a corrollary to this was Lester Hayes, cornerback for the Raiders back in the late 70s. He would slather his arms and hands with stickum, to the point where the NFL outlawed it completely!
isn’t the point of survivor to pick a team you’re almost positive is going to win? If so, why would Carolina be a popular pick over the Browns? That was far from a given. Browns are still pretty solid even without Massage-Boy.
we were in their shoes once trying to mind-fact to ourselves that the Patriots weren’t really that good and Brady was due to fall off a cliff any year now…