Is there a Fire or Zip or Something Else Missing this Year?

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(11-07-2016, 04:26 PM)Benton Wrote: The flags inconsistencies is pretty bad. I was watching Mike & Mike this morning and they were talking about Cam Newton's non-call helmet hits. And my first thought was "if that was Brady, Goodell would have stormed the field, slapped an official and taken a pick from the Rams."

That, and life in general, has cut back on my watching of other teams.

Personally, I prefer watching the defense. Get into the backfield, tackle for a loss, make an interception. The only thing more enjoyable than that is watching a runner break off 50+ yards. And it seems like with the calls, there's less of both of that. Or maybe the parity is so good that we end up with this game where defenses have to play soft and give up 3-4 yards, and offenses have to have to try to play more conservative. Whatever it is, not seeing as much of that is having me catching up on reading while the games are on.

My biggest issue with the league is the bias.  It is clear and it is blatant.  Look no further than the holds in week 2, and the general BS officiating all season long.  I lost a lot of interest in baseball years ago when a few umpires decided they were bigger than baseball and created their own strike zones.  

My problem with the games is that so many seem to be a contest of who can avoid blowing it.  No one takes chances.  No one stretches the field.  No one blitzes.  Obviously, I'm exaggerating, but so many games are so boring vanilla.  I didn't watch a single game yesterday for the first time in a long time and I don't feel like I missed a thing.  

I agree with an earlier poster that it is good for the NFL that Oakland (Vegas?) and Dallas being good helps the league.  Despite that, it seems like the rest of the league is hovering around .500, unless your name is New England.  Call it parity but there is a lot of bad play going on out there.  Watching our own Bengals when the defense is on the field is an exercise in avoiding spontaneous vomiting.  And I love this team...can't imagine how nauseating it is to watch for casual fans.

Take away the fantasy geeks and gamblers, and the number of people watching the NFL for the game action is probably pretty miniscule.