Vote for Chester, Jacoby and David, you stupid fucks

The NFL is, once again, doing that "My Super Ad" thing, where fans vote on a player's story to be featured in an ad during the Super Bowl. You might remember Ephraim Salaam's winning ad from last year, the ballad of Chester Pitts.

Anyways, the AFC voting is up. And most of the videos aren't very good. Part of the problem is that several are from guys like Brady Quinn and Darren McFadden - high profile players. The cool thing about last year's ad was that it was about a guy who - if you're not a Texans fan - you haven't heard of. It's a neat story about the NFL's "working class" - the players who make up the vast majority of rosters in the NFL.

Three of the five AFC South videos are from Texans: Chester Pitts, Jacoby Jones, and David Anderson. Pitts tells a story about confusing Carson Palmer and his brother (it's not that great, actually, but it's a Texan's story, dammit). Jacoby talks about his mom and punt returns. David Anderson recalls his string dance. I'm rather fond of Anderson's story - mostly because that highlight cracks me up every time I see it. But probably the best one is from Joe Zelenka, long snapper for the Jaguars.

Actually, there are four long snappers with videos submitted. That's crazy. But they're good subjects for the concept - few fans know who is the long snapper on their own team (Pittman won't fight the suspension, by the way, which seems like a mistake. On the other hand, he probably could use the time off. His snaps have been awful lately.), so a story about a long snapper's rise to the NFL is going to be new. More to the point, I think we can better empathize with guys like Zelenka, Anderson, and Jones (hell, even Pitts. Offensive linemen are usually so low-key that there's not that much difference between them and the LS). They're like us. They just really want to play in the NFL (though, obviously the NFL minimum salary doesn't hurt, either).

Anyways, here's hoping that the Texans can get another ad in the Superbowl. It's probably the closest they'll come in a while.