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Remember Idiocracy? It’s a great, incisive movie, and really funny. There’s a sequence in the movie where the characters take a sort-of Disney ride called the Time Masheen, and you get to see what a recitation of historical events would look like if lots of time passed to make things obscure, and only idiots were involved in the production. It’s hilarious to see them portray Charlie Chaplin as the head of the Nazis, being beaten by the UN, called the “un,” who un-nazied the world forever.

In this pleasant and interesting excuse for the ad at the end video about football helmets, the narrator mentioned that World War I paratroopers wore leather helmets. World War I. He didn’t mention if the troops mounted on tyrannosaurs wore them, too. Probably just an oversight.

There is no greater way to learn anything than to watch someone who really knows what they’re doing.  Working alongside someone who knows what’s what is an even faster way to get better at anything. It’s possible that Joe Thomas was the best left tackle in the league while he was playing. He’s a physical freak, of course, like all NFL players must be to even get in the league. But it’s obvious that he didn’t rely solely on his size, speed, and strength to make a living as an offensive lineman. He understood the techniques used by his opponents, and developed techniques of his own to counter them.

And all that talent, and all that preparation, and all that analysis and hard work, was used to keep Brandon Weeden et. al. upright long enough to throw a pass into the ground five feet in front of the receiver. No one ever said life was fair.

I won’t say a hero, ’cause, what’s a hero? But sometimes, there’s a kicker. And I’m talkin’ about the Patriots kicker dude here. Sometimes, there’s a kicker — well, he’s the kicker for his time and place. He fits right in there. And that’s the Vinatieri dude, from Foxboro. And even if he’s a lazy man – and kickers are generally that, sitting on the bench for hours at a time. Quite possibly the laziest kicker in Dallas, which would place him high in the runnin’ for laziest worldwide. But sometimes there’s a kicker, sometimes, there’s a kicker…