After last seasons pathetic loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, again, I stood up at that moment when we lost and said I’m done. Done, I tell ya! I don’t care if it was close. I don’t care if the refs, again made bad, oh so bad calls in favor of the Chiefs. My heart can’t take it anymore. Next season(which is now), I said I am going to be a passive participant in our team. Not giving up on them, not finding a new team to root for, just not getting emotionally involved…at least I am going to try.
So far, I am doing good. I watch most of the games. I don’t stay up later to watch them when they are playing a night game and they are sucking! Nope. I’m not losing sleep. I’m not staying up to watch their defeat, get all pissed off then try to go to bed. Nope. Our family Sundays in the Fall is watching football, specifically the Bills. They, my kids, can continue to yell. They can get in their heated debate whether Coleman is good or Knox should be out or McDermott should be fired. I don’t care. It’s 2025 and I’ve suffered enough through the decades. My kids are experiencing the heartache of us Buffalo fans. Plus I didn’t even participate in fantasy football this year. It was fun until it wasn’t.
Do I care? Sure. But football isn’t life. I’m not basing my emotions on how my team did. Like we always lose to the losers, the Dolphins this past Sunday. And that normally would get me riled up but I’m like “typical Bills”. And I’m not doing my superstitious mumbo-jumbo thinking that I can help. I’m not making sure that I’m sporting Bills attire, the earrings are enough. I’m not hiding under the blanket peaking out to see how the next play is going to be played out. I’m not looking to my left on 3rd down because when I watch, we don’t get the first down. And I absolutely cannot watch when Tyler Bass goes to kick, it’s not automatic like my Matthew thinks it is. Although we have Prater now, Bass is on injured reserve, which is actually a win for us at the moment. However, I missed half the plays because I was too scared to watch. Reality is, I don’t need to stress out . It’s so unnecessary.
Now, I don’t rush home because the Bills are on. I don’t revolve my plans around when they are playing. And if I have conflicting plans, oh well. The Bills will go on without me if I am there or not. They are still forever and always my team but boy I am feeling more relaxed this year by putting them where they belong, not as a priority, but as a past time.
And that’s all I have to say about that. Go Bills❤️💙
Great post. I feel the same!