NFL '17 Dread News - Week 22 - Part 1

"I guarantee you we are going to win the Super Bowl next year."

               Alshon Jeffery 1/1/ 2017

Pro athletes in all sports make predictions and guarantees so frequently nowadays that whenever you hear the latest one, your reaction is usually like ... yeah, whatever. It's in one ear and out the other, especially when the one talking about winning the Super Bowl is a member of the Chicago Bears. But every once in a while, one of those predictions actually comes true. Jeffery uttered his now famous guarantee shortly after the Bears' loss to the Minnesota Vikings in the final game of the 2016 season; and he made it while not knowing which team he would be playing for in 2017, since he was set to become a free agent during the offseason. I suppose then that you have to give all the credit to the Philadelphia Eagles for recognizing that Alshon was serious about keeping his New Years's resolution. After he signed with the Eagles, was their ever any doubt it was going to be satisfaction guaranteed for Eagles fans?

NFL '17 Dread News - Week 22 - Part 2

And now, the rest of my Week 22 report, featuring a dread gallery of Super Bowl 52, between the Eagles and the Patriots. There were a handful of key players with dreads on the field for both teams. Unfortunately most of those players had their dreads reduced for the game. Thank goodness, at least, for Jay Ajayi for not having his dreads reduced. And for that he'll be getting more air time here than anyone else.


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1. It isn't often that LB Dannell Ellerbe's hair gets overshadowed, but this might be one of them. It's impossible to not notice Ellerbe (#57) with his extra long dreads; but in this shot even more noticeable is the green hair of CB Jalen Mills. Ellerbe, Mills, and their teammates - all with their phones, of course - are introduced before the Eagles begin their one hour session at Super Bowl Opening Night (formerly known as Media Day) on Jan. 29, six days before the game.