Cameron Jones

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The NFL is officially mind boggling.

That’s the conclusion that I have reached following this past weekend. I’m not even going to go into the Panthers game because it’s too depressing especially when you personally witness the debacle. No one besides John Kasay and Steve Smith deserves to have their name printed in this article so let’s just move on to why Carolina is a microcosm of the 2006 season.

I know the whole cliché of any given Sunday, any team can win but it’s beyond ridiculous now. Atlanta can come in and beat the Panthers soundly but they can’t hold serve at home against Cleveland or beat the Detroit Lions on the road. The Skins can beat the Cowboys but not the Titans in the same stadium. The Steelers can beat the Saints but not the Raiders. Chicago can crush the Seahawks at home but loses a few weeks later to Miami in the same place.  

The point is that the NFL has rapidly become more befuddling with each passing year and now it has reached a point where it is impossible to make any sort of prediction. It’s a Vegas bookie’s nightmare. The Panthers could be playing Arizona at home next week and I couldn’t safely say to someone that we are going to win. We SHOULD win the game but ‘should’ has become almost a curse word this year. In fact, I’m not going to say it anymore when it comes to football and if anyone asks if we SHOULD win a game from now on, I’ll politely step away from the conversation.

People all talk about how they love the unpredictability of the games. Yeah you’ll enjoy it until Oakland beats your team and then you’ll be pacing around your home and office ready to throw that annoying guy through a window the first time he mentions the word football. It’s not a healthy way to live.

So I say this to you Carolina Panthers from your fans throughout this great country: please stop slowly killing us every week. If the NFL were an amusement park, you guys would be the roller coaster that people would come off of kicking themselves for eating that chili dog thanks to the one too many up and down part. The tools are there, the personnel are there so get it together before we have a collective nervous breakdown.

We are once again showcased in the Monday night game this weekend against the Eagles, oh wait I’m sorry the E-A-G-L-E-S. I’ve reached the reading level of Philly fans because I was able to spell and say a six letter word correctly.

We should win this game.