Bobhaze
Staff member
- Messages
- 16,614
- Reaction score
- 63,817
This time of year, all NFL teams are putting together their “paper roster”; the roster for the coming season that exists only on paper and is months away from even putting on pads. The annual “paper championship” is awarded every off season by media folks trying to sell clicks or subscriptions. This is the time of year when the hype machine is on full blast. Both kinds. (“We’re going to be much better” or “This team sucks”)
What really matters is the performance roster. The final combination of players that show that they are collectively a team that can play well together and actually win games that matter. But we won’t really know if they are good until the live bullets start flying in September.
I guarantee you in mid July, Jerry will don his coaching gear and starting selling whatever collection of guys he has gathered and his chubby sidekick will giggle and throw in a “secret sauce” comment for good measure. After the last 26 years, the hype has never felt more hollow. Prove it. Don’t tell me- show me.
Until the paper roster becomes the performance roster, none of us really know if this team is better compared to the recent past or not. Hold off on buying this car until it has been driven.
What really matters is the performance roster. The final combination of players that show that they are collectively a team that can play well together and actually win games that matter. But we won’t really know if they are good until the live bullets start flying in September.
I guarantee you in mid July, Jerry will don his coaching gear and starting selling whatever collection of guys he has gathered and his chubby sidekick will giggle and throw in a “secret sauce” comment for good measure. After the last 26 years, the hype has never felt more hollow. Prove it. Don’t tell me- show me.
Until the paper roster becomes the performance roster, none of us really know if this team is better compared to the recent past or not. Hold off on buying this car until it has been driven.