2014 NFL Season

[Rafael]

Jags could use a city where people actually care about the team.

[VerbalPuke]

Man, the more I watch Stafford, the more I just shake my damn head. His accuracy is straight shit.

[TCO]

They could equally go to Germany or Ireland.

It's huge in Germany and we've done a great job with the two college games we got.

[Maxx]

I've heard they want to try a full slate of 8 games at Wembley and if that works then they'll feel confident enough to force someone to move there. Since Goodell is going to lose LA as his "you taxpayers better pay up or we're moving your team to LA" city he needs London and/or Toronto.

In the end I think what legitimately happens is a 4-year cycle where everyone plays a home game in London. At that point you'd think it would get so oversaturated and there are so many other cities and big stadiums in the UK that they could look to Manchester (a game at OT would be awesome), Glasgow, Liverpool, maybe Cardiff. Plenty of options to reach as many fans as possible. You could also envision this extra London/UK game being beyond the 16 on the schedule as the league tries to add on a 17th or 18th game for money.

No way a team like Cowboys, or any other team that opened a new stadium fairly recently gives up a home game. Too much lost revenue.

[Chris2K]

Getting a little tired of Troy Aikman blaming the grass for any slight mistake a player makes.

I think you'd have to take regularly used football stadiums out of the equation as the teams won't want their pitches ruined, which would leave Hampden Park, Millennium Stadium and Twickenham as viable UK destinations.

[Your Mom]

If the field is bad it can cause a bunch of problems and this one is torn up

[VerbalPuke]

Atleast we're now giving the folks from England a good showing.

[thatshortguy]

Atleast we're now giving the folks from England a good showing.

No sooner did I post about Megatron scoring more fantasy points than the Detroit D, they come storming back to make it an interesting game. Really is a win-win for me, as Roddy's got his points for the week, too.

[Lineker]

NFL UK Managing Director just confirmed three Wembley games for next year - not five.

Hoping to announce the teams in the next two-three weeks.

[VerbalPuke]

UGH UGH UGH UGH WHY DID IT COME TO THIS. OH NO.

AHAHAHAHA OH MY GOD!

LOVE THAT SHIT ENGLAND, LOVE IT.

Edited October 26, 2014 by VerbalPuke

[Lineker]

Detroit win!

[Chris2K]

Lions miss a field goal, get a delay of game, kick field goal for the win.

[Dan]

what a great finish

[The Buscher]

If I was in the UK and weren't a Dallas or Jags fan I'd just sell my tickets to that third London game. They aren't topping that one.

[HC]

Man, that's the second win in a row where the Lions pull it out of their ass. Super shitty for Atlanta to lose since Detroit basically got rewarded with an extra try for their delay of game.

[Troy Maskell]

Matt Prater reverse iced himself

Edited October 26, 2014 by Troy Maskell

[thatshortguy]

That's been the Falcons' season in a nutshell, folks.

[HC]

Atlanta needs a new regime. Mike Smith is notorious for building up huge leads and completely blowing them. (NFC Championship game anyone?) I've never seen a team choke so bad so consistently.

[VerbalPuke]

-- England might not be into American football, but this crowd was fabulous. The stands were 90 percent packed about 15 minutes before kickoff, and at near-capacity when the game began. Jerseys from across the league were represented throughout the crowd, including lots of Staffords, Ndamukong Suhs, Calvin Johnsons and at least one Charles Rogers. The crowd appeared to lean toward Atlanta -- this was a home game for them, after all -- but not decidedly so.

That's from a Lions beat writer. Not sure I agree with the first sentence, but cheers to you guys. Hope Thrilla had a good time.

Edit - Should say I don't agree that England is not into American football. I would think the crowd turn out would indicate that they are in fact into American Football.

Edited October 26, 2014 by VerbalPuke

[TCO]

That's a bit condescending for the first line. Just because we're not in the States doesn't mean we're not very knowledgeable and passionate about the sport.