looked like it could have been bad. Still, not good. Honestly, even though the Dolphins could have clutched at the end had they just had a few more seconds, I still have my doubts for this team judging by some of the shit that I seen. I swear to god I watched one of their guys walk AWAY from the ball that was going near him and nobody else. They fucked up like three plays in a row trying to do the same thing. IDK. I love that team, and I wore my Dolphins shirt today, but I think them having a playoff spot is iffy. It's just preseason though. Can't too ahead of myself.
I also caught the New Orleans Saints and LA Chargers game. Wow, was it boring. No one was scoring at all, and then the Chargers started whooping ass. Honestly, nothing too crazy happened. There was one player who had to be helped off the field, but I didn't catch who. The first week of the preseason is now over. I think I will watch the Eagles game I missed now.
I became an NFL fan just last year, so this is my first full season of football that I am experiencing. I don't know how preseason games usually are, but it seems like this season they are a mess.
The Seahawks literal hawk Taima (who, fun fact, was born at the St. Louis Bird Sanctuary) got stuck in the net before their game against the Raiders on Thursday. Poor baby. Thankfully, Taima was gotten down very fast.
In the Lions and Falcons preseason game on Friday, the Lions' Morice Norris was injured pretty badly. He had to be taken off the field in an ambulance. The players were very supportive of Norris, and they decided to stop playing in solidarity. I think this kinda stuff is important. The NFL totally was expecting to keep that game going, but the players refused. Hopefully, a loss in revenue can convince the NFL to consider player safety more! Norris is reportedly doing okay now.
I would also like to mention, when I was watching the Chiefs and Cards game, there was a moment in time where the announcer was literally just staring at us and the people behind the camera. This went on for easily a minute, probably more. It was very strange and I assume he just did not know he was live, or knew and was not given a cue to start so he felt awkward. Or, the guy swapping cameras is a dumbass.
I would be remiss if I did not mention the Nicki Minaj-Dez Bryant Twitter fight on here. Let's talk about it.
I am so unsurprised about this whole thing. For those who are out of the loop, I'll catch you up.
Micah Parsons, the best Cowboys player, wants more money, so he publically requested a trade. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones starts talking shit on Parsons' agents, saying Roc Nation (the agency company) is the reason he doesn't like dealing with agents during contract deals. Dez Bryant, a famous former Cowboys player who, publically addresses Jerry Jones, saying: "JERRY JONES I DONT THINK ITS SMART TO MENTION MY NAME. I KEPT QUIET ABOUT A LOT OF UNFAIR SHIT.. ON SOME G SHIT… WE CAN HAVE STORY TIME IF THATS WHAT WE ARE DOING"
For some fucking reason, Nicki Minaj decided to insert herself into this. She has problems with everyone, including Jay-Z, who owns Roc Nation. She said, in true Jigsaw fashion, "How about we play a game? Every time you do a 'Jerry Jones' or 'NFL' story time, I'll do a 'story time' of my own."
She goes onto to say in a reply that all of her stories will be about "ROC NATION, JAYZ & THE ALLEGED RACIST DESIREE PEREZ, ROC NATION CEO." I personally have no clue what she is talking about, and that is really not the part of this that interests me. It gets better.
Bryant tries to end the whole thing, telling her that he is a fan and to have a good day. She then brings up his arrest for domestic abuse on his mother, which totally pissed him off. He replies, telling her that was in self-defense, and OF COURSE, brings up that her husband is a sex offender. This sets Minaj off, and she tells Bryant that she will give him $10 million dollars to fight her husband and win "since [he] BEATS [HIS] OWN MOM."
This man was in the NFL, and he was a good player. Minaj's husband... is nothing like that. This offer is ridiculous. Bryant knows this, accepts her offer, and says he will stomp him out in front of her. Good lord.
Offseason got us all a little crazy.
Apparenlty, the Dolphins defense is deadass fighting each other after practicing with the Bears. You might wanna say something like "Wow! they are so passionate! Isn't that great?" but you are COPING. Listen, I love the Dolphins, but that team is a mess. I hope I am able to catch a game or two this season. They have a preseason game on Sunday, so I will probably end up watching that one. It is against the Bears, so this really could be good.
Also, I caught the Commanders and Patriots preseason game, and wow, did the Commies suck. I saw on reddit that they were using like 2-3 place kinda guys while the Patriots had better players out. I don't really know who is who on the teams, but it looked really bad for the Commanders.
Of course, the preseason truly means nothing. But I won't fool anyone by saying I am not excited to see things start up again. This means I start my job soon as well.
