But who am I kidding?
While my interest in professional football has been temporarily radically diminished, I know it will return eventually and my psychotic obsession with consuming everything Patriots will burn once more, but for now i just feel burnt… At Gillette Stadium with Dad and Bro, we witnessed what I feel can absolutely be considered the worst quarter of football ever played. Has there ever been another 15 minute period that included a first play 83 yard draw play TD, a third play strip sack followed by TD, 2 interceptions and 10 more points for a 24-0 slaughter? This from a team that went 8-0 at home this year. It was amazingly horrible and borderline scary, but I actually felt much better this game than than I did about last week’s game in which Mr. Welker tore his ACL and MCL. That was as bad a result from a game as you could ever have and I think it really blew the team apart. I’m not blaming Wes at all and his absence was more than covered by Julian Edelman, who actually stood out as the only guy who looked like he was there to play, but the grimness and fear that play produced at that stage of the season was too much to overcome.
But while football may be dead to me until August, The Celtics and Bruins still have a shot and pitchers and catchers report in one month… on and on and on.