I may be wrong, but I get the sense that when the History of this Season is entirely known ~ if it ever is, that is ~ it will be revealed that Bill The Mad (Genius) made a remarkably shrewd and exceptionally courageous Decision yesterday to risk Home Field Advantage in favor of his Team's Health.
It sort of reminds me of Bobby Fisher's magnificent Gambit in The Greatest Game of Chess Ever Played, when he sacrificed his Queen (HFA?) but in so doing gained an enormous Tactical Advantage.
An enormous Risk, to be certain...but in my opinion: a brilliant one.
All men are fallible, and every single Play in every single Game is at best a Chance for Advantage, not a Sure Thing: The other Coach may not be as good as Mad Bill ~ he isn't ~ but if he guesses right enough times, we'll probably lose to an inferior Team that we would likely beat 8 times out'f 10.
That's difficult even for me to accept, even as I write it, but if you understand this Game, you understand that fact. Random Chance does play a factor ~ albeit a small one, thank the Gods ~ and that is why the expression On Any Given Sunday is immutable Truth, much as we'd all like to believe it isn't.
But On Any Given Sunday ~ or Saturday ~ there's no other Team or Coach I'd be prouder to root for.
Yes, men are fallible, Random Chance does play a part, and I do believe that there are Verminous Scum in New York conspiring to cheat and rob us because New York's always had an Inferiority Complex about New EngLand ~ for good reason ~ and there are Corrupt Parasites always willing to help them, for Corrupt Parasites will do anything for Money, which is what this is all about with them.
But I don't believe that any of the 12 Teams still standing will be better prepared to win it all.
Any Fan basing his Expectations based on yesterday's Game is making a big Mistake.
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I believe that we have enjoyed such preposterously sustained Success since Mad Bill took the wheel that many a good Fan has lost sight of just how incredibly thin the line is between Winning and Losing.
And I believe that that causes many of us to react to Losses with a sense of shock...even betrayal.
But the line between Winning and Losing is wafer thin, my friends.
What Mad Bill has managed, ere these 15 Years, is miraculous.
Liberate yourself from Presumption, I beg'f thee.
Liberate yourself from Entitlement.
Enjoy this Historic Ride.
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WildCard Predictions:
01 ~ The Chiefs (-3) will play SmallBall on Offense while their Defense crushes Planet Hoosten's Offense.
02 ~ The Steelers (-2) will easily extend Marvin Lewis's PlayOff Losing Streak to 7.
03 ~ The SeaHawks (-5) will smack the Hell out'f the Vikings on both sides of the Ball.
04 ~ The Packers (0) will school the inexperienced and mediocre RedSkins.
Bet the House, baby!! 
