The five must-see games of the 2014 NFL season
By Stu White
1) Denver Broncos at Seattle Seahawks (Week 3)
In a rematch of one of the most soporific Super Bowls imaginable — well, unless you loathe multilingual soda ads — Peyton Manning and A Surrounding Cast Of Players Better Than The Cast Of Players Surrounding Tom Brady, Thus Tom Brady Is The Superior Quarterback travel to the only stadium in the history of stadiums where the fans are passionate enough to create this new concept called “home-field advantage,” where they, the Broncos, will take on Russell “Nonpareil Leader” Wilson and Seattle’s vaunted defense of scary, scary thugs.
Seattle fans will be quick to remind you the outcome of this game doesn’t matter — “Dude, the Seahawks won when it counted! Convo over, yo!” — unless, of course, the Seahawks are victorious, in which case those same fans will show up bragging on every sports message board, engaging in such a self-congratulatory circle-jerk — “Bro, our cheering is what stopped that late-game drive. 12th Man! 12th Man!” — that multiple “free-trade” lattes will become sullied by Skittle-flavored semen.
Taste the painbow, Denver fans.