It's been a long, weird offseason. Over the past year and a half, we've had to deal with quite a bit. With COVID forcing many of us to work from home, or forcing us out of our jobs, we've all had some major adjustments in our lives to make. I know with nhguy, his work schedule has pretty much taken all of his time away from this community, and at least for the last few months, I haven't been posting nearly as much as I could have either. Those of us who have the ability to post articles on the Chatters network have kind of let the community go a little bit. We went from multiple articles a week, to maybe one or two articles a month, and that simply isn't good enough. The last thing I wanted to do when I signed up, was to let this community become an afterthought...yet, that's exactly what I let it become in my own priorities. For that, I apologize. I know it's the offseason, and things really slow down, but still, this has been a particularly slow one...
There is a light at the end of the tunnel though. In 8 days, on July 21st, the Steelers and Cowboys will both be getting started with training camp, as they get ready for the annual HOF game. Then, on July 27th, the rest of the NFL gets started. The long drought is almost over my friends. In less than four weeks, on August 5th, the NFL hosts the Hall of Fame game. From that point on, there will be NFL football every single week until February of 2022. And those games will have FANS in attendance. With more and more people getting their COVID vaccinations, we are slowly returning back to normal, including live sporting events with stadiums full of fans cheering. I am not a big soccer fan, but I will confess, I watched the UEFA championship game this weekend, and what I saw was marvelous. Not the game itself, which admittedly was quite good, but rather, Wembley Stadium. It was packed. The fans were raucous, it just felt...right. We kind of got used to quiet sports, played in near empty stadiums...but just because we kind of got used to it, doesn't mean grew to like it. Seeing Wembley in full attendance, reminded me of just how much I missed the 12th man at football games. OK, I am rambling a bit, so I am gonna close this out. Guys, it's almost football season. We survived yet another offseason (mostly).
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