Near as can be determined from the relevant schedules, calendars, and photographical evidence from deep space, this weekend finds us near enough to the midpoint of the NFL season to trigger the obligatory midway column of observations and/or projections, some highly dubious as if that would stop me.
In professional football, it's always borderline foolhardy to project any outcome at the halfway point of anything, except maybe for that time on the afternoon of Oct. 16, when you said, "Since the Steelers are leading the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10-9 at halftime, I predict that both teams will score the same number of points in the second half and the Steelers will win 20-18, and further that Mitch Trubisky will be sprung from the bench to post a passer rating of 142.4 while Tom The Greatest Quarterback Of All Time Brady struggles along at 87.8 against a Steelers secondary made up of people known only to their immediate families."
Remember saying that? Of course not, because it's preposterous and no one would ever say that, and, of course, it's precisely what happened.
