Does the NFL have a problem?

[thaskalos]

Originally Posted by forced89

I used to watch 3 games every Sunday now it is hard for me to sit through one unless I have a bet on it.

Even when I have a bet on the game...I'd rather check the score periodically on my phone. I have lost all interest in actually sitting there and watching the game.

[Valuist]

Originally Posted by thaskalos

Have you altered your opinion of the Eagles?

Yes, at least of Wentz. Games against the Browns and Bears isn't much to go by but can't say the Steelers were an easy opponent.

I think Philly has a bye this week, which is the worst thing imaginable. All that positive momentum; the last thing one wants is a week 4 bye to disrupt the chemisty and momentum.

[Elliott Sidewater]

Originally Posted by Valuist

Yes, at least of Wentz. Games against the Browns and Bears isn't much to go by but can't say the Steelers were an easy opponent.

I think Philly has a bye this week, which is the worst thing imaginable. All that positive momentum; the last thing one wants is a week 4 bye to disrupt the chemisty and momentum.

I don't think having the bye this week is the worst thing imaginable; although I understand they're hot right now, the extra week off will return both TE Zack Ertz and CB Leodis McKelvin. With Ertz back the Eagles will again be able to deploy their 3 tight end set (Ertz, Celek, and Burton), which has been highly successful when used. McKelvin is better than CB Jalen Mills, who got toasted by Antonio Brown more often than a frozen bagel.

[Valuist]

Originally Posted by Elliott Sidewater

I don't think having the bye this week is the worst thing imaginable; although I understand they're hot right now, the extra week off will return both TE Zack Ertz and CB Leodis McKelvin. With Ertz back the Eagles will again be able to deploy their 3 tight end set (Ertz, Celek, and Burton), which has been highly successful when used. McKelvin is better than CB Jalen Mills, who got toasted by Antonio Brown more often than a frozen bagel.

It IS the worst thing imaginable. I already mentioned having to slow the great momentum, but the other reason is the bye week is the time to rest the nagging injuries. Needless to say, players have more nagging injuries later in the season than after only 3 games.

[thaskalos]

Originally Posted by Valuist

It IS the worst thing imaginable. I already mentioned having to slow the great momentum, but the other reason is the bye week is the time to rest the nagging injuries. Needless to say, players have more nagging injuries later in the season than after only 3 games.

Well...this is yet to be determined...no? What will you say if they come back and destroy the Lions in Week 5?

[Elliott Sidewater]

By the end of the season, everyone is playing hurt, regardless of when the bye week occurred. Probably all the Eagles have to do from here on in is go 7-6 to be at least a wild card entrant for the playoffs. The Eagles coaching staff (on both offense and defense) seem to have a good system of rotating players in and out that keeps everyone pretty fresh deep into the game. If last season under Chip Kelly and this season were a laboratory experiment to measure the impact of time of possession on success, you couldn't have made a clearer case - it matters BIG TIME. Chip had his own ideas, too many of them were wrong, and that's why he's in a worse situation in San Francisco now.

[Robert Fischer]

The first step in major pro sports problems, is admitting you have a problem

[Secondbest]

Forbes reports that Sundays ratings fell from 13.7 to 12.9. The share fell from 23 to 21.
No word yet on last night that I saw.

[Valuist]

Originally Posted by thaskalos

Well...this is yet to be determined...no? What will you say if they come back and destroy the Lions in Week 5?

One game proves nothing. I've heard coaches talk about the positioning of the bye week. The later in the season, the better. Everybody is nursing some kind of injury; the rest is needed. There's only been 3 weeks of wear and tear.

Ted Sevransky (aka Teddy Covers) has talked at length in previous seasons about the bye week being a streak killer. Its good to have a bye week if a team is in a losing streak; a clear negative if the team is going great.

[JustRalph]

Down goes JJ Watt

Out for the season. Hurt his back again.

He's going to have lots of time for grocery store commercials

I noticed 3 players claimed off waivers yesterday. It's only 3 weeks in and teams are short due to injuries

[rastajenk]

If the NFL feels the need to continue with Thursday night games, then it should assign bye weeks the Sunday before for those Thursday participants.

To take my suggestion a step further, they don't need all those Thursday games. Start them in November, so that the preceding bye week comes late enough in the year to be worthwhile.

Taking it one step further, the NFL should just cede Thanksgiving week to college football and give a large bunch of teams the bye in one of the two weeks before and after Thanksgiving. Schedule the minimum number of games to fill the Sunday night, Monday night, and the two Sunday afternoon time slots, and give everybody else the week off. It could still work in the traditional T-Day games, but it would give all teams a more fair shot at the final chase for the playoffs.

The current way of doing things is just plain goofy.

[Secondbest]

As expected the debate crushed MNF . Lowest rating since ESPN took over the game.Second lowest was the week prior.Viewership down around 2 million a week from last year.
Don't forget Colt -Jags starts at 9:30 AM Sunday.

[Inner Dirt]

https://scontent.fslc2-1.fna.fbcdn.n...1a&oe=585F20EC

A restaurant in Virginia Beach has come under fire for using a Colin Kaepernick jersey as a doormat.

On Saturday, James Perry, who lives in the area, went to Krossroads Rock and Country Bar in the Pleasant Valley Shopping Center Thursday and saw the jersey taped to the ground at the front entrance.

This cracks me up, makes be proud to live in Virginia.

Can't get "insert image" to work.

[Valuist]

Originally Posted by Secondbest

As expected the debate crushed MNF . Lowest rating since ESPN took over the game.Second lowest was the week prior.Viewership down around 2 million a week from last year.
Don't forget Colt -Jags starts at 9:30 AM Sunday.

We knew the ratings would be hurt severely by the debate, but from what I understand, ratings were down signficantly from a Bears/Lions Monday night game in 2012 which also went up against a Romney/Obama debate, and an MLB playoff game.

I think there's a lot of factors at work here. The commissioner has become very disliked, but that's only one angle. I think the biggest is the national anthem situation. Hardcore and regular fans are still going to watch. But the anthem thing is offputting enough to bother some casual fans. It's about the "hey look at me" during a team sport, and it doesn't set well with some. I also think the retirement of a guy like Manning and suspension of Brady means the two biggest faces of the NFL for years have not been on the field.

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[proximity]

Originally Posted by Valuist

I think there's a lot of factors at work here. The commissioner has become very disliked, but that's only one angle. I think the biggest is the national anthem situation. Hardcore and regular fans are still going to watch. But the anthem thing is offputting enough to bother some casual fans.

the commissioner is a clown as replay randall and robert fischer mentioned earlier but sports is an ESCAPE from our 9-5 american work weeks and nonsense like these national anthem protests entering this sacred domain of american life is simply disturbing. and it's stuff like this:

Originally Posted by Inner Dirt

A restaurant in Virginia Beach has come under fire for using a Colin Kaepernick jersey as a doormat.

under fire from who? i find it funny that when i go to check my email that 95% of the articles on yahoo are pro-kaepernick but 95% of the sometimes thousands of comments below the articles are anti-kaepernick.

it's bad enough we have to read this crap but then we turn on sports (our escape) and have to hear implications that there's something wrong with us if we're not open to "conversations" about these supposed issues.

another thing is that we have supposedly "specialist" channels like nfl network but the segments just get dumber and dumber. fantasy stats (kay adams is dominating), silly power ratings, worthless filler. nothing in depth like taking us behind the scenes into colts headquarters to see how we're training to injury every cornerback on the roster? why we had to sell our soul to the devil and bring in antonio cromartie who has god only knows how many kids by how many different mothers and won't stand for the national anthem? kaepernick's an immature brat..... you're 32 years old antonio!!

sorry for the long post but some of this is troubling......