the NFL's other Pre- season

Lombardi trophy

take a look at the NFL's history.  the first half of the season VERY  often doesn't  mean much. you can have a team literally   lose half of those   games  and go on to the Super bowl. conversely you can have a team go 7-1, then not even make the playoffs, which has happened more often than most notice. . that's why i don't even pay attention to the first half:  there's a  damn good change it won't mean much t all in the end. 


but of course most fans do, since they love football so goddamn much. i've known fans that go nuts during the official pre- season games which mean even less.   but they love the games, the season, every official game,  like they mean everything. 


these are some reasons that football is so popular. ther's a game every season's weekend. then you have a whole frigging week for hype, armchair analysis, media attention, theories, arguments,  prediction, etc. so it really is as if  every week's a mini Super bowl. the fans eat it up, the media runs with  it up since it means more ratings/money etc, of course the teams eat it up though they complain about the media etc often, but really it's all a huge part of why they're paid so much.