October 9, 20169 yr There's a lot of oversaturation more than anything. Normally a Jags-Titans or Falcons-Bucs or some other boring intradivisional rivalry game would be buried in the 1pm time slot Sunday against a slew of other, far more interesting games. Those now get kicked to prime time Thursday, and people still don't care. How many people tuned in to watch the London game last week? MNF needs to be killed, as well. Those games are rarely any count. Put Steelers-Bengals or Steelers/Ratbirds or Starboys/Giants or Denver/New England on Thursday night, everybody's watching. Terrible matchups on the Thursday and Monday games. The Sunday night games usually feature good matchups, but after 3-6 hours of drinking at the bar during the 1pm and 4pm games, most people are ready to pass out by the time 8:30pm Sunday rolls around. I'm footballed-out at that point, unless the Steelers are playing.
October 9, 20169 yr There's a lot of oversaturation more than anything. Normally a Jags-Titans or Falcons-Bucs or some other boring intradivisional rivalry game would be buried in the 1pm time slot Sunday against a slew of other, far more interesting games. Those now get kicked to prime time Thursday, and people still don't care. How many people tuned in to watch the London game last week? MNF needs to be killed, as well. Those games are rarely any count. Put Steelers-Bengals or Steelers/Ratbirds or Starboys/Giants or Denver/New England on Thursday night, everybody's watching. Terrible matchups on the Thursday and Monday games. The Sunday night games usually feature good matchups, but after 3-6 hours of drinking at the bar during the 1pm and 4pm games, most people are ready to pass out by the time 8:30pm Sunday rolls around. I'm footballed-out at that point, unless the Steelers are playing. Agree. Who's going to be watching this coming Monday Night? Both teams are 1-3. Cam Newton is out. Jameis Winston has been mediocre at best and the Bucs defense has been horrible. I may not even watch?
October 9, 20169 yr It's 2:52 and I'm watching the Dodgers and Nationals, while wearing my bengals shirt. I'll watch the Bengals and have the Sunday night game on, more for background noise. Unless it's the Bengals I struggle to watch the NFL. I tell my wife , give me Saturdays and Sunday I'm all yours. As stated before, most the NFL games play out exactly the same, and it's only a matter of time before the product hits its apex. There are just to many variables in college that allow for more exciting games. The NFL pretty much guarantees a field goal once the team crosses the 40. Thewhat is/is not a catch etc. makes is hard to watch as well. There are many more reasons but these are my main ones
October 10, 20169 yr For me as a fan, the TV games(Regional) are bad match ups as far as them making me want to watch them. I can watch any game online for free and I usually do. I m not home to watch Thursday night games,because I am out watching some high school game. Monday night the match ups, much like the regional games do not make me want to watch them. The match ups are bad in most cases.
October 10, 20169 yr It's 2:52 and I'm watching the Dodgers and Nationals, while wearing my bengals shirt. I'll watch the Bengals and have the Sunday night game on, more for background noise. Unless it's the Bengals I struggle to watch the NFL. I tell my wife , give me Saturdays and Sunday I'm all yours. As stated before, most the NFL games play out exactly the same, and it's only a matter of time before the product hits its apex. There are just to many variables in college that allow for more exciting games. The NFL pretty much guarantees a field goal once the team crosses the 40. Thewhat is/is not a catch etc. makes is hard to watch as well. There are many more reasons but these are my main ones Lots of interesting points here, and many that I have considered deeply over the years (especially when I was betting the games regularly). The concept that all the games end up the same has always been one at the forefront of my mind. Most games (it seems) end up coming down to the final minutes, as a team is driving for either a late FG or TD, or scrambling to come back late from 2 scores down (think SD-Oakland earlier). Usually it ends up with an offensive player or defensive player making a big play to seal the win. That could seem boring, and I'll confess sometimes it does, when viewed as a whole. There are a few blowouts here and there, and you can usually see them coming. Just as often, though, it seems that a good chunk of those blowouts (and in the NFL, 10+ points constitutes a blowout — I'll get to why in a minute) go completely against expectations. For recent examples, think of: Today Titans 30 @ Dolphins 17 Starboys 28 Bengals 14 Buffalo 30 @ LA Rams 19 Last week Buffalo 16 @ NE Pats 0 Atlanta 48 Carolina 33 Two weeks ago Buffalo 33 Arizona 18 Philly 34 Steelers 3 You get the point. No need to go back further, because this also happens every week. There are 32 teams in the NFL, with 13-16 games per week for 17 weeks. There are 53 guys on the active roster, with only 46 allowed to dress for each game. These dudes are the absolute best-of-the-best at what they do, certifiable freaks of nature. Don't believe me? Stand on a sideline next to them sometime. I've done so many times, and I always feel very small, and those who know me know that I am not a small man (even though there's a hundred pounds less of me than there was 18 months ago). With so few roster spots, given the huge numbers of college factories feeding players into the system, there's not a lot of difference in talent between most of the teams. A few players here and there. But because they're the best of the best, NFL coaches are quick to try and exploit any weakness (think of Brandon Marshall abusing Russ Cockrill today), and oftentimes, albeit not in the Steelers-Jets example, those individual matchups can swing a game wildly. The coach who can make the last big adjustment to either exploit or negate a disadvantage is usually the winning coach, at probably a 99.9 percent rate. Ergo, the predictability and unpredictability of the NFL is what, to me anyway, makes it fascinating on multiple levels. Edited October 10, 20169 yr by Jim Schue clarification
October 10, 20169 yr It's 2:52 and I'm watching the Dodgers and Nationals, while wearing my bengals shirt. I'll watch the Bengals and have the Sunday night game on, more for background noise. Unless it's the Bengals I struggle to watch the NFL. I tell my wife , give me Saturdays and Sunday I'm all yours. As stated before, most the NFL games play out exactly the same, and it's only a matter of time before the product hits its apex. There are just to many variables in college that allow for more exciting games. The NFL pretty much guarantees a field goal once the team crosses the 40. Thewhat is/is not a catch etc. makes is hard to watch as well. There are many more reasons but these are my main ones And not to pick on you, but the prior post was inspired by @B-Ball-fan, but I kind of wanted to break it up some as well. I love college football. I really do. However, the simple fact is there are 128 D-IA football programs and another 125 in D-IAA. A large number of those D-IA schools regularly pad their schedules with D-IAA schools in order to put themselves in the best possible position to snare one of the 500 million bowl game berths (possible exaggeration on the number of bowls, but you get the point). As a result, most college games end up being miserable blowouts. Sure, there are a few each week that end up coming down to the wire and being exciting and unpredictable as all hell (looking at you, Tennessee). But they are the exception rather than the rule. Don't believe me? Check the opening lines for this week's college games in the Sunday or Monday paper. The Vegas guys are really good, and usually right on the money. Most college lines you see will be 14 points or more, with a whole bunch being in the neighborhood of 3+ scores or more. With 128 teams in D-IA, that means usually around 60 games featuring two D-IA opponents facing off, and a few others where IAA gets in for a bag game. Lots of very overmatched opponents in there in a very overstuffed weekly schedule. Even now, about halfway through the college season, as I'm scanning this week's lines I'm seeing a lot of 7-point spreads, a lot of 14-17-point spreads, and even a handful that are 25-30 points. In other words, a mixed bag. In the NFL, rarely do you see a point spread go 14 points or more. It's usually a shock when it gets to double digits. College FB has a ton of wonderful wild finishes. But you have to sift through a ton of clunkers to find the diamonds. Perhaps that's what makes the great games so memorable. With only 13-16 games each week, you don't have to dig too deep to find great games in the NFL, though.
October 10, 20169 yr Tweets about the NFL are probably trending the other way. Other way of what I suggested? Perhaps I'm seeing it differently.
October 10, 20169 yr Please tell me that we won't start getting an oversturation of soccer! Nothing like watching a game end up 0-0. Can't stand watching soccer, if the grandkids didn't play it I would never watch it. Key word is bolded. You are a grandfather. The younger generation is much more interested in professional soccer on TV (and the FIFA video games) than any previous age group.
October 10, 20169 yr Other way of what I suggested? Perhaps I'm seeing it differently. I'm not sure what you're referring to. There's just no need to watch all the games I don't care about. Obviously there are fans of the game that would watch any iteration of football, but I'm a Bengals fan. That's the only game I wake up with intentions of watching. I can catch any big play throughout the day with a few scrolls up the TL.
October 10, 20169 yr I'm not sure what you're referring to. There's just no need to watch all the games I don't care about. Obviously there are fans of the game that would watch any iteration of football, but I'm a Bengals fan. That's the only game I wake up with intentions of watching. I can catch any big play throughout the day with a few scrolls up the TL. It sounded like your comment indicated you were speaking about the NFL in general. Nobody's obligated to watch a bunch of games they don't care about. Others, like me, are NFL junkies. I have a very close friend who is this same way about the NBA, but I can't understand why. :sssh:
October 10, 20169 yr It sounded like your comment indicated you were speaking about the NFL in general. Nobody's obligated to watch a bunch of games they don't care about. Others, like me, are NFL junkies. I have a very close friend who is this same way about the NBA, but I can't understand why. :sssh: Really, I was speaking about tv in general. Everything is too easily accessible for tv to remain relevant or useful. As for your NBA pal, s/he'll probably be watching League Pass on her/his phone more often than the tv as well
October 10, 20169 yr And apparently my lack of interest will make me a non-viewer. The NFL is banning teams from sharing clips of their own players - SBNation.com
October 10, 20169 yr Agree. Who's going to be watching this coming Monday Night? Both teams are 1-3. Cam Newton is out. Jameis Winston has been mediocre at best and the Bucs defense has been horrible. I may not even watch? As always, those who got buried today and are facing a meeting with "their man" on Tuesday AM will be watching with great interest??
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