There are hard truths we all have to face at some point when we’re growing up: Not everyone is going to like you, your parents aren’t perfect, Rainbow Road can be fun but it’s clearly the most overrated track on Mario Kart, etc.
The same can be said for growing up as a sports fan. At some point in our lives everyone learned the all important lesson that preseason games don’t matter.
For me, it was 1991. The Detroit Lions had just lost a preseason game to I don’t even remember who, and a young Barry Sanders-obsessed Mike on the verge of tears had to be reassured by his father that
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