It is fitting the first real commentary from Joe Theismann on the 2024 Commanders came this week as we look at music from that incredible Super Bowl year of 1982.
Game Highlights. Tale of Two Seasons.
Theismann said Jayden Daniels ought to skip the preseason, or so I heard. Some people revolted against the notion. But I hold Joey T to be a heckuva lot wiser than most of today's commentators.
I mean, rookies struggle with the length of the NFL Season. It is such a malignant force, said length, that your best metric for who will win in the playoffs is who is the healthiest. The NFL has not tempered its greed by expanding rosters which would allow for mitigation of wear and tear.
So much for the League's commitment to quality. Expanded rosters would allow for better performances as playing time gets more evenly distributed. Playing time makes players better. That's why they are called "players". If you don't play, you are not a player. If you don't play, how do you know where your game is at? If everybody plays, everybody is more likely to be happy and happy football teams make better decisions on field and off.
It sounds like I'm making the argument against Theismann's position. But no. I'm saying I'd like Jayden to be available for the playoffs. I'll entertain any such notions as would incline fate to cheat in that direction. The most games he's ever played is 14. The late bye might give him and the other rooks a boost. If the Commanders get a playoff game, he's looking at, minimum, 21 games. With that much wear and tear, I don't think we make the Super Bowl.
We'll be out of gas. I mean, vets will be OK. Rooks will have jet lag. Lightening the load would be good, as Joe Theismann as in Wise Man has pointed out. How to Be A Champion Every Day.
Here are some of the flicks that year:
Fast Times at Ridemont High. Rockin tune from that movie.
