On our editorial page Sunday, we revisited some of the issues facing the NFL.
Yes, the NFL is facing some serious problems. Ratings are down. So is attendance in some towns. There is a serious issues with concussion and the effect of all those hits the players endure. And, how could be forget, there is this ongoing National Anthem thing.
Of course, you will have to pardon some of us in Philly if we have trouble talking about those things this morning.
All of that is before the Eagles flew 3,000 miles to play a home game in Los Angeles.
We should have had some indication how this game was going to go when we learned the game actually was being played in a town called Carson.
Yep, our kind of town.
The StubHub Arena where the Chargers - newly replanted after abandoning their longtime roots in San Diego - holds maybe 20,000 fans.
It seemed like 15,000 of them were wearing Eagles jerseys.
Eagles players were actually exhorting the crowd as if they were playing at the Linc.
Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers seemed unnerved by the turn of events.
All of which - at least for a few hours - seemed to put the game's focus where it belongs - on the field.
Not before the game. Not during the National Anthem.
But don't expect those issues to go away anytime soon.
You can read our editorial here.
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