Between the full programme of football and all the hurling, there wasn't much time to argue the merits of the proposals arising from Congress on League Sunday last weekend.
Personally, I like the make-up of the latest version of the Football Review Committee - anything with Jim Gavin in a senior role is bound to do good - but I'd be wary of dumping a load of new rule changes down on the sport.
From my perspective, if the FRC get rid of the attacking mark, then it will have been worth it. It's a farce of a rule and has been since it was introduced. In recent weeks, we've seen it showcased again for the nonsense that it is.
Niall Morgan gave an almost directly lateral pass to Conn Kilpatrick in the dying minutes against Galway - a mark and score. The Dubs - in an otherwise explosive performance - took a handy mark at a rare dicey moment midway through the second half to keep Kerry at arm's length.
The midfield mark? Grand. That's fine. In truth, we don't have enough of those aerial contests from kickouts for it to matter any more. But the attacking mark? It has to go.
It adds nothing to the game, either from an attacking or a defensive standpoint. I've never heard one positive sentiment expressed by any player on that rule.
Nonetheless, I'd be reassured by the composition of the committee. Alongside Gavin, you've the likes of James Horan, Eamonn Fitzmaurice and Malachy O'Rourke, all of whom understand the modern game and how it's evolved. Crucially, they're all 'current' and won't be too swayed by misplaced nostalgia.
I'm also enthused by the noises from Jarlath Burns, who sounds like he'll be a proactive and energetic president.
On to more immediate matters, the Rossies are coming to Castlebar with a bounce in their step; always a dangerous prospect.
The memory of last year's Connacht championship game in MacHale Park will loom large. They hit Mayo with a massive sucker punch seven days after the league triumph, and took absolute glee in doing so.
It wasn't a one-off either. They turned us over in James Horan's first year back in 2019, on their way to a third Connacht championship that decade.
In fact, in my time playing, they won the same number of Connacht titles as Galway, though there was always a perception that they were the No. 3 team in the province.
For that reason, there was always a keen respect for Roscommon in the Mayo dressing room and in the threats they posed - in the latter years of my career at least. Pre-2017, it might not have been there to the same extent.
In the quarter-final that year, there was an assumption that we were going to steamroll them. While we eventually did in the replay, we were blessed to get out with a draw the first day, after being hit with two goals in the first 10 minutes.
Croke Park shook after those two hit the net and the atmosphere was fairly feral. Andy Moran shipped some heavy booing off their supporters.
In Westport, the Roscommon rivalry wouldn't be front and centre of our minds often, but where Andy is, over in Ballaghaderreen, it gets pretty feisty.
Naturally, Andy hates Roscommon. He'd make no bones about that. Absolutely hates them.
Maybe I should caveat that and describe it as a 'healthy hate', if you can imagine such a thing. Among players themselves, there's respect. But the games have a real needle to them. That wouldn't be anything new with Roscommon, who pride themselves on bringing real aggression to games against Mayo and Galway.
It's a different feel to playing Roscommon than it is to playing Galway. It's a historic rivalry with Galway, which means it will likely always be the primary derby game in the west.
But over the last seven or eight years, there's been a real niggle and bite to the games against Roscommon. I reckon they have a firm belief that they are close to being the best team in Connacht - and there's no reason why they shouldn't, given the calibre of forwards there.
Roscommon are taking on a Mayo side who have some issues
Monaghan were atrocious in the Hyde last Sunday - they look doomed - but Roscommon did their business well. As is the norm, Enda Smith was superb, carrying on his All-Star form from last year and Daire Cregg kicked five points.
They're taking on a Mayo side, who have some issues.
The alarming second half in Omagh flagged up a few problems. Firstly, I thought too many changes were made to the team. Michael Plunkett hadn't played since '22, it was Matthew Ruane's first game back, Stephen Coen and Cillian O'Connor got their first starts.
There were eight in total from the Kerry game the week before. While it's important to give the lads game-time, I think it would have helped if the changes weren't made in such a wholesale fashion. That would have made it easier for the new lads to bed in as well.
A deeper issue is that Mayo's attack is still malfunctioning, in my view. It's a perennial problem. We like our prototypes down there, our running wing-backs in the mold of Paddy Durcan.
I wonder does our devotion to running the ball from deep starve our forwards inside, who then don't get enough supply to do consistent damage.
Certainly, we're not creating enough goal chances. We did hit the net twice against a Galway team, who weren't switched on in Salthill. The goal against Dublin came from a point attempt which dropped short. In Omagh, we got a goal through a fortuitous penalty. In Tralee, I don't think we even created a goal chance, let alone score one.
I know McStay is keen to develop and fine-tune Mayo's attacking game. We're waiting to see real evidence of that yet.
Lastly, the Derry-Dublin game should tell a lot. You definitely got the impression that Dublin roused themselves in the past fortnight in response to criticism at the start. (Now that they're being fawned over once more, they could go back to phoning it in for the remainder of the league...)
I think it's a classic sign of a team that's bored. On Saturday last, I reckon they just wanted to give Kerry an ass-whooping to make a statement.
I wasn't blown away by Derry against Galway last Sunday - I thought the black cards killed the game as a contest at a time when Galway had got back in the game.
Still they have been the form team in the country and the visit of Dessie Farrell's crew will be a fascinating match-up.
The way things are trending, I suspect it could be a forerunner of the league final at the start of April.
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