Sunday Confessional: Get Your Jersey On!

I have a confession to make. I have a few actually. So here is my first in a series of confessions.

There are some people think it is white trash to wear sports jerseys. Some people think it is okay to wear them ONLY at games. I am not one of those guys. I am a big NFL fan and I admit that I have a ton of jerseys. Most of them I have worn out in public. Now bear in mind, I only wear them during the NFL season. And I am picky about which ones I wear and on what day. If one of my teams is playing, I will be wearing a jersey. And usually under that I have some sort of team shirt on too. And if it is cold, I have a sweater or jacket with the team logo on it. Every Sunday, even if I am going to church, I have either a jersey or team shirt under my suit. No one can see it, only I know it is there. And yes, there is football on today and I am wearing a jersey while writing this. But I will take it off when for family pictures this afternoon.


Logan and I snuggling watching football. Notice the team blankets? I have a Jets one on and there is a Ravens one next to it.

Am I superstitious? A little bit, even though it doesn't really work anyway. My teams rarely have success unfortunately. But I will do my best by supporting my team by wearing their colors and jerseys proudly! So how many jerseys do I have? You might be surprised. The New York Jets are my favorite team followed by the Green Bay Packers, Baltimore Ravens and the Kansas City Chiefs. The Jets and Ravens I will follow no matter what. The Chiefs and Packers were all about players that played on their teams. Sterling Sharpe and Brett Favre were my favorite Packer players but I will not support the Packers again until Favre officially retires. I guess that means until he dies. Tony Gonzales and the great Joe Montana made me Chief fans and even though they are not there anymore, I still vote for them. I really mostly like the Chiefs because of my dislike of the Broncos. So believe it or not, here is a list of jerseys that I own:

NY JETS: #19 Keyshawn Johnson (bought this in New York)
NY JETS: #7 Boomer Esiason
NY JETS: #28 Curtis Martin
NY JETS: #51 Jonathon Vilma (I still like Vilma but since he left for the Saints I removed his nameplate so I have a blank #51. I also got this for free for entering a sweepstakes on Amazon)
NY JETS: #4 Brett Favre (white away jersey)

GB PACKERS: #4 Brett Favre (home jersey)
GB PACKERS: #4 Brett Favre (yellow alternate jersey)
GB PACKERS: #84 Sterling Sharpe (favorite wide receiver)
I also have an official Cheese-head that my mom's friend got for me when she visited Green Bay on a business trip. She carried it on her lap the whole flight home. Thanks Julie!

BALTIMORE RAVENS: #52 Ray Lewis (I got this jersey the year before they went to the SuperBowl)

KC CHIEFS: #89 Andre Rison (I liked Rison and it was only $20)
KC CHIEFS: #19 Joe Montana (why I became a Chiefs fan)

I used to get a new jersey every other football season but they have gotten ridiculously pricey. They used to be around $45 for a replica now they are close to $90! There are a few more retro jerseys I would love to have and I will browse eBay every once in awhile looking for some. Now I am more interested in getting some more shirts. I would love some socks too, they look so comfortable.


And I have passed this tradition on to my son Logan very early in life. We watched out first Jets game (we beat the Pats) just a few hours after his birth.


He actually wanted to wear it for this picture and who am I to complain?


I am such a proud poppa!