NFL Logue: Who the hell are we, and what are we doing here?

By Brett | Permalink | No Comments | September 13th, 2006 | Trackback

When we first thought that it would be fun to do an NFL blog, we thought we could call it “NFL Logue: The NFL From a Fan’s Perspective.” We did some poking around, and discovered that everyone these days is doing sports from the fan’s perspective. So we scrapped that plan.

Then we figured, how about doing the NFL from an insider’s perspective? Unfortunately, we only have access to same sports sites, sports radio, and sports TV than you do. No press pass for us. In fact, we don’t even have cable. Our TV is a 7 year old, 28″ tube that we just got from our dead grandmother with two broken rabbit ears. Seriously. So we’re probably even further from being an insider than you are.

So what, then, do we bring to the table? Well, first of all, we’re total NFL junkies. We live it, breath it, can’t get enough of it. We have been totally sucked in by the NFL Marketing Machine, and we’re not afraid to embrace it. We love everything from the awful pre-game shows, to the x’s and o’s, to the epic TD celebrations. Next, we’re going to do our absolute best to avoid the rampant homerism that seems to pervade a lot of sports blogs. Finally, we’re just gonna have fun with this, try not to take ourselves too seriously, and give NFL fans a space to discuss the NFL, week in and week out.

We hope you dig it.

Find out more about what we’re all about after the jump.

First of all, who are we? Well, we’re really only one person, but everyone else calls themself a “we,” so we’re going to do it too. Overall, we’re a pretty regular guy…think Peter from “Office Space,” but a little chubbier and minus the cubicle.

Next, while we enjoy the college game, we genuinely have a greater appreciation for the finer points of the NFL game, and will thus be focusing exclusively on NFL comings and goings. Translation: our wife told us she would divorce us if we watched football on both weekend days for four straight months, so we had to axe the college games. Divorce would have been a more viable option, had we gone to a D1 school with a solid program.

We believe that football is meant to be played outdoors, on grass, in the elements. For that reason, we got serious love for teams like Cleveland, Buffalo, Green Bay, New England, Chicago. Minnesota, Indy, Atlanta…you guys got no excuse. Domes are the worst, and may God have mercy on your soul for playing in one.

A common cliche in the football world is the defense wins championships. We’re not necessarily trying to dispute that, but we believe that a good offensive line is perhaps the single most important element to winning in the NFL. Basically, we believe that fat people win championships. We’re willing to wager that there hasn’t been a team that’s been able to make it deep into the playoffs in recent memory that didn’t have excellent offensive line play, in spite of other warts they might have had. It’s all about the fatties, especially when they somehow end up with the ball in their hands. There’s nothing more entertaining than watching a bewildered fat man run with the football.

Stats. What do we make of ‘em? There are more stats in the NFL than we know what to do with, and, frankly, we’re not big into geeking out on esoteric stats. They’re too misleading. For example, Ahman Green had 100 yards rushing last week against the Bears. Seems like a pretty good game, yeah? 48 of those yards came in the 4th quarter with his team hopelessly behind and the Bears playing a loose zone defense. However, there are a few that don’t really lie: QB rating (when considered over the course of the season), turnover ratio, and points against are the most important ones. We also believe that 3rd down effeciency, red zone effeciency, avg. starting field position, and time of possession are key indicators of success. OK, so maybe we do geek out on stats a little bit. But only a little.

Finally, we believe that fantasy football is not only a reason to watch every single NFL game every weekend of the season. It’s a reason to live. We love fantasy football, and, as our the other guys in our league are all too willing to point out, we spend obscene amounts of time “researching” our fantasy options, usually to less than stellar results.

Basically, in a nutshell, we’re NFL geeks. So, for all you other NFL geeks out there, welcome to the site. Feel free to chime in whenever you think we’re talking out of our ass, which we’re pretty sure will be early and often.

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