I like to be negative this time of the year when I talk about the pro football season. There is so much cotton candy and optimism coming out of the NFL camps that it is enough to make a normal man gag. Every team is improved. Every team has filled in holes with draft choices and brought important players back from the injury list.
Every team has a new look, a new attitude, maybe a few new wrinkles in the offense.
I prefer to accentuate the downside. The Denver Broncos never will win again, not without John Elway. The Atlanta Falcons overachieved a year ago and will return to their normal level this year. Dan Marino and Troy Aikman and Steve Young are too old. Tim Couch and Cade McNown are too young.