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Underrated aspect of the NFL doing so poorly is parity. When you can't predict who's gonna be good, it's hard to schedule good games in primetime slots.
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Who thought the Bears would be good this year?

Other than that they have the good teams on MNF and SNF

TNF doesn't count cause everyone gets a game
 

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horrible product. Just plain horrible

Used to clear my Sundays just to watch. Haven't purchased Sunday Ticket in years and have no issue with going out on Sundays. The product is trash. The commish is trash and the players treated like trash (outside of QB's) Sports is entertainment and Goodell either doesn't understand that or doesn't care. Either way it makes him an idiot.
 
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Nobody gives a fukk about the Jags and the Titans and all this bullshyt and the quality of play this year has been WOAT. That Sunday Night game that ended in a 6-6 tie :dead:

That wasn't good defense. That was piss poor play.
 

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Used to clear my Sundays just to watch. Haven't purchased Sunday Ticket in years and have no issue with going out on Sundays. The product is trash. The commish is trash and the players treated like trash (outside of QB's) Sports is entertainment and Goodell either doesn't understand that or doesn't care. Either way it makes him an idiot.
I've never seen someone of so little accomplishment rise to a position like this before. No pedigree whatsoever. He looks like a figurehead with idiots around him. No vision at all. Once again, I'm not watching Thursday Night Football.
 

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I would like to see the days of a player run all the way to the middle of the field and slam the football on the team logo after a touchdown :ohlawd:
I wish but these players would get fined so hard they won't even think about doing that again :francis:

These players can't even sneeze without getting fined now
 

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Underrated aspect of the NFL doing so poorly is parity. When you can't predict who's gonna be good, it's hard to schedule good games in primetime slots.

Nah


Who thought the Bears would be good this year?

Other than that they have the good teams on MNF and SNF

TNF doesn't count cause everyone gets a game

Yup I agree, the salary cap has made things worse. People want to see the Bears, Cowboys, Eagles, NY Teams, LA Rams, Redskins, Pats. SF 49ers/Oakland. Only small market teams people want to see Are the packers and steelers.


Super teams like @cornercommission2k12 said, and bringing back the run game would help things immensely.
horrible product. Just plain horrible
Used to clear my Sundays just to watch. Haven't purchased Sunday Ticket in years and have no issue with going out on Sundays. The product is trash. The commish is trash and the players treated like trash (outside of QB's) Sports is entertainment and Goodell either doesn't understand that or doesn't care. Either way it makes him an idiot.

Thursday night games cause injuries and can impact the playoffs negatively.
 

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I understand why some (cacs) would say that but the NFL's problems are far more institutional than one guy's actions. This is clearly an attempt to dump blame on Kaep. Now...whether the NFL is behind this or whether they can be honest about what's going on is another issue. We'll see.

The problem is that the NFL is rarely an entertaining, great watch. Most prime time games are BAD and feature no star players. Who is interested in Jacksonville v Tennessee tonight?
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The problems:

1. Bad product

Games are slow, sloppy, constantly stopped by petty flags that don't even impact the play, etc. Think about how much HIGH QUALITY entertainment the average person has at their finger tips today. A couple flicks of your finger and you have access to whatever movie or tv show you want to stream. With that in mind is it shocking that people would rather watch three eps of a show than watch a game that you know will be low scoring, have bad QB play, and be too long??

As I said they need to cut the snap count clock by 10 seconds. That alone would get rid of the lax pace most games have.

Also it's time to get rid of shytty penalties. How many times does a minor case of "hands to the face" erase a good play on the other side of the field? I'm so tired of that shyt man.

2. Over saturation

NFL football used to be an event you looked forward to. All day Sunday, and then MNF which gave you a reason to hit the bar after work or school on a week day. Two days a week. TNF is trash and throws everything off. It's bad for player health, bad for scheduling, and above all never feels like an EVENT. Therefore it devalues the product. On Thursday night I'm more likely gonna be watching a movie or show than watching football. In fact I watched 5min of the last one since I'm a Lions fan and it was a NFC North showdown (GB v CHI) but outside of that I've skipped them all except the opening TNF game.

3. No Fun League

Dunno if yall agree but I'm tired of the league turning games into some corporate super professional affair. Let guys CELEBRATE and have FUN. If it's something out of line (sexual/violent/etc) then sure fine them the day after. But let guys do their thing. And if they want to wear custom shoes or whatever let them do that too.
Don't forget Fantasy Football too. Now that a lot of states have banned it due to not being regulated a lot of people stopped watching it altogether.
The main reason the product is bad is b/c of the CBA that restricts players from spending so much valuable time actually learning their positions. The amount of horrible teams makes the shyt almost unbearable to watch.
The NFL got way too greedy and now its coming back to bite them big time. The rules have been changed in favor of the offense but even that has backfired and we're left with check down QBs. No celebrations, penalties on every play, whats a catch and not a catch, and their constant failure at handing out punishment...its just not even worth watching much anymore besides a handful of teams.
 
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I've never seen someone of so little accomplishment rise to a position like this before. No pedigree whatsoever. He looks like a figurehead with idiots around him. No vision at all. Once again, I'm not watching Thursday Night Football.
Somebody is gonna write a great book about his era
 

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I know that but how do we define greatness? Julio Jones for example, he's great but he doesn't really stand out. What is he missing? Is it just wins?



Because the NFL and ESPN don't talk about the other positions. It's always Aaron Rodgers and the packers or some dumb shyt. I thought teams were above stars in the NFL but they only promote the quarter backs. Now you can't sit and develop QBs anymore so you have shytty QBs everywhere. 2011 draft class flopped and rg3 and luck haven't lived up the hype. No Brett, no Manning..don't know what they will do after Brady retires

Even the British cover this game better than the NFL Network. They talk about all the positions and break shyt down
 

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Somebody is gonna write a great book about his era
The dirt it will dig up :wow:. Such an inept figurehead that's done so little good for the league while doing so much damage to its image. I didn't think we would see a worse one than Gary Bettman, but goodell has to be a mole planted by David stern or someone like that.
 

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I've never seen someone of so little accomplishment rise to a position like this before. No pedigree whatsoever. He looks like a figurehead with idiots around him. No vision at all. Once again, I'm not watching Thursday Night Football.

I think his vision is to increase Revenue at all cost. Which is crazy because you already have enough money for everyone to be happy and you reach the point of diminishing returns.

But, Banning Group celebrations,fining players for not wearing white or black cleats, charging the government for those Army Dad surprises, All of the over punishing fukkery.

Its like Gooddell is trying to make good on the No Fun League Moniker
 
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