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Post by klawrencio79 on May 15, 2024 16:59:23 GMT
What else can the NFL give us to sate our addiction? Shows about the grounds crew? Beer vendors? Caterers? Team medical staff? Parking lot attendants? Assistants to the traveling secretaries? I want it all! So whenever there is a rain delay, or during the offseason, SNY will always show a handful of old Mets games. Sounds great in theory, but it's always the same handful of games and it's always some pivotal game. Here is Johan's "no hitter," here is the game the Mets clinched the division in 2015, etc. And yeah, those are fun and all, but give me a random game from 1993 against the Reds. I don't want to know the outcome or of some play of historical significance, I want to see Pete Schourek striking out Reggie Sanders en route to narrowly losing to Jose Rijo. That's what the real fans want, not this cherry-picked "hey, remember when this awesome thing happened" moment.
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Post by sdm3 on May 15, 2024 17:21:08 GMT
Because it’s the off-season, and they know we’re starving for anything NFL, especially with free agency and the NFL draft finished with. And apparently they're right about all of that, but I still find it bizarre. I tuned into the draft to see the absurdity of it all, and to see clips of the players that I don't really know anything about, but after a few mins I'd really only check in when my team was gonna pick, and eventually just looked at the list of picks the next day. Making a show out of the draft is odd enough, but making one from a list on a sheet of paper is completely absurd. I'm amazed that anyone would watch, but evidently they will. Watching TV to find out exactly when and what we'll be watching on TV in the fall. It's quite bizarre.
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Post by Shane Falco on May 15, 2024 19:30:34 GMT
What else can the NFL give us to sate our addiction? Shows about the grounds crew? Beer vendors? Caterers? Team medical staff? Parking lot attendants? Assistants to the traveling secretaries? I want it all! Given all the trash reality TV shows out there I am surprised we don't have some sort of Real Housewives of the NFL. You've got someone like Brittany Mahomes who is just self absorbed enough to think she is an actual celebrity to put on a show like that. Throw in Matthew Stafford's annoying wife or Harrison Butker's wife who apparently was put on this earth to be a 1920's housewife and watch all the totally real "drama" unfold.
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Post by tristramshandy on May 15, 2024 20:25:01 GMT
The schedule release is a baffling time of the year. There are probably a lot of fans who don't realize we already knew the upcoming opponents for every team months ago. It's set as soon as the previous season finishes. All the schedule release does is reveal the ORDER of these opponents. Leave it to the NFL to dress it up with hype and glitz, and we'll eat it up because... of course we will. We're obsessed with football, and it's May. Nothing stops this train. I honestly just found out there was gonna be some kind of show for this. It's astonishing that anyone would watch such a thing. I'll be looking at the schedule to see when some games are that I might be interested in attending, but why would this be on TV? It's literally just a list of dates and teams. I would watch it - - but I already know the Steelers schedule. Lots of leaks out there. Steelers don't play a division game until week 11. Ravens, @ Browns, @ Bengals, Browns, @ Eagles, @ Ravens, Chiefs, Bengals to end the season. Ugh. We'll be playing both on Thanksgiving and Christmas. So the most physical game of the year followed four days later by playing the two time champs on a Wednesday at 1 pm Eastern. Ugh.
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Post by Shane Falco on May 15, 2024 20:28:25 GMT
Giants to be the Hard Knocks team this preseason. Rather boring selection in my opinion. Is anyone really interested in following around Daniel Jones or Drew Lock's QB competition or the rumored dislike Brian Daboll?
Would have liked to have seen the Bears or Bengals. Bengals potentially have a ton of drama to them with trade requests from Higgins and Hendrickson as well as Burrows return from injury. Bears have that fresh new car smell with Caleb and Odunze.
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Post by sdm3 on May 15, 2024 20:35:32 GMT
Giants to be the Hard Knocks team this preseason. Rather boring selection in my opinion. Is anyone really interested in following around Daniel Jones or Drew Lock's QB competition or the rumored dislike Brian Daboll? Would have liked to have seen the Bears or Bengals. Bengals potentially have a ton of drama to them with trade requests from Higgins and Hendrickson as well as Burrows return from injury. Bears have that fresh new car smell with Caleb and Odunze. It’s an offseason-only Hard Knocks so it’ll cover the Giants from the end of last season to the draft and beyond. New take on the show - not sure if there’ll also be the usual training camp Hard Knocks in addition.
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Post by masterofallgoons on May 15, 2024 20:43:24 GMT
Giants to be the Hard Knocks team this preseason. Rather boring selection in my opinion. Is anyone really interested in following around Daniel Jones or Drew Lock's QB competition or the rumored dislike Brian Daboll? Would have liked to have seen the Bears or Bengals. Bengals potentially have a ton of drama to them with trade requests from Higgins and Hendrickson as well as Burrows return from injury. Bears have that fresh new car smell with Caleb and Odunze. It’s an offseason-only Hard Knocks so it’ll cover the Giants from the end of last season to the draft and beyond. New take on the show - not sure if there’ll also be the usual training camp Hard Knocks in addition. It sounds like there might be, but that they're making the point that this is something different. I don't think the Giants have really had an off-season to be proud of, but I guess that doesn't matter. It'll be interesting to be inside the meeting rooms and discussions of any team. Much like it's interesting to be in training camp with any team. I almost never really care about the star players that much in that show. The guys who are fighting for a roster spot are always the most engaging storylines.
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on May 15, 2024 21:51:39 GMT
What else can the NFL give us to sate our addiction? Shows about the grounds crew? Beer vendors? Caterers? Team medical staff? Parking lot attendants? Assistants to the traveling secretaries? I want it all! So whenever there is a rain delay, or during the offseason, SNY will always show a handful of old Mets games. Sounds great in theory, but it's always the same handful of games and it's always some pivotal game. Here is Johan's "no hitter," here is the game the Mets clinched the division in 2015, etc. And yeah, those are fun and all, but give me a random game from 1993 against the Reds. I don't want to know the outcome or of some play of historical significance, I want to see Pete Schourek striking out Reggie Sanders en route to narrowly losing to Jose Rijo. That's what the real fans want, not this cherry-picked "hey, remember when this awesome thing happened" moment. It might not be new, but it's new to you! For me it wouldn't even have to be from the 90s or whatever. It could be a game from last season and I'd barely remember it. But yeah, show me Von Hayes, Juan Samuel, Greg Luzinski or someone like that.
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on May 15, 2024 21:54:10 GMT
What else can the NFL give us to sate our addiction? Shows about the grounds crew? Beer vendors? Caterers? Team medical staff? Parking lot attendants? Assistants to the traveling secretaries? I want it all! Given all the trash reality TV shows out there I am surprised we don't have some sort of Real Housewives of the NFL. You've got someone like Brittany Mahomes who is just self absorbed enough to think she is an actual celebrity to put on a show like that. Throw in Matthew Stafford's annoying wife or Harrison Butker's wife who apparently was put on this earth to be a 1920's housewife and watch all the totally real "drama" unfold. My wife watches most of the reality shows, at least the ones on Bravo. I seem to remember a Basketball Wives show but I never watched it. But I could get on board an NFL Wives show depending on who they cast. I'll pass on Ms. Mahomes but I'd be in on Zach Hertz's wife or Kylie Kelce or someone like that.
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Post by masterofallgoons on May 16, 2024 0:47:37 GMT
Given all the trash reality TV shows out there I am surprised we don't have some sort of Real Housewives of the NFL. You've got someone like Brittany Mahomes who is just self absorbed enough to think she is an actual celebrity to put on a show like that. Throw in Matthew Stafford's annoying wife or Harrison Butker's wife who apparently was put on this earth to be a 1920's housewife and watch all the totally real "drama" unfold. My wife watches most of the reality shows, at least the ones on Bravo. I seem to remember a Basketball Wives show but I never watched it. But I could get on board an NFL Wives show depending on who they cast. I'll pass on Ms. Mahomes but I'd be in on Zach Hertz's wife or Kylie Kelce or someone like that. So just anyone from the eagles then?
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Post by mtbg on May 16, 2024 2:20:31 GMT
What else can the NFL give us to sate our addiction? Shows about the grounds crew? Beer vendors? Caterers? Team medical staff? Parking lot attendants? Assistants to the traveling secretaries? I want it all! So whenever there is a rain delay, or during the offseason, SNY will always show a handful of old Mets games. Sounds great in theory, but it's always the same handful of games and it's always some pivotal game. Here is Johan's "no hitter," here is the game the Mets clinched the division in 2015, etc. And yeah, those are fun and all, but give me a random game from 1993 against the Reds. I don't want to know the outcome or of some play of historical significance, I want to see Pete Schourek striking out Reggie Sanders en route to narrowly losing to Jose Rijo. That's what the real fans want, not this cherry-picked "hey, remember when this awesome thing happened" moment. One out of that handful is the game vs the Phils in 2019 when David Wright came off the IL and hit an absolute bomb into the upper deck and the Mets went homerun derby on them! "David Wright brings himself back into the lineup...with Thunder"!
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Post by mtbg on May 16, 2024 2:22:03 GMT
It’s an offseason-only Hard Knocks so it’ll cover the Giants from the end of last season to the draft and beyond. New take on the show - not sure if there’ll also be the usual training camp Hard Knocks in addition. It sounds like there might be, but that they're making the point that this is something different. I don't think the Giants have really had an off-season to be proud of, but I guess that doesn't matter. It'll be interesting to be inside the meeting rooms and discussions of any team. Much like it's interesting to be in training camp with any team. I almost never really care about the star players that much in that show. The guys who are fighting for a roster spot are always the most engaging storylines. Will be interesting to see when they verbalized stepping away from Saqoun and then flash forward to him signing in Philly.
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Post by tristramshandy on May 16, 2024 2:49:09 GMT
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Post by Rey Kahuka on May 16, 2024 11:52:42 GMT
I see a handful of potential wins on the Pats schedule, we'll see how the season goes. The NFL has finally figured out the Patriots suck, only one primetime game this year.
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Post by sdm3 on May 16, 2024 12:37:59 GMT
Schedule for Indy is on the "easier" side on paper, but everything can change depending on how teams look come September (which is why I never buy into strength-of-schedule calculations based on last season's results). One primetime game (at Jets). If Richardson stays healthy and shows progression, the Colts will contend with Houston for the division. If he doesn't, they won't. It's that simple.
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Post by masterofallgoons on May 16, 2024 13:34:17 GMT
Aaron Rodgers sure continues to be a dumbass, huh?
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Post by masterofallgoons on May 16, 2024 13:37:58 GMT
It sounds like there might be, but that they're making the point that this is something different. I don't think the Giants have really had an off-season to be proud of, but I guess that doesn't matter. It'll be interesting to be inside the meeting rooms and discussions of any team. Much like it's interesting to be in training camp with any team. I almost never really care about the star players that much in that show. The guys who are fighting for a roster spot are always the most engaging storylines. Will be interesting to see when they verbalized stepping away from Saqoun and then flash forward to him signing in Philly. That's what everyone is gonna want to see, but we all know the answer already. They think they offered him a fair deal for the market of what running backs make in today's NFL, and they had to be willing to let him go, and go wherever they wanted to, if they really believed that... and they did. I don't like anything about it, but that's the operating philosophy. They could have fucking franchised him again...
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Post by masterofallgoons on May 16, 2024 14:29:23 GMT
![](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/upload/t_editorial_landscape_12_desktop_2x/f_auto/giants/elw4kp1ztzgybckpt6l8.jpg) Giants unveil their 'Century Red' alternate uniform for their 100th season. Quite hideous, but I guess it resembles the first uniforms they wore in the inaugural season in the 1920s. They'll wear these for 'Up to 2 games this season.' Ok.. Also the uniform is 'presented by United Airlines.' Whatever the fuck that means.
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Post by sdm3 on May 16, 2024 14:37:59 GMT
![](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/upload/t_editorial_landscape_12_desktop_2x/f_auto/giants/elw4kp1ztzgybckpt6l8.jpg) Giants unveil their 'Century Red' alternate uniform for their 100th season. Quite hideous, but I guess it resembles the first uniforms they wore in the inaugural season in the 1920s. They'll wear these for 'Up to 2 games this season.' Ok.. Also the uniform is 'presented by United Airlines.' Whatever the fuck that means. They look like they're doing some kind of inter-sport crossover with the Montreal Canadiens.
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 16, 2024 15:38:14 GMT
I see a handful of potential wins on the Pats schedule, we'll see how the season goes. The NFL has finally figured out the Patriots suck, only one primetime game this year. I'm seeing 2-15, though 2023 Pats lost games they could've won - 2024 team maybe wins a couple more they should lose? Anyways, I'm sticking to hoping they keep Maye off the field & practice/coach him up aside, the team has enough youth that they're not on the clock with some contending window or whatever. Jacoby Brissett seems like he's capable of keeping them in games.
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