I'm not sure what this would look like on the Vegas line

My and Travis's new hobby: Imagining what an NFL game would be like if the teams WERE the mascots.

It started with last Sunday's Colts season-opener against the Bears.

Travis, what if this game was actual colts versus actual bears? Who do you think would win?

 Well, mom, that depends on whether or not they knew how to play football.

Okay, let's pretend that it was actual colts versus actual bears that all know how to play football. 

Bears can run about 30 miles per hour. How fast do you think colts can run?

 [I trust him when he says this stuff. His mind is a steel trap for random animal facts.]

Let's look it up. It looks like....anywhere between 40 to 55 miles per hour, as long as they are only running for short distances.

Okay, so the colts would probably be faster than the bears. But I think the bears would be able to throw the ball easier. 

That's true. So it may depend on whether they are trying for a running game or a passing game. Who do you think would be better on defense? 

Umm... probably the bears. They fight a lot. But if the colts are faster than maybe it won't matter. 

That's a good point. And I wonder if the bears would get distracted quicker, and run into the stands and start eating the people. 

And the colts would stay on the field, because they like to eat grass!!

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In the end, we decided the colts would pull off an unlikely victory against the bears, given their speed and intellect, and the bears' likely propensity to dine on the spectators rather than play a stupid football game.

As we were watching the real Colts game (which unfortunately did NOT work out in the way our make-believe one did), Travis came up to me and said:

Mom, I saw a commercial for the Eagles vs Cowboys game. Who do you think would win that one? 

Oooh, good question. What do you think? 

Well, eagles can fly, which would be a big help to them because it would be so hard for the cowboys to catch them. 

You're right. That's a pretty clear advantage. But cowboys normally have guns, right? 

Yeah, but I think it's pretty hard to shoot birds. They probably wouldn't be able to do it very well. The cowboys might be able to use their lassos to catch the eagles, but I bet the eagles would be able to fly faster and get away from them. I think the eagles would definitely win. 

Agreed.

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I can see this becoming a Sunday tradition.