NFL 2015 season Thread

[TightEnd]

NFL to hold public hearing here on Rams' potential relocation: http://bit.ly/1W178Gr

[TightEnd]

Perfect Regular Season Odds in vegas (16-0)

 Patriots +600

Packers +1000

Bengals +2500

Broncos +5000

Panthers +6600

[Evilpengwinz]

"what in the world?"

there are fake punts, then there are fake punts

Can anyone explain this?!

Pat McAfee explains it like this (From 4:24 onwards)

[AdamM]

Ah, ok

[TightEnd]

the Jags have extended,a  game in london for the next five years with an option to extend to 2025

[TightEnd]

 3 seasons (2018,19,20) with at least 4 #NFL games, between TWO London venues: 'NFL extends Wembley deal' http://www.skysports.com/share/10038405

[The Camel]

3 seasons (2018,19,20) with at least 4 #NFL games, between TWO London venues: 'NFL extends Wembley deal' http://www.skysports.com/share/10038405

It's a bit strange the UK gets all the games.

Why haven't they tried Paris, Berlin or Barcelona?

[TightEnd]

i think with the aim here to get 8 games a season in london by 2025 its as if its a home season de facto and a pre-cursor to a franchise coming here. Presumably because support for the game is more advanced here than it is elswhere in Europe

[Ironside]

i think with the aim here to get 8 games a season in london by 2025 its as if its a home season de facto and a pre-cursor to a franchise coming here. Presumably because support for the game is more advanced here than it is elswhere in Europe

i would have thought that support for the nfl was more advanced elsewhere in europe, i remember nfl europe the 2 british sides were among the first to drop out the other nations had 2 or 3 teams all drawing more fans. would love to see them try something like that again

[fatcatstu]

The NFL Europe wasn't the same though, was it? That and the boom in popularity that NFL has experienced over here in the meantime means that it's now probably way more advanced over here than in other countries.

Or am I missing something?

[Tal]

i think with the aim here to get 8 games a season in london by 2025 its as if its a home season de facto and a pre-cursor to a franchise coming here. Presumably because support for the game is more advanced here than it is elswhere in Europe

I seem to recall the NFL said last year the issue is they can't get a broadcaster in Germany. If they had the exposure, they'd definitely be up for a German game, but the national networks aren't interested.

That sounds most likely to me.

[AndrewT]

I've just spent an idle moment spinning through the BARB viewing figures and saw that the NE v Dallas game that was on Sunday evening a couple of weeks ago got just 50,000 viewers on Sky. For comparison, Notts County v Plymouth got 220k on the same day.

I was surprised how low that was for one of the bigger games that's going to be on at a reasonable time (not SNF or MNF)

[kukushkin88]

I'm happy that Seattle represent a really good handicap bet tonight. San Francisco have played 3 teams who are likely to finish with a winning record and a lost by a combined total of 79 points. Seattle obviously really need it tonight, San Francisco will be up for it but in reality have little to play for. Carroll has that no mercy streak and Seattle have had a ridic hard schedule to this point, they've played 3 of the undefeated teams so far. They'll be much too good imo.

[Ironside]

wow one of the most boring games i have seen

[kukushkin88]

wow one of the most boring games i have seen

Going to be a long season for SF.