Finally picking an NFL team.
Because you care.
There may be a misconception out there that I'm a Lions fan. Never been one — and this year even though they played better their demeanor on the field has been very difficult to embrace. Or maybe zero people are mistaken in this. Who knows.
But now that there are four teams left, this is about the time in the NFL playoffs that I need to nut up and pick a team. (Probably should've done that to start the playoffs ... or, y'know, beginning of the season.)
New England Patriots — Difficult to root for, based on their past decade of success and trying to turn any personality whatsoever into a fine granular substance. Belichick makes it so. We also know that offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien will stay with the team until they're done playing. So the more the Patriots win, the more Penn State is without a head coach. If they make the Super Bowl they are coachless through National Signing Day. And then they can lose!
New York Giants — Well ... it's New York. They have enough fans. If Eli Manning wins another Super Bowl he'll have more than his big brother. That'll rankle a bunch of NFL fans, I'd reckon. And while I enjoy how Tom Coughlin's face changes to all sorts of red ... they're going to play in San Francisco and then maybe a dome. That's no fun. However it seems that the last-team in typically wins the Super Bowl, doesn't it? So they're possibly the actual favorites. I don't like favorites.
Baltimore Ravens — Really? Root for a team whose owner ripped them from Cleveland? You don't have to be an Ohio sympathizer to know how much that bites. There's a Harbaugh coaching them, Ray Lewis at linebacker, but a quarterback with outstanding eyebrows. Sorry, don't think there's enough evidence here to hope they beat the Patriots.
San Francissco 49ers — Another Harbaugh. They're everywhere. There's one in my crawl space. And even though they were great in the 80s, they're the team that's gone the longest without a championship. So by virtue of that they may be sentimental favorites to win the NFC.
BUT THEN VERNON DAVIS TAKES ALL OF THAT AND DOUBLES DOWN.
Yeah, sorry. Be the honorary captain for an Olympic curling team and you trump everything. Tom Brady had his chance to turn in Michigan and now in Boston. And nothing.
49ers over Patriots.


