NFL Week 1

[bjam12]

3 sacks for Mack.

[jersey cubs fan]

[Soul]

Clearly missed Adams today.

 

Also, WTF Cincy not challenging a TD throw and nobody else on that roster can snap?

[Derwood]

Chris Collinsworth sounds like he's broadcasting with COVID

[Soul]

It’s like the entire league forgot how to kick field goals.

[Soul]

Chris Collinsworth sounds like he's broadcasting with COVID

And it’s getting worse as we go along.

[Old Style]

[Soul]

Dak’s hand needs surgery.

[gflore34]

Dak’s hand needs surgery.

 

That sucks, how is it that the Bears are so terrible at WR yet, what Dak had yesterday not a pile of hot horsefeathers?

[Old Style]

Still can't get over Lovie's decision to punt at the end of OT.

[Brian707]

This is technically Week 2 and probably a dumb question. For the Thursday game, is the only way to watch the game by having an Amazon Prime subscription? Also, I would assume the Bears Commanders will be picked up locally by channel 7 in a few weeks.

[Andy]

This is technically Week 2 and probably a dumb question. For the Thursday game, is the only way to watch the game by having an Amazon Prime subscription? Also, I would assume the Bears Commanders will be picked up locally by channel 7 in a few weeks.

Amazon Prime is it unless you get the local stations from one of the two cities involved. The Bears TNF game will be on a Chicago station.

[jumbo]

Does NFL Plus do anything? Saw people complaining about it - I can't tell what games you can watch on it and what you can't.....

It says live gameplay on mobile devices including prime time games

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Does NFL Plus do anything? Saw people complaining about it - I can't tell what games you can watch on it and what you can't.....

It says live gameplay on mobile devices including prime time games

 

It looks like you can watch the games that are shown in your local market(including playoff games), but only on phone/tablet. If you had TV access to those games already there's probably an app that lets you watch them on mobile, so my guess is that it's really only useful for true cordcutters who want mobile access but are only doing antenna for local channels instead of an OTT provider like Youtube TV or Sling.

[Soul]

Does NFL Plus do anything? Saw people complaining about it - I can't tell what games you can watch on it and what you can't.....

It says live gameplay on mobile devices including prime time games

 

It looks like you can watch the games that are shown in your local market(including playoff games), but only on phone/tablet. If you had TV access to those games already there's probably an app that lets you watch them on mobile, so my guess is that it's really only useful for true cordcutters who want mobile access but are only doing antenna for local channels instead of an OTT provider like Youtube TV or Sling.

 

I took a cursory look at it. That was my impression too. I also understand that they have a higher tier, for more money, but it only gets you the ability to stream replays of the games. Seems like a waste of money to me.

 

It's worth noting that people overseas can buy all the games live......so this whole crappy setup is due to the DirecTV contract, which hopefully goes away after this year. I get that DirecTV showered the NFL with money to keep that exclusive rights package but in the process the NFL lost a lot of ground in their nationwide offering to all fans. All the other major sports are way ahead and have been for years.

 

Also there's the fact that the NFL app is about as user friendly as a fighter jet cockpit, but that's another story...

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

Does NFL Plus do anything? Saw people complaining about it - I can't tell what games you can watch on it and what you can't.....

It says live gameplay on mobile devices including prime time games

 

It looks like you can watch the games that are shown in your local market(including playoff games), but only on phone/tablet. If you had TV access to those games already there's probably an app that lets you watch them on mobile, so my guess is that it's really only useful for true cordcutters who want mobile access but are only doing antenna for local channels instead of an OTT provider like Youtube TV or Sling.

 

I took a cursory look at it. That was my impression too. I also understand that they have a higher tier, for more money, but it only gets you the ability to stream replays of the games. Seems like a waste of money to me.

 

It's worth noting that people overseas can buy all the games live......so this whole crappy setup is due to the DirecTV contract, which hopefully goes away after this year. I get that DirecTV showered the NFL with money to keep that exclusive rights package but in the process the NFL lost a lot of ground in their nationwide offering to all fans. All the other major sports are way ahead and have been for years.

 

Also there's the fact that the NFL app is about as user friendly as a fighter jet cockpit, but that's another story...

Yeah, it seems like the only reason they released the app is to test things out before it goes fully operational when the DirecTV contract ends.

[CubColtPacer]

 

It looks like you can watch the games that are shown in your local market(including playoff games), but only on phone/tablet. If you had TV access to those games already there's probably an app that lets you watch them on mobile, so my guess is that it's really only useful for true cordcutters who want mobile access but are only doing antenna for local channels instead of an OTT provider like Youtube TV or Sling.

 

I took a cursory look at it. That was my impression too. I also understand that they have a higher tier, for more money, but it only gets you the ability to stream replays of the games. Seems like a waste of money to me.

 

It's worth noting that people overseas can buy all the games live......so this whole crappy setup is due to the DirecTV contract, which hopefully goes away after this year. I get that DirecTV showered the NFL with money to keep that exclusive rights package but in the process the NFL lost a lot of ground in their nationwide offering to all fans. All the other major sports are way ahead and have been for years.

 

Also there's the fact that the NFL app is about as user friendly as a fighter jet cockpit, but that's another story...

Yeah, it seems like the only reason they released the app is to test things out before it goes fully operational when the DirecTV contract ends.

 

All the reporting suggests the NFL doesn't plan to do Sunday Ticket on their own app. They are planning to sell that package to one of the big streaming services.

 

As TT says, this package is really just a limited one for people who would like a cheap way to get their local market games but don't care that they can't watch it on a TV.

[Soul]

Interesting to watch Wilson be affected by the 12th man in Seattle. It hasn’t been a good night so far. The shoe is on the other foot.

[Derwood]

Why the hell did Denver a) not call time outs and then b) try a 64 yard FG? What terrible coaching

[17 Seconds]

what in the world

[Derwood]

Oh, NOW you're calling time outs?

[UMFan83]

[minnesotacubsfan]

[soccer10k]

Why the hell did Denver a) not call time outs and then b) try a 64 yard FG? What terrible coaching

 

Could even have called a play quickly (or called two before the third down play) and if you don't get it, you have 3 timeouts left where you could get the ball back if you get a quick stop. Unlikely you drive down in 40ish seconds for a FG attempt with no timeouts but we've seen crazier things happen.

 

Like you said, just an awful decision.

[gflore34]

Why the hell did Denver a) not call time outs and then b) try a 64 yard FG? What terrible coaching

 

Could even have called a play quickly (or called two before the third down play) and if you don't get it, you have 3 timeouts left where you could get the ball back if you get a quick stop. Unlikely you drive down in 40ish seconds for a FG attempt with no timeouts but we've seen crazier things happen.

 

Like you said, just an awful decision.

 

With the time outs in hand, could have run at least, one more play if not, two, to give themselves better field position for the FG.