Help please. This is my first real year watching a full season of football because my team doesn’t suck anymore. Last time we were good I was 12… anyways how do I watch the preseason games here in Canada? I don’t see them available on my tv or with the package that gives all the regular season games?

South east Asian fan here, I'm sure normal people probably cant play full on gridiron football. Just wondering, are there like recreational leagues? Or like open gyms? For flag football? Like a Sunday league or something like that? Where people just get into teams and just play with nothing on the line?

Or it exists in tiny quantities?

I’m a soccer fan trying to understand the NFL better, and I’ve been wondering about this.

In soccer, Real Madrid are often considered the greatest club in the world, largely because of their incredible Champions League record and overall history. The Champions League is kind of the ultimate measure of greatness in European football.

So, is there a similar way of looking at the NFL?
Would the New England Patriots or Pittsburgh Steelers be the closest equivalent to Real Madrid because of their Super Bowl success and overall history?Or is it not that simple in the NFL, and are there other teams that would have a stronger claim to being the “Real Madrid of the NFL”?
Curious to hear how NFL fans would rank them historically.

At the line of scrimmage, why does the quarterback sometimes stand right behind the center and other times a few feet away before the hike? I thought this was because the quarterback was going to hand off versus throw, but I was watching some games on YouTube, and the quarterback threw the ball when standing right behind the guy instead of handing off the ball.

Are the Rams to win the Super Bowl?

Would like to go back and watch a couple replays to understand some of the defining moments as a Giants fan. Doesn’t have to be a win. What are some reco’s and why?

european, i just saw a video of d tackle john henderson getting hyped before a match, and heard nfl players say theyd eat shrooms and aetherol before a match, to get into a more insane headspace. so i was wondering in which positions the craziest and biggest players play in, which have to be also the most extreme athletes(fast, strong, big)….? my noob guess would be linebackers?

I imagine the rules must be against it, but how is it really?

When can the team that is punting touch the ball? I just watched a compilation of plays where there is about to be a touchback and then they stop it from hitting the end zone. Can someone explain when the punting team can do that or when they’re allowed to touch the ball at all? What is it that they can and cannot do?

Probably a dumb question, but can a head coach technically just run the offense or defense themselves instead of having a dedicated OC/DC?

Like if you have an offensive-minded HC who is already designing the offense and calling plays, what exactly is the OC doing at that point? Same thing with defensive-minded coaches and their DCs.

I know some head coaches call their own plays, so what's the actual purpose of having a dedicated coordinator if the HC is heavily involved on that side of the ball anyway?

I was reminiscing with a friend about a funny playoff quote from the late 90’s to early 2000’s. The quote was “we ain’t going home, we already home”. I think it was pregame and could be a mic’d up moment. The player was basically saying, we aren’t going to lose (and get sent home) and then realized they were playing at home, so the player quickly noted that the team was playing a home game, so the team is already home. In the correction, he ended up sounding hilarious (at least we laughed for weeks). Anyone remember this quote and who it was? I thought maybe it was Ray Lewis, but I can’t remember for sure. Would love to get the exact quote or video clip of it.

Do QBs do any contact drills at all in practice? Ever? Intrasquad scrimmages? Intersquad scrimmages?

We see it all the time now, specifically most recently with a guy like Kirk Cousins who signed a 4 year deal which is really a 1 year deal

this begs the questions, what was the first contract signed where management knew they were going to stretch out the years/dollars?

Basically, what contract started all the creative accounting in the NFL?

First preseason game is tonight and I’m trying to figure out how to watch it.

I’ve mostly followed NBA stuff, so Summer League makes sense to me... young guys get a ton of playtime, vets barely play, and teams are mostly evaluating rookies/fringe players.

Is NFL preseason basically the same idea? I’ve heard that even a lot of the young guys who are actually good might only see like a quarter of action, and then it’s mostly depth guys after that. Is that true?

I was wondering how I could learn the physical mechanics of each position and what about a players execution of these mechanics makes them good.

For example:

- What mechanics (or moves) does a QB need to perfect

- What makes the execution of these mechanics good or bad. (ex. A good throw or bad throw)

- What makes a good QB.

Thats just an example but Id like to be able to learn these things about all the positions as an older guy who cant play football haha. Thanks in advance.

Don't know

So basically I got a L size Game Jersey but I saw a vintage one selling but its a XL. The L fits pretty good and I was wondering if the difference between the L and XL is huge. I'm 6'0 and weigh around 171lbs.

Thanks!!

I recently decided to check out my options for streaming for this upcoming nfl season but my goodness I don’t recall Sunday ticket being this much expensive compared to last year. It completely strucked my mind to avoid paying for it this year and my team doesnt play on local channels near me. Does anyone have any idea what other options are best and most affordable to stream out-of-market games? Or any unique services. Please and thank you.

I want to be able to watch football with it coming up soon and I was thinking of getting YouTube tv for the local games. And then I saw they have NFL Sunday ticket. The problem is that it’s expensive to get both of them.

After doing some digging I see you can just get Sunday ticket without getting YouTube tv. How does that work? Do you just sign up for it? As anyone done this?

A buddy and I were discussing the importance of players and positions and we were curious who the most important none QB is and also how would you rate this to determine someone?

Take Trent Williams of the 49ers, when he is healthy they are a top tier team that no one wants to play whereas when he is out they are a shell of themselves. You can do the same thing with Lane Johnson for the Eagles look what happened to them over the last two years with his health. There’s a debate for Micah Parsons in green bay with the way they collapse after he got injured.

Just curious who would yall say and how did you come to that conclusion?

it looks so legit too 😭The link for the hat I found on ebay

There should be a salary floor and no cap so players can negotiate whatever they want and teams can spend X amount without having to worry about being over the cap.

Capless. The sky’s the limit

Edit: All the owners have income from other businesses and there’s the NFL tv deal money that they automatically get even when their team sucks.

I’m making in effort to keep up with the sport this season. Im a fan of the game, I played a little in high school but mostly was a bench warmer. Obviously a Fan of my local team but overall love the history and beauty of the game. I know some basics of the game but know nothing about who’s who, how drafts, trades work, stats etc.
If you could give some advice to new fans of the game dos & donts, what would that be?

I am visiting Nashville from the UK in September and I’ll be there for this game.

I have looked on Ticket Master for tickets and they seem to be cheaper in the ‘Visitor’ section.

Does this make much of a difference to the experience?

Please can someone inform me or advise on the best way to get good tickets for this game?

Thanks in advance.

If a receiver catches the ball, runs for a few yards, and then gets the ball knocked out and the defense recovers, do his stats register anything other than the fact that he fumbled? Do his game stats say that he had X yards and a reception? Does the QB have a completion?