NFL 2012/13 General Discussion and Betting Thread

[The Camel]

RedZone sucks imo.

[Sheriff Fatman]

RedZone sucks imo.

I love it.  Eagles game on GamePass (which is the one I'm watching constantly), fantasy league matches updating in real time on the screen, and Red Zone coverage to see all the big plays as they happen.

[TightEnd]

Statement from NFL UK regarding UK TV rights for the 2012/13 season

Saturday 1st September

“With the new NFL season kicking off next week, we fully understand the concerns of our fans that the full UK broadcast line-up for the new season has not yet been announced, beyond the new Channel 4 agreement for Sunday Night Football and the existing deal with BBC TV for Super Bowl and Wembley/playoff highlights.

“We have been in negotiations for some time to extend our broadcasting agreements for this season and will announce the full package for the 2012 season as soon as possible.

“However, it is possible that this may not be before Tuesday at the earliest. Thank you for your support and patience.”


Hairy times ahead of tomorrow night :-(

[The Camel]

Statement from NFL UK regarding UK TV rights for the 2012/13 season

Saturday 1st September

“With the new NFL season kicking off next week, we fully understand the concerns of our fans that the full UK broadcast line-up for the new season has not yet been announced, beyond the new Channel 4 agreement for Sunday Night Football and the existing deal with BBC TV for Super Bowl and Wembley/playoff highlights.

“We have been in negotiations for some time to extend our broadcasting agreements for this season and will announce the full package for the 2012 season as soon as possible.

“However, it is possible that this may not be before Tuesday at the earliest. Thank you for your support and patience.”


Hairy times ahead of tomorrow night :-(

Complete joke.

They make all these big promises and plans about turning the NFL into a global brand and can't work out a simple tv deal in one of the target audiences.

[Tal]

Stupid question of the year...much of the commentary we get is Fox, which is owned by Murdoch, as is a good chunk of BSkyB. Why so much trouble?

Is it just because it's the NFL dictating terms?

[action man]

looking like gamepass time lads

[The Camel]

Stupid question of the year...much of the commentary we get is Fox, which is owned by Murdoch, as is a good chunk of BSkyB. Why so much trouble?

Is it just because it's the NFL dictating terms?

And ESPN own rights to MNF.

Yet it look like we aren't going to see that either.

[the sicilian]

Anyone know if Tampa have improved much since last year..by the looks of pre season no.... quite fancy carolina against them -6

[Longy]

Stupid question of the year...much of the commentary we get is Fox, which is owned by Murdoch, as is a good chunk of BSkyB. Why so much trouble?

Is it just because it's the NFL dictating terms?

The deal is with the NFL not the tv stations in the USA. The deal in the us is split differently to elsewhere in the world. Fox have the NFC deal for Sunday games (1pm and 4pm et games) so that is why we see a lot of fox games on sky.

For example my Dad (big NFL fan) lives in Bulgaria and ESPN america have every game irrespective of day/time.

[TightEnd]

Tampa should be much improved. Last year was an extremely dysfunctional team, and they have upgraded in talent through draft and free agency

Unlikely to be play off contenders though, still very young and still need to rebuild further. Particularly unconvinced of Josh Johnson at QB

Think of them in terms of Carolina last year. Drafting a Newton though really does give a rebuilding franchise a huge shortcut. Tampa don't have that yet

I have them a 7-9 type of team at best, and whilst week one spreads are just impossible to properly analyse, and a bookies benefit, I would expect Carolina to win the game

[TightEnd]

Dean

If you want ready reckoners for each team in the early weeks of the season, this site is indispensable

http://www.profootballfocus.com/

looks at each team, anlayses every pre-season game etc etc

Might give you an edge. Frankly the spreads for week one are pure guesswork!

[the sicilian]

Cheers tighty... Just the game caught my eye in an early peruse... Big fan of Newton and panthers looked to have upgraded a bit as well.. Just Tampa were woeful last year and early looks don't look particulary promising..but as u say guessing game this early

[TightEnd]

AnyGivenSundayNight ‏@UKNFL

Getcha Gamepass refund e-mails ready! We're back on. Three year deal.

[The Camel]

http://www.nfluk.com/opinions/articles/sky-sports-announces-three-year-nfl-deal

Left it late.

[TightEnd]

September
Week 1              
Wed 5 Sep         Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants      Midnight    Sky Sports 1HD
Sun 9 Sep      Indianapolis Colts at Chicago Bears     5.30pm    Sky Sports 2HD
Sun 9 Sep      San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay Packers    9.15pm    Sky Sports 2HD
               
Week 2              
Fri 14 Sep      Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers     1.00am     Sky Sports 1HD
Sun 16 Sep      New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers    5.30pm    Sky Sports 3HD
Sun 16 Sep      Washington Redskins at St Louis Rams    9.15pm    Sky Sports 3HD


49ERS/Packers should be a doozy