In the immortal words of Comrade Xu, “There’s no need to overcomplicate things.” In discussing how the Philadelphia Phillies failed to beat the Los Angeles Thanos, that simple sentence explained in near-totality how stuff typically happens to and for people and teams. It’s just sports, and in sports stuff happens.
But—and surely you knew a “but” was coming, because why else do blogs exist—sometimes complicating things in the most drug-aided and byzantine ways is exactly what the moment requires. Especially in football, where the sport must make 17 games feel like 166 (the Phillies’ final total) or 169 and counting (the Cubs’). For that math to work, some complication is required. In rare cases this requires a near religious experience, but a Thursday night loss to the New York Giants will suffice in a pinch.
