Things I Don’t Understand

I suppose it is the very uncertainty of the game that makes it so ripe for betting beforehand and debating afterward.  It’s not clear-cut.  It’s not obvious.  It’s not predictable.  And, as a result, I find myself scratching my head about certain things that I just don’t understand.

I don’t understand how the 49ers can’t seem to manage to beat the Rams, but they can waltz into New England and manhandle the Patriots.  The Patriots who, by the way, were everyone’s “best team in the NFL” just a few days earlier.

I don’t understand why teams like the Lions, the Eagles, and the Chargers keep falling so far short of their talent year after year. 

I don’t understand why we can’t do to the Giants what Atlanta did.  The Falcons, whom we have bested rather convincingly in recent years, humiliated the New York Giants last weekend, and that in spite of the fact that the Giants had so much more to play for.  Yet the Packers can’t seem to get past the G-men.

I don’t understand how Paul Tagliabue and Roger Goodell can examine the same evidence and come to such different conclusions. 

I don’t understand why the Jets brought in Tim Tebow.

I don’t understand why they now think Michael Vick might be the answer.

And I don’t understand what happened to Mason Crosby.