Put the NFL on the Bench

Take a deep sigh, everyone, because football is over for the time being. All we have left to hold onto are the annual story lines of "Favre-Watch," "Who will be stupid enough to sign T.O. this year," and "Which quarterback will get a ridiculously overpriced contract in the 2010 NFL Draft."

But, don't fret my friends. Because, if we're lucky;

• The Redskins might sign an overrated free agent to a historically high contract

• Kurt Warner will finally retire and we'll get to officially watch Matt Leinart fail on center stage

• Favre will fake an injury to excuse his final interception of the season and future return to the Vikings after training camp

• We'll get to watch everlasting coverage of college grads running routes and blocking dummies and Mel Kiper's 20th mock draft of the week. Why don't we let football go? Just for a couple months. It won't hurt that bad.

Yes, you may cry yourself to sleep every night, but it's better than watching 24 hours of ESPN analysts analyzing each other's analyzations of the back-up left guard from West-Central Louisiana Tech University.

The Washington Capitals lost their first game in 14 contests. Syracuse has been dominating the basketball world since being shunned from the NCAA Tournament 2 out of the last 3 years. North Carolina Basketball is in turmoil. The Olympic National basketball team roster has been announced. These are all more intriguing things to think about than Mel Kiper's projected 5th round selection by the Cincinnati Bengals in the NFL Draft.

Come on, coach, take NFL out of the game and put him on the bench for a while.