Seven things that suck about … the Bye Week
Welcome to our brand new feature – Seven Things That Suck about …
Denver Sports fans have got it made. We’re lucky to live in Colorado. Win or lose, there’s no place better. That’s why it’s easy to find Seven Things That Suck about just about every other place. Why seven? It’s our lucky number Elway’s number.
Once a week we will elevate our already sky-high civic pride by picking on some other city.
But this week the Broncos are on a bye. So, since we have no city to pick on, we decided to pick on the bye week its self. Stupid bye week.
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Sports Talk Radio
Sports chat is bad enough when the blabbers have an upcoming game to talk about. With the Broncos on the bye, the Rockies season over, the Avalanche locked out and the Nuggets season yet to begin, they have nothing else to do but dissect the Chargers game ad nauseum and over-analyze Denver playoff hopes. It gets to be more than one can take.
The Dyme Life
DJ “Dyme Life” Williams is only one of the many, many Broncos players at risk of getting arrested for DUI, domestic battery, rape, drug charges, etc during the bye week. The CBA requires that NFL players get a full four days off for the bye week. That’s enough rope that you know one of these guys will hang himself with it.
Raiders / Jaguars
When the Broncos aren’t on National TV they usually fill the CBS 2pm Mountain time slot. Not this week. There are only 2 afternoon games – and the one on CBS is Jaguars @ Raiders. Yes, the shittiest game on the entire year is all football lovers will have to watch. That’s just sad.
More Tebow, Less Peyton
Even with Tim Tebow gone, the Broncos have gotten plenty of National media attention. They’ve been the darlings of ESPN. But, with them on the bye and the Jets playing New England this week it’s been nothing but Tebow this and Tebow that. We’ve had our fill.
Honey-do lists
Our wives and husbands are more clever than we think. Somehow they always manage to know when the Broncos aren’t playing. Making matters worse are all those fall leaves that landed on the lawn this week. Don’t be surprised if you wake up with a rake to the face.
No excuse to get drunk at 2:00 in the afternoon
Let’s face it. Football fans are really just alcoholics with an excuse. No Broncos, no buzz. How are you supposed to explain why you’re getting wasted on a Sunday afternoon if it’s not to fuel your fandom?
Benching Peyton, Demaryius, McGahee and Decker in Fantasy Football
The Broncos have one of the top scoring, most prolific offenses in the NFL. It sucks to have to show their skill players your bench in fantasy.
