I get to choose between two local broadcasts this afternoon—Tampa Bay at Washington, or Baltimore at New England. This would be like choosing between Iraq or the Bahamas as a vacation spot. Hmm…

And after stupidly subjecting myself to the horrors of Buccaneers-‘SkIns, I’m not watching two of the best teams in football. (Exhale). The Patriots are up 10-7 early, thanks in large part to an early fumble from Ravens KR Chris Carr, which gave the Patriots an easy field goal to open the game.

Since then, the two teams have exchanged touchdown drives, and look to be digging in their heals for a long, hard fought game. And I, in turn, am digging my butt into the couch, for a long, lazy afternoon of football. Should be fantastic, starting with Tom Brady vs. the Ravens defense. Let’s go.