GREEN BAY PACKERS Aaron Rogers in the good old days (Wikipedia)

We were in Oggi’s at Chapman and Harbor on Monday for lunch and one of the 500 (slight exaggeration) or so TV screen announced that it was 115 more days until opening day of the 2024 NFL season.

Alerted to that impending moment of significance, I awakened some of the questions about the pro football season since Patrick Mahomes last made an insurance commercial.

Question 1: Will Aaron Rodgers again put his foot awkwardly on the first drive on the New York Jets season and have to sit out the season, or will he put his foot (cleats and all) into his mouth again about COVID, his use of drugs, his doubts about 9/11. He’s won four MVP honors as Most Valuable Player. Is this the year he wins a different kind of MVP: Most Vapid Person?

Question 2:  Assuming that Matthew Stafford stays healthy for the Rams this season, will the real competition between back-up quarterbacks Jimmy Garoppolo and Stetson Bennett be for playing time, or who is better-looking?

Question 3: How long before the biggest new musical act of 2024 is Travis and Taylor (you fill in the last names).

Question 4: At what point do Detroit Lion fans stop pointing at L.A. and saying, “We told you so!”

Question 5:  Can Tom Brady be content to sit in the broadcaster’s booth or will be pull a “Roy Kent” from “Ted Lasso” and rip off his microphone and offer to play for whichever team is willing to pay him the league minimum … plus a percentage of ticket sales?

Question 6: LeBron James may be nearing the end of his NBA career .. but would he consider being a tight end in the NFL? Can you imagine trying to defend him in the end zone?