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Originally Posted by fredr123
In the NFL, however, every team is on even footing. Parity is supposed to be the name of the game. I enjoy watching a team play hard on every down and execute for four full quarters. To me, there's nothing more boring than watching most teams in four down football play out a fourth quarter where the result has already been decided. Run up the middle. Let the clock wind down. Run up the middle. Let the clock wind down. Run up the middle. Let the clock wind down. Punt. Bring out the prevent defence. Boring.
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They even do this when they're up only 4 or 7 points and the result is in doubt. Afraid to take risks and losing a game that they were in full control of.
This happens in soccer too which annoys me. A team will dominate the game for 60 minutes, get the goal, and then play scared. If they continued stepping on the gas they would easily be 2 or 3 goals up. Instead they give up the equalizer and consider themselves unlucky (cough, England).