"...be savage again."
Last night, the New Orleans Saints visited Arrowhead Stadium for a pleasant pre-season game with the Chiefs. Dinner was a couple of nice tuna wraps, some chips, and Miller Lite silos. No one calls them silos anymore. A 16 ounce can of beer used to be a silo. Note that Miller’s King Kan and its predecessor, the Schlitz Tall Boy were not silos.
Beyond the silo designation.
Anyway, good beer and chips and a lovely tuna wrap. Why no barbecue, you ask? Because we weren’t at Arrowhead. I was watching on my porch because the NFL is freakin’ stupid.
Both of the Chiefs’ home preseason games were on Thursdays this year. Ok, I’m not a huge fan of any “work night” NFL game. NFL football should be played outside on Sunday afternoons. I can tolerate a Sunday, Monday, or Thursday night game in the regular season, though, for the exposure, the added excitement, etc. And the Chiefs don’t get too many of those games anyway. Most prime time games are apparently reserved for the Broncos, Giants, and the Cowboys: three grossly over-rated teams.
Time out. OK, the Cowboys will suck this year, people. Every team knows what Tony Romo can do now, TO isn’t just a cancer, he’s a cancer past his prime, and they hired Wade Phillips. Say that out loud: Wade Phillips is the head coach of the Cowboys. They’re gonna suck. They’re not the Yankees and have no business getting the attention they get. Idiots.
Anyway, last night, the miserable Chiefs got pounded pre-season to the Saints. Fine; the Saints are good, Chiefs ain’t, no big deal. Except we season ticket holders have to buy those tickets. That wouldn’t be so bad, either, if we weren’t paying the same price for a boring, sorry-ass, glorified scrimmage game that we pay for regular season.
The Meatwagon may be haunted. More on this later.
Then, in case season ticket holders haven’t figured out that the NFL could give a rat’s ass about us, they put both games on Thursday nights. I and a vast majority of Chiefs season ticket holders can’t get to Arrowhead by game time on a Thursday night unless we leave early.
So, NFL, do you want me to leave work early for a preseason game, or save those kinds of favors for games that actually count? Or do you even give a shit if we’re there, as long as you got your money? All those empty seats last night should have been a little concerning. But they were paid for, weren’t they? Sure, you lost our $22 to park, and probably another $20 each on beers inside, but screw it. It’s preseason, and as long as the seats are paid for, you’re not losing anything.
Well, the Chiefs are losing the game. And I can see them losing 13 games this year. They’re not going to win. Put the young guys in now (Croyle) and get ready for next year. This kind of losing we can tolerate (Chiefs, ask your neighbors). But fielding a rotten team hoping against hope to win now at the expense of winning in the future is just plain stupid.
