09-02-2021, 09:25 AM
Every year I hate the preseason just a little bit more.
It kind of reminds me of politics heading into the primaries. No matter how many times people have lived through them they get ahead of themeselves. And no matter how many times you try to tell someone it's way too early and there's still a lot of candidates, they're going to overreact to some meaningless piece of news.
"Did you see this article on Howard Dean? He's got this in the bag." "Polling says Jeb Bush is a lock." "Looks, like it's going to be Clinton vs. McCain."
How many times can people do this? "Player X is going to be awesome this year." Yeah, well guess what? Player X sucked. "Our defense is going to be strong!" Our defense finished 31st in the league. "Michael Jordan was a steal in the 4th round!" Michael Jordan is off the team after only two seasons.
Quit pretending like the preseason tells you exactly what is going to happen. I mean, Jesus Christ, Jamarr Chase was a consensus top 10 pick. The dude runs a 4.3 and had 1,700 yards and 20 TD's in a single college season. And you're going to take digs at him based on 5 targets in the preseason? Seriously? 5 measly little targets, and from two different QB's, and coming off of sitting out a year???? At least let the guy get a few REAL games under his belt before you start to speculate.
The worst thing about all of this is we'll be right back here next year, with people putting way too much stock into exhibition football that's about as authentic as the Harlem Globetrotters. They never learn.
I know people are starved for football and everyone likes a good discussion but this has gotta stop. We've had HUNDREDS of posts about a guy who we should all be excited to see play and most of them are negative. Every team and every fanbase in the league would be doing cartwheels if Jamarr Chase was soemhow on their roster tomorrow. Yet here we sit, ripping the dude based on 5 targets. That's just silly.
/rantover
It kind of reminds me of politics heading into the primaries. No matter how many times people have lived through them they get ahead of themeselves. And no matter how many times you try to tell someone it's way too early and there's still a lot of candidates, they're going to overreact to some meaningless piece of news.
"Did you see this article on Howard Dean? He's got this in the bag." "Polling says Jeb Bush is a lock." "Looks, like it's going to be Clinton vs. McCain."
How many times can people do this? "Player X is going to be awesome this year." Yeah, well guess what? Player X sucked. "Our defense is going to be strong!" Our defense finished 31st in the league. "Michael Jordan was a steal in the 4th round!" Michael Jordan is off the team after only two seasons.
Quit pretending like the preseason tells you exactly what is going to happen. I mean, Jesus Christ, Jamarr Chase was a consensus top 10 pick. The dude runs a 4.3 and had 1,700 yards and 20 TD's in a single college season. And you're going to take digs at him based on 5 targets in the preseason? Seriously? 5 measly little targets, and from two different QB's, and coming off of sitting out a year???? At least let the guy get a few REAL games under his belt before you start to speculate.
The worst thing about all of this is we'll be right back here next year, with people putting way too much stock into exhibition football that's about as authentic as the Harlem Globetrotters. They never learn.
I know people are starved for football and everyone likes a good discussion but this has gotta stop. We've had HUNDREDS of posts about a guy who we should all be excited to see play and most of them are negative. Every team and every fanbase in the league would be doing cartwheels if Jamarr Chase was soemhow on their roster tomorrow. Yet here we sit, ripping the dude based on 5 targets. That's just silly.
/rantover
