Guilty pleasure -- I enjoyed the 20 year old clip they showed last night of Kitchens getting sacked by Booger. That was some good archival film work. Had too look up why they called him Booger though.
McFarland received his distinctive nickname during his childhood. He was a self-described "bad kid" since he was two years old. His bad behavior prompted his mother to call him "booger," for which he was teased by his sister. When his friends heard his sister calling him "booger," they started teasing him with this nickname as well. The culmination of McFarland being a "bad kid" happened when he set fire to his family's trash pile while his mother was away, nearly burning down the house.
That's why my parents never kept the family trash pile close to the house. Wait. We didn't even have a family trash pile. We each had our own personal trash piles. I know. Such privilege likely reduced our family bonding. And to this day, we still have our butler ignite our trash fires for us. Anyway ...
Coaching looked a better last night, but so far this season it doesn't look like the same guy is calling the plays. Maybe it has something to do with the new personalities incorporated in the off season. Maybe Baker is reaching. I also don't want to forget that the defense has some say in how well the offense executes. But I have not seen the "well oiled, yardage gaining machine" that I hoped to see this year and the number of sacks seems unsustainable for 14 more games.