Most sports observers have learned that it's usually a bad idea to spout definitive platitudes, because we've all been proven wrong likely more than once. For instance, saying team X, franchise Y or athlete Z will never win a championship, ostensibly because they've never done so before, has historically graded out as a fool's errand.

New head coach Ben Johnson’s first home game against the rival Packers will fall on a Saturday. And his first look at the defending Super Bowl champions will happen Black Friday.