I am still in favor of returning to 28 NFL teams.
Get rid of the 4 worst starting QBs, OLines and 16 worst starting DBs and the quality of play on the field goes up.
Originally Posted by Tdog:
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Originally Posted by FreeSafety:
I am still in favor of returning to 28 NFL teams.
Get rid of the 4 worst starting QBs, OLines and 16 worst starting DBs and the quality of play on the field goes up.
Very true. There just aren't enough good players to go around.
Very similar in that regard to baseball. There just isn't enough pitching talent in baseball to have 5 starting pitchers for all 30 teams.
And then the NFL decision makers are intent on getting an 18 game season. With the present injury rate, who are the players going to be at the end of the season?
Can't hit a player high, can't hit a player low, and can't hit a player in the mid section without the helmet, and can't hit to hard. I have seen penalties in all those cases.
When the hand out the flags - I'm gone - if it doesn't happen sooner.
Screw this. The NFL is thinking WAY too marginally. I say expand the schedule and teams, AND also switch to a best-of-7 format in the playoffs. Works for the NBA and MLB, more $$$, and fans get more football. Wins for everyone! (Except for the team that only gets 3 wins over a 9-day period)
I just think the NFL is getting close to a saturation point where you can only be bombarded so much with the hype, the marketing, etc. I used to get really amped every Sunday to watch multiple games but I find myself now really just watching the Packers and occasionally I will check scores on my phone or PC - but that's mostly just for Fantasy Football.
The overall quality of play from top to bottom (I think) has gotten worse and the rules and commercials and terrible officiating is killing the flow of the game(s) to a point where all you see are big plays or bad plays. Defenses and special teams have really been stymied by the rules, and with the emphasis on the pass you rarely see teams run the ball consistently anymore. The teams that do run the ball seem to focus more on QB option plays than a traditional RB carrying the ball 20+ times a game because that's not sexy.
Personally, I'd still prefer to watch a 17-13 game that's well played on all sides of the ball compared to a 42-35 game where it's all offense and nothing else.
Oh well, rant over!
Personally, I'd still prefer to watch a 17-13 game that's well played on all sides of the ball compared to a 42-35 game where it's all offense and nothing else.
Agree, but I think that is a minority opinion.
Remember when a long touchdown pass was something to get excited about in a 10-10 game in the 4th quarter?
Personally, I'd still prefer to watch a 17-13 game that's well played on all sides of the ball compared to a 42-35 game where it's all offense and nothing else.
if this is a minority opinion I'm a minority. why must the man oppress me so? 
Originally Posted by FreeSafety:
I am still in favor of returning to 28 NFL teams.
"Dear Mr. President,
There are too many states nowadays. Please eliminate three.
P.S. I am not a crackpot."
Arizona, Oklahoma and... Mississippi - poof gone! Next!
WTF has Delaware ever done for any of us, aside from sending us our credit card bills before the Innerwebs came about?
That's 4 down.
North Dakota is practically Canada.
And Oregon, obviously.
Thanks to Al, we know that Portland is a hole, filled with all those homeless Asians who fill the parks there.
Originally Posted by JJSD:
WTF has Delaware ever done for any of us, aside from sending us our credit card bills before the Innerwebs came about?
That's 4 down.
Delaware's too small to notice, staple them to Utah and make it an even handfull.
True. 45. If we follow the lead of Bugs Bunny, the average IQ's of both the US and Floriduh will rise dramatically.
Win-win.
44.
Dude, I think your gif is backwards.
Oops. Well, that means California has to go as well. 43.
I'll get that process moving as soon as I get back from Delaware, which is where I have to go now to post revenge porn about Brak.
texas is always threatening to secede; most would be thrilled if they did
I'd like to also add one back- the U.P. should definitely get to be its own state
My college roommate was from Alaska, and he liked to say, "Cut Alaska in two and make Texas the third-biggest state."
how is Slayer?
Originally Posted by Satori:
texas is always threatening to secede; most would be thrilled if they did
That would also fill the NFL's quota for teams in a foreign country.
Originally Posted by FreeSafety:
Dude, I think your gif is backwards.
Great, you've added another Floriduh.
And Lambeau Field should be it's own sovereign nation. Sort of like Vatican City.
It's all about meaningful populations, why pay two Senators and a couple of house membersso dump every state below 3.2 million (1% of the population). That does mean Puerto Rico gets statehood though. Down to 26 states.
Originally Posted by Satori:
texas is always threatening to secede; most would be thrilled if they did
Send San Antonio, El Paso, and everything in South Texas back to Mexico - takes care of a lot of illegal immigrants.
Send Houston and other parts east to Louisiana - bunch of coon-asses anyway.
Give the Pan Handle (Amarillo, Lubbuck) to Oklahoma - other than the music, nothing good comes out of the part of the state, and nearly all those folks move to Austin as soon as they can.
Dallas, Fort Worth, and NE Texas can be shipped to Arkansas - Jerry Jones and the Waltons are meant for each other.
That leaves Austin and my little blue island. Dream from heaven.