We haven't really had a place to talk football here, so if you have something to say, do it here.

I absolutely hate the Chicago Bears right now!!!

I absolutely hate the Chicago Bears right now!!!

At least you have the Cubs and Mr. Cleveland has the Indians. I'm stuck with just the Jets!

My only salvation is that Cubs are decent and Northwestern beat Michigan State.

The Cowboys thumped the Packers in Lambeau. That surprised me a bit.

The sports media is trying to start a QB controversy in Dallas.

And Ezekiel Elliott looks unstoppable.

My only salvation is that Cubs are decent and Northwestern beat Michigan State.

The Cubs are more then "decent". And everyone beats Michigan State lately.

Considering Northwestern has only beat MSU 18 times in their history I'll take it. I won't get all giddy about the Cubs until its all said and done. =)

At least you have the Cubs and Mr. Cleveland has the Indians. I'm stuck with just the Jets!

True...

...we also have the Monsters that play more like a professional team than the Clowns! And...the Cavaliers will be playing soon...if we play the Warriors in the NBA Finals again... this may be one of the biggest basketball rivalries outside of the Lakers and Celtics!

And the Cleveland Clowns will be 0-16 this year, no doubt!

How many years do you think LeBron has left??

How many years do you think LeBron has left??

LeBron James was gone for four years. I hear there's going to be a new Space Jam film coming up. I wonder if the Looney Tunes will have LeBron come back to Cleveland?

How bout them Cowboys. :D

How bout them Cowboys. :D

Any team that embarrasses the Packers in Lambeau is my hero..:cheers: props:

And the Cleveland Clowns will be 0-16 this year, no doubt!

Those d-mn Browns are going to cost the Jets the number one pick.:(

Any team that embarrasses the Packers in Lambeau is my hero..:cheers: props:


:p :(

Football wasn't too great for me this weekend! Except Giants won ;) ! But they beat the Ravens who I like too! :crazy:

Those d-mn Browns are going to cost the Jets the number one pick.:(

I don't even call the Cleveland Clowns a team, so there's 31 NFL Teams...and whatever the Cleveland Clowns are... I think a pee-wee football team can beat the Cleveland Clowns.

I don't even call the Cleveland Clowns a team, so there's 31 NFL Teams...and whatever the Cleveland Clowns are... I think a pee-wee football team can beat the Cleveland Clowns.

I'd be willing to bet you the Browns could beat the Jets. The Browns put up way more then a field goal per game, and despite losing, the Brown games are competitive. Jet games are over at kickoff.

I'd be willing to bet you the Browns could beat the Jets. The Browns put up way more then a field goal per game, and despite losing, the Brown games are competitive. Jet games are over at kickoff.

Which, I forgot to mention, happens on Oct. 30.

It looks like the NFL has lost its invincibility status.
In the past, no matter how many scandals (players being arrested etc.), it didn't seem to hurt the NFL's popularity.

Now I'm reading that the NFL is panicking over low TV ratings.

It looks like the NFL has lost its invincibility status.
In the past, no matter how many scandals (players being arrested etc.), it didn't seem to hurt the NFL's popularity.

Now I'm reading that the NFL is panicking over low TV ratings.

Well... I wouldn't doubt that the Clowns vs Jets game, no one would watch the game...not even live!

I still think the Jets will win that game...the Cleveland Indians would win against the Clowns...in football!

http://www.avclub.com/article/lets-say-something-nice-about-all-nfl-broadcast-pa-244590

NBC has the best cinematography

Cinematography isn’t just the part of the Oscars when it’s safe to take a bathroom break—it’s also the art of using the camera to tell a story. And it applies as much to live sports as it does to feature films, at least in the expert hands of NBC’s Sunday Night Football camera crew. While all night games tend to have an inherently cinematic feel—the lighting is dramatic, and our intangible awareness of the national audience heightens the stakes—NBC’s elegant, skillful shot composition lends a filmic feel to a game of meatheads.

The sophistication comes through in small, split-second choices. The above clip features one of my favorite shots from NBC’s season so far. As the camera tracks a New England Patriots defender crossing the field, the blurry visage of Arizona Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer enters the frame. The camera operator stops following the Patriots player and executes a rack focus that makes Palmer the subject. In one uninterrupted shot, we get an intimate glimpse of players from both teams and a feel for the currents of motion on the field between downs.

That sort of smooth, improvisational shot-making is a signature of NBC, and it’s the result of an experienced team working with a confident boss—namely, Drew Esocoff, who’s probably the best TV sports director working today. In the sequence above, your average director probably would have cut away when Palmer obscured the shot. Esocoff, however, had enough trust in his camera operator to let the image develop. Any given evening of Sunday Night Football will have a handful of tiny yet inspired choices like this one—on-the-fly visual compositions that are only possible with a top-tier crew working in creative synchronicity.

CBS has the best audio mix

Immerse yourself in Phil Simms. (Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
I’ve previously advocated for the pleasures of watching football with a nice pair of headphones. Granted, this recommendation assumes that you’re enjoying the game in solitude, and hey, I get it. It’s nice to have “friends” and “human contact” and “a guy who sometimes brings chili.”

But I also savor the hypnotic sensation of watching the NFL on a TV that’s a little too big with a pair of headphones turned up a little too loud. Professional microphones capture a whole universe of sound that doesn’t come through on typical TV speakers, let alone at a crowded sports bar. You can hear the players grunt and curse. The shouts of the hecklers. The crisp enunciation of the stadium PA announcer.

These details are there on every network’s feed, but the audio mix on CBS sounds the best to me, by an admittedly small margin. CBS’ technicians shape the crowd noise and unobtrusively fold in the booth commentators’ patter to create a sense of space that transports you to the field. It’s an immersive effect that is only enhanced by the rich free-verse narration of Phil Simms.

Fox has the best off-the-field flavor

All TV sports feature shots of the people in the stands, but Fox obsesses over them. That’s a hindrance in certain contexts, like Fox’s postseason baseball coverage, where the relentless cuts to fan-reaction shots distract from the slow build of tension on the field. For football, though, Fox’s approach works. No network manages to extract more amusement from the motley characters who populate NFL crowds. Last Sunday’s Falcons-Seahawks was a case in point: The first half alone featured a marvelous assortment of Seattle strangeness.

A musclebound chicken searched in vain for someone susceptible to his terpsichorean wiles. Meanwhile, the fan in front of him enjoyed a moment of quiet pride: By painting his ear pink instead of green this week, he had immeasurably heightened the breast cancer awareness of those around him, perhaps providing the last bit of momentum that society needed to find a cure.

A mask is a great way to show your team pride and avoid outstanding felony arrest warrants.

This hero’s superpower is the ability to finish second in his fantasy football league for three years straight.

Atlanta Falcons Mohawk Guy’s buddy didn’t think he was actually going to wear that thing to the game.

Here’s where the Fox folks went above and beyond. They didn’t just find Falcons Mohawk Guy. They also found Seahawks Mohawk Guy—fresh off his vacation, which he spent luring South Carolina children into the woods—and paired the two of them in a split screen. Is this cornball stuff? To be sure. In a league so needlessly dour that players are punished for miming archery, however, a side of corn is welcome.

ESPN has the best weird graphics sequences

Speaking of whimsy, ESPN’s Monday Night Football has a playful side, too. Every week, there’s at least one pre-produced graphics sequence that presents pertinent stats in impertinent fashion. The results can be weird, which is appealing enough, but sometimes they are also brilliant, like the above Skee-Ball animation that Monday Night put together to illustrate the pass-defense woes of the 2016 New York Jets.

For once, I concur with Jon Gruden: I love what we saw here. Skee-Ball is such a clever way to illustrate a bunch of long throws, because the swooping motion of Skee-Ball echoes the downfield arc of a pass. What gets me, though, is the attention to detail: the logos on the balls, the fingerprint smudges on the glass, the arcade sound effects. Yes, I do bemoan the cheap feel of Monday Night Football from time to time. On the other hand, I’ll forgive a lot of sins for Skee-Football.

Mr. Cleveland, I don't care about the scoreboard. The Jets are worse :wave:

Packers lost HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! OH THAT IS HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!