Alliance of American Football Thread

[Maxx]

DECLARE YOUR ALLEGIANCE NOW

https://aaf.com/

 

The Alliance of American Football is a new league set to begin play in February.  The inaugural game will air on CBS, as will the Championship game, but all the games in between will air on the CBS Sports Network.

What's different from the NFL aside from talent?  Glad you asked!

 

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• Teams will have 50 players on each roster, with some selected by a territorial draft.The territory assigned to a team consists of at least five colleges plus designated professional teams, one Canadian Football League, and four NFL teams, for those from Big Ten and the Big 12 conferences. Only one quarterback can be taken from their region.A quarterbacks-only "Protect or Pick" draft was conducted in November 2018 in which teams may retain their allocated quarterback or select an unprotected quarterback from another team.
• Telecasts will feature no television timeouts and 60 percent fewer commercials, with the league aiming for an approximate real-time game length of 150 minutes, down from just over 180 in the NFL.
• All teams must attempt two-point conversions after each touchdown; there will be no extra point kicks.
• There will be no kickoffs; halves, odd overtime periods and after scores will begin on each team's own 25-yard line, the same as touchbacks in the NFL and NCAA. In lieu of an onside kick, a team can keep possession of the ball by attempting a scrimmage play from their own 35-yard line and gaining at least 10 yards.
• The play clock will run only 30 seconds, 10 seconds shorter than in the NFL.
• Two coach's challenges per team are the only replays; no challenges in last two minutes of either half nor any overtime period, as they are automatic.[
• Outside organizations will handle head-safety protocols.
• No games can end in ties, unlike the NFL.
• Playoffs will consist of four teams, the top two teams from each conference.
• Passing rules are the same as in the NCAA and CFL, in which catches are made with one foot inbounds, unlike the NFL, where they must have both feet inbounds.

You may have heard of some of the coaches, Mike Martz, Brad Childress, Mike Singletary, Steve Spurrier, Rick Neuheisel, Mike Riley, Dennis Erickson!  Michael Vick is an offensive coordinator.

And how about players?  Boy howdy they sure do have guys that definitely played in the NFL briefly at some point.  Here's a few notables.

[Meacon Keaton]

Not one single franchise anywhere near me so... 

gooooooooooooooooooo green team?

[Maxx]

1 minute ago, Meacon said:

Not one single franchise anywhere near me so... 

gooooooooooooooooooo green team?

No, you go do your due diligence.  Comb the rosters, check the coaches, find a valuable connection!

[Meacon Keaton]

Nah. Go Green team.

[Maxx]

2 minutes ago, Meacon said:

Nah. Go Green team.

Fine, then you get to enjoy Rick Neuhesiel and the Arizona Hotshots, featuring former Bronocs 2nd round pick Rahim Moore.

[DMN in the House]

THE FLEET ARE NEAT!

(Not really, they look like a create a team, but they're in SoCal, so, umm, yeah. Also, they claim 'Anthracite' is a color, when I thought it was a type of coal. Silly me.)

[The Buscher]

I hope Vegas has a bet on whether this or the XFL fold faster.

[DMN in the House]

4 minutes ago, Maxx said:

Fine, then you get to enjoy Rick Neuhesiel and the Arizona Hotshots, featuring former Bronocs 2nd round pick Rahim Moore.

Wait, Neuheisiel AND former UCLA Bruin and guy who caused @Meacon's Denver Broncos to flail out of the playoffs and allow Joe Flacco to become a #playoffdragon and #ELITE?

I have always hated San Diego.

Edited November 29, 2018 by DMN

[Maxx]

Trent Richardson is playing for the Iron, who are set up to handle most of the NFL's Alabama failures.  

[Meacon Keaton]

16 minutes ago, DMN said:

Wait, Neuheisiel AND former UCLA Bruin and guy who caused @Meacon's Denver Broncos to flail out of the playoffs and allow Joe Flacco to become a #playoffdragon and #ELITE?

13 minutes ago, Maxx said:

Trent Richardson is playing for the Iron, who are set up to handle most of the NFL's Alabama failures.  

Which means, assuming AAF lasts longer than one season, they're the team set to dominate for the foreseeable future. 

[C-MIL]

Houston, we have a

Spoiler

team and you don't.

 

[MDK]

Is it going to be as boring as American Football?

[Maxx]

1 minute ago, MDK said:

Is it going to be as boring as American Football?

More so!

[MDK]

Excellent, its cheaper than sleeping pills.

[Meacon Keaton]

Have you tried a whole bottle of sleeping pills?

[Naitch]

I'll take the Atlanta Legends because they must've already won some pretty significant things to already be considered legendary. Also because they wear purple.

[Adam]

Why did they put a team in Phoenix? Arizona already has a terrible NFL team, it doesn't need another in the same sport.

[FLiam]

Gooooo Apollos!

[JasonM]

1 hour ago, Meacon said:

Have you tried a whole bottle of sleeping pills?

That's called the MLB

[Pooker]

Salt Lake has a team. Yay?