| NFL is back. 18:24 - Sep 11 with 2803 views | Gwyn737 |
Anyone on here into it? |  | | |  |
| NFL is back. on 18:57 - Sep 11 with 1911 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
I would be but it’s too slow. The problem with a lot of these American sports is they’re essentially designed to fit in as many commercial breaks as physically possible. |  |
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| NFL is back. on 20:00 - Sep 11 with 1886 views | onehunglow |
Like baseball,painfully tedious . | |
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| NFL is back. on 20:15 - Sep 11 with 1878 views | felixstowe_jack |
| NFL is back. on 20:00 - Sep 11 by onehunglow |
Like baseball,painfully tedious . |
An hour of action that takes about 4 hours to complete. If you are lucky you might get 10 seconds of continuous play.
Never understood why they call it football either. | |
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| NFL is back. on 20:16 - Sep 11 with 1877 views | majorraglan |
Used to watch the highlight shows but lost interest years ago. I’ve previously been to a couple of the London games and got bored stiff very quickly on account of the stop start nature of the game. Baseball is the same, I went to a Red Sox game in Boston a few years ago and was bored after a while. I’ve not seen an NHL game and don’t fancy basketball.
I bet the Americans have similar views on our main sports, Rugby can be boring as can football if you catch a bad game. | | | |
| NFL is back. on 20:21 - Sep 11 with 1869 views | Treforys_Jack |
Tried a few times to get into it but just can't. |  | | |
| NFL is back. on 20:33 - Sep 11 with 1863 views | Gwyn737 |
I should have titled the thread ‘Anyone not like NFL!’ 🤣 | | | |
| NFL is back. on 21:51 - Sep 11 with 1843 views | Scotia |
I love it.
My team are the seahawks, who will probably be the worst team in the entire Nfl this season.
The players are incredible athletes, if these lads started playing rugby the rest of the world may as well forget about it. | | | |
| NFL is back. on 06:51 - Sep 12 with 1809 views | felixstowe_jack |
| NFL is back. on 21:51 - Sep 11 by Scotia |
I love it.
My team are the seahawks, who will probably be the worst team in the entire Nfl this season.
The players are incredible athletes, if these lads started playing rugby the rest of the world may as well forget about it. |
I doubt they would last 5 minutes playing proper Rugby without their suits of armour. | |
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| NFL is back. on 08:31 - Sep 12 with 1789 views | onehunglow |
| NFL is back. on 06:51 - Sep 12 by felixstowe_jack |
I doubt they would last 5 minutes playing proper Rugby without their suits of armour. |
None would last in Rugby League mainly as the ball is in play all game.
To me they are pumped up junkies and the crowd simply doing what Yanks tends to do-whooping over the absolutely mundane.
Each to his own though [Post edited 12 Sep 2022 8:33]
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| NFL is back. on 11:00 - Sep 12 with 1760 views | Gwyn737 |
| NFL is back. on 21:51 - Sep 11 by Scotia |
I love it.
My team are the seahawks, who will probably be the worst team in the entire Nfl this season.
The players are incredible athletes, if these lads started playing rugby the rest of the world may as well forget about it. |
Cardinals for me.
I still reckon I only understand about a quarter of what's going on, but I find everything that goes around it facinating (the draft, the college system, the preciseness of the athletes etc.)
Still my third favouite sport behind football and rugby but I'm in awe of the athletes.
There's a lot of talk of players who don't quite make it dropping in to rugby. If they get it right it'll revolutionise the game in the States and worldwide.
I used to buy into the rugby with pads narrative, but when you get into it you learn how hard a sport it is - absolutley brutal. [Post edited 12 Sep 2022 11:03]
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| NFL is back. on 11:18 - Sep 12 with 1740 views | Dr_Winston |
There is no doubt that NFL players could easily transition to playing Rugbys Union or League. They're just as big, just as strong and just as fast.
However, I find it hard to believe given the recent and regular reveals about the damage done to the brains and bodies of players as a consequence of the hard hitting style of Rugby (and indeed NFL) that people are still selling the macho bullsh*t about Rugby players being "harder" than participants in other sports.
NFL players hit harder because of the gear and still suffer lifelong issues as a result. [Post edited 12 Sep 2022 11:21]
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| NFL is back. on 11:30 - Sep 12 with 1713 views | jruss |
If the NFL played without player protection the season would be cancelled within weeks as everyone would be injured. It's not the same as rugby. You don't have to arm tackle. You can blind side hit someone and the regular stops mean the pace of each play is as vicious as the previous one. Many red card offences in rugby would be legal in the NFL. | | | |
| NFL is back. on 12:09 - Sep 12 with 1704 views | Whiterockin |
I used to watch it when it was on channel 4 on a Monday evening. Back in those days there were not the same options to watch sport on TV as there is now. At the time I enjoyed it, now with more choice it is something I seldom watch. |  | | |
| NFL is back. on 14:05 - Sep 12 with 1659 views | Scotia |
| NFL is back. on 11:30 - Sep 12 by jruss |
If the NFL played without player protection the season would be cancelled within weeks as everyone would be injured. It's not the same as rugby. You don't have to arm tackle. You can blind side hit someone and the regular stops mean the pace of each play is as vicious as the previous one. Many red card offences in rugby would be legal in the NFL. |
I've played Rugby union against an American team consisting largely of ex football players. They smashed people left, right and centre but often injured themselves from the impact. | | | |
| NFL is back. on 15:56 - Sep 12 with 1640 views | Best_loser |
Half time is the best part if that's what its called |  | | |
| NFL is back. on 05:21 - Sep 13 with 1570 views | yatesie3 |
Yes. It's great to see it back.
Some good games this weekend and not long until the London games. Been going there a few years now too it's a class weekend.
My team was good but last few years have been rubbish lol | | | |
| NFL is back. on 14:32 - Sep 13 with 1516 views | shandyjack |
Colts fan here, missing the kick in OT really sucks.
But the Bengals/Steelers game from last 2 mins of 4th Qr t and through OT was edge of the seat stuff and thrilling throughout.
REDZONE is fascinating, just like the BT Show during Champions League. Would love a similar show on a saturday for PL and championship but it would never happen. |  |
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| NFL is back. on 15:01 - Sep 13 with 1509 views | Scotia |
| NFL is back. on 14:32 - Sep 13 by shandyjack |
Colts fan here, missing the kick in OT really sucks.
But the Bengals/Steelers game from last 2 mins of 4th Qr t and through OT was edge of the seat stuff and thrilling throughout.
REDZONE is fascinating, just like the BT Show during Champions League. Would love a similar show on a saturday for PL and championship but it would never happen. |
Redzone is great. A massive improvement on Soccer Saturday.
I get those that don't like it, it sort of clicked for me after watching a numpties guide to the rules. I still don't know what'd going on a lot of the time though.
Somehow the Seahawks hung on to a win last night, I suspect down to home advantage. 49ers up next. | | | |
| NFL is back. on 15:11 - Sep 13 with 1503 views | Flashberryjack |
I'd rather paint the shed (even if it didn't need painting) |  |
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| NFL is back. on 16:15 - Sep 13 with 1491 views | BarrySwan |
| NFL is back. on 06:51 - Sep 12 by felixstowe_jack |
I doubt they would last 5 minutes playing proper Rugby without their suits of armour. |
I played rugby in America for the local town and college team and it was probably more physical and ferocious than in the 37 seasons that I played over here so any notion that Americans are a bunch of softies can be immediately discounted.
Although to be fair the rugby players ( many of whom were ex American football players ) were also of the opinion that the football players there wouldn't last 10 minutes on a rugby pitch.
The whole of Wisconsin where I was supports the Green Bay Packers which of course is based in a smallish by American standards town of around the 100,000 mark and the Packers are share owned by the local community rather than rich owners in fact no individual shareholder is allowed to own more than about 4% to 5% percent of the shares from memory.
When I was over there playing rugby I used to enjoy wathching the local college and high school sides and keep an eye on the Packers for obvious reasons but could never watch the NFL now other than on brief highlight shows due to the never ending breaks. [Post edited 13 Sep 2022 16:18]
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| NFL is back. on 16:23 - Sep 13 with 1479 views | Tummer_from_Texas |
American College Football is so much better than the NFL - obviously not the talent level, but for so many other reasons.
The noisier atmospheres, several games every week with crowds of 100K+ (which you don't see in the NFL, where the largest stadium holds less than 83K), the fact that most of the players are from the general region of the country they represent...
But most of all, the pure hate between the fan bases, especially arch rivals like Texas/Oklahoma.
From that last aspect, it's the closest thing we've got in America to the atmosphere for something like the South Wales Derby. |  |
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| NFL is back. on 16:42 - Sep 13 with 1473 views | onehunglow |
| NFL is back. on 16:15 - Sep 13 by BarrySwan |
I played rugby in America for the local town and college team and it was probably more physical and ferocious than in the 37 seasons that I played over here so any notion that Americans are a bunch of softies can be immediately discounted.
Although to be fair the rugby players ( many of whom were ex American football players ) were also of the opinion that the football players there wouldn't last 10 minutes on a rugby pitch.
The whole of Wisconsin where I was supports the Green Bay Packers which of course is based in a smallish by American standards town of around the 100,000 mark and the Packers are share owned by the local community rather than rich owners in fact no individual shareholder is allowed to own more than about 4% to 5% percent of the shares from memory.
When I was over there playing rugby I used to enjoy wathching the local college and high school sides and keep an eye on the Packers for obvious reasons but could never watch the NFL now other than on brief highlight shows due to the never ending breaks. [Post edited 13 Sep 2022 16:18]
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Interesting stuff K.
It’s a cold place in Green Bay on January ain’t it | |
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| NFL is back. on 16:53 - Sep 13 with 1469 views | BarrySwan |
| NFL is back. on 16:42 - Sep 13 by onehunglow |
Interesting stuff K.
It’s a cold place in Green Bay on January ain’t it |
It's a touch nippy from late September onwards to be honest.
I remember involuntary tears running down my face because my skin hurt so much as I walked down the street in -40 degree wind chill temps, and in the car parks there were little posts with an electrical point in each parking place that you plugged a lead dangling from the front of your car into just to help the battery get your car started after parking up.
Mind you, playing against Lakehead University in Thunder Bay Canada made Wisconsin seem like Majorca in comparison. We were their nearest team to play against, just a 10 hour bus ride away.
I remember some of the guys in teams I played for back home here whining if they had to travel 25 minutes to a game. | | | |
| NFL is back. on 18:23 - Sep 13 with 1449 views | Gwyn737 |
| NFL is back. on 16:23 - Sep 13 by Tummer_from_Texas |
American College Football is so much better than the NFL - obviously not the talent level, but for so many other reasons.
The noisier atmospheres, several games every week with crowds of 100K+ (which you don't see in the NFL, where the largest stadium holds less than 83K), the fact that most of the players are from the general region of the country they represent...
But most of all, the pure hate between the fan bases, especially arch rivals like Texas/Oklahoma.
From that last aspect, it's the closest thing we've got in America to the atmosphere for something like the South Wales Derby. |
Some of the crowd noise from college game is mind blowing.
I’d love to go. | | | |
| NFL is back. on 18:42 - Sep 13 with 1446 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
| NFL is back. on 08:31 - Sep 12 by onehunglow |
None would last in Rugby League mainly as the ball is in play all game.
To me they are pumped up junkies and the crowd simply doing what Yanks tends to do-whooping over the absolutely mundane.
Each to his own though [Post edited 12 Sep 2022 8:33]
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Probably right there. A lot of these sports are full of incredibly explosive athletes who are devastating in short bursts but aren’t built for stamina. For example Usain Bolt is the fastest human on record over short distances but would get absolutely hammered if he was running the 10000m against the Kenyans. American football is perfect for these explosive guys but would they be able to do it for 80 minutes? | |
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