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I feel your pain. Goody & the 32 have taken the greatest team sport in the world (and a game that allows them to just about print money) and have soured many of the fans on the game to the point that they're giving it up.
I can't remember the last time I watched >25% of a not Pats, not Bucs NFL game if even that much. Only games I SOMETIMES watch are the ending minutes of rival games where their loss helps my team.
Yup, this is the least amount of football watching that I've ever done. Soon I'll stop watching entirely.
I'm not even really watching the prime time games now. I just check the scores on my phone. Even GB vs Arizona I couldn't bother. I'll probably still watch NE when Brady retires but I'm totally put off by the officiating and by the NFL in general. Everything they do is dubious.
I am not far behind you on this. I'm just tired of the week to week hot take BS they float out. Reporters are not about giving sports news anymore, its just about making stupid statements that make everyone lose their minds every week.
Same here. I have said many times that I am done when Brady retires. I won't even bother with the Pats either. I can't stand the league and what has happened to do it from a corruption standpoint and the rules of the game that make playing defense a joke.
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It's just also that officiating changes week to week and year to year. They basically just do whatever they want and this year have clearly called certain things at crucial times and then they hide behind the "It was clearly a foul" line. Sure it was, but most fouls aren't called and it's when you decide to call them that matters. It also feels like they are allowing DBs to get away with more this year in cover 2 to give the defense a small edge. You see it with KC and TB having trouble against it. It just feels like the NFL looks at the landscape and decides what narratives they want and then call or act that way.
With the legalized gambling you get the over officiating to ensure spreads go the way Vegas/league wants. I have never been a tinfoil conspiracist as I believe ALL sports - college and pro - have some level of shenanigans going on BUT what is going on with the NFL today is flat out rigging. They don't even try to hide it at all.
haven't checked out their forum, but I wonder if any of them actually are glad Brady didn't come? because they would have won last season, and be the favorites this season. that team with Brady, Gronk, healthy Thomas, AB, Kamara/Fournette thunder and lightning? and Payton scheming the plays instead of Leftwich? wowPoor Saints fans. This thread is awesome.
I've never been more excited about a QB who threw 4 picks
Taysom was FAR from perfect last night but at least I felt like we had a chance, which was different from the last few weeks. Once Payton showed that he would let Taysom run the ball, I felt like we had something.Busting up his finger didn't help his cause, but I admire the toughness.I...
They need to be careful because the crackpot politicians don't need much of a reason to make big noise if there is any hint of foul play with the gambling. They need to get full time officials going and they all need to call things the same way. Bill Vinovich' crew would be a great template. It's easier to call less and like his crew than call everything like the some crews because no matter what you'll miss some. If you miss some you shouldn't be calling everything because someone will get screwed.
It is a really solid forum. Lots of knowledgeable posters and lots of passion.
which is why I don't understand the Patriots fans who seem to despise Brady now. when he became a FA, if you had to pick a team that had nothing to do with them, the Bucs would probably be the choice because I can't think of any other team. maybe the Cardinals?
They despise Brady because he WON in year one without Bill. That has always been the issue not the team he went to. He basically took the Patriot Way to Tampa and shoved it up their collective rear ends winning with a clown for a HC. Brady did more for his personal legacy last season than any athlete of any team sport that late in their career. That is why they despise him because it threw immense shade on Bill.
Imagine if he went to the 49ers. Kittle and Gronk
and I'm assuming AB and Deebo. Ryan with Shannahan put up a top 15 QB season ever, imagine with Brady
