It's not easy being a sports fan sometimes

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My football team managed to achieve a come from ahead loss to the Browns. The Browns. One of the franchises that local fans looked at said, "at least we're not them." Not that it wasn't already, but this season is officially a complete and utter disaster. But, hey, at least they got rid of players like Tony Gonzalez and Bernard Pollard.* I can't think of any reason why KC could have used them. Oh wait, I can. (Though honestly, Tony G is such a class act, I'm kind of happy for him that he's far away from this mess.)

Comments

[sg-betty.livejournal.com]

It looks like Gonzalez was traded because your new GM might be a decent guy....

From Wikipedia:
"In week 4 of the 2008 season, Gonzalez became NFL all time leader in reception yards for a tight end with 10,064, surpassing Shannon Sharpe. He recorded 96 receptions for 1,058 yards and was also elected to his tenth career Pro Bowl despite Kansas City starting 3 different quarterbacks. In October 2008, Gonzalez asked to be traded to a Super Bowl contending team, but then-general manager Carl Peterson stated that no playoff-contending team made a good enough offer.[7]

During the 2008 offseason Tony again approached Chiefs management about a possible trade. Unlike the previous Chiefs management, new Chiefs' GM Scott Pioli told Gonzalez he would see what he could do."

[jungleeyedgirl.livejournal.com]

The above the headline tag on the Rochester newspaper yesterday, regarding the Bills was, "What else is new? Bills Lose."