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shiznitz
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That was great. It explains so much about the game in one example. |
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Ingmar
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Soccer does not have the depth that football.
Where did someone say this? It isn't even a complete sentence! |
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That was great. It explains so much about the game in one example. Fuck. This made me want to buy Madden. |
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ghost
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WARNING! Most Americans think that they understand football... few actually do. It's like soccer in that the game is MUCH deeper than it appears on the surface.
I have no idea what I watching many times. Particularly where line play us concerned, I tend to not get all the nuances. I blame having not played when I was a kid. Well, I played, but kicker doesn't count. |
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Llyse
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Play a season of Blood Bowl. It's about the same, I promise!  I tip my hat to you sir! I think if I manage to follow this season of NFL I'll have to sign up for my first fantasy league next year...  |
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Paelos
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WARNING! Most Americans think that they understand football... few actually do. It's like soccer in that the game is MUCH deeper than it appears on the surface.
The actual X's and O's of each play didn't matter to me as much as watching for the now expanded stage of ACT/REACT going on before a snap when I was a newer fan. Were I telling someone who was averagely familiar with the rules what to look for, I'd suggest they watch pre-snap reads. By that I mean you have a defensive set, and an offensive formation. The veteran QB is looking at the defensive set with 2 plays that he's called in the huddle. The first play is the standard, but he can kill that play if he doesn't like what the Defense is showing. Often you can hear the QB yell KILL KILL KILL to go to an audible, or they can change it with certain code phrases like LANDMARK BLUE 76. Once that happens, the Middle Linebacker (or defensive captain) can yell out audibles to his defensive players to adjust their formations. They can switch to blitzes or check out of them, they can adjust the direction of rushes, or they can maneuver to different coverage packages. All of this can happen with the ACT/REACT on both sides in a matter of seconds. It's really fun to watch the chess match before every snap while the defense makes feints at the line, and the QB tries to decipher what's real from the coverage. |
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shiznitz
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Explaining this is hard to new viewers, though, unless you are willing to freeze the game a lot and point things out. That can turn a 3 hour game into a 4 hour game.
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I have never played WoW.
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Nebu
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Explaining this is hard to new viewers, though, unless you are willing to freeze the game a lot and point things out. That can turn a 3 hour game into a 4 hour game.
I can watch film on a single game for 24+ hours. The game is incredibly intricate. |
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cmlancas
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Explaining this is hard to new viewers, though, unless you are willing to freeze the game a lot and point things out. That can turn a 3 hour game into a 4 hour game baseball.
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ghost
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What point are you trying to make with this?
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Ingmar
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Look at the team name for #19.
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ghost
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Ah. I guess I see. Probably would have been more obvious to see the whole list as sometimes they put weird shit in these things.
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Megrim
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Explaining this is hard to new viewers, though, unless you are willing to freeze the game a lot and point things out. That can turn a 3 hour game into a 4 hour game.
I just started watching with some small input from friends, and got most of the stuff figured out within about half-dozen games. I'm sure that there is some 2deep4u level that I'm missing, but it gets balanced out by laughing at how apparently terrible Americans are at tackling. Watching some defender make vague pawing gestures at the ball-carrier, then sort of just tip over to the side is hilarious. |
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JWIV
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Explaining this is hard to new viewers, though, unless you are willing to freeze the game a lot and point things out. That can turn a 3 hour game into a 4 hour game.
I just started watching with some small input from friends, and got most of the stuff figured out within about half-dozen games. I'm sure that there is some 2deep4u level that I'm missing, but it gets balanced out by laughing at how apparently terrible Americans are at tackling. Watching some defender make vague pawing gestures at the ball-carrier, then sort of just tip over to the side is hilarious. God damn arm tackling. It's terrible technique and needs to be beaten out of 90% of the league. |
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sickrubik
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beer geek.
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ghost
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Now I guess you have to wonder if they did it on purpose. One would have to assume, since they haven't changed it.
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ghost
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Also, Jason Whitten is a fucking moron.  Witten has informed the team he is willing to sign a medical waiver that would not hold the Cowboys or team doctors liable in case he re-injured his lacerated spleen during the NFC East matchup, according to team sources.  |
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sickrubik
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Now I guess you have to wonder if they did it on purpose. One would have to assume, since they haven't changed it.
I don't think there is a single thing to wonder about it. Tebow is such a circus, and the entire media is focused around him when it comes to the Jets. It was very much intended. |
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ghost
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Har........ Faux John Madden @FauxJohnMadden
BREAKING: With NFL season kicking off tonight.. the Browns, Rams and Dolphins have been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. 
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01101010
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BREAKING: With NFL season kicking off tonight.. the Browns, Rams and Dolphins have been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. Sigh... |
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HaemishM
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God, it is just going to be a sad, sad fucking season in Miami. I can't see anything positive about that team. At BEST, you can hope that your first round draft QB doesn't shoot his own dick off with a shaky O line and no one but Reggie Bush to throw to. At worst... see the first 6 games from last year.
Faux John Madden also forgot the Jags, who have GABBERT!!!!! and a Maurice Jones-Drew who missed all of training camp and likely won't be up to snuff until mid-season.
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01101010
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God, it is just going to be a sad, sad fucking season in Miami. I can't see anything positive about that team. At BEST, you can hope that your first round draft QB doesn't shoot his own dick off with a shaky O line and no one but Reggie Bush to throw to. At worst... see the first 6 games from last year.
Faux John Madden also forgot the Jags, who have GABBERT!!!!! and a Maurice Jones-Drew who missed all of training camp and likely won't be up to snuff until mid-season.
Yes, but counter argument to that MJD thing... at least he is not hurt. Pre-season is just an experience that veterans should turn their backs on. If you are fighting for a roster spot, have at it. |
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Ingmar
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It isn't the pre-season games that matter, it is the training camp and all the conditioning work to get rid of the extra off-season fat, etc., that matters.
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Nevermore
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Yes, but counter argument to that MJD thing... at least he is not hurt. Pre-season is just an experience that veterans should turn their backs on. If you are fighting for a roster spot, have at it.
The counter-counter argument to that: Chris Johnson last year. |
Over and out.
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ghost
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So who are you picking tonight? I figure the Giants will win, but in an ugly game. Final score: Giants 16, Cowpokes 12.
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HaemishM
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Giants and Cowboys is ALWAYS a high scoring game. I'd put it more in the 37-34 category.
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Paelos
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Giants and Cowboys is ALWAYS a high scoring game. I'd put it more in the 37-34 category.
Giants 38, Cowboys 17. I predict a laugher when the Cowboys find out they have nobody to throw to yet that's healthy. |
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WayAbvPar
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3-1 that Witten's spleen crawls out of his asshole midway through the 2nd quarter.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
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Tannhauser
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ARE YOU REASONABLY PREPARED FOR SOME FOOTBALL?! Oh NFL, how I've missed you... |
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ghost
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Giants and Cowboys is ALWAYS a high scoring game. I'd put it more in the 37-34 category.
That's not much of a prediction...... |
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01101010
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3-1 that Witten's spleen crawls out of his asshole midway through the 2nd quarter.
For the love of god and and that is holy... MY ANUS IS BLEEDING!! |
Does any one know where the love of God goes...When the waves turn the minutes to hours? -G. Lightfoot
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ghost
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A ruptured or lacerated spleen is nothing to fuck with.
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01101010
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You call it an accident. I call it justice.
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A ruptured or lacerated spleen is nothing to fuck with.
No, which makes his playing even more of a derpy decision. First game of the season... you can skip it. |
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Tannhauser
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He's from Carter County, they INVENTED derp there.
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