Have you lost interest in the NFL?
- Thread starter WesCrook
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When Gruden/Cousins are gone, I might care again... probably not
El Poyo Loco
Akrassikauda = Black Scorpion
You mutherfukkers are the reason the league went to arena football rules
Wrong.
Peyton and Harvin Marrison bytching about the Patriots DB's not letting the wr catch the ball started it, Brady tearing his acl finished it everything else is just sprinkles on a sundae
resurrection
By Way of Deception, Thou Shalt Do War
Nah I still love the game of football, but the quality of the product has declined. Every incomplete pass, I'm waiting for the PI/def. holding/illegal contact. Every big offensive play I'm waiting for the holding. Every big hit I'm waiting for the personal foul. It takes the fun out of the game when you can't get excited about anything until you know for sure the flag isn't coming out. Also - increasingly, as enforcement of the rules changes like this, teams are more and more forced into similar styles of play. With the NFL I grew up with (90s, even into 2000s), different teams had different identities and styles. You had fun n gun, west coast offenses, ground and pound teams, all sorts of different types of offenses. Now you pretty much have to play a certain way or you'll be trash. You can't tell teams apart if not for the uniforms and obvious disparity in ability of players.
That being said, the amount of actually watching games for me is about the same as it's always been, smh. Steelers games are must-watch unless I'm on vacation or have some special plans, then I'll find a way to watch later if we win, or not even bother if we lose. Other games I will only watch if I don't have any other plans, or if I'm already at a bar or something, but I'm not building my day around random NFL games.
One thing I may do is spend a fall Saturday at a bar watching college games. Penn State games are the same as Steelers games for me - must-watch unless I'm on vacation or have other special plans, but I'm much more annoyed if I have to miss a PSU game than I am for a Steelers game. I'm also much more likely to watch other college games because, well, the product is better. There are less flags interrupting the games, just overall better enforcement of the rules, more diversity in styles of play among the different teams, etc. If the on-field product for the NFL looked like it did in college (except of course with NFL-caliber players and coaches), it would be the best thing going. I understand head trauma and all that - but college football has its own way of dealing with that problem that I think is a better deterrent, and more efficient for the flow of the game. They don't just flag every hard hit just to be safe. They flag only the obvious head trauma, review it to be sure, then throw the guy out if he was targeting. It's a great deterrent, and this approach would improve the NFL product so much rather than just flagging every hard hit and fukking up the game.
That being said, the amount of actually watching games for me is about the same as it's always been, smh. Steelers games are must-watch unless I'm on vacation or have some special plans, then I'll find a way to watch later if we win, or not even bother if we lose. Other games I will only watch if I don't have any other plans, or if I'm already at a bar or something, but I'm not building my day around random NFL games.
One thing I may do is spend a fall Saturday at a bar watching college games. Penn State games are the same as Steelers games for me - must-watch unless I'm on vacation or have other special plans, but I'm much more annoyed if I have to miss a PSU game than I am for a Steelers game. I'm also much more likely to watch other college games because, well, the product is better. There are less flags interrupting the games, just overall better enforcement of the rules, more diversity in styles of play among the different teams, etc. If the on-field product for the NFL looked like it did in college (except of course with NFL-caliber players and coaches), it would be the best thing going. I understand head trauma and all that - but college football has its own way of dealing with that problem that I think is a better deterrent, and more efficient for the flow of the game. They don't just flag every hard hit just to be safe. They flag only the obvious head trauma, review it to be sure, then throw the guy out if he was targeting. It's a great deterrent, and this approach would improve the NFL product so much rather than just flagging every hard hit and fukking up the game.
charknicks
All Star
I feel you. I was waiting for my Giants game Sunday, but fell asleep before kickoff. Woke up 3rd quarter, and was like 
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Not really excited for this season overall.
.Not really excited for this season overall.
fukk No!
I always watch a Raiders game, never miss one if i can. I'm excited for football now as I was during the Jamarcus years, the love for the game will never fade for me.
I will watch other games that I got money or fantasy football on and Ill still be into it.
I'm the exact opposite of most everyone saying as they got older, they lost interest. shyt, im watching highlights analysis, Good Morning Football, every morning now. Every chance I get is on football now until the Super Bowl. I'm happy as fukk right now.
I always watch a Raiders game, never miss one if i can. I'm excited for football now as I was during the Jamarcus years, the love for the game will never fade for me.
I will watch other games that I got money or fantasy football on and Ill still be into it.
I'm the exact opposite of most everyone saying as they got older, they lost interest. shyt, im watching highlights analysis, Good Morning Football, every morning now. Every chance I get is on football now until the Super Bowl. I'm happy as fukk right now.
charknicks
All Star
THIS. I am more then tired of receivers looking for flags on every throw like soccer players. This and the overuse of replays (and getting them wrong, like the Eagles/Redskins 4th qtr fumble), or underuse (Seahawks' Jeremy Lane thrown out for a non-punch). There is NO flow to the games anymore.
Rocket Scientist
Superstar
Chargers-Broncos, Falcons-Bears were only good games rest were ehhh. First few weeks of football aren't as exciting when games start meaning more that's when it gets good.Its like college football If it isn't big game or big name there is no interest.
resurrection
By Way of Deception, Thou Shalt Do War
Yep exactly. If all those defensive secondary penalties were only called when they actually influenced the outcome of the play, the game would be better. If PI was flat 15 instead of a spot foul, the game would be better. If offensive holding were only called when it influenced the outcome of the play, the game would be better. If personal fouls were only called when egregious and intentional, or obvious blows to the head, the game would be better. If targeting the head/neck got a player ejected from the game, there'd be less of those hits, and less of those flags, and the games would be better. Basically, if the rules were enforced like college, it would actually feel like the players on the field were deciding the game. Instead, it just feels like the refs are deciding it and that is a garbage feeling as a fan.
This is the straight up truth.
Yea my interest has faded, the only time I'll really sit down and stay glued to the TV is during the divisional and conference championship weekend, SB Sunday is usually a letdown compared to those two weekends imo. Other than that I just put the red zone channel on as background noise during the regular season, I dont really pay attention to the games too tough. Between the lack of good QB play and how the rule changes have dumb downed the game the NFL doesn't really interest me. Plus let's be honest, unless you got the NFL Ticket the Sunday schedule of games is usually ass anyway.
VegetasHairline
Veteran
StraightTNF
Its overkill
I was saying to my pops the other day that I don't think there's been a good Thursday Night Football game since they stated this.
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im pretty young, im in college right now and i work part time. back in high school i used to watch all the games on a sunday almost all the time. early on in college i kept up with it a lot too, because they would show games in the dining rooms.
now i dont follow it nearly as much. part of it is that im busier, but i think the appeal of the league has dropped off for me over the last two years. ive also started following college ball more, and if i go out on a saturday those are the games i check in for the scorelines. dont really check for the nfl like that.
now i dont follow it nearly as much. part of it is that im busier, but i think the appeal of the league has dropped off for me over the last two years. ive also started following college ball more, and if i go out on a saturday those are the games i check in for the scorelines. dont really check for the nfl like that.