There have not been a lot of good football games this year…like at all. The Jets/Bills week 1 stands out (which was more entertaining than actually good football but I’ll count it), Eagles/Commanders a few weeks ago was pretty great but like…I gotta rack my brain to find any real memorable games. There’s been so much bad offense, bad reffing, and just total blowouts it’s hard to even get invested in RedZone some weeks, let alone full games.

And with this kind of play it starts to make the bad stuff less forgivable like the insane amount of commercials and ridiculous reffing that stops what feels like every game at some point dead in its tracks. I’ll never stop paying attention, none of us will, but NFL Sundays are starting to feel less fun and more like an obligation.

  • Rymasq@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    yes, i’ve been zoning out more than ever lately

    a few reasons

    first of all, there are some teams that have literally all time great, generational players and are being ruined by a combination of awful QB play and/or coaching.

    Just look at the Raiders, Steelers (Tomlin is good still), Browns, Jets, Saints, Chargers, Titans, Colts, Patriots, Commanders, Bears, Packers, Falcons, Buccaneers.

    Then there are teams that are obviously rebuilding in Carolina and Arizona.

    So I’ve just now listed 16 teams. Half the teams in the NFL are god awful, borderline unwatchable due to a clear talent deficit in the most important places for these teams.

    Then there’s the Rams and Giants who obviously still have their stars but a bunch of scrubs so they are just a no man’s land team that isn’t really supposed to be good.

    And now the Vikings will be joining the teams without a QB as Kirk went down.

    Now we’re up to 19 teams that are basically unwatchable due to awful QB or coaching or rebuilding.

    So that leaves us with 13 teams (14 teams make the playoffs) that are playing competitive football right now.

    Of those teams only a select few are actually competently good and consistent.

    Miami, Buffalo, KC, Ravens, Bengals (assuming they keep their form), Philly, SF (assuming they fix their issues post bye week), Cowboys, Seahawks, Lions.

    And then there’s both Jacksonville and Houston which are too inconsistent for me to put up there but the Jags seem to be picking their pieces back together and might go on a run.

    So 11 total teams are actually “good” teams and Houston is the only intriguing rebuilding team.

    It really feels like the NFL is riding on an unbelievable amount of incompetence as of late.