When NFL Season Opens, It’s Open Season on T.J.

T.J. Simers is a moron. More to the point, he’s a nattering nabob of negativism.

His Sept. 14 column about the Bronco-Dolphin game, written in the guise of an article, shows an amazing ability to miss the point, by a mile.

Yes, Elway is gone and Denver probably won’t win a Super Bowl this year. But to act as if the Denver world has come to an end because the Broncos lost to the Dolphins in the opening game, with a rookie quarterback at the helm, is asinine.

Don’t give the eulogy, celebrate the fact that a poised but probably scared youngster threw for three touchdowns and no interceptions in his first game. Elway’s career did not start that way. If you knew anything about football, you would know that Elway had a rough start in his first year.

Unless you’re writing about Ryan Leaf, try to keep your negative opinions to yourself.

ROBERT GAUSTAD

Venice

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I have been very discouraged while reading your NFL reports. The fact that T.J. Simers picks the Chargers as the worst team in the NFL is absolutely ridiculous. The unwillingness of Simers to admit that the Chargers will be a semi-decent team proves that he (and other numerous L.A. sports editors) are incompetent to produce a sports page without a barrage of wild predictions and totally biased views. Or maybe T.J. is so upset that San Diego still has its team that his anger clouds his ability to make a good judgment about how good the Chargers really are.

JEFF SPEIGHTS

San Diego

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T.J. Simers, I have tried to read your NFL column for many years. Most of the time, I can’t seem to finish the whole article. With all due respect, I find your approach to sportswriting a bit immature. I realize that a newspaper column is supposed to be entertaining, but high-school-level sarcasm does not become a professional writer and is insulting to educated readers. Can you please leave your personal agenda off the sports page?

JARROD COX

Costa Mesa