NFL 2018

[Dr. Medulla]

Sitting here watching football tonight because there's nothing else on. It's a boring sport favored by modern plantation owners and celebrated by lackwits. It's got more ads than QVC and very little action. This country's downfall can be directly traced to the ascendency of football. It's all brain damage and Republicanism to me.

These have both actually been good games as far as NFL games go, and I agree with you

They have been and I do really enjoy that. The CTE, the stifling of players voices, the blatant racism that's baked into the whole affair... oh boy has this last decade made me a cynic.

I can't remember where I read it, but someone said football is like stripping—I wouldn't want my kid to do it, but I'll watch someone else's kid do it. That said, I don't watch with much passion now because of all the shit you raise. I watch come playoffs because there's nothing better to do and the games tend to be competitive, but I'm not especially invested.

[BostonBeaneater]

Sitting here watching football tonight because there's nothing else on. It's a boring sport favored by modern plantation owners and celebrated by lackwits. It's got more ads than QVC and very little action. This country's downfall can be directly traced to the ascendency of football. It's all brain damage and Republicanism to me.

These have both actually been good games as far as NFL games go, and I agree with you

They have been and I do really enjoy that. The CTE, the stifling of players voices, the blatant racism that's baked into the whole affair... oh boy has this last decade made me a cynic.

I can't remember where I read it, but someone said football is like stripping—I wouldn't want my kid to do it, but I'll watch someone else's kid do it. That said, I don't watch with much passion now because of all the shit you raise. I watch come playoffs because there's nothing better to do and the games tend to be competitive, but I'm not especially invested.

It's late January. I watch bowling from time to time this time of year.

[matedog]

Cable/internet was out from 5am to about 7pm today in my neighborhood because a gun fight damaged Comcast equipment and I missed all games. Oakland gotta Oakland.

[Kimmelweck]

[WestwayKid]

Is it just me and the 8 Old Fashioneds I've had tonight ... or does the NFL have a shit product? Yeah, I know they make billions of dollars ... but the Super Bowl? It's like a T-bone shrink wrapped in a foam tray at the local grocery store: lifeless. Halftime show was over produced and flat (as it almost always is). Commercials are a thing of the past. The on field product is terrible. It's supposed to be the biggest game of the year, but can never be better than the conference title games that actually feel like football.

...and yes again I understand they make billions so they're good at selling their product to the masses, but that doesn't make it good. McDonald's also makes billions selling dog food.

[Kimmelweck]

Is it just me and the 8 Old Fashioneds I've had tonight ... or does the NFL have a shit product? Yeah, I know they make billions of dollars ... but the Super Bowl? It's like a T-bone shrink wrapped in a foam tray at the local grocery store: lifeless. Halftime show was over produced and flat (as it almost always is). Commercials are a thing of the past. The on field product is terrible. It's supposed to be the biggest game of the year, but can never be better than the conference title games that actually feel like football.

...and yes again I understand they make billions so they're good at selling their product to the masses, but that doesn't make it good. McDonald's also makes billions selling dog food.

I watched the last 55 seconds of the first half, skipped the halftime show, and then caught the last 2 minutes of the game, and I thoroughly enjoyed that 2 minutes and 55 seconds of football.

Seriously though, I agree, the whole thing has gotten pretty lame. I'm surprised I watched as much as I did. The last few years I've pretty much tuned it out. The only commercial I saw was the Larry David one, which as I recall was pretty good.

[gkbill]

Hello,

The NFL has become more sports entertainment than professional wrestling. The athletes are, for the most part part, good people - however, the breaks while attending live lead to less concern with results as "yeah, I had a decent time at the game". No one really cares who wins as long as people have a medium level of fun watching.

[Flex]

I've had my problems with the NFL, but I gotta say this year the criticism feels off base. The playoff games have been immensely entertaining and this was a good, close game. Only complaint is the flag fest in the red zone once LA was in striking distances. Zebras has done such a good job to that point letting them play and the it felt like the finger got on the scale in favor of LA. This year actually rekindled some of my enjoyment of the NFL that ahad really, really been waning.

[revbob]

I've had my problems with the NFL, but I gotta say this year the criticism feels off base. The playoff games have been immensely entertaining and this was a good, close game. Only complaint is the flag fest in the red zone once LA was in striking distances. Zebras has done such a good job to that point letting them play and the it felt like the finger got on the scale in favor of LA. This year actually rekindled some of my enjoyment of the NFL that ahad really, really been waning.

So your preference is for a no Pats/no Brady superbowl?

[Flex]

I've had my problems with the NFL, but I gotta say this year the criticism feels off base. The playoff games have been immensely entertaining and this was a good, close game. Only complaint is the flag fest in the red zone once LA was in striking distances. Zebras has done such a good job to that point letting them play and the it felt like the finger got on the scale in favor of LA. This year actually rekindled some of my enjoyment of the NFL that ahad really, really been waning.

So your preference is for a no Pats/no Brady superbowl?

I mean, no, I'd rather love watching the pats/Brady and hate everything else going on with the NFL than moderately enjoy a playoffs that my rooting interests aren't in.

I always said I loved the pats/Brady but hated the garbage product that was the NFL. It's really still a garbage product, but this was the first year in a while that I broadly enjoyed watching non-Pats/Brady games. I don't necessarily expect that level of enthusiasm to last, just seems like an odd year particularly to complain about the league since it was a lot more competitive than usual.

[BostonBeaneater]

[WestwayKid]

I've had my problems with the NFL, but I gotta say this year the criticism feels off base. The playoff games have been immensely entertaining and this was a good, close game. Only complaint is the flag fest in the red zone once LA was in striking distances. Zebras has done such a good job to that point letting them play and the it felt like the finger got on the scale in favor of LA. This year actually rekindled some of my enjoyment of the NFL that ahad really, really been waning.

Unless you're a Green Bay fan ...

[WestwayKid]

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[JennyB]

I, for one, thought the halftime show was fucking fabulous.

[matedog]

I, for one, thought the halftime show was fucking fabulous.

50 got fat. Eminem was lip syncing, though Mary J wasn't. Kendrick's spot was great. All in all it was good, no real complaints. Everyone seemed to be having fun.