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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Well I'm just not a super avid football fan I guess. If the Chiefs are playing I'll watch the game. If they're not theres always something else to do if the games I can get don't interest me. Even if Minnesota and Cleveland in week 14 was an exciting game, I'm not that upset that I missed two 5-9 teams duking it out type of thing.
And looking at the Monday night games they have....I don't see a lot of very good matchups. This past year I lost interest in Monday Night by mid season, and from what I see picked for this coming year, I doubt I'll be watching from week 4 on.
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The people who decide the Monday night matchups allways confuse me. They allways take playoff or hot teams from the season before and try to showcase them on primetime. But with parity this doesn't allways work. Teams tank after a hot year often. And a lot of the games end up being blow outs with the majority of viewers changing the channel at half time I would suspect. The thing that impressed me about the NFL network last season, was that all the games they showed late in the season where division rivals. Now these matchups aren't allways exciting. But how many Chiefs vs Raiders matchups have we seen over the years be decided in the dying minutes or last play? That is just one example of many great rivalries thoughout the league. Do people really get excited over Michael Vick vs Peyton Manning? Or do they want to see the Giants and the Eagles duke it out?
As for 5-9 teams duking it out. If you play sports select (and I'm not saying you should) or are in a weekly pool where money is involved. Games like that will make you jump up and down like the Chiefs just won the Super Bowl if the result nets you some money. Gambling makes all close games exciting, regarless of who is playing. I think the NFL knows this.