Me + NFL = True Love Forever

My love of the NFL started early. My parents would take us to the Chiefs home games when I was young, and the Chiefs were really, really awful. We would sit there in the rain or the sunshine, and I was clueless as to what was going on on the field, but I loved it. My dad would watch NFL games at home too and when I was about 8, I caught a glimpse of Joe Montana. It was love at first sight. I had a quarterback and I had a team - the San Fransisco 49ers. I would watch his games, write to the 49ers and they would send back a team picture (that would NEVER happen now), and I even baked a cake for his Super Bowl appearances. I collected Montana memorabilia when I was older, and when he played for the Chiefs, I got to watch him beat down his former team the 49ers at Arrowhead. It's the only game I've ever actually seen the Chiefs win (in person) too.

So that was the beginning of my NFL love. When I met John, I decided I wanted to be clueless no longer. So he taught me the different player positions, the different reasons teams do things on offense, and we bonded. And I get it now. I still don't know all the nuances of defense, but I think I'm pretty good on the rest of the game. And I know enough to manage a couple of fantasy football teams which is always the highlight of football season for me.

It's important to me to have a team to root for in the next few weeks, but I cannot root for the Jets because Coach Rex Ryan is completely repulsive to me. Jets QB Mark Sanchez seems to really enjoy playing the game so I would almost root for him, but the coach just makes me sick so they're out. Bears QB Jay Cutler, in my opinon, doesn't deserve to be in a Superbowl. He's just not consistently good enough and even though he's playing well now, I'm not rooting for him either. So that leaves the Steelers and the Packers. John loves both of these teams and has since the '70s. I can't help but judge teams by their character somewhat and turns out, Steelers QB Roethlisberger is also a bit of a slimeball, so I am throwing my full NFL love behind Packers QB Aaron Rodgers and his team. We'll spend our Super Bowl night at church watching the game on the big wall, as we have the past couple of years. Good times with good friends and good food. Go Packers!!