Big Blue Forever, a open letter to the New York Football Giants
Dear New York Football Giants,
You don’t know who I am and you have no reason to. I’ve been watching the New York Giants with every opportunity possible since I’ve known about the sport of football and over the years I’ve begun to notice the absolute strangle hold the Giants have on my emotions week in and week out with the majority of it being for the worse. Every dropped wide open pass, last second game losing FG given up (of which there’s too many to count), boneheaded penalty, turnover, sack given up, and just so many more it would be pointless to write out. Nothing quite crushes my spirits and enjoyment of the game like how this team invents more ways to lose games or embarrass themselves (read: boat picture) at almost every turn of every game. I struggle to even enjoy the good moments like a crazy Saquon Barkley run or OBJ catch or even interception because I’ve been conditioned to wait for the other shoe to drop like it always has and seemingly always will. There are so many games in the past where seemingly a massive victory was, at the last possible, moment swept out from under our feet. There are so many individual games over the years I could point to but that’s for another time. And yet after all that agonizing defeat week after week here I am. Excitedly watching the boys in blue take the field every weekend ready to take on their opponent. Here I am completely oblivious to the pain of the past and excitedly awaiting the next 60 minutes of football. Of all my bad habits the New York Giants are probably my worst but are most certainly the one I will never be able to kick. Go G-Men forever and always.
Love,
JP