2019 NFL Season Thread

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Thing is...this had all kinds of potential to be great.

The NFL cant know 6 months ahead (when skeds are released) who will show up for that day and who wont.



Not a chance....they make way too much money from this endeavour. A national audience when there is zero competition from other sports on TV.

London will likely become the home of the Jags or an expansion team in the very near future.

IMO the issue with the London games isn't even the quality of the teams. Due to the nature of the travel you never really know what you are going to get from either team kind of like Thursday night games where it seems one team manages to handle the short week better than the other leading to a lot of one sided games.

[Senator Clay Davis]

But it is the quality of teams. The only teams who "host" London games are the Jags, Dolphins, Bucs, Raiders and Rams. The Rams and Raiders will likely stop when they get into their new digs. So no matter how you slice it three of the seven or eight worst franchises in the league will always be involved. We're never gonna see New England-Kansas City over there.

[devo22]

being a Jets fan must be rough.

[atb]

Adam Gase not using Bell at the goal line is just moronic

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Thing is...this had all kinds of potential to be great.

The NFL cant know 6 months ahead (when skeds are released) who will show up for that day and who wont.



Not a chance....they make way too much money from this endeavour. A national audience when there is zero competition from other sports on TV.

London will likely become the home of the Jags or an expansion team in the very near future.

I don't know what sort of relationship the NFL has with China but I would rather see them move to China for a few years instead of staying in London. At least in China they will play in some nice covered fields with good conditions instead of the crap that Wembley provides.

[Senator Clay Davis]

I said earlier this season Mariota has some of the worst pocket awareness I've ever seen, but Mason Rudolph definitely giving him a run for his money. That sack/safety is unacceptable. Maybe he still isn't recovered from that concussion.

[GirlySports]

Impossible to challenge pass interference. They will never reverse their officials.

They brought it in because of the play in the NFC Championship but I'm not sure that would get reversed if it happened today.

[devo22]

so when it comes to PI, we'll from now on just ignore whether a ball is actually catchable or not? Cool.

[Sylvanfan]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

I don't know what sort of relationship the NFL has with China but I would rather see them move to China for a few years instead of staying in London. At least in China they will play in some nice covered fields with good conditions instead of the crap that Wembley provides.

You think the London games are bad, but want to go to China?

First off the travel to China is much harsher. You would need a bye before and after. Second the time zone does not work well at all for North American T.V.

I'm sure NFL owners would love a bigger part of that market. But it is not feasible one bit to walk from London which is supporting the games and start off in a way more challenging market.

[transplant99]

Yup..what should have been a great thing for the game has become a complete and utter joke for it.

How that was PI is beyond all comprehension. Ball was 8 yards beyond where the player was and entirely uncatchable...and I'm pulling for the Colts!

[devo22]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Yup..what should have been a great thing for the game has become a complete and utter joke for it.

How that was PI is beyond all comprehension. Ball was 8 yards beyond where the player was and entirely uncatchable...and I'm pulling for the Colts!

Colts themselves got shafted on PI just minutes earlier.

It's an utter and complete joke. That missed called in the playoffs really messed things up.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Sylvanfan

You think the London games are bad, but want to go to China?

First off the travel to China is much harsher. You would need a bye before and after. Second the time zone does not work well at all for North American T.V.

I'm sure NFL owners would love a bigger part of that market. But it is not feasible one bit to walk from London which is supporting the games and start off in a way more challenging market.

They could realistically do a Thursday evening game. Take two teams coming off a bye week and send them over to China. A Thursday evening game would be played on Friday late morning in China which should be acceptable for the local market. That also gives the teams lots of travel time to return for next Sunday's action.

[Cuz]

What a choke by Vianitarri! (The laces were in, lol)

[GirlySports]

How is a Friday morning game going to draw fans?

[devo22]

Vinatieri should just retire already. Heck of a career, but man, he's really hurting the Colts at this point.

[Sainters7]

Wow Vinatieri

[MRCboicgy]

While KC's kicker may have just saved their bacon, getting a huge win while Mahomes was out again.

[Sylvanfan]

Huge win for KC today. Minnesota had won 4 in a row and just had 10 days off. Its big because going into the playoffs as a potential 3 seed keeps you out of New England in the Division round.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by MRCboicgy

While KC's kicker may have just saved their bacon, getting a huge win while Mahomes was out again.

Yup.

A huge gift to the rest of the NFC North.

[KelVarnsen]

Adam Gase better create an Indeed account