What Was (Not) Learned Over the Bye Week

Bob Ross is better than Red Zone

Bob Ross

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It’s Monday morning, Mobsters. I’m sorry about that. Fresh off a bye weekend, we’re champing (yeah, champing, not chomping) at the bit to discuss what we learned about Football and Life, the worrisome satisfaction of Nick Krall, the best uniforms ever and an epic tune that fools us for more than three minutes. Paid subscribers get the full Monty. So to speak. Consider it. At $8 a month, it’s less than a shot of Patron. And a lot less debilitating.

I tried to spend the bye Sunday waving bye to the NF of L. God help me, I couldn’t.

Beautiful fall day, among the beautiful-est in memory. Lots of falls around here turn out soggy and brown. This one is exploding reds and yellows, like buckets of Bob Ross’ paint set tossed against a wall. The smart play Sunday would have been to hike the woods of Rocky Fork or Mt. Airy Forest or take a drive to Madison, IN.

I watched Red Zone.

Red Zone is very good. Pinball football for ADD World. But really. Football is 18 weeks. Exploding Bob Ross leaves are a few days.

But watch I did. Here is some of what I learned:

There is something very wrong with the Buffalo Bills, the Men’s opponent two Sundays hence. And already, game-wrecker deluxe Deebo Samuel has been ruled out for this Sunday’s 49ers-Men showdown. Timing is everything.

DCSportsking.com

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The Ravens are very good when Lamar Jackson does what his new OC asks. Judicious running, zero INTs. B-more blew away a good Detroit team with Jackson mostly lingering in the pocket. If the rumor is true and the Ravens somehow acquire Commanders defensive end Chase Young in trade, I might have to re-think that Magic 10 as being the number of Ws the Bengals need to make the playoffs.