re: Has the "NFL is a Terrible Product" crowd come out yet?

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I think they are now the 'NFL is scripted/rigged' crowd.

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Yeah, because the 24 points scored in the final 2 minutes of the NFL's key marquee playoff match-up (KC-Bills) and "glorious" shoot-out can't possibly be scripted or allowed to play out; offenses ALWAYS march down the field for TDs in seconds against "TOP" DEFENSES. NOTHING odd at all in that game.

Good thing refs don't routinely misplace the 1st Down ball markings, call key flags on 3rd or 4th down, "roughing" for coincidental bumping QBs...

Regarding the Rams-Bucs theater:

Kinda weird about the Rams' comically bad snap when they were just about to ice the game; the convenient half-inch line fumble at the end of the 1st half; the inexplicable, untimely INTs and sandbagged offensive output (so the Bucs and Brady could mount their impossible comeback mid-way 3rd Q).

Nope. Nothing to see here -- let's all move on from any long alleged ridiculous claims of NFL "rigged" and "scripted" from "The Crowd".

Terrible isn’t the right word. It’s a different product than what a lot of people grew up watching. It’s a soft product. Week in week out the product isn’t that great.

But yes if you want to take the best pro wknd of the year and say the product is great then go for it.

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15 downvotes to my OP but still no one who can realistically name anything in sports that could deliver for an entire weekend like we just saw. Still waiting.

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From a purely "WWE Entertainment" perspective OR from a "realistic NFL football" standpoint?

To be fair, both perspectives simultaneously can be claimed to be legit -- depending on your expectation of "NFL Football".

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I'll let you in on a secret, when you run customers off, they don't come back, it doesn't matter if the product changes and one weekend certainly wouldn't have made a difference anyway

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Oh well. Your loss.

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It’s a different product than what a lot of people grew up watching. It’s a soft product.

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All true.

But in some other NFL Universe, we are ALL expected to fall in love with routine 900 yards of offense, no-touch Princess QB rules, and 30-second game winning TD drives.

You had games where teams struggled to score for most of the game.

The boom, suddenly in the last five minutes everyone can score willy-nilly. I mean it's the opposite of the NBA, where everyone can score until the last five minutes so the refs can keep it close.

The NFL still has a problem, unless no one cares that it's turned into TECMO BOWL. You shouldn't be able to kick a FG starting at your own 20 with 13 seconds and no T.O.s...that's just flag football stuff.

It looked like the Red River Shootout over the weekend. Soft, push out of bounds, afraid to touch the receivers or QB tackling. There's no hard hits anymore, can't jar the ball loose or touch a receiver. You just let him catch the ball and hope he runs out of bounds so you don't have to tackle him.

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Soft, push out of bounds, afraid to touch the receivers or QB tackling.

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I'm glad I'm not the only one noticing; It's embarrassing.

Defenses are especially paranoid about hitting QBs. I've never seen so many (ineffective) arm tackles of QBs. This is why Allen and Mahomes and others can be so fearless. (Kinda like "cheating" in a way).

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You shouldn't be able to kick a FG starting at your own 20 with 13 seconds and no T.O.s

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What about 13 seconds and 3 timeouts left?

Sure, if you seek professional help and get rid of that tin foil hat.

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Like with most sports the regualar season is meh but the playoffs are great

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And this is why I don't want to see NFL-style playoffs happen to college football.