The Thursday Show Prep

Michael Bennett
JJ Watt

The two men pictured above have quite a bit in common.

Both have asked you to care about the suffering of others.

Both have asked you to empathize about the burden being carried by people many of you have never met.

Both have made very public pleas about doing what you can, raising awareness and hopefully helping to rebuild communities.

One of them has asked for money.

One of them merely wants you to listen.

Both of these men wear jerseys and play football for a living.

As fans, many of us look up to these people as role models or idols. At the very least, as fans, we cheer for them when they do something positive on the field in which they work and play a game.

Off the field, one is revered. One is essentially ignored.

Because we don't care about the suffering of others?

Because we don't empathize about burdens being carried?

Because we're not interested in rebuilding communities?

If one is lauded as a hero for standing up for people and another is labeled a malcontent for sitting down for people, then I'd argue we all have a lot in common. We just don't quite know it yet.

Rob Gronkowski

It all starts tonight.

The 2017 NFL season kicks off on FOX AM1340/93.9FM with the defending champion New England Patriots facing the Kansas City Chiefs.

Yesterday, we officially eliminated the Washington Redskins (because that's the name of the team) and the Los Angeles Chargers (because that's the new city in which they play) from Super Bowl contention with the first week of the Fox Flush.

So with that little nugget in place, let's go over our season predictions.

DIVISION WINNERS
AFC West - Raiders
AFC North - Steelers
AFC South - Titans
AFC East - Patriots
Wildcards - Chiefs, Texans

NFC West - Rams
NFC North - Packers
NFC South - Buccaneers
NFC East - Cowboys
Wildcards - Seahawks, Falcons

AFC CHAMPION - Patriots
NFC CHAMPION - Packers

Hurricane Irma

I've got friends and colleagues in the path of this thing.

Chances are you do too.

I know I speak for all of us when I say let's hope for their safety and quick return to their homes once all this has passed.


All this and more, coming up at 9am ET on FIRST SPORTS.
Live on the I Heart Radio app on our website & locally on the radio dial at AM1340/93.9FM


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