Some Pro Football Thoughts

With no Steelers game yesterday, I spent all of about eleven or twelve minutes watching football yesterday afternoon, but from what I did see, I can make the following observations.

• I saw the New York Jets score a touchdown to beat the Kansas City Chiefs.  Of course, it took the J-E-T-S Jets Jets Jets about a dozen plays for inside the KC ten yard line to actually score said touchdown, and they were aided by some numbskull penalties by the Chiefs.  All of which leads me to this conclusion:  most teams out there really stink.  Fans in Pittsburgh who bitch and moan about Mike Tomlin and the Steelers have no idea how good they have it.  We could be watching an abomination like the Jets week after week.
• I saw just enough of the New England game to see that absolutely horrendous cheap shot delivered by Jackass Rob Gronkowski on a Bills defender who was lying on the ground out-of-bounds well after the whistle blew the play dead.  If Gronk isn't suspended for at least one game because of this, then what the hell????
• By the way, in case you forgot what Gronk looks like, here's a picture of him:

Speaking of the Steelers, the 9-2 Steelers, that is, I find in interesting that they are a team that is garnering much more respect from national media and commentators than they are from the talking head and talk show crowd here in Pittsburgh.  Not sure what to make of that.

Anyway, the world looks forward to the December 17 showdown with the Patriots at Heinz Field, but before that happens, they must play two games against division opponents, at Cincinnati tonight, and home against Baltimore next week.  Hate to say it, but given the nature of division games and the history among the three teams, I would not be surprised to see the Steelers lose one of these two games.  It happens, and it won't be the end of the world if it does, even though I know that much of the local fan base will be calling for Mike Tomlin's firing as soon as it does.  I will say this, though, should that loss come tonight against the Thug Bengals, I pity (well, not really) what will happen to the Ravens next week.