Seriously the Patroits games are boring to watch (3 Viewers)

[Mimo]

I know the Pats are playing great and the networks want to put them on as much as possible but the games are really boring. I watched the game until halftime last night then started preparing for today. Even Michaels and Madden had to find stuff to talk about. Blowing out teams by the 2nd quarter can't be good for ratings, I would think. I am a big fan of the Pats but I would rather see more, potentially, competitive games on Sunday Night. I know the networks want the "Story" and the story now is the Pats.

BTW......Washington vs TB would have been a nice flex option for this weekend.

 

[RBM]

Agree. Nothing compelling about watching a team just go right down the field basically un-contested.

Unless you are a Pats fan I guess.

 

[Mystery Achiever]

This is last night's NE/Buf game thread. When it was 56-10. I know there are plenty of Patriots and Bills fans swimming in the pool, but Id guess that the vast majority of these guys werent fans of either team. NBC picked up that game just recently. With NE coming off a bye and knowing how big theyve been blowing people out. Im thinking there was a reason for that.

are you seriously suggesting hardcore ff fans are typical of the national viewing audience?

 

[Wilbur Wood]

This is last night's NE/Buf game thread. When it was 56-10. I know there are plenty of Patriots and Bills fans swimming in the pool, but Id guess that the vast majority of these guys werent fans of either team. NBC picked up that game just recently. With NE coming off a bye and knowing how big theyve been blowing people out. Im thinking there was a reason for that.

are you seriously suggesting hardcore ff fans are typical of the national viewing audience?

yeah, thats exactly what Im suggesting. No. no, Im only pointing out that many people out there with zero interest in the game will tune in simply to watch New England play. Because no matter how people view the team, most have figured out by now there's something historic about what theyre doing. but Im sure the rating will tell that story.

I'd like to see the ratings for the 2nd half. Unwatchable, especially after a long day of more compelling NFL games.

 

[packersfan]

This is last night's NE/Buf game thread. When it was 56-10. I know there are plenty of Patriots and Bills fans swimming in the pool, but Id guess that the vast majority of these guys werent fans of either team. NBC picked up that game just recently. With NE coming off a bye and knowing how big theyve been blowing people out. Im thinking there was a reason for that.

are you seriously suggesting hardcore ff fans are typical of the national viewing audience?

yeah, thats exactly what Im suggesting. No. no, Im only pointing out that many people out there with zero interest in the game will tune in simply to watch New England play. Because no matter how people view the team, most have figured out by now there's something historic about what theyre doing. but Im sure the rating will tell that story.

I'd like to see the ratings for the 2nd half. Unwatchable, especially after a long day of more compelling NFL games.

I'm a hardcore football fan and I turned it off at halftime. Now I don't have any Patriots (unfortunately) on my fantasy team and no Bills last night (thankfully) so that played a part in my decision. But the OP's point is correct in my opinion. This is boring football. If you're a Patriots' fan it's great stuff. You're seeing your team destroy everyone in its path and you deserve to be savoring every second of it. But for the casual football fan, this isn't compelling entertainment. The decision by NBC to schedule this game as a flex game last night was a joke. Everyone and their mother knew it would be over at halftime. At least the Seahawks-Bears game (the original Sunday night game) was compelling until the very end.

 

[Mystery Achiever]

[i'd like to see the ratings for the 2nd half. Unwatchable, especially after a long day of more compelling NFL games.

beat me to it; exactly whati was about to post. there wasn't much suspense as to whether the pats would win at that point. later in the season, it will be more of a story, but going 10-0 has been done recently.

 

[TommyGilmore]

What's going to happen when NBC picks up the Patriots for the "flex" game 7 weeks in a row?

 

[shredhead]

I watched Shrek the Third instead of the Patriots. I agree that nobody outside of New England wants to watch the Patriots beat up on their little sister errr division rival. Now if they happen to have a close game coming down the stretch, alot of Patriot bashers will be tuning in rooting for them to lose. As much as it sucks and makes for boring TV, the Patriots are the story of the NFL right now and unless they lose, the NFL will be force feeding Pats games down our throats.

Edit: If you painted Bilichek green, wouldn't he look a little like Shrek? OK nevermind.

 

[Addai's Adidas]

What's going to happen when NBC picks up the Patriots for the "flex" game 7 weeks in a row?

I was wondering the same thing. They are limited to 6,correct? How many have they had so far?

 

[Brutis]

I know the Pats are playing great and the networks want to put them on as much as possible but the games are really boring.

I'm gonna fill you in on a little secret. When you own Brady, Moss and Welker in a dynasty league and you are 10-1, fighting for a total points championship. Watching the Pats is anything but boring. Matter of fact, its like Christmas every week.

 

[RBM]

What's going to happen when NBC picks up the Patriots for the "flex" game 7 weeks in a row?

I was wondering the same thing. They are limited to 6,correct? How many have they had so far?

They have two more on NBC, one on Mon night ESPN and the other 3 on CBS, Im pretty sure

 

[Ice Cream Man]

I don't think I agree with this point at all.

Tiger Woods crushing the fields at majors a few years back shouldn't have produced strong ratings, but they did.

The reason? People are drawn to greatness and history in the making.

 

[Sweeper]

What's going to happen when NBC picks up the Patriots for the "flex" game 7 weeks in a row?

I was wondering the same thing. They are limited to 6,correct? How many have they had so far?

I am pretty sure that the Pats are maxed out with regard to flex games.

 

[timschochet]

I don't agree with this. The ratings will prove who's right one way or another, but I suspect that New England will garner great ratings the rest of the year. Furthermore, the playoffs surrounding New England will be the highest rated ever, including the Superbowl. And actually, the more they blow teams out, the more people will watch.

As diehard football fans, we love watching closely fought out games that go down to the wire. But the casual sports fan is intrigued by a dominant team; that is what matters most.

Look at Mike Tyson's first several years, when all he did was knock out people quickly; yet he had the highest ratings ever for pay-per-view, because people were intrigued- would anyone stop him? Would anyone even last 3 minutes with him?

Another example is the Chicago Bulls of the late 90's, the last really dominant NBA team. The NBA has never been able to match the ratings of that team ever since, even though most games the Bulls played were over by the third quarter. And I also note that Tiger Woods continues to have great ratings throughout his career. People want to see the best, period. By now, the hype is everywhere that New England is the greatest team of all time. People will want to see that, even if they don't know anything about football. (My wife, who couldn't care less about anything to do with football, stopped to watch a few minutes of last night's game. "Oh, is that them?" she asked me. "They're the ones everybody's talking about, right?")

Now it may be true that once the blowouts have started, people may tune out for the 2nd half, but again, not as many as you might think. The "running up the score" hype has started as well, and now people will stay tuned to see id there's any truth to that, or to watch Tom Brady throw another TD, etc.

I predict these will be the most watched games in NFL history...

 

[heidbrink]

Pffft! Try being a Ram fan. You don't know the meaning of boring games!

 

[jonessed]

This is last night's NE/Buf game thread. When it was 56-10. I know there are plenty of Patriots and Bills fans swimming in the pool, but Id guess that the vast majority of these guys werent fans of either team. NBC picked up that game just recently. With NE coming off a bye and knowing how big theyve been blowing people out. Im thinking there was a reason for that.

are you seriously suggesting hardcore ff fans are typical of the national viewing audience?

yeah, thats exactly what Im suggesting. No. no, Im only pointing out that many people out there with zero interest in the game will tune in simply to watch New England play. Because no matter how people view the team, most have figured out by now there's something historic about what theyre doing. but Im sure the rating will tell that story.

A lot of people probably watched the beginning and then never paid much attention to it again. I was logged in that thread the whole game and never watched anything past the first quarter.

 

[Neo]

I watched it.....and I'm a fan of neither team. To be honest, I watched it because I can't believe a team can be this dominant. It's downright baffling. In all my years of watching football, I've never seen anything like it and I wanted to witness it last night (I don't normally watch the Pats often)....and it didn't disappoint. How can a team look like it's playing against a high school opponent? It's really something to behold.

 

[jonessed]

I predict these will be the most watched games in NFL history...

I seriously doubt many people will watch NE blow out the Dolphins and none of them will come close to matching a Superbowl. I can't believe someone would even suggest something like this. You live in Boston?

 

[TommyGilmore]

What's going to happen when NBC picks up the Patriots for the "flex" game 7 weeks in a row?

I was wondering the same thing. They are limited to 6,correct? How many have they had so far?

They have two more on NBC, one on Mon night ESPN and the other 3 on CBS, Im pretty sure

Protected games:Week 12: Denver/Chicago (New England already reserved for NBC flex game)Week 13: NYG/Chicago and Jacksonville/Indy (New England already on Monday night)Week 14: NYG/Philly and Pittsburgh/New EnglandWeek 15: Detroit/San Diego and Jacksonville/PittsburghWeek 16: Green Bay/Chicago and Houston/IndianapolisSo, looks like we'll see the Pats on NBC Week 12, Week 15 (New Jersey) and Week 16 (Miami).

 

[jonessed]

I predict these will be the most watched games in NFL history...

I seriously doubt many people will watch NE blow out the Dolphins and none of them will come close to matching a Superbowl. I can't believe someone would even suggest something like this. You live in Boston?

why is that so over the top for you? this may be the greatest football team in history? dont you think casual fans will want to watch?

Regular season games? No. Superbowls hit near 100MM viewers. The Colts-Pats game (which is probably as high as you are going to get) got about 1/3 of that.

 

[eom]

I wish to christ there was another pats game on tonight.

it'll be a loooong week.....

speaking of which, those thursday teams get jobbed.

they should make their bye week this past weekend.

 

[timschochet]

I predict these will be the most watched games in NFL history...

I seriously doubt many people will watch NE blow out the Dolphins and none of them will come close to matching a Superbowl. I can't believe someone would even suggest something like this. You live in Boston?

I'm including the playoff run and the SB, if NE gets there, in this prediction.

 

[jurb26]

I love watching the Pats and any real die hard football fan would too IMO. I like to watch not just good football game. I like to watch good football. That means execution. That means appreciating 3-10 defensive struggles when the Ds are dominating. NE is simply playing at a level I have never seen before. Not even close.

 

[switz]

I predict these will be the most watched games in NFL history...

I seriously doubt many people will watch NE blow out the Dolphins and none of them will come close to matching a Superbowl. I can't believe someone would even suggest something like this. You live in Boston?

why is that so over the top for you? this may be the greatest football team in history? dont you think casual fans will want to watch?

I love football... but the only reason I had the game on, and I only watched the first half mind you, is because I grew up in Buffalo and was happy they got another evening game, and hoped they'd play like they played against DAL.

 

[switz]

I love watching the Pats and any real die hard football fan would too IMO. I like to watch not just good football game. I like to watch good football. That means execution. That means appreciating 3-10 defensive struggles when the Ds are dominating. NE is simply playing at a level I have never seen before. Not even close.

 

[thehornet]

for some of you these might be boring games, but for a regular sports fan they are not. The pats are on every newspaper, magazine, news channel and sporting network in the country these days. People are intriqued and want to be in on the hype. Why do some of you people find this so hard to believe? A blowout may bore you because you watch a ton of football. But the average sports fan is tuning in because they are being told that this team is blowing every team out. It is the very reason most people are watching. They want to witness complete domination.

And as much as some of you won't believe what i am about to say because this board is full of know-it-alls, but the networks actually know what they are doing and know how to make money! They will play the Pats game because it is a national story, maybe global for all I know. Christ, my mother watched the game last night and she knows about as much football as Hilary Clinton.

Try this little quiz: Go ask someone who knows very little if anything about the NFL, just ask them to name one thing about the NFL right now. 95% chance it has somewthing to do with the Patriots.

 

[eom]

based on how many pats threads are on this experts board, you'd think the ratings would be pretty good.

I don't see a dozen threads about carolina.

 

[malice]

If you want to see precise execution and a well-tuned machine going through its motions, watch the highlights.

If you want to see a GAME, watch the CLE-BAL slugfest. You don't see the NFL Network putting the NE blowouts on NFL Replay.

I'll watch PIT-NE, NYG-NE (assuming both teams are still playing for something meaningful)...but NE beating up on the sub .500 teams in their division? I can watch a counter on NFL.com if I want to see the stats, but I'm not really "entertained" by watching a bloodbath live.

Somebody quote Maximus.

 

[Mystery Achiever]

my mother watched the game last night and she knows about as much football as Hilary Clinton.

has hilary mentioned that she doesn't know football or are you just stereotyping? just curious....

 

[thehornet]

my mother watched the game last night and she knows about as much football as Hilary Clinton.

has hilary mentioned that she doesn't know football or are you just stereotyping? just curious....

i am complete stereotyping

 

[jurb26]

I love watching the Pats and any real die hard football fan would too IMO. I like to watch not just good football game. I like to watch good football. That means execution. That means appreciating 3-10 defensive struggles when the Ds are dominating. NE is simply playing at a level I have never seen before. Not even close.

People will continually sit here on this very message board and say "why don't teams try this, why don't teams try that" to stop the Pats. Well, last night if you watched closely enough you would see that Buf did try this and did try that. They tried everything possible to slow down that O scheme wise. None of it worked. That is fun to watch.

 

[Master of Past and Present]

As a Moss fan I will watch them blow out anybody until they pull him. But I also say that if Moss wasn't on the Pats, I'd barely watch their games with how easy it has been for them.

 

[malice]

I love watching the Pats and any real die hard football fan would too IMO. I like to watch not just good football game. I like to watch good football. That means execution. That means appreciating 3-10 defensive struggles when the Ds are dominating. NE is simply playing at a level I have never seen before. Not even close.

People will continually sit here on this very message board and say "why don't teams try this, why don't teams try that" to stop the Pats. Well, last night if you watched closely enough you would see that Buf did try this and did try that. They tried everything possible to slow down that O scheme wise. None of it worked. That is fun to watch.

You're talking like Buffalo had a chance of stopping them going into the game without their #1 player on offense.

 

[jurb26]

I love watching the Pats and any real die hard football fan would too IMO. I like to watch not just good football game. I like to watch good football. That means execution. That means appreciating 3-10 defensive struggles when the Ds are dominating. NE is simply playing at a level I have never seen before. Not even close.

People will continually sit here on this very message board and say "why don't teams try this, why don't teams try that" to stop the Pats. Well, last night if you watched closely enough you would see that Buf did try this and did try that. They tried everything possible to slow down that O scheme wise. None of it worked. That is fun to watch.

You're talking like Buffalo had a chance of stopping them going into the game without their #1 player on offense.

What does their #1 player on offense have to do with the defense?

 

[eom]

refusing to watch the pats is like refusing to watch some guy paint the mona lisa, or beethoven compose a symphony.

some people would rather listen to flock of seagulls while watching cops w/the sound down.

ok, I wouldn't watch those first 2 things either, but I hate that crap.

 

[PatsWillWin]

I don't get why it was flex'd to the Sunday Night Game. No complaints from me, but there was a 2% chance it was going to be a close game.

 

[Sopranos]

Its still better than watching the 49'ers Other than that the games are not good to watch.

 

[malice]

I love watching the Pats and any real die hard football fan would too IMO. I like to watch not just good football game. I like to watch good football. That means execution. That means appreciating 3-10 defensive struggles when the Ds are dominating. NE is simply playing at a level I have never seen before. Not even close.

People will continually sit here on this very message board and say "why don't teams try this, why don't teams try that" to stop the Pats. Well, last night if you watched closely enough you would see that Buf did try this and did try that. They tried everything possible to slow down that O scheme wise. None of it worked. That is fun to watch.

You're talking like Buffalo had a chance of stopping them going into the game without their #1 player on offense.

What does their #1 player on offense have to do with the defense?

Because if your offense can't do anything, the defense is on the field all game. At that point, it's like a rat being swallowed by a python. You see it struggling, you know it's still got a pulse, but you know the little fella ain't making it in the long run.

 

[weasel3515]

I watched Shrek the Third instead of the Patriots. I agree that nobody outside of New England wants to watch the Patriots beat up on their little sister errr division rival. Now if they happen to have a close game coming down the stretch, alot of Patriot bashers will be tuning in rooting for them to lose. As much as it sucks and makes for boring TV, the Patriots are the story of the NFL right now and unless they lose, the NFL will be force feeding Pats games down our throats.Edit: If you painted Bilichek green, wouldn't he look a little like Shrek? OK nevermind.

Best post on this thread. Just like in politics, those in the Northeast think they are the epicenter of the universe and think everybody thinks just like them and likes their teams (like the Yankees and Red Sox). The fact is that the rest of the country despises the arrogance of the Northeast and only tunes in to watch them lose. Now if Bill Belicheat's team played in a real division like the AFC South then there would be some more entertaining games. There is no reason to show a game like the 56-10 snoozer of this last Sunday night.

 

[greenline]

As a Patriots homer, I thoroughly enjoy every second.

Although a few of my friends have said the games are boring. Granted they like to all have a large group and f'n TALK through the game so I wonder sometimes if they really love football or not.

I'm usually bunkered in my house with NO ONE around. Just me, my beer and my 52 inch flat screen.

I've actually convinced my wife to go over to her parent's every Sunday. She takes our 7 month old and has a great day.

So do I.

 

[Knight who says Ni]

refusing to watch the pats is like refusing to watch some guy paint the mona lisa, or beethoven compose a symphony.

some people would rather listen to flock of seagulls while watching cops w/the sound down.

ok, I wouldn't watch those first 2 things either, but I hate that crap.

Some guy????????This has to be the apex of hyperbole - watching a New England game is now comparable to the works of Leonardo da Vinci and Beethoven ...

Ni??

 

[Banger]

It's not good football because the games are complete blowouts but I do enjoy watching in amazement as the Pats absolutely dismantle team after team and make them look like high school squads. Even if by some chance the Pats do lose in the regular season I still have to say that this is the best/most dominant team I have seen in my lifetime.

 

[roadkill1292]

These kinds of blowouts almost ruined college football for me back in the day when Ohio St, USC, etc. were killing outmatched opponents by six TDs every week; fortunately the age of parity has arrived to introduce a much needed element of parity into the sport and revived my enjoyment.

But there's something really fascinating about the Patsies doing it against fellow pros in the age of parity. An NFL team shouldn't be able to do this. The league's entire MO is designed to prevent it. Yet they are scoring with arrogant ease on teams that others struggle to score twice on per game. How is this happening? I don't know but I have to watch because it's so bizarre.

 

[jonessed]

I love watching the Pats and any real die hard football fan would too IMO. I like to watch not just good football game. I like to watch good football. That means execution. That means appreciating 3-10 defensive struggles when the Ds are dominating. NE is simply playing at a level I have never seen before. Not even close.

People will continually sit here on this very message board and say "why don't teams try this, why don't teams try that" to stop the Pats. Well, last night if you watched closely enough you would see that Buf did try this and did try that. They tried everything possible to slow down that O scheme wise. None of it worked. That is fun to watch.

You're talking like Buffalo had a chance of stopping them going into the game without their #1 player on offense.

What does their #1 player on offense have to do with the defense?

Are you serious?

 

[delusional]

Rather see the Browns Texans game to be honest

 

[SmoovySmoov]

I know opinions like mine get flamed by the Pats faithful, but I have no interest in watching a team go for it on 4th and 1 inside the 20 with a 35 point lead. TWICE. If I wanted to see that, I'd be playing Madden.

 

[Darth Cheney]

for some of you these might be boring games, but for a regular sports fan they are not. The pats are on every newspaper, magazine, news channel and sporting network in the country these days. People are intriqued and want to be in on the hype. Why do some of you people find this so hard to believe? A blowout may bore you because you watch a ton of football. But the average sports fan is tuning in because they are being told that this team is blowing every team out. It is the very reason most people are watching. They want to witness complete domination. And as much as some of you won't believe what i am about to say because this board is full of know-it-alls, but the networks actually know what they are doing and know how to make money! They will play the Pats game because it is a national story, maybe global for all I know. Christ, my mother watched the game last night and she knows about as much football as Hilary Clinton. Try this little quiz: Go ask someone who knows very little if anything about the NFL, just ask them to name one thing about the NFL right now. 95% chance it has somewthing to do with the Patriots.

And I'm a bandwagon Patriots fan. Next you'll tell me that Tom Brady killed Wolfman Jack with a trident or that they use Richard Seymour's poop for currency in Argentina.

 

[TxBuckeye]

for some of you these might be boring games, but for a regular sports fan they are not.

I don't think a statement could be any more wrong than this one. Regular sports fans most definitely do NOT want to see a meaningless blowout. They want to see a game with playoff implications, a hard fought, close contest between evenly matched foes. The only "fans" that would be interested in seeing another Pats games are Pats fans and those that know relatively nothing about the sport and are just watching it because they saw the Pats on a magazine somewhere and they are trying to find out where to sign up for the bandwagon. Seriously, how could you even post this drivel?

 

[jurb26]

I love watching the Pats and any real die hard football fan would too IMO. I like to watch not just good football game. I like to watch good football. That means execution. That means appreciating 3-10 defensive struggles when the Ds are dominating. NE is simply playing at a level I have never seen before. Not even close.

People will continually sit here on this very message board and say "why don't teams try this, why don't teams try that" to stop the Pats. Well, last night if you watched closely enough you would see that Buf did try this and did try that. They tried everything possible to slow down that O scheme wise. None of it worked. That is fun to watch.

You're talking like Buffalo had a chance of stopping them going into the game without their #1 player on offense.

What does their #1 player on offense have to do with the defense?

Because if your offense can't do anything, the defense is on the field all game. At that point, it's like a rat being swallowed by a python. You see it struggling, you know it's still got a pulse, but you know the little fella ain't making it in the long run.

You talk as if NE ever had trouble scoring. I might buy or argument had that been the case. The fact is, NE scored at will when Buf was "fresh" on the 1st drive and the 2nd drive. They scored at will all game. No amount of Buf ball control was going to change that IMO. It only would have decreased the possessions.

 

[nflguru]

You would have to agree that the NFL moves the game to draw viewers.. But being up by 30+ is going to get the channel turned more times than not..

The Pats are the best team in football, probably the best ever... but the games are boring and I shut it off...