I'm in this weird frame of mind where I can't wait for football season to start but also don't really want summer to disappear so quickly. I guess I'll be good if August goes by at a very normal pace.
My frame of mind, coming off my team winning the Superbowl (hee hee, that's fun to write), is different than normal. This is the first time a team I've specifically followed as an adult has won a title. Usually the start of the season is full of anticipation. "How well will we do this year? Is a championship a possibility?" I'll think about the draft picks and wonder if any of them will be some historic player for the franchise that helped them win a title. Well now that's actually happened which is kind of weird. But because I'm coming off such a great season my approach to this season is much more relaxed. Yeah, I want to win another title but I don't NEED to. Missing the playoffs or having a losing season would be really lame but not the idea of not repeating as champs doesn't really bother me. There is a nervous tension that I normally have that isn't there.
I'm actually at this point a little more interestd in seeing how OTHER team's draft picks will turn out like Manziel and Clowney.