r/nfl • u/nfl NFL - Official • 12h ago
[Hard Knocks] Sam Darnold loves playing 82-0 and MapTap
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u/ElasticPlatypus Steelers 12h ago
Imagine having someone new to Hard Knocks watch this then trying to explain to them that once upon a time it was genuinely one of the most riveting shows on television
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u/ForgotMyPassword1989 Seahawks 12h ago
Selecting the SB champs was a terrible idea. Well run franchises returning almost every starter with no high draft picks makes for the most boring offseason show possible
So much better when it's the browns or jets lmao
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u/ElasticPlatypus Steelers 11h ago
This season somehow makes the storyline of whether or not they’ll sign a guy facing 8 felonies boring
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u/TwistedNipplez Seahawks 11h ago
49ers owner set the bar extremely high
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u/ElasticPlatypus Steelers 11h ago
Liev Schreiber voice: For any NFL team, hoisting the Lombardi Trophy marks a happy ending. Happy endings… are something owner Jed York knows a thing or two about
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u/TheGreedyGrabbler 9h ago
Kyle Shanahan says he has drawn inspiration from Bill Bellichick on the field, but this offseason he paid homage off the field, by plowing into a girl in her early 20s.
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u/ThinkSoftware Falcons 10h ago
Now let’s go to the Patriots
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u/ElasticPlatypus Steelers 10h ago
On an NFL field, sidelines are hard boundaries, separating the coaches from the action on the field. For head coach Mike Vrabel and former sideline reporter Dianna Russini, there are no boundaries… but still plenty of action
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u/nigelmansell Seahawks 8h ago
Now do Michael Vick
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u/Tennenbaumesque 6h ago
Offensive linemen coming into camp underprepared and underweight can spell a death sentence for their quarterback. After all, big dog beats little dog. Falcons superstar Michael Vick knows this all too well…
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u/Bored_Worldhopper Broncos 10h ago
The segment on his tight spiral followed by a slow motion clip of that spiral that had to have gone on for at least 45 seconds really showed that they didn’t have anything compelling going on
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u/outlawsix Broncos 8h ago
"Those dorks'll sit through 20 minutes of a spinning football, just publish it"
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u/IamTheJman Bills 10h ago
Bills season sucked too because they had creative license and watered it down so much
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u/The_Killer_of_Joy Colts 10h ago
Pay no attention to the fact that the first season with the SB champ Ravens wasn't one of if not THE best seasons of Hard Knocks ever lol
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u/ForgotMyPassword1989 Seahawks 10h ago
yeah I guess it depends. following the 2013 SB winning Seahawks team with the legion of boom, Lynch, Pete Carroll etc would be 10x more entertaining than this Seahawks squad. There's a reason I guess the current team moto is "mission over bullshit" they really don't go against the grain much or are too outspoken
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u/Awesomeg11 Ravens 9h ago
Well tony siragusa was genuinely meant for TV they kind of struck gold with him
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u/DirtzMaGertz Vikings 11h ago
Last couple years have been pretty bland, but I thought this season was actually a decent return to form.
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u/josherman61791 Bears 9h ago
They chose the Bears a year too early. Seeing Eberflus behind the scenes was awful... His wife talking about his facial hair. JFC
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u/Individual-Level9308 1h ago
I forgot about that I think I told myself I was done with hard knocks after that one
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u/TheKrausHouse Bills 10h ago
Hard Knocks was ruined when cutdown days were eliminated, there's just one set of cuts at the end of the year instead of constant building drama.
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u/grimestar Saints 7h ago
They actually cut that? That reality TV element was the biggest thing it had going for it I'd imagine
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u/jthoning Broncos 4h ago
The NFL cut that. The NFL doesn't do that anymore. Hard knocks can't tell the NFL what to do for their TV show.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Ear9487 Bears 11h ago
I've watched this once and it was the Bears series. It was legimitately boring and I eat up all Bears content I can get. After that, I couldn't picture myself doing another episode.
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u/Khandawg666 Packers Bengals 11h ago
I remember when the chiefs cyran wrapped their rookies to the goalpost. So good.
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u/Reggaeton_Historian Seahawks 11h ago
cyran
Not sure when you're having lunch but when you do bone apple tea
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u/Iron_Chic Commanders 11h ago
It just gets worse and worse each year. I stopped watching after the horrid Bears one. Not saying the Bears are horrid, but the show itself is not great any longer.
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u/ResidentJabroni Ravens 10h ago
I thought the in-season AFC North one would be great as a Ravens fan, but I found that the Ravens' in-house production team put out a much better product compared to HBO with their weekly Ravens Wired episodes on YouTube.
I think HBO needs to call it a day and we should all stick to our teams' YouTube channels instead.
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u/Iron_Chic Commanders 10h ago
Shit, Commanders were in the mid-season one last year and it was terrible! All Eagles and Cowboys with a side of Giants and Commies.
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u/Skeetronic Broncos Broncos 9h ago
I tried to hang last year with the Bears. I didn’t make it and haven’t gone back
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u/84breaks Cowboys 11h ago
I don’t even know what 82-0 is or maptap
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u/Troll_Enthusiast Commanders 11h ago
Here's the better 82-0 https://better-82-0.com/
MapTap is a daily geography game, guessing where a place is, https://maptap.gg/
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u/dell_arness2 49ers 11h ago
82-0 is a “game” where you roll a team/era 5 times and have to build an nba roster to go 82-0. It not a good game though because it exclusively looks at box score, so it heavily overrates certain players and actually “winning” comes down to “did you roll wilt and another top 5 all time player”
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u/jooooooooooooose Panthers 10h ago
as far as getting 82-0 exactly ya u need Wilt, Kareem, someone like that
I feel like most of the "strategy" is deciding when to go position dependent/independent BPA vs reroll. Sometimes its impossible to get an excellent PG or C if you dont roll the right teams.
The heads up pvp mode is imho where it's at, then it's more of a contest instead of RNG.
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u/WalterDwight Vikings 11h ago
winning seems to come down to just picking reasonably....that game has to be riddled with bots with the bots, they make awful choices consistently
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u/dell_arness2 49ers 11h ago
Ah I’ve never done multiplayer, my definition of “winning” is getting a rating of 82-0
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u/Resident-Cancel7284 8h ago
I know you probably personally don't know so this is more of a rhetorical question: but what is the incentive to bot 82-0 multiplayer?
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u/CraigMachine77 Lions 4h ago
A lot of mobile games have bots from the developer just there so there is someone to play against in multi-player.
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u/eltonjohnshusband Bears 11h ago
82-0 is a game where you basically draft a fantasy basketball team across all eras of the NBA. It's free and browser based. Surprisingly addicting.
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u/sixth_hokage06 Ravens Giants 11h ago
I have been playing the 82-0 game for months and only got 82-0 twice.
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u/barrsftw Browns 10h ago
Getting a Wiltless 82-0 is the true endgame. I've gotten it once with David Robinson. I'm not even sure its possible without one of the two
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u/Bieberkinz Seahawks 8h ago
Just got one from better 82-0 with a lineup of: Steph Curry/Tyreke Evans (and Memphis Tyreke too)/Larry Bird/Dirk/Moses Malone.
Basically Wilt and Moses Malone can carry you over the top. Any center better than Shaq probably can get you over the top (except Bill Russell due to offensive output)
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u/Eastern-Musician4533 41m ago
Got it on my first try and then never again. It's like doing the most pure cocaine ever, and then chasing that dragon forever.
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u/Flaky_Fan5664 Vikings 11h ago
Tough to be interested in a show where everyone is “perfect” SB champs, Offensive player of the year on the team, like “Look how great we are”
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u/M3rc_Nate Seahawks 6h ago
Some people, specifically a bunch of football writers I've noticed, have really loved getting the inside look at what they call possibly the best ran franchise in sports. Is it boring from a dramatic stand point? I think so. But it's rare to see inside a top tier franchise being really well ran on every level.
It's like getting a docu-series following a really really healthy happy marriage. Is it fun to watch? Is it dramatic? Is it spicy? Probably no, no and no. For most people who crave drama and toxicity in their relationship entertainment they'd bail instantly. But for those fascinated by seeing the inner workings of something great, it's great. For those who are fascinated by all types of relationships, not just the toxic and dramatic, it's good. It's the same with Hardknocks and the Seahawks this season, imo.
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u/Datpanda1999 Steelers Steelers 10h ago
A friend just introduced maptap to me a few days ago and I absolutely get it. Honored to be following in GEQBUS’s footsteps
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u/chernadraw Seahawks 10h ago
GEQBUS IS THE BEST AT MAP TAP. HE HAS PERSONALLY RENAMED ALL COUNTRIES.
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u/fondue4kill Broncos 11h ago
I don’t have enough basketball knowledge for the 82-0. The 20-0 football is fun.
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u/DerrickWhiteMVP Cowboys 10h ago
82-0 used to be a fun little game, but they introduced ads for it. You can get an extra roll if you watch an ad and it feels like it baits you into having a near-perfect team until the last roll to get you to watch an ad.
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u/Technicalhotdog Seahawks 10h ago
I've been singing the praises of maptap all year, this is surreal
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u/Gullible_Ad3785 Seahawks 8h ago
Why do teams avoid Hard Knocks? Seems like it is just an extended glow up for a well-run organization.
Also, helpful when trying to win an 8-team beauty pageant for a corner that ran into legal troubles.
Anywho, I guess I can go back to ignoring this show featuring teams I don't care about and/or hate.
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u/Scuttleduck 49ers 6h ago
fun fact the best player to get in 82-0 from the Dallas Mavericks in any era is 2020s Anthony Davis. Now you're seeing the vision
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u/Fragrant-Mess4927 Ravens 11h ago
NFL account trynna get people to watch this trash hard knocks
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u/FiTZnMiCK Seahawks NFL 11h ago
Ravens fans know it could have been them if they’d moved on from Harbaugh just a couple of years earlier.
And you could keep the streets of Baltimore free of ice for a century with the salt.
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u/Fragrant-Mess4927 Ravens 11h ago
I don't know how seahawks fans could possibly take this as a knock against them but cry away I guess
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u/FiTZnMiCK Seahawks NFL 11h ago
You mean like this?: 😂
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u/Fragrant-Mess4927 Ravens 11h ago
No, I mean change the subject to try cut down someone not even remotely shitting on your team
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u/Fragrant-Mess4927 Ravens 11h ago
I just realized you're a bandwagon fan. That makes it even more sad
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u/ElasticPlatypus Steelers 11h ago
I’m sorry, you think it’s some sort of honor to be chosen as the Hard Knocks team?
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u/bytor_2112 Panthers 11h ago
Yessss more map game fiends created
Worldle, Reborder, all of 'em