(09-08-2020, 07:02 PM)Bullseye Wrote: I'm almost always thinking or reading about or discussing debating football, and I am eager for the season to start.  Nut something is amiss, and the anticipation of a fundamentally different football season is a domineering mitigation of my excitement for the season.

(09-09-2020, 04:09 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: I feel the same. I'm not sure if it's all the crazy of 2020 or the state of the team in light of all the changes, or that football is just going to look and feel very different this year, but I'm not as excited this year and it kind of sucks.

I'm starting to get a bit more excited about the season.  I do hope that after this first week the NFL decides to leave social issues/politics out of the sport.  I just want to watch them play.

On a side note, I watched some of the interviews on Jaguars.com and couldn't help but notice something.  I was kind of "reading between the lines" as well as looking at the body language of the players and coaches.  It pretty much confirmed to me that some of the players that are gone were not really "team" players, but more "me first" players.  It's kind of hard to describe, but it's almost like some players expected the team to be "like a Madden game" or something where "upgrades" could be just plugged in at any time.

When I say "me first" players it's not about individual stats, it's about winning.  I get the impression that some players expected the team to be like the Patriots of the past decade.  It appears to me that some players faulted other players for not being "good enough" as well as lashed out at the coaching staff and FO.

I am interested to see how the players react not only when they win, but when they lose.  Just my thoughts, but I think that some of the players that are gone have never had to lose and never had to actually work hard to win.  I think that some of those players never really had to overcome adversity in their lives.

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