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Good morning! Embrace hope today.

We are just over 24 hours from the start of NFL football. It is an oasis of optimism. Your team hasn’t lost yet. Everything is possible. The Saints could technically win the Super Bowl this year. You can’t prove me wrong.  Today, we published our annual NFL Hope-O-Meter, which measures how optimistic or pessimistic each fan base is, featuring quotes from respondents. My favorites:  1. Broncos (98.7 percent...

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