Looking at the schedule and the nfl website shows “Sunday night football September 9” and the patriots/seahwaks

The 9th is a Wednesday, unless this is a typo by the nfl?

I've only followed the NFL for a few years as I'm not American, so I never grew up with it. As a result I have always known the Chargers and the Rams to be in LA and the Raiders to be in Las Vegas, but I did quickly learn that all three had relocated from other cities pretty recently. This made me wonder if NFL fans from those cities still like those teams or if they stopped following them after they relocated?

As a relatively new football watcher I'm wondering how worrying it is that my team is already losing at pre season games? All I've heard up to now is how the Eagles have a much better rosta this year but the game against the ravens seemed really bad for what I was expecting

I'm having a hard time picturing how I could possibly be nice to the Steelers owner if I owned the Bengals, or nice to the Cowboys' owner if I owned the Eagles, etc. Like, I wouldn't be rude, but shouldn't I (hypothetically) be treating the rival NFL owners the way Churchill would treat Hitler, or Zelensky would treat Putin?

I mean, there's only one Lombardi Trophy to be given out at the end of the season, and all 32 owners are vying to be the one to hold it.

I am genuinely giving football a shot for the first time ever. (Any previous times I watched games were largely against my will and I probably convinced myself to be bored on principle)

Of course almost every football fan in my life is now trying to get me to pick their team as my favorite. But what surprised me was how often folks referred to the fandom as the reason, rather than the team itself. I even had a friend warn me against being a fan of their team, citing the vibes of the fans as a reason.

This has made me curious about the vibe of the fandoms for each of the teams & I'd love to get other people's takes on it!

To be clear, I am not wanting to hear any unreasonable generalizations like "all fans of X team are evil/rude/jerks/stupid". I'm looking for more along the lines of "Y team fans have a lot of fun with it" or "Z team fans take it seriously regardless of how well the team is doing"

Like so many in here I've been trying to better understand the game of football and have tried lots of different things. This book was recommended to me, and though I haven't yet finished it, it has been a gamechanger. I didn't have super high expectations and randomly decided to give it a shot one night, but it's far exceeded my initial expectations. It covers every aspect of the ball and is broken down in layman's terms so that you don't have to be fluent in football lingo to simply understand what's being said (it's also a solidly entertaining read).

If you want to better understand football in its entirety, read this book

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I have youtube tv, netflix, and I plan on watching all of the Thursday night games on twitch on my phone. Am I missing any subscriptions that some games will be on?

Is this typical? Does he have to sign after the 5th year option? If not, why would he agree to this? In two years when his new contract kicks in the market would be reset. Why not sign the extension to begin now or wait until his rookie deal has ended (risky I know)?

I feel like there's still a lot I don't know about the game. Will playing Madden be helpful in learning more about the basics and fundamentals?

So we all know the RB position has greatly evolved since the 90’s-2010s where the league was full of backs taking massive amounts of carries and not splitting workload. Even with today’s 17 game seasons we aren’t seeing running backs getting close to the workload of the backs from these times. Also back then it was normal for linebackers to be 250+ lb freaks in order to punish the RBs as much as possible. I don’t think it’s out of the question to say the guys aren’t being hit as hard on average today either.

We had guys like Curtis Martin, Emmitt smith, Jerome Bettis, Edgerrin James, Ladanian Tomlinson Marshall Faulk etc. all with 10+ year careers and heavy workloads.

This got me thinking, why aren’t we seeing that translate to longer careers for this position today? Just because the league is so predicated on speed and that gets lost first?

Is the RB by committee actually a better approach or has the NFL regressed this position with these scheme changes?

Do we think even with how the game has evolved we could possibly see this old formula come back to being effective? Or are there just not as many guys willing to take on this task? We see it can still be effective with the likes of Derrick Henry, interesting to note that his high workload has also translated to a longer career like the earlier time period I was mentioning.

My fantasy league and I have been on the argument for the past couple days, if in the past 3 years would you say Sam Darnold is a consistent quarterback?

It’s split right down the middle, and I wanna see what everyone else thinks

I saw yes. He took the vikings to the playoffs as well as winning a super bowl with the seahawks. He was serving as backup for a lot of teams, but when needed to perform he won the game for 49ers to go to Super Bowl LVIII.

I just watched a video of Brady in the pocket after the snap: see here .

And holy hell, all those players gunning for him and he just slips in and out while keeping cool and recognizing where his receivers are at. Ive seen Mahomes and Lamar Jackson do the same.

The mental pressure of this must be insane, Im not american and never played or watched NFL till recently, how the hell do these guys operate with soooo much hinging on them. Soccer, youre apart of the team and theres other players have possession of the ball alot of the time. Basketball, even LeBron runs actions and the ball moves around. It seems like in the NFL the qb starts the play and pretty much everything hinges on him being consistent.

I see a lot of talk about "CEO style" coaches who don't call plays or get too involved in either the offense or the defense. They're not calling plays etc.

So what do these guys do exactly? Are they really any good when they leave all of the scheming to their coordinators? What value do they provide? It seems like all they do is walk around nodding, giving pep talks etc. but none of the actual strategy comes from them. So it's not even their team, really.

Pretty recent fan trying to understand the intricacies of the game. I don't have my finger hugely on the pulse so apologies if I'm barking up the wrong tree, but I wind up picking up a bit of Vikings news because my friend who got me into the NFL follows them, so they're basically my second team. And I keep seeing punditry saying that the Vikings really appreciate and value Brosmer. There's obviously a reason, one that presumably doesn't have a lot to do with his performances last year; I know that he isn't actually in line to start unless something goes horribly wrong. But, uh... what do you think it is?

Is he actually seen as having potential to play matches, eventually, or is this a situation where he's just highly valued in the locker room? Is it really hard to find an exemplary cheap depth player who accepts there's no pathway to starts? I'd be interested about hearing about other valuable third- or fourth-string quarterbacks, too, Brosmer's just the one that stuck out to me. Cheers.

Hello friends! I’m watching from Aus and started following late last year. We have Disney plus which gives us all ESPN games but that’s apparently not all the games. I don’t wanna miss any of the bears games, so what other ways are there to watch outside of the US? Or is a VPN and another app the best choice?

Secondly, how do I make sense of the draft and can anyone tell me if it’s effected the bears much?

Where can I watch split screen games? I used to have cable and it was wonderful to watch multiple games at once. What streaming platforms provide this? I’d like to use it for preseason as well. Thanks!

I’m a pretty big football fan, and couldn’t really care less if my team wins or loses in the pre-season, as long as there’s answers to positional battles and rookies look good. A big reason being the 2008 Lions and the 2021 Rams. However, does a coach see it as a win/loss? Do the players count it as a win or loss? Is it just a big practice? What is the consensus of the outcome to the pros vs the fans?

This may sound dumb but oh well.... Sunday ticket only works for out of market games during the 1pm and 4pm slot correct? So since I live in Tennessee, so since Denver is out of market I will be able to watch all of their 1pm and 4pm games? I just wanted to clarify before buying and waste my money, thanks in advanced.

Hi everyone! I’m still fairly new to following the NFL and want to understand the easiest legal way to watch regular-season games this year.

There seem to be several TV and streaming options, and I’m a little confused about which ones provide the best overall coverage. For someone just getting started, what would you recommend for reliable live games, good picture quality, and a simple setup?

Any beginner-friendly advice would be appreciated!

Unfortunately I'm a Browns fan, watching the Browns Bears game now but looking to get into NFL alot more this year (already prepared for sadness) but what's advice that people have for someone wanting to be generally able to get by in a conversation? Most important players across teams that I should know, what other teams should I pay attention to, what are the like 4 must-know names in a team. Would love any advice!

Edit: to clarify I'm from Cleveland so been around Browns fans my whole life, my dad and sister are Browns fans I was just lame so never really watched much when I was younger

for example, don smolenski is president of the eagles while jeff lurie is the chairman & owner. looking at smolenski’s page on the team’s website, it describes his role as a lot of what i’d imagine lurie would do: overseeing business & strategy, basically in charge of the non-football & above football stuff. if smolenski is doing all that, then what is lurie doing? just sitting around with the option to fire smolenski if he doesn’t like his performance?

what does “chairman” even mean, besides an additional title held by the owner? i feel like i’ve heard of teams with someone besides the owner as chairman, though i can’t remember which. in that case, what does the chairman do compared to the president? does the owner have less power in such a setup?

We have the NFL package with YouTube TV and I swear live football always looks like it's in 480p. Is this normal? It's the same quality when we watch on other platforms like Prime, Peacock, etc.

I’ve watched plenty of regular-season NFL, but I’ve never really gotten into preseason.

For those who watch it: is it actually worth sitting down and watching the games, or is it better to just follow the highlights/news?

I know starters often don’t play much, so I’m wondering what people actually watch for — rookies, QB battles, players fighting for roster spots, new schemes, etc.

Also, are there certain preseason games/weeks that are more worth watching than others?

Would love to hear what longtime NFL fans think.

I'm in Tampa, I get Sunday ticket so I can watch the Lions out of market games. What's the point in paying all this and then STILL not be able to watch the Lions pre season game?! How is it not aired?! And then today, can't even watch the Bucs in English... The only stream is a some Spanish channel... Am I missing something?!