My friend Dale tweeted an article yesterday that someone at the Wall Street Journal had written about who the NFL's best looking team is. The article decided on the Buffalo Bills. I have quite a few problems with this. First off, the Bills are rarely seen on television, with good reason. They have very few big name players and tend to lose quite a few games each season. The only player that I could name on their team - Aaron Maybin - was cut by them in the preseason. Their QB is a no name Ivy-League grad. I think we can all agree that few athletes that come out of an Ivy League school go on to greatness in professional sports.
Secondly, to me, part of the attractiveness of an athlete is how well he plays his given sport. This is true in most professions. The more successful and powerful a man is, the more attractive he becomes. So, players like Rodney Harrison, who was my favorite player on the Patriots before he retired, was more attractive to me because of how well he played the game. I think we can all agree that the Buffalo Bill have been anything but successful in the last decade.
Third, the Bills are just not exciting. They do not generate any talk around the league, save the pickup of Terrell Owens a few years ago. Their drafts aren't noteworthy, nor are their free agency signings. Attractive athletes become more sexy/hot/cute in the viewers' eyes based on how exciting they are. A huge interception? Sexy. A monster sack? Sexy. A 95-yard touchdown pass? Super sexy. The Bills just do not generate this type of buzz, in my opinion.
The WSJ article also stated that overall, the most attractive position is the kicker. WHAT??!?! When is the last time you sat down and watched a game and said, oh my god, how hot was that kick? Go on, think about it, I will wait . . .
My guess is that you could not think of a single occurrence. I know I can't. However, I can remember the Al Harris interception and touchdown against the Seahawks a few years ago. Because it was exciting. And no matter his long dreads (which you may have realized that I hate), it made him attractive. My friends and I have a running joke that we say when players make great plays or have awesome games. We say that the player is going to get lucky that night. Because, well, he probably is. No one (other than a jersey chaser who will take whatever she can get) is going to go up to a kicker and gush about how great of a game he had.
There is an exception to this, however. The seconds left on the clock 40-55 yard field goal to win the game. But those do not occur as often as interceptions, huge touchdowns and sacks. I want the guy who made the huge hit, not the one who kicked the ball through the goal posts. But hey, that is just me.
