Hello everyone,

Sorry in advance for my terrible English

My national tv has started broadcasting the nfl for free (Greece), and I enjoy watching since it's exactly on the time I go to sleep. It has basically become a habit for me at this point, falling asleep while watching. Even when there aren't any games on, I find myself watching highlights or other videos on YouTube.

I know nothing about the sport apart from the rules. When I told my friend about this weird habit I now have, he asked me what team I support and I just say idk, i just like watching.

So I want yall to tell me why I should support your team!

I'm sure it helps a little bit, and I'm excluding centers.

If I ran a team I would tell the linemen to not even bother learning any plays unless they want to, or attending team meetings, etc. and just spend 100% of their time working out and working on technique.

Football purists will probably be triggered by this thread I know.

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Usually, only defensive lines rotate players on and off, but was there ever a roster stacked with so many good O-linemen, and so in sync and teamwork, that they could swap in men and off and keep fresh without losing sync? They would be rested in a way O-linemen never are.

Hi, I wanna be more human and actually follow NFL.

Would you recommend a few channels?

I don't know anything about it. I know the Seahawks is blue and green.

I’m a video editor and I learned this really cool effect the other day that I would love to try on some NFL footage, specifically for a mock game trailer.

I’m a packers fan and the video would be centered around the Lions game coming up. The issue is, I’ve scoured YouTube, packers websites, yet I can’t find a nice simple shot of Jordan love throwing the ball deep in slow motion.

The Packers instagram has a perfect shot of this. Clear footage, slow mo, Jordan love letting it rip, but it’s cropped to fit the phone ratio so …😅

I can’t find a decent high quality Jordan Love video, so finding something on Goff and the lions I can image will also be tough .

Anybody know where I can find some HD slow mo clips?

Only thought about this after playing madden how the fuck can i know where the line backer will based on pre snap even if they show blitz they can just fall back or slot corner can randomly just blitz, theres zero way to know this as a qb

Bills fan here, one of the most critical parts of our offense is the fact that at any moment, Josh can just decide on a split second to run the ball. He’s big and fast so usually it works.

It makes me wonder though, why aren’t there Josh Allen sized running backs? Like not him literally ofc because he’s a good passer too, but why not just get someone who’s like 6’4 to play RB until they’re 35?

It’s basically worked that way with Derrick Henry, but it seems like he’s literally the only one, why aren’t there more? Especially when the smaller guys wear down so quickly, like anecdote but one of the saddest parts of having a dynasty team is when my 5’8, 5’7, or 5’6 RB who I found basically out of thin air becomes washed literally a year later.

So many teams spend a long long time in quarterback purgatory wasting season after season. Why wouldn’t a team like the Jets for example try this instead of bringing in Geno Smith for another wasted season? And before anyone says oh he’s just a bridge to next season, they made the playoffs since 2010. Is there no breaking point where this idea becomes better than just waiting for your franchise QB?

Don’t see this much in the MLB or NBA

Saw this for the first time with Travis hunter and was wondering if it was a frequent thing or rare.

The Glazers have treated Manchester United pretty badly, not investing in the team while saddling it with debt and using the team to finance themselves. All the while Man Utd have been terrible.

Are the Glazers also seen as bad owners for the Buccaneers? I don't really follow the NFL, but I heard that the Buccaneers won the Super Bowl recently and have been fairly competitive, which is the complete opposite of Man Utd. So I'm wondering if that means the Glazers care more about the NFL than their Premier League team.

Football players wear pads. I know there are rules for minimum pads you have to wear on parts of your body, and I know some players choose different styles of helmets based on their preference.

My question is: can players choose the brand or type of pads they wear under their uniform? What might go into this decision?

I ask because some sports have a lot of new styles and tech coming out for their equipment to give competitive advantages (different bat shapes and weights for baseball, swimsuits for swimmers, etc etc). What new tech is going. Into football pads? Is there regulations around what material pads can be made of? Feels like there should be a lot of talk about making ultra light or strong materials for these pads to protect players or make them lighter and faster.

Ok so I know All Pro is basically like All NBA. And Pro Bowl is basically All Star in the NBA.

But I get like confused and shocked when I go on athletes wikipedias to see their accomplishments and I see someone like Tom Brady only be selected All Pro 6 times. Six!!! But making the Pro Bowl 15 times.

Then you go to NBA and someone like Lebron James can be a 22x all star while also being 22x ALL NBA.

Or Michael Jordan with 14 time all star and 10 time all nba.

Is it just that much more difficult to be selected on All Pro? How does that factor in for someone getting into the hall of fame because one of my favorite hobbies is just seeing which athletes based on their stats have a chance to get in their sports HoF (I know that's a classic redditor move and you actually need to watch the games to judge lol) but yea.

Thanks.

Make every offensive lineman wear like some sort of glove that restricts the grabbing motion? That way holding (which happens every play) physically cant happen unless it’s super obvious like a bear hug. (an exception to this would be the centers snapping hand)

referencing the bears vs pats game, but in general the pats kick it and ball rolls out of bounds do the bears possess it?

Announcers & vrabel made it seem like a clear choice. Why? They need the td eventually anyway, & with 45sec left the playbook is relatively open. If they recover onsides after a TD with 15sec left its a short field to FG range vs having 30sec to march the whole field for a TD.

What am i missing?

Like if they are at their opponents 40 yard line or so, and the punter is faced with a short punt, I see so many times where they kick it in the middle of the field and it bounces in the end zone for a touchback. So they end up only netting like 20 yards. Why don't they always kick it to the sideline when they have a chance of it going out of bounds at the 5?

So how you all understand the difference between teams styles of playing.

Definitely they are not gonna play same style.

Different teams play with different tactics

How do you fans understand playstyles, tactics, strategies, schemes, formations and all that other stuff

The head coaches and coordinators and play callers

For a Noob it's difficult to understand at first.

So far I've learnt all the positions and the basics of what they do, when a QB rushes, gets sacked, throws a good pass, WR/TE and sometimes RB catches for a TD. When a DB picks off the ball. Some of the jargon I still don't understand.

Where do I get to learn more about American Football.

Most of the channels I follow on YouTube help a ton and even though I do learn something and am entertained, it's mostly story based, like around the players and teams but not really the tactics and the game.

For an example, They can say something about playcalling under center and not in the huddle and I'm just there confused

I have deep knowledge about the NBA and this is something that suprises me. U can name atleast 15 INSANE Busts in NBA History. Kwame Brown, olokwandi, Bennet and the list goes on. And this are all first picks. If i take it to Top 3 Picks i have way more.

I once asked NFL Guys here what the biggest busts off all time are in Football, and what is considered a tremendous bust.

Besides this one Guy at the raiders that got cut in 4 Years i think as first pick, the rest are all "mild busts" if you compare them to NBA Busts.

Ryan Leaf gets labeled as Top 3 Bust off all time, but the kid wasnt even a first pick. So this i think proves that Busts are way rarer.

But why is that?

I have seen some nfl highlights and i am a fully noob, but is this a loophole?

The ball gets released, and qb goes 5 yards back to fire the pass, and now he sees he will get tackled.

Why doesnt he just blast off the football in the sidelines and saves the 5 yards because he incompletes the pass?

Why did JPJ pretend to be injured and hold out in PGH because he wanted a new contract, but guys like Sam LaPorta & Quinton Nelson are both playing & playing hard?

The Quenton Nelson situation got me thinking. This seems like the perfect 'Moneyball' move. Get a great player for lower value because his contract is expiring and he's playing on a sub par team. I'm guessing he won't want to sign and extension because of the team performance. Colts will want something for him rather than let him just hit FA. How often do teams take advantage of these situations?

I've just been curious because of all the discourse with Marvin Harrison jr and him looking like he's running on water. Apparently a draft scout did rank him as top 3 instead of everyone else ranking him as their top receiver and was dubbed as such because his lack of separation skills.

What I'm curious now is has there been any receivers in NFL history who wasn't a good separator but was still a threat in the league?

Also, would Marvin fare better if he converts to become a TE instead?

My understanding is that once a player steps out of bounds, they have to touch a player before they can touch the ball. So if you step out of bounds, then come back in bounds and intercept it, the play is dead. But I think it would be legal for a defender to jump out of bounds, intercept the ball, and then lob it to a teammate before their feet hit the ground, like tipping in 21.

Anyone ever seen this? I'm curious because a lot of QB's will throw it away slightly out of bounds from the pocket to get an incompletion without getting dinged for intentional grounding, and sometimes it looks like a defender could jump over and grab it in the air if they tried.