Before we touch upon the breaking news, it behooves me to mention that the big bet this week is by far and away the New York Football Giants. For those of you on the Giants, feel free to root against the Patriots.
Now, on to the rest.
It's a sad day in the NFL, despite his naysayers. While I would never root for his team, and in later years he and his organization jumped the shark in ways not considered possible in professional sports outside the realm of Sterling, one cannot argue a legacy of success prior to the millenium turning and an indelible impact on the game. He will be missed by football people much smarter than I for a laundry list of accomplishments, and by the masses if at the very least for his draft day entertainment value. His passing is timely, too, given the selection of the Swami this week.
RIP, Al Davis.
RIP, Raiders.
That is all.