Welcome back to another edition of Dear Abbey. We put the mailbag on hiatus as the NHL season started while we covered other things, but it's back. It's been an eventful few weeks in hockey.
The NFL playoffs are still a few months out, but it's already becoming clear which potential participants are flawed. Some teams appear poised for a postseason run but are still one or two pieces short of becoming a high-end Super Bowl contender.
The National Football League can be an enigma at times. It's unquestionably a star-driven league in which big-name players pack stadiums, drive merchandise sales and add a little humor to insurance ads.