I would love to see in my life time some type of world cup for NFL football. It would never be as big as the soccer world cup or olympic basketball, but a playoff between 8 or 16 countries would be awesome. Unfortunately, despite the NFL's best efforts I doubt it's going to gain much ground. Canadians watch it, and we've gained a little traction in England, but putting a team over there instead of LA or Canada is ridiculous, and if we ever want it to actually take off somewhere else they're going to have to establish their own leagues. They've tried to little avail. How popular is the NFL in Australia? Is it a really niche sport, or do you actually hear people discussing it at the bar?
It's definitely picked up over the last 5 or so years, especially with the 18-30 age group. We even have a few local competitions, but the thing is prices (registration, equipment, insurance etc - I've looked into it) are outrageously expensive, especially compared to other sports like football, rugby, league etc. From a watching/supporting standpoint though, interest exists (one of our free-to-air channels plays 4 games a week) and it will only increase.
This is spot on, but if you wanted to bring him back to NFL, isn't he Brad Smith 2.0? Jack-of-all trades, master of nothing. He's a WR, always called a "remarkable athlete" but can't seem to use that athleticism to break open on a route. Ends up taking a ton of plays from the backfield, but can't seem to break a tackle at the line of scrimmage and get past the second level if he gets any contact. I'm surprised no one has tried the Wildcat with him.
Know what really sucks? Being a GB fan and having the network come on and say, "due to the anal raping being perpetrating by the Pack, we're switching coverage to a more competitive game". What if I want to watch that rape, motherfuckers?
I'm nauseous. How do you not even review that fumble? Anyway, if there's one silver lining its that Wilson was responsible for 300 yards through the air and 100 on the ground. It's like God was playing Madden.
Green Bay has looked borderline unstoppable when they're in form this season. The defense has definitely improved. It's looking like our last game of the year with Detroit could well decide the division. Detroit's D has been doing most of the leg work this year. I'm still not sold on them, and New Orleans did everything in their power to lose today.
Just saw that crazy Rams deception punt return... how fucking awesome is that? I don't think I've ever seen anything like it before...
Just imagine the punter... "Guys, where are you going?... it's going over there... hey guys!? GUYS?!? HEY!!!! RETARDS!!!!! ...fuck..."
Not trying to make excuses for the Seachickens at all, but watching the game on TV live, the announcers gave a pretty good description of why exactly the Rams were able to make the play work like they did. Basically, the Seattle punter is an old rugby style kicker and often his kicks will draw right to left. Based on this, plus the fact that most gunners (the guys on the kicking team running down the field to make the tackle) just follow the designated receiver that's tracking the ball, St. Louis pretty much used their regular receiver as a decoy to draw all of the Seattle guys towards him as soon as they saw the ball tracking towards the other side of the field. The bad news is that it's a play that would pretty much only work on this particular punter and only work one time. The great news is that they recognized the opportunity, and fully took advantage of it, making the Shehawks look completely like they lost their pants.
The Bears did the same thing a couple of years ago. It worked perfectly but got called back on a penalty against one of the guys blocking for the decoy returner.
I was gonna say, the Bears pulled a similar play but that was more due to the overwhelming fear of Devin Hester at the time. This was completely ridiculous given that it was the Seahawks that fell for it, and then the fake punt late in the game. The Rams Special Team coach has GIANT balls.
Holy shit is Chicago's defense terrible. The pats offense is legit, but they are no where near THAT good this year. Fuck you Detroit for pulling another win out of your ass. An accidental delay of game gets them the W? Unreal after what happened last week.