One perk of these 6 months back home is I am no longer at the bottom of the NFL-fan food chain... unable to keep up other than through internet articles. I even got to attend a game in DC, courtesy of my bro-in-law and sister. My other sister introduced me to NFL Rewind, which is a great way to keep up as long as you can sequester oneself from friends/social media for 24 hours. Since my Sundays tend to be busy I usually can.
My kids, with very little experience of American sports culture, have had interesting reactions. They all huddled on my lap to watch the computer this morning, but have no idea what is going on. Ir commented that football is kinda like wrestling. And through the last few weeks, they've gotten the picture that Dad's team is not very good.
Ir sagely warned me this morning to beware since "You get worked up about these games," and encouraged me to resignation, "They’re probably going to lose… its not like its 50-50."
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