Another NFL season. Why do I still watch, after my team, The Cleveland Browns, went 0-16 last year? One reason is I actually admire the national anthem protests. It's rekindled my enthusiasm for the pro game. Another is I use the time each week to switch tasks, so it's 3 and 1/2 hours of home and work productivity that would otherwise be wasted at a sports bar.
Hard Knocks on HBO did not fire me up. Many of the players they featured got cut last week. This tells me they might not be tough enough to turn it around. I like how they are aggressively upgrading the roster, much like the Seahawks did a few years back. The downside is that Hugh Jackson is no Pete Carroll. He does have the psychotic Gregg Williams on his side though. So who knows? Not vegas or ESPN. So we'll see.