NFL
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Bit of a tough outing against the saints for Lawrence.
Only preseason but Wilson looking the pick of the QBs so far. I think Lawrence might be the only one to have played against first teamers though since the Packers held back their starters vs the jets.
Looking like day one starts for Lawrence and Wilson with the other three backing up (although Mac Jones might get past Newton with a really strong week three performance).
Can't wait for the regular season to see how this QB class goes.
I see Josh Rosen has been cut by the 49ers, which shows how fast you can go from stud to nobody.
@cyclops said in NFL Season 2020/21:
I see Josh Rosen has been cut by the 49ers, which shows how fast you can go from stud to nobody.
and signed by the Falcons.
He has been on a lot of teams already (Cardinals, Dolphins, Bucs, 49ers and now Falcons and I might even be missing some).
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Looking forward to Cowboys @ TB on opening night Thursday night football. Except it looks like Sky aren't showing it so I can't take the piss at work on Friday while watching it.
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@shark surely that can't be right.
I was weighing up Spark vs Sky for NFL - not sure who has it, but Spark has much better delayed starts and fast forwards
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NFL game pass is $110ish. Too pricey for me when I don't get to watch any of the Sunday afternoon games (and rarely full night games) but if you're able to watch all the Sunday games probably worth it.
@cyclops somewhat tempting. I like watching Monday afternoon, Tuesday afternoon and Friday afternoon NFL, it's very family friendly.
Being able to choose games is good too.
May pick it up this year. I do like the NCAA FBS though, it's fun to watch. Needs ESPN, which bundles with sky
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NFL game pass is $110ish. Too pricey for me when I don't get to watch any of the Sunday afternoon games (and rarely full night games) but if you're able to watch all the Sunday games probably worth it.
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@nzzp said in NFL Season 2020/21:
@cyclops I see it as$199usd rather than 110nzd. Am I missing something?
Sorry, it must have gone up since I last checked it. Bugger.
@cyclops said in NFL Season 2020/21:
@nzzp said in NFL Season 2020/21:
@cyclops I see it as$199usd rather than 110nzd. Am I missing something?
Sorry, it must have gone up since I last checked it. Bugger.
looks like if you VPN to another location, it's more like 75USD...
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Yeah far too expensive when the games aren't on at good times. You'd need to be a die hard and/or have a lot of daylight down time to kill.
@shark said in NFL Season 2020/21:
Yeah far too expensive when the games aren't on at good times. You'd need to be a die hard and/or have a lot of daylight down time to kill.
Delay is great times if you have a young fmaily - no one spoils regular season games, and watching in the evening means you can skip the ad breaks. Games in under 2 hours FTW
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There is a stupid amount of money in the foozball over there... Great drone piloting tho.
https://twitter.com/RedditCFB/status/1430359343959056384?s=20
@nta said in NFL Season 2020/21:
There is a stupid amount of money in the foozball over there... Great drone piloting tho.
It's an apex sport. one of the reasons I watch - it's got effectively unlimited coaching/support work ... and super specialised positions, analytics up the wazoo. Fantastic fun
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Ha, a neat example of the sometimes counterintuitive intricacies of the NFL in today's Jets-Eagles preseason game. The eagles threw away a winning position by scoring.
The jets were trailing by 1 with no time outs and just over a minute to go; they were trying to run the 2 minute drill to set up a field goal. The eagles make a nice defensive stop with an interception and the defender takes it to the house. The jets then get the ball back from the kick off with about 50 seconds left and manage to throw a hail mary to set up the 2 point conversion attempt to tie the game... which they make. No OT in preseason so finishes a tie.
If the eagles defender had just stepped out of bounds after making the pick, the offence comes onto the field takes a couple of knees, game over. Although the eagles probably should have gone for 2 after they scored.
None of this has any relevance to the regular season (except that maybe Eagles head coach Sirianni might be a bit conservative in his game management, but even then he might have been wanting to get his kicker as much game time practice as possible), but just the kind of 4d chess that makes me love the NFL.
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Jesus the Texans are a dumpster fire. They trade a starting LB and a 7th for Shaq Lawson plus a 6th. They restructure his deal to make 7m salary a signing bonus, then trade him for a 6th to the Jets.
This means that they Jets have a low tier starting edge for under $1m this year and an non guaranteed 9m next year. And the Texans have a 6th round pick. And best of all; the 6th round pick is actually the 49ers (from another trade) so it's looking likely to be a mid to late round 6th rounder.
In summary; the Texans will pay 7m against the cap for someone who never saw a regular season start for them. Can a team get negative wins?
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Jesus the Texans are a dumpster fire. They trade a starting LB and a 7th for Shaq Lawson plus a 6th. They restructure his deal to make 7m salary a signing bonus, then trade him for a 6th to the Jets.
This means that they Jets have a low tier starting edge for under $1m this year and an non guaranteed 9m next year. And the Texans have a 6th round pick. And best of all; the 6th round pick is actually the 49ers (from another trade) so it's looking likely to be a mid to late round 6th rounder.
In summary; the Texans will pay 7m against the cap for someone who never saw a regular season start for them. Can a team get negative wins?
@cyclops Texans must be short odds to have the number 1 pick in the 2022 NFL Draft.
Today the 49ers rotated Jimmy G and Lance coming in and out on the same drive and it worked well (against backups). Will be interesting to see what they do in the regular season.
