Last night, I woke up at 12:15 in the night. I had been planning to wake up at 1, but Eitan woke me up and I was ready to watch the Seahawks and Rams already. It looked like the Rams were going to pull it off, giving the Lions a chance to make the playoffs, but it wasn't to be (Thank you to Matt Patricia for sending off Quandre Diggs and the NFL officiating for 6 horrendous calls in the last 7 minutes of the 4th quarter). That took a little wind out of the excitement, but I was still excited to watch my football team for one last time this season. They went into Green Bay, who had everything to play for, and punched their gut. All of the building over the past two years, the amazing draft picks, the great coaching and play calling, the player development, the messages from Hard Knocks all came into play in this one. What a great moment to knock Rodgers out, after the years we have lived in fear from him. BRAND NEW LIONS. Eitan woke up to watch the final throat punches the Lions gave on the last drive, and I explained to him that these aren't his Pop's Lions.
Ari came over. In between the games, we played some madden, and during the first quarter of the Lions game we had wings, fries, burgers, and onion rings. (After the game I davened and went to Tel Aviv for work.
I am buymmed we couldn't see this team in the playoffs, but ecstatic to see how they are building it and doing it right. Going 8-2 in the last 10 games, plus 5-1 in the division, knocking off our most hated team and player, all after starting off 1-6, was significant. So with the bummer feeling about not being in the tournament, I am so excited that I got to watch a very exciting Lions season, the most fun since at least 2014, and could not be more excited for the future. Is it September yet?
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