By shelz.
This “wtf-is-Joe-Flacco’s-picture-doing-up-on-Sports-Authority-Stadium” thing has become so huge and so ridiculous. It has brought out the 5-year old in so many folks. Did you know that the residents of Denver are circulating a petition to have the banner and the associated posters sprinkled around downtown Denver removed? Why? Because well…they make them mad. Sigh.
Then there’s this Denver reporter who has filmed himself defacing the Flacco posters, which is probably the silliest thing I’ve seen so far. I just can’t consider the NFL bowing down to a group of resentful fans. The game came to them under a set of odd circumstances and with an odder set of stipulations. It is what it is.
The Baltimore Orioles, tired of playing second fiddle to the residents of M&T Bank Stadium, decided they would not reschedule one of their 8563 baseball games to allow sufficient parking for the Ravens’ first home game. So the game was moved all the way to the other side of the country and a new opponent, The Denver Broncos, was selected. (The home game was to be against the New England Patriots.) The NFL still tried to make it sorta like a game of equal footing by posting these promotional pictures of Joe Flacco all over Denver, much to the chagrin of Denver residents. It’s understandable that the man who dashed their Super Bowl hopes last season spotted up on every street corner wouldn’t be a welcome sight. Who wants to be constantly reminded of their failures? Not the kid.
I can empathize with the Colorado grumble muffins who have an issue with the NFL’s marketing plan and I’m concerned with where this will go if the pictures aren’t removed. These little flames could easily be fanned into something larger. For a league (and fan base) that is constantly under scrutiny for its collective persona, that’s not a good thing. How this plays out is completely in the hands of the residents of Denver. I can’t say I have a ton of confidence in them though. The obligatory stabby stab stab, you live in a hell pit while we’re in the land of milk and honey comments have started. Their humanity is wilting like their 1st team defense. [Ed note- ouch]
Anywho, I’m done. The residents of Denver will no doubt continue to vandalize these pictures all week whilst the Broncos try to find an answer for the one-two punch of Suggs and Dumervil. Oh and how they will defend the seam against Smith and Jones. And the middle against Stokley and Dickson. Oh and what to do about Rice and Pierce. Geesh. If I were a fan of Denver, I’d rather think about Joe Flacco’s picture too.
