TUESDAY COMMENTARY – WIN THE WAR
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TODAY’S A MOMENT WHERE WE’RE GOING TO PAUSE AND REFLECT.
WELL, YOU DON’T NECESSARILY HAVE TO, BUT I AM.
A COUPLE THINGS HAPPENED LAST NIGHT THAT MADE ME REALIZE WE’RE A HECKUVA LOT FURTHER AHEAD THAN WE WERE A YEAR AGO.
WATCHING MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL HAS ALWAYS BEEN A TREAT BUT LAST NIGHT’S JACKSONVILLE/NEW ORLEANS GAME SEEMED EXTRA SPECIAL BECAUSE LAST YEAR THERE WAS NO NFL PRESEASON.
THERE ARE QUARTERBACK RACES WITH BOTH THE JAGUARS AND SAINTS AND IT WAS FUN TO WATCH #1 PICK TREVOR LAWRENCE RUN FOR HIS LIFE IN A 23-21 LOSS, AND THEN TAKE ALL THE HEAT AFTERWARDS IN THE POSTGAME NEWS CONFERENCE. (HE WAS PRESSURED ON 41% OF HIS DROPBACKS, BUT SAID HE NEEDS TO GET RID OF THE BALL QUICKER).
IT WAS JUST NICE TO BE ABLE TO SPEND AN EVENING WATCHING AND ANALYZING NFL FOOTBALL.
THEN, ON AN APPEARANCE WITH THE OFFSIDE HOCKEY PODCAST OUT OF EASTERN CANADA, I CHATTED CFL, NLL AND OF COURSE NHL WITH THE HOSTS OUT OF HALIFAX AND HAMILTON.
JOSH, THE HAMILTONIAN, BEMOANED THE FACT HIS TICATS ARE 0-2 AND ARE THE CFL’S ONLY WINLESS TEAM ENTERING WEEK 4. AND DON’T GET HIM STARTED ON HIS BELOVED MAPLE LEAFS WHO WON THE CANADIAN DIVISION PENNANT LAST YEAR, THEN FOLDED LIKE A CHEAP TENT IN GAME 7 OF ROUND 2 AGAINST MONTREAL.
IT WAS NICE TO BE TALKING SPORTS AND FRANKLY, I’M GONNA STAY IN THIS BUBBLE FOR AS LONG AS I CAN.
THE VACCINATION DEBATES HAVE ATTEMPTED TO RAGE INTO OUR SPORTS COVERAGE – IN FACT RIDER GREAT JOHN CHICK CHIMED IN REGARDING SOME OF OUR COVID COMMENTS ON MONDAY’S ROD PEDERSEN SHOW – BUT HE QUICKLY FOOTNOTED HIS THOUGHTS BY SAYING HE LOVES ME!
IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF SOCIETY HAS AN INSATIABLE DESIRE TO KEEP FIGHTING, A FULL YEAR AND A HALF INTO THIS.
BUT SOMETIMES YOU WIN THE WAR BY SURRENDERING. I’VE EXPERIENCED THIS A FEW TIMES IN MY LIFE, AND IT ACTUALLY WORKS.
THROUGH THAT CONCEPT, I’VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND PEACE.
THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY
(Photo: Jacksonville Jaguars)
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