I'm already sick of the NFL
- Thread starter Cydkar
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You guys are crazy! The NFL is great... Now MLB on the other hand.... good lord, it's horrible! I think women's golf is more exciting.
To each their own. =)
Braylon Edwards getting traded to the Giants will be huge news, and it's only a matter of time. So be warned....
To each their own. =)
Braylon Edwards getting traded to the Giants will be huge news, and it's only a matter of time. So be warned....
yeah. football, being the best sport in the world, should be played all day every day. then there would be more to talk about. its BS that baseball is half a year long. lets face it, america is a football country now. the only reason baseball is "americas pastime" is because it is older and was created in entirety here. the fact that its season is too long dilutes the excitement.
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I think the NFL is really trying to promote the Schedule release as a big event. I can't remember there ever being as much fanfare over it before. I'm sure they see it as an opportunity to make more ad revenue if they can get people to care enough. Look at the draft. it hasn't been that long ago that the draft was a curiosity at best. Now, it gets huge ratings and generates tons of ad revenue. I'm sure they want to do the same thing with the schedule release. The problem is, with all the parity in the NFL, the schedule really doesn't mean anything. No one really knows how hard/easy a schedule will be until they play it.
I love football. I hate how everything associated with football is overhyped. I don't care about the draft, and I hate the fact that I have to listen to Mel Kiper year round. Schedule release isn't a big news event. It doesn't matter. Until players start reporting for camp, I really don't want to hear about football.
Bingo! I like the NFL but I prefer the games and couldn't care less about everything else. I hate MLB as well and don't get me started on fantasy sports. Especially the smack talking wannabe GMs. Gamble like a real man.:smile:
mel kiper is the king ****** of douches. and his views and things are way off. Mcshay is the man.
You must be listening to ESPN radio. I think they should rename ESPN to NFL network. Mike and Mike have perma-woodies for the NFL.
I love the games but hate all the hype.
If football is America's game, why does baseball draw 10 times the people? I know 10 times the games, baseball is still important to America.
I love the games but hate all the hype.
If football is America's game, why does baseball draw 10 times the people? I know 10 times the games, baseball is still important to America.
To each his own, I guess. I don't think that the schedule release is interesting or newsworthy, but I LOVE the draft. I'll watch the whole thing start to finish if I can. I love the strategy seeing what teams need and how they fill them and how they manipulate the draft order. I also love how it is kind of a marriage between CFB and pro FB. You get to see a lot of names that you recognize from CFB.
Actually, the only thing I'd change about the NFL is to put in a rookie salary cap. It's ridiculous that a rookie makes more than 10 year vets. Also, the exhibition season is too long. Other than that, the NFL system works...especially compared to MLB with its small market teams that have no shot.
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I can't be paid to listen to Mike & Mike, and Colin is a know-it-all. I'm pretty much done with anything ESPN related other than actual games...I'm old. I will guarantee that I've watched more ESPN in my life than 99.9% of anybody on this board so I deserve a break. I honestly think so many guys on there are unbearable to listen to.
I can only watch baseball in person and I can't grasp a sport where one game is less than 1% of the season.
I agree. This schedule release thing is a non-issue. There's enough parity in the league for it not to matter all that much.
When the schedule came out last year, people figured the Dolphins would be an easy game from their 2007 season. Well, the Dolphins ended up winning 10 games and being more dangerous than anticipated.
Also with the NFL, I've never felt like a team didn't make the playoffs due to their schedule anyways. This isn't college football.
When the schedule came out last year, people figured the Dolphins would be an easy game from their 2007 season. Well, the Dolphins ended up winning 10 games and being more dangerous than anticipated.
Also with the NFL, I've never felt like a team didn't make the playoffs due to their schedule anyways. This isn't college football.
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I agree. There is too much unpredictabilty for the schedule to matter that much.
Everybody knows which teams are playing each other well before the official schedule comes out. The only "mystery" is the when. The where is already determined based on the 2005 schedule. Arguments based on 2008 winning percentage could have been over with by mid-February.
The 2009 schedule matrix was published in the summer of 2008:
*6 intradivision games
*4 intraconference games
AFC East vs. AFC South
AFC North vs. AFC West
NFC East vs. NFC South
NFC North vs. NFC West
*4 interconference games
AFC East vs. NFC South
AFC North vs. NFC North
AFC South vs. NFC West
AFC West vs. NFC East
*2 intraconference games based on division finish
AFC East vs. AFC North, AFC West
AFC North vs. AFC East, AFC South
AFC South vs. AFC West, AFC North
AFC West vs. AFC East, AFC South
NFC East vs. NFC North, NFC West
NFC North vs. NFC East, NFC South
NFC South vs. NFC West, NFC North
NFC West vs. NFC East, NFC South
2009 is the last year of the eight-season rotation (2002-09). Unless the NFL decides to make changes, the 2010 matchups should be the same as 2002.
I can't stand either of them. It's ridiculous that when I turn on my TV in March, I have to sit through 20 minutes of them screaming at each other about who's going to get picked 8th in the draft. Not to mention that on draft weekend, they could spend that time broadcasting ANYTHING but the NFL draft, and it would be 10 times more interesting.