It seems weird to talk about bad online streaming as a reason ratings are down.
Fantasy got me interested in other teams I wouldn't have watched otherwise and matchup strategy, but it's also (after 15 years) made players feel even more anonymous and replaceable.
Also, for gamblers and non-gamblers, I wonder whether FF is still a draw. For gamblers, FF has gone the way of online poker, where more folks saw the wins concentrated in the wallets of whales harvesting newbies' money (and then all being shut down by the feds). For non-gamblers, like me, maybe a lot of them have "figured out" the game to where the time investment in players is no longer worth the thrill of victory. When my league drafted this year, most of my players were whomever Yahoo had at the top of their position, with me shrugging and saying, "Sure, why not?"
For me, I feel like I've aged out of following players younger than me, playing out the same drama lines I've seen before. At least the kneeling protests are something novel.
I believe in God, family, Baylor University, and the Green Bay Packers.
This was peak NFL:
I loved that team.
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
Could be the downturn have anything to do with almost 10% of teams in the last year either leaving or trying to leave their loyal fan bases in the quest by their owners for more money?
How about there is only so much time a week I can watch football?
It doesn't matter how many primetime games they put out there. I am going to watch the Packers and maybe a half of the Sunday or Monday night game before doing household chores. The lawn don't mow itself.
But Rodgers leads the league in frumpy expressions and negative body language on the sideline, which makes him, like Josh Allen, a unique double threat.
-Tim Harmston
+1, Dan.
Kids, wife, job, house, dogs, chickens, kids.
I don't have 30 minutes of discretionary time, let alone three hours.
Plus, how many dick-pill and shitty beer commercials does one have to endure if watching a game live? I sure as shit don't need dick pills and I don't drink that goat urine that passes for mass market "beer".
I lived in Maryland at the time of the weird loss in what, the AFC Championship game, was it? Was that the one against the Broncos? Where the Brownies had the game, and somebody fumbled or some damn thing after Marty decided to sit on the lead. I liked the Browns - the tradition, y'know? But after they lost, it kinda broke their spirit, like Houston's spirit got broken after the Bills' comeback playoff game.
Mike Pruitt. I loved that guy. He was shifty and quick.
Packers could use a Mike Pruitt.
"The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
KYPack
Muting the game is the best coping mechanism.
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
I, too, mainly watch the Packers. Not sure why I am still shelling out big bucks for DirecTv and the Sunday Tix, when the only other shows I watch beside the Pack are Family Guy, the Simpsons and The Big Bang Theory, all of which can now be watched in cyberspace.
Maybe it's cos I have no wife, no life and no future shutdown corner offspring.
I'm not going to stop the wheel. I'm going to break the wheel.
Thursday Night Football only available on NFL Network. Jags/Titans. I hope the NFL drops this Thursday garbage after this year.