The Rest of the NFL, Part II

In the previous post I tackled my feelings on the AFC East. Now I'm going to move over to the NFC East.

NFC East
Dallas Cowboys
They're the Yankees of the NFL. If you're not a Cowboys fan you have to hate them. I do. I didn't get to see the Cowboys when they had seemingly stand-up guys like Roger Staubach. It probably would have been harder to hate them then. Fortunately, I knew the Cowboys at the end of the Landry era when they were terrible and into the Jimmy Johnson/Barry Switzer years. They were winning everything except for their court battles. Michael Irvin, Leon Lett were constantly getting busted for drugs and for being general assholes. Now they have Terrell Owens. This team is easy to hate.

New York Giants
Here's a team that I probably should hate but don't. I don't root for them, but I don't root against them. They're just another team in the league that rises to the top every now and then. They had some despicable characters in the '90s - Lawrence Taylor comes to mind - but were not necessarily hateable for a Colts fan. I'll hate them more if they pick off the Colts in the season opener this year.

Philadelphia Eagles
My college roommate was an Eagles fan (still is) so I have a certain affection for this team. I've seen the suffering of the Eagles fans up close. Because of my roommate, this team became my "NFC team" for a while. The Eagles fans have a reputation for being tough, but also smart. They will boo the hell out of you, but only if you half ass or consistently suck. Rarely does a player get booed for one mistake. As it stands, I root for the Eagles to make their way to the Super Bowl to get whipped against the Colts so that I can rub it in to my old roommate.

Washington Redskins
Let's see. Fat guys in dresses and pig noses. An overpaid and aging Deion Sanders. Steve Spurrier recently coached them. Some of the most mediocre championship teams of all time. Ugh. This is a team that sneaks up and wins Super Bowls in years that no one else seems to want them. They won the Super Bowl with Mark Rypien at the helm. Are you kidding me? How did this happen? I'll tell you. The rest of the NFC rolled over and the Buffalo Bills showed up in the Super Bowl, that's how. Christ. I'm going to go punch a tree until it dies.

Stay tuned for the next installment coming up after my thoughts on the Colts' draft.