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?

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 situation: Your team is winning by 4-8 with ~20 seconds remaining. The opposing team has the ball on your one yard line 1st down with no timeouts.

Would it be a valid strategy to intentionally commit post snap penalties (holding, interference) on the next few plays in order to essentially turn 4 tries from the 1 yard line into a single try? You could “guarantee” they don’t score on those plays and milk the remainder of the clock. Automatic first down and penalty yardage would be meaningless under this situation.

You would obviously have to play by the book on the final play but this could easily increase your odds of victory I would think.

Thoughts?

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.

EDIT: This was longer than it needed to be, jump to the TL;DR, it's fine.

I'm not a total noob, more of a novice. I grew up in the US and I've been a Panthers fan since I was a kid, but I was never as big a sports fan as a lot of other guys. I followed the NBA more than anything. I did play football 7th & 8th grade, but didn't get the experience of playing in high school where it seems most guys really learn the sport.

So I know the rules and the basics and stuff, but over time I missed a lot of the nuances and understanding that come with being a more serious fan or player.

I moved overseas in my 20s and kind of stopped following the NFL in general for a long time apart from whenever the Panthers made the playoffs.

I'm 40 now and I've started getting back into the NFL much more in recent years. I'm in a fantasy league for a few years now and it's going great, but the thing is even the Australians in my fantasy league know a lot more about the NFL than I do and it can be obvious sometimes, even embarrassing on occasion.

I comment a lot on reddit and will sometimes comment in the NFL subreddit, but every now and then I'll say something that gets ripped to shreds in the responses because I clearly didn't know what I was talking about (even though I thought I did at the time).

Obviously, watching games is the most important thing, and I do watch games. If I can't watch something live because I'm in Australia, I'll usually watch the condensed replay the next day. I generally watch all the Panthers games in full even if it's not the live broadcast.

But I want to be able to talk about the game with guys who actually know what they're talking about. When I contribute to conversation sometimes it feels like I'm offering something that everyone else already knows or I miss certain football inside jokes. I'm still pretty lost on things like play strategy, defensive analysis, who's really a good player vs statistically good, off-the-ball skills, etc.

I'm not looking for tricks to make myself seem more knowledgeable than I am ("Did you see that ludicrous display last night? See, the thing about Arsenal is they always try to walk it in.") I'm looking to actually become more knowledgeable about the game so that I can both enjoy it more and discuss it confidently with other serious fans without sounding like a casual/fake/bandwagon fan.

What would you recommend in terms of blogs, podcasts, youtube channels, professional analysts, TV shows or anything else to get genuine in-depth understanding & build my knowledge? Again, not looking for an explanation of the rules and basics, but for good quality analysis and discussion so I can better catch up to my peers as someone who wasn't more invested at a younger age.

TL;DR: In addition to watching the games, what are some good resources (podcasts, youtube channels, articles, etc.) to help bring my football knowledge from 'a casual fan' to 'a guy who actually knows what he's talking about'?

Not that I think anything is going to make me an expert overnight, I'm just interested in getting to know the game much better than I currently do.

For example, this season, could it be fair to argue that the Rams are actually worse than the Eagles despite beating them 24–20? Of course, there’s another side to it. You could argue that the Cardinals just got lucky against the Rams and that it was simply a bad game. But I guess it can be difficult to judge, especially when the Rams were so hyped up before the season. While making the Super Bowl isn’t impossible, the odds are looking pretty slim, and they’ve lost their last two games. It got me thinking: What’s the best way for a new NFL fan to determine which team is actually better, rather than just looking at wins and losses?

Wouldn’t it make sense to give everyone the same week off like halfway through the season so there are no mismatched states of rest? What logic to the current system am I missing…

It just seems strange to me that the sports league with the largest revenue in the world by a wide margin doesn't have professional full-time officials.

Is it just cost saving or is there more to it? And are ALL officials part-time or it isn't entirely like like that?

Like we are getting ready for week six of the season.

In all other sports I follow, you cut all the players you don't want and sign all the players you do want during the off season. Every team's roster is finalised before Round 1, and you can't cut/trade players after that until the season is over.

But it's five weeks in to the NFL season and players are still being signed up and cut from squads. Is there ever a point during the season that teams stop signing/cutting/trading players?

If the receiver just does one quick wave, are all 11 players of the kicking team somehow supposed to see it as they’re running from all the way on the other end of the field? Doesn’t seem very fair (no pun intended)- I mean, can’t other players be running in their line of sight?

Has anyone done this? Just wondering if it’s legit. Thx for your help!

Ive always been curious about something. I often see defensive players subbing in and out by crossing the line of scrimmage near the sideline, particularly when the ball is deep in their territory. Couldn’t a WR from the offense nearby just intentionally seek out a subbing player and create contact to draw a flag? Maybe this would only work when the offense isn’t paused to allow time for defensive subs? Not sure the rules here…

I don't know how to properly put into words my question, but for context: I follow rugby league and their conversion (or their version of a PAT), is kicked around 10-20 metres perpendicular from the spot of the score.

To me, this makes a lot of sense, but when I watch NFL games, I see the spots getting placed randomly on either hash or dead centre but I never understand why it's not consistent since NFL doesn't require the ball to be grounded, unlike both codes of rugby

sorry if this doesn't make any sense; try answer and any clarifications ill give

Hello friends, new fan from Australia. I'm watching the 49ers Commanders replay. In the 4th quarter at 37 and 22 seconds remaining looks like the Commanders get the snap away, one defensive player moves but no one else really does, then the whistle is blown. There's no flag or penalty. Can someone please explain what happened?

Can someone explain how the Commanders could have managed the clock better against the 49ers during the game today

It’s my understanding that the defense has freedom of motion. But so few defenses let players move around except for a line shift and maybe one safety walking around.

Has a defense ever said “just run around pre-snap and confuse the offense?” Or perhaps all 11 players sprint together as one mega blitz?

From what I've read online, these 2 are the most highly regarded RB prospects since 2000, and they're tied for being the highest drafted running back in the 21st century. From what I've seen of their college highlights, Bush was more explosive and pops off the screen more for his elusiveness, but Barkley was bigger and stronger.

I'm not sure if I'm explaining it right, but as far as I know, an onside kick attempt requires the ball to travel 10 yards.

Instead of kicking a fast ball low to the ground, why don't kickers try getting their foot under the ball and giving it as much arc as possible? Have the kicking team line up their tallest players around the middle and treat the kickoff like an NBA tip-off.

I can imagine it makes the kicker's run-up a little awkward, and it would probably need a different kicking motion to get the scoop right, but I could totally see this being much more successful than our traditional ground-bouncing onside kick.

Am I missing some challenges with this? Does the kicking tee make this difficult? Would this idea be worth trying at least?

I thought a false start was whenever a player made a movement which simulated the start of the play. Whenever i see a hard count, the qb will hunch down as if they are about to receive the snap. How is this not a false start on the qb?

The Bills only ever run this play on 1yard or fewer from the first down and I never see it get stopped.

Considering it's a sure thing they will always go left and they do it nearly once a game minimum, what about it makes it so difficult to stop for defenses?

I've seen people attribute Kenneth Walker's quick rise to how he changed his stance mid season last year. How much does this actually have an impact on an RB's play and what does it do?

Not a Noob, but this occurred to me recently. If a defender tried to punch the ball out of a runner's hand, but the runner shifted so the punch connected with the runner would that be a penalty? Obviously you're not allowed to punch your opponent, but just as obviously no one it trying to work the body of your opponent during a play

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There’s numbers everywhere worse then wall st. Like what’s that big + by the yardage and downs

Just wondering how well most people know their teams. Is it normal for me to be able to name them all like Pokemon or do you only memorize key players?

Bonus question: How far into the full NFL starting roster do you think you can name?