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Thursday Night Football, anyone? - miK. - 11-16-2012
As a Bills fan, I have to like what I'm seeing so far.
As a Bills fan, I have to hope they don't screw it up somehow...
Re: Thursday Night Football, anyone? - pRICE cUBE - 11-16-2012
I prefer to watch an NFL game I have no horse in over anything else, that is how much I love football.
Re: Thursday Night Football, anyone? - miK. - 11-16-2012
They did it!
They also didn't score one point in the whole second half.... luckily the Dolphins were that bad.
Re: Thursday Night Football, anyone? - pRICE cUBE - 11-16-2012
I don't know if I would be encouraged by that but a win is a win.
Re: Thursday Night Football, anyone? - rz - 11-16-2012
pRICE cUBE wrote:
I prefer to watch an NFL game I have no horse in over anything else, that is how much I love football.
I have often watched some of the Division 3 games they play on weeknights on some of the ESPN channels because after scanning through the hundreds of other channels, I came to the conclusion that it was the best thing on. That's how much I love football.
Re: Thursday Night Football, anyone? - Ted King - 11-16-2012
I'm not as much of a fan of football as some of you guys but I do like watching it a pretty fair amount (I also enjoyed playing football on my high school football team). I like the combination of smart ever-evolving strategy and tactics and, especially at the pro level, combining that with the pure athleticism exhibited.
I'm curious about how you feel about the level of "brutality" in the game, though. The concussion thing a lot of people are concerned about now has gotten me to reflect more on the violence of the collisions those guys put their bodies through. When I do reflect on it, it does bother me. I like a good "wrap 'em up and try to strip the ball" tackle, but I don't like hearing people relish when one player "blows up" another player. That aspect of the game makes me feel at least a bit ambivalent about it. What are your thoughts on that?
Re: Thursday Night Football, anyone? - ka jowct - 11-16-2012
Ted King wrote:
I'm not as much of a fan of football as some of you guys but I do like watching it a pretty fair amount (I also enjoyed playing football on my high school football team). I like the combination of smart ever-evolving strategy and tactics and, especially at the pro level, combining that with the pure athleticism exhibited.
I'm curious about how you feel about the level of "brutality" in the game, though. The concussion thing a lot of people are concerned about now has gotten me to reflect more on the violence of the collisions those guys put their bodies through. When I do reflect on it, it does bother me. I like a good "wrap 'em up and try to strip the ball" tackle, but I don't like hearing people relish when one player "blows up" another player. That aspect of the game makes me feel at least a bit ambivalent about it. What are your thoughts on that?
That's where I am these days. It's been a long time since I have found anything to like about the "thug" approach to knocking an opposing player off his feet (you can't really call some of those hits "tackling"). I'd much rather see a defensive back make a great, skillful play—e.g., getting a hand in to knock away the ball at the exact right moment, as Revis often does—than see him deliver a really vicious hit. The NFL glorified that approach for far too long, with no concern for the cost in wrecked human beings.