All I Want for Christmas is for the Lakers to Stop Sucking

On the bright side, there's only way to go from here. The Lakers cannot get any worse. The thing that's pissing me off the most though is these fuckers are wasting Kobe's glory years. He could be the Tom Brady of basketball if Dwight Howard could make a free throw and anyone actually gave a shit. Whatever happens to this team you better believe Kobe Bryant is not going to go out without a fight.

I know I'm biased but I'm pretty sick of Hack-a-Dwight or whatever you losers want to call it. Some people actually want to watch a basketball game and not drunk people waving around balloons the whole game. I get it, if Dwight made the FT's no one would do it but it's stupid. It's basically admitting the only way to stop Dwight Howard is to physically restrain him and while I like that notion, I just want to see them play. And I know that us Laker fans are not supposed to use the whole "we don't have a starting or backup PG" argument but we don't. Not to mention that PG is Steve Nash, one of the best point guards in the NBA, even at 65 or however old he is. AND they're missing Pau Gasol who has obviously been injured (sure wish we could trade that silver medal Pau). Without those 2 key pieces on this roster, there's no way the Lakers are going to look like the Lakers. Don't get me wrong, they have looked bored and also terrible but it's frustrating that injuries have to be a part of it.

Alas, there's always the Patriots.

I keep hearing the story line about the Patriots killing the Jets 45-3 on MNF then losing to them in the playoffs and is that going to happen again blah blah nonsense. We know the Texans still would have Arian Foster and Andre Johnson and that it was a tough game to win despite the score. The Patriots prepared and put in 100% effort and that's exactly what happens when this group of guys does that. The thing that makes me feel less concerned about the Texans is yes, now they have a whole tape of what the Patriots did to them but we're also working without perhaps the best tight end/red zone target in the NFL. The game plan is different with Gronk in the game and that's when the Patriots really get to do what they want (which is scary for the rest of the NFL).

Another tough week coming up for the Patriots, who will take on the 49ers at Gillette Stadium for Sunday Night Football. I fully intend on getting pumped up for this game by aggressively doing my karaoke version of the Faith Hill SNF theme in front of the TV. I'll let everyone take a second to enjoy that visual.

This game scares me based on how physical San Francisco is and I honestly cannot handle any more injuries this season. I hope the Patriots can show up and out-physical the 49ers and put on the type of performance they did last week. The key, in my opinion, will be stopping Kaepernick and preventing him from getting those big runs. There's nothing I love more than a man covered in tattoos but that is one man in tattoos I do not want to see in the end zone. Let's hope the defense can be as physical and dominating as they were against the Texans because if they aren't, they aren't going to win.

Oh and for those who were wondering, this is indeed me in the NFL mobile commercial:

It's refreshing to think that somewhere out there, there are more girls who like sports that wear dresses and eat ice cream on the couch with their cats...