OT: American footy thread

[Twizzle]

Yet you have no problem watching a 5 day test match lol

which has 5 days of cricket, as distinct from 75% of those 5 days being allocated for stoppages

pathetic comparison

 

[Ron Jeremy]

which has 5 days of cricket, as distinct from 75% of those 5 days being allocated for stoppages

pathetic comparison

You watch the game from 10am - 6pm for., give straight days, breaks every 3 minutes, for 5 straight days, perfect comparison if you ask me lol

 

[Daneel]

which has 5 days of cricket, as distinct from 75% of those 5 days being allocated for stoppages

pathetic comparison

Actually it's not a bad comparison. Cricket much like nfl is a play by play sport and not continuous. There is a stoppage after every ball as the bowler walks back to his mark, at the end of every over when they reset the field, when a wicket falls, drinks, third umpire decisions, waiting for teams to decide whether to review, when a batsmen decides someone moving a hundred meters away is putting him off. These things are part of the game though and don't bother me. Slow over rates shit me though and have been a problem for years I wish they would be tougher on that.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

But but it is cricket....lol

 

[Eelementary]

I love the stoppages - it adds another dimension of tactics to the fold.

 

[The Elephant In The room]

"stoppages" is an understatement .... i reckon thats the biggest problem with NFL

I reckon you're right. No one should be stopped, tackling banned and touchdowns every play.

 

[hindy111]

The best thing is you can get NFL on demand...
On a monday it may take 3 hrs for a game to be played but there is 7-8 games played at the same time.So you can switch between the good games.
To see 8 nrl games it would take you 16 hrs.Also the clock keeps ticking during all the stopages in NRL which makes it seem like a 80 min game.They probably only play 60 mins of footy if they stopped the clock for stopages.Like finding touch.Knock on-Scrums-Talking to reff etc....

In general thou its a great game too watch while not needing full attention.Although i am capable of watching a full game.Heck i often will watch 3 games on a monday.But the 8 games at once its the best.Always 2-3 that come down to the final drive.

 

[strider]

yeah NRL probably has about 10 mins of "captain chats to ref" time these days ... probably 15-20 mins when Ennis/Lyon are playing

 

[The Elephant In The room]

The best thing is you can get NFL on demand...
On a monday it may take 3 hrs for a game to be played but there is 7-8 games played at the same time.So you can switch between the good games.
To see 8 nrl games it would take you 16 hrs.Also the clock keeps ticking during all the stopages in NRL which makes it seem like a 80 min game.They probably only play 60 mins of footy if they stopped the clock for stopages.Like finding touch.Knock on-Scrums-Talking to reff etc....

In general thou its a great game too watch while not needing full attention.Although i am capable of watching a full game.Heck i often will watch 3 games on a monday.But the 8 games at once its the best.Always 2-3 that come down to the final drive.

And you can go get a beer and a hotdog at the game without a) Missing too many plays, or b) queuing up for the entire half time break.

 

[Gronk]

Nathan Peats ‏@peats05 11m11 minutes ago
2nd NFL player this season that has torn his acl by celebrating after making a sack. American athletes carry on after one tackle.

 

[T.S Quint]

Funny thing is, that player's team was down 25 points with about a minute and a half to go, but he still celebrated that sack like it won them the game.

 

[T.S Quint]

The best thing is you can get NFL on demand...
On a monday it may take 3 hrs for a game to be played but there is 7-8 games played at the same time.So you can switch between the good games.
To see 8 nrl games it would take you 16 hrs.Also the clock keeps ticking during all the stopages in NRL which makes it seem like a 80 min game.They probably only play 60 mins of footy if they stopped the clock for stopages.Like finding touch.Knock on-Scrums-Talking to reff etc....

In general thou its a great game too watch while not needing full attention.Although i am capable of watching a full game.Heck i often will watch 3 games on a monday.But the 8 games at once its the best.Always 2-3 that come down to the final drive.

I have Gamepass which gives you the option of watching the games condensed.
All the stoppages taken out - the game goes for about half an hour.
Only problem is you rarely get to see any replays.

 

[hindy111]

Yeah ive watched condensed.It kind of take out the big plays thou.No build up etc...

A game of NFL is a bit like a movie.When you need to make a 3rd-10 to stay in game it builds up tension.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

Nathan Peats ‏@peats05 11m11 minutes ago
2nd NFL player this season that has torn his acl by celebrating after making a sack. American athletes carry on after one tackle.

And it was whilst down by 20 + points - dickhead

 

[Pazza]

On a back up QB too lol

 

[hindy111]

What about Romo -haha This guy makes me laugh.Just when Dallas thought they where ready to talk superbowl or atleast payoffs they lose to th redskins using there 3rd strng qb....and at home-lol
Good for phili

 

[Kornstar]

What about Romo -haha This guy makes me laugh.Just when Dallas thought they where ready to talk superbowl or atleast payoffs they lose to th redskins using there 3rd strng qb....and at home-lol
Good for phili

He did get injured in the 3rd quarter though, that wouldn't have helped.

 

[hindy111]

But the redskins used there 3rd sting QB.....
He took a big hit.But he came back on with 1.52 to go in the 4th...Typical ROMO thou.When pressure is on he comes up with an intercept

 

[Kornstar]

He is prone to that bad interception in clutch situations, I can't argue with that.

 

[spiderdan]

He is prone to that bad interception in clutch situations, I can't argue with that.

he goes alright for a hot and cold player given he has 16 game winning drives in the 4th qtr or o/t since 2011 (according to yesterday's espn feed when i hoped he wouldn't get one because i took skins @ 4.75). i think dallas d has let him down in past years.