NFL Discussion

[DrMongoose]

What's in between Jerryworld in Dallas, and the ESPN mothership in Connecticut? Well, a stretch of backed up I-44 in Missouri, of course.

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I would bet it is headed to the next game, Baltimore or Indy. Those trucks go from game site to game site, they don't see Bristol til the season is over.

[Show-Me Hog]

I would bet it is headed to the next game, Baltimore or Indy. Those trucks go from game site to game site, they don't see Bristol til the season is over.

Oh, I only said Connecticut because I thought the season was over. There is no Monday night football this coming weekend. Maybe ESPN is doing a game over the weekend, though.

[DrMongoose]

Oh, I only said Connecticut because I thought the season was over. There is no Monday night football this coming weekend. Maybe ESPN is doing a game over the weekend, though.

ABC/ESPN has the Saturday playoff games. 👍

[mde114]

Came thru there yesterday. Don't stop at Buccees.

[Show-Me Hog]

Came thru there yesterday. Don't stop at Buccees.

I did both ways. Way crazier today than Saturday.

Got this one too. Don't know where they are going, since Norman is in the opposite direction. Only two buses labeled BOOMER and SOONER, so probably not the football team. Entering the St. Louis area, headed East.

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[Thin Red Swine]

I did both ways. Way crazier today than Saturday.

Got this one too. Don't know where they are going, since Norman is in the opposite direction. Only two buses labeled BOOMER and SOONER, so probably not the football team. Entering the St. Louis area, headed East.

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Obviously a lesser revenue team.

Unless Lloyd Christmas is driving, it's not women's basketball. They play at BYU this week. 

[AporkalypseNow]

The more I've seen of this, the more it looks like Campbell tried some master trickery and the only person he tricked was the ref. In the pre snap video. Decker and another lineman are in the refs face, while Skipper is running towards the ref and says something to him. You have three linemen isolated with the ref and Decker is the only one who needs to declare. At minimum, when you need to communicate something specific to the ref, this is a bad strategy. In Decker's postgame interview, all he would say is "I did what the coaches told me to do, just like we did in practice, I said 'report'".

Nothing about the play was wildly unusual. A tackle announces he's eligible, he's the end man on the line of scrimmage, and he catches a pass. Why does Campbell have to approach the refs before the game to explain that simple play?  There was some sort of trickery about how Decker was reporting and it didn't work.

Makes a lot sense.

Keep in mind it was deafening in the stadium as well.  Likely an absolutely awful time to tell the ref you're pretending to declare eligible but you really aren't declaring eligible.  It's enclosed and gets incredibly loud at moments like that.

[Texzilla]

https://www.si.com/nfl/2024/01/02/lions-dan-campbell-makes-admission-about-ill-fated-trick-play-vs-cowboys

Lions victim of their own trickeration.  Har har!  Douchebags need to stop their whining. Lions fans now blaming Jerry, Trump, Israel, Goodell for their losing.  Here's a hint: kick some field goals instead of failing on fourth down.   

[jdcatty]

Sometimes I feel sorry for Mahomes because of his low-life brother.  Other times I wonder what Patrick himself is really like.

https://x.com/Forbes/status/1742647094911926550?

[animal]

Sometimes I feel sorry for Mahomes because of his low-life brother.  Other times I wonder what Patrick himself is really like.

https://x.com/Forbes/status/1742647094911926550?

I suspect Pat is a king sized douche canoe when he wants to be. Though the no talent brother has had the misfortune of knowing he will never sniff his brother or dads success and that probably wears on a feller.

[Usafhawg]

Well crap. Can't get the picture to load

[Usafhawg]

It is miserable in Baltimore. Mid 30s with rain and wind. Put that with a preseason lineup for the Ravens and it makes for a sad rivalry game.

[Thin Red Swine]

It is miserable in Baltimore. Mid 30s with rain and wind. Put that with a preseason lineup for the Ravens and it makes for a sad rivalry game.

Even worse, it's gonna help the Squeelers greatly enhance their odds of backing into the playoffs.

[jdcatty]

It is miserable in Baltimore. Mid 30s with rain and wind. Put that with a preseason lineup for the Ravens and it makes for a sad rivalry game.

Why is game on both ESPN and ABC? 

[Show-Me Hog]

Why is game on both ESPN and ABC? 

MNF has been many times this year...and this is officially a MNF game.  Much like the Big 10, names are meaningless now.

I saw that next week, in the first round of the playoffs, there's an actual Monday night game. That's never happened before, has it?

[Thin Red Swine]

MNF has been many times this year...and this is officially a MNF game.  Much like the Big 10, names are meaningless now.

I saw that next week, in the first round of the playoffs, there's an actual Monday night game. That's never happened before, has it?

I seem to recall, there was one last year on Monday night. You're right that the terms are very fluid.

[DrMongoose]

Why is game on both ESPN and ABC? 

ratings

with the cable cutting, espn is hit or miss - either cable or stream.
ABC is still available over the air.

the mouse is trying to drive ratings and saves money in terms of programming on ABC.

https://www.si.com/nfl/2024/01/05/nfl-dominated-live-tv-ratings-2023-nielsen-data-shows#:~:text=NFL%20games%20accounted%20for%2096,watched%20TV%20broadcasts%20of%202023.&text=Those%2093%20broadcasts%20are%20a,prime%2Dtime%20programming%20as%20well.

NFL games accounted for 96 of the top 100 most-watched TV broadcasts of 2023. Those 93 broadcasts are a significant increase from 2022 when NFL games accounted for 82 of the top 100 TV programs. The NFL ruled prime-time programming as well.1 day ago

[Thin Red Swine]

You've gashed them all night on the ground. So what do you come up with on a do-or-die 4th and 1? Throw a pass in the flat to your backup running back who hasn't touched the ball in the game. The guy who's close to 200 yards is standing on the sideline.

[DrMongoose]

You've gashed them all night on the ground. So what do you come up with on a do-or-die 4th and 1? Throw a pass in the flat to your backup running back who hasn't touched the ball in the game. The guy who's close to 200 yards is standing on the sideline.

Overthinking it totally.

[Show-Me Hog]

Overthinking it totally.

Cheney-ing it?