Official Site of the Ravens · Aug 4, 2016
Funny Pages: The All-Powerful 'Slingshot Year'
A 'slingshot year' happens when a playoff-quality team gets the draft picks and schedule of a rebuilding team.
Everything suddenly feels amazing, doesn't it? Now that “The Bachelorette” is over, and we no longer have to say the name "Chad," or talk about swooshy hair, the 2016 NFL season has finally returned to us. Football is BACK. Football brings the kind of pure joy that makes people (me) spend 20 minutes of their lunch break gushing about how incredible the new grass at the stadium is. (It's a mixture of Bermuda and rye grass, and it's honestly delightful.)
In addition to the field, we have a lot of actual football things to be super-cautiously hyped about:
