As much as I love football on Thursday I've come to dread it so far this season. This week will be no different. If your key players have an off game or if your opponent's players go nuts then you've got to sit around until Sunday just stewing on the fact that you've lost. Anyone else experienced that? I'm sure so many fantasy playoffs will be won before more than Thursday's game is even started with the performances of MJD, Manning, DClark, Wayne, Addai, MSW, etc.
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Thursday - The new buzz-kill for fantasy football (1 Viewer)
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scrumptrulescent
Footballguy
I don't love football on Thursday. I hate it.
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maybe cuz i don't have nfln
BustedKnuckles
Footballguy
its fun if you dont have players going...cant have enough football if you ask me...but ya...if you have players going on a short week its such a crap shoot with injuries and preperation and traveling...yuck
Young 8
Footballguy
agreeThursday = NBA doubleheader
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jamil
Footballguy
with the way the games have gone this year on thursday, you aren't missing much.
The more the better - I'd be happy if they had football games 7 days a week. On a related note, I'd like to see baseball expand to a 365 day season. Doesn't really matter to me whether the games are televised, since I'm mostly glued to the box scores on Yahoo or the ticker on ESPNews.
Buffaloes
Footballguy
True True.
theplayer11
Footballguy
just another game to watch..for football fans, not much too hate.
theplayer11
Footballguy
I get the feeling that some fantasy owners are not true football fans.
KellysHeroes
Footballguy
I love Fantasy Football, but the Thursday thing stinks. Too much of a good thing, its like Monday night is over and then we get started again 3 days later. No Build up whats so ever. And if you a bad game or your opponent has a Big time game its already over.
Dr. No
Footballguy
I don't like it, and I'm an NFL fan.I don't think it's good for the game, good nfl games necessitate time for healing, preparation, planning, practice, recovery, etc.It sucks for fantasy football, it sucks for pick 'em pools, and I've got other things i'd rather be doing on thursday night.I rarely watch these games even if I have players involved, and would be pleased if they quit doing them (except Thanksgiving - that's a fine tradition)Football fans don't like an extra night of prime time football?
Summer Wheat
Footballguy
Love NFL football..hate Thursday games.
Love when they start playing on Saturdays though.
Love when they start playing on Saturdays though.
Dr. No
Footballguy
Definitely agree here.I used to be more of a true 'football" fan - knowing formations, coverages, etc.Now I'm more just into stat production from my players... part of this could be due to a waning interest in football, the other part could be because my hometown Chiefs have been absolutely unwatchable for a few years now.Call me a fairweather fan, but I'm not wasting 3 hours of time watching that complete crap they put on the field.
Dr. No
Footballguy
Agree here completely.I wish NFL football was on Saturdays rather than Sundays.I don't really enjoy the fact that I can't really go all out and party and enjoy myself on those Sundays when watching the games due to an intensive job on mondays.if they were on saturday i could enjoy it a lot more.
gianmarco
Footballguy
I hate it for the same reason someone else posted. It's too short a week for good preparation and I think that's why the quality of the games seems lower. I was listening to local radio (may have been Mike and Mike) discussing how teams don't even have time to draw up new gameplans and essentially run the same thing they just ran the previous week. Factor in how players aren't allowed to fully rest and heal and it just doesn't make sense and I don't see what it adds. Not to mention that I think it puts certain teams at a disadvantage because of this and it could affect their playoff hopes. If you have a key game late in the season that could mean winning or losing the division lead, is it right for that team to only have 3 days to prepare when your division rival has the full 7?
I don't mind Saturday games. Thursdays is just too much and just doesn't make sense to me. What's the point?
I don't mind Saturday games. Thursdays is just too much and just doesn't make sense to me. What's the point?
KellysHeroes
Footballguy
I miss the afternoon Games on Saturday, aren't the Saturday games on NFLN now?
Summer Wheat
Footballguy
Jeremy
Footballguy
Sometimes it can be pretty sweet, though. One year our fantasy playoffs started on Thanksgiving, so we were with my family watching the games. I arrived late in the 1st game to find one of my better players got me only 2 points. The guy I was playing against was the commish who was my cousin's husband and we were watching the games together. In the 2nd game he had Larry Johnson who was having a monster game and boy was he running the smack. "Every yard is another dollar in my pocket. Cha-Ching, Cha-Ching!" So I had to sit and stew in silence.
But it was so worth it when Sunday came along and my guys exploded for huge numbers and I won by a few points in one of the highest scoring games in league history. I went on to win the championship and my team name the following year was "Cha-Ching!" He put it on the website but didn't put the exclamation point. I insisted that he change it to include the exclamation point.
But it was so worth it when Sunday came along and my guys exploded for huge numbers and I won by a few points in one of the highest scoring games in league history. I went on to win the championship and my team name the following year was "Cha-Ching!" He put it on the website but didn't put the exclamation point. I insisted that he change it to include the exclamation point.
Unless you have the ability to watch multiple games at the same time, this is an opportunity to see more games.I don't like it, and I'm an NFL fan.I don't think it's good for the game, good nfl games necessitate time for healing, preparation, planning, practice, recovery, etc.It sucks for fantasy football, it sucks for pick 'em pools, and I've got other things i'd rather be doing on thursday night.I rarely watch these games even if I have players involved, and would be pleased if they quit doing them (except Thanksgiving - that's a fine tradition)Football fans don't like an extra night of prime time football?
SuperJohn96
RPS World Champion
Start watching the CFL!
Wu-banger
Footballguy
Start following College football more closely.... party and enjoy the games all day than recover on your couch on Sunday watching the NFL.
Phurfur
Footballguy
I would be happy with a Saturday Super Bowl. I will never understand why they play this game on a Sunday Night.
Pooh Tong and Nemo
Footballguy
Try this website, and I think your problem is solved.www.atdhe.netEvery NFL game of the season is streamed, even blacked out games if your local team cant sell out(I live in Bay Area so Raider home games are rarely shown). Even has the Red Zone channel.The menu updates everyday. You wont see NFL games on menu until the day of the game/games. If you click on the game link before it has started, it wont work, so be sure to wait until you know your game has kicked off.This also works for most NBA,NHL, and MLB games and alot of NCAA. And the best part is that its free. I know watching football from a computer monitor can suck, but you will be surprised at the quality of these streams.Hope this helps
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
Thursday night football does not suck
QuizGuy66
Footballguy
Anybody got numbers on this? Do home teams do statistically better on Thursday than they do on Sunday?Can't really say it's a "new" buzz kill as these games have been going on for years now.-QG
Summer Wheat
Footballguy
I would love a Saturday SuperBowl.
Tibetan Sherpa
Footballguy
More football = more better.
delusional
Footballguy
Thursday football is ###. Its nothing but a sideshow for the NFL Network.
Frankly I hate it, especially cause how my league does waivers.
With thursday games, waivers are done wed night. Thats it. No more after that.
Frankly I hate it, especially cause how my league does waivers.
With thursday games, waivers are done wed night. Thats it. No more after that.
Gopher State
Footballguy
very
Pooh Tong and Nemo
Footballguy
The audio is especially frustrating. They really do a terrible job all around. But Im still glad to have it.
Buffaloes
Footballguy
I'm just glad Gumble was replaced. Matt Millen, I know. But baby steps are being made in the direction of progress.
Pooh Tong and Nemo
Footballguy
Listening to Gumble could be fun sometimes. You just had to watch the game and imagine that Kermit the Frog was doing play-by-play.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Every NFL game is about money. Is this really a revelation?
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
So an extra prime time game is "###" because your league's rules are ###?
BeaverCleaver
Footballguy
How old are you?Phurfur said:
BeaverCleaver
Footballguy
I can't believe football fans are pissing and moaning about NFL games played AT ANY TIME!Hey I love football and wish it was on every day ... but between having to find it online and swap around when the copyright owner shuts down the feed all night just because it's not on with Time Warner stinks too. That said, it seems like every single Thursday a key player has put up a stinker which you get to stew on all the way through the weekend instead of just watching it all unfold at once.
BeaverCleaver
Footballguy
Hey I love football and wish it was on every day ... but between having to find it online and swap around when the copyright owner shuts down the feed all night just because it's not on with Time Warner stinks too. That said, it seems like every single Thursday a key player has put up a stinker which you get to stew on all the way through the weekend instead of just watching it all unfold at once.
Guess what, son. Key players put up stinkers each week. Who cares when they do it. If you don't like the NFL playing games on Thursday you have two options. Don't watch on Thursday or bench your Thursday players. I can't believe football fans are actually whining about games played on Thursdays. Get a life boys.
Grigs Allmoon
Footballguy
I'm with you...I'd take two on Thursday-Saturday, and then the rest on the normal Sunday/Monday schedule.shuke said:Football fans don't like an extra night of prime time football?
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