SportsGirl

I am all for a good celebration. In life in general, there’s so much doom and gloom, that I think everyone is entitled to celebrate a little when they can find a reason. In football? It’s gone too far.  

I’m impressed with Junior Seau. As with so many other players that no one wanted, he joined the Patriots and is actually making a contribution at the ripe old age of 38. However, this past Sunday against the Jets, he lost some standing with me. It seems that every tackle he made, he felt the need to thump his chest and flail his arms in the air, as though it was the game-winning stop. I watched him miss quite a few tackles too. Which made the excessive celebrations all the more exaggerated. A lot of refs will throw a flag on you for excessive celebration, but he somehow managed to escape their ire. It’s shocking that Belichick hasn’t put the kibosh on this display of emotion.

Then we have the Miami Dolphins. My congrats to them on winning their first game of the season. Truly, a great accomplishment and a monkey off their collective backs. But come on guys, to have tears in your eyes because you won a game? Act like you’ve been there before. Sure, you haven’t been there this season, but this is a fairly winning franchise. I mean for goodness sake your winless season is constantly being contrasted against your ‘72 undefeated season. That wasn’t that long ago. I know the players were glad to have won the game, in overtime none-the-less. But again, tears? That just underscores why it was so difficult in the first place for this team to get their first check in the W column. When your mentality is that it’s a miracle to win a game, one game, then you’re killing yourself before the games even start. How would you like to be Baltimore this week? Not only did you blow your opportunity to crush an undefeated team’s perfect season, you also served as the backdrop for a winless team’s first win. Wow.

So enough with the celebrations. I know, I’m sure I sound hypocritical because I’ve been on record as having stated that I like the end-zone celebrations. But scoring a touchdown is a bit different than making a tackle. Especially when you make a tackle but it’s only after a guy has rushed for 30 yards and a first down on 4th and 1…Those are the celebrations that kill me the most. Seriously, act like you’ve been there before.