What’s Your Most Boomer NFL Take? (1 Viewer)

[Hot Sauce Guy]

I’ll go first:

They never should have messed with the kickoff rules in the 1st place. It was a solution to a problem that didn’t exist, and only made the game worse.

Now they have a fix to their fix, when it wasn’t broken in the 1st place.



What’s your most boomer NFL take?

 

[efactor]

They never should have expanded the playoffs. 6 teams per conference was perfect. 2 teams with 1st round byes.

7th team cheapens the playoffs.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

It was better when almost all the games were on Sunday, on just 2 different stations. You didn't need to buy a bunch of apps, you didn't even need cable, just an antenna.

 

[Acrobat7]

I hate games on Thursday and Saturday.

 

[RC94]

I preferred it when the offenses were more balanced and RBs were much more respected and valuable.

 

[TheWinz]

oh, the good old days...

Terry Bradshaw Getting Laid Out Compilation

The title is self explanatory

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[Ilov80s]

No TNF except for Thanksgiving.

Instant replay needs to go.

 

[Doug B]

The Super Bowl in February is a bit much. Also, the NFL regular season needs to end before New Years Day.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Instant replay needs to go.

Now get off my lawn!

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

The continuation rule is dumb. Back in my day we knew a TD was a TD when the ball broke the plane.

Also if the ground can’t cause a fumble, how’s the ground prevent a catch?

The NFL owes Calvin Johnson about 6 TDs.

 

[Skipdog77]

I hate games on Thursday and Saturday.

I agree on the Thursday games, and to a point on the Saturday ones. Back in the "old" days (80's, 90's, early 2000's), they would have Saturday games only on the last 2 or 3 weekends of the regular season. I loved that for some reason.

Sundays used to feel special in the NFL when games were 95% on Sunday, with one game Monday night, Thanksgiving Thursday games, and a few occasional Saturday games at the end of the season. It was better as a fan, and it was better for Fantasy, in my opinion.

 

[MAC_32]

What's the deal with the defenseless receiver? Back in my day, if you went across the middle, Ronnie Lott would cut you in half. And not one single time did any of his victims suffer a diagnosed concussion.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

What's the deal with the defenseless receiver? Back in my day, if you went across the middle, Ronnie Lott would cut you in half. And not one single time did any of his victims suffer a diagnosed concussion.

Mostly because the “diagnosis” at the time was “how many fingers am I holding up” [trainer adjusts fingers to match the answer]

“Correct! Now get back in there!”

When I met Ronnie, he told me called those “woo!” hits.

 

[Doug B]

What's the deal with the defenseless receiver? Back in my day, if you went across the middle, Ronnie Lott would cut you in half.

“I say, Chris, there seems to be a spot of dirt on your helmet. Here, let me polish that for you.”

 

[Lansdowne]

Fantasy: Not a fan of Superflex. That wasn’t even a thing back when I started playing. Any league that’ll make Sam Darnold and Jacoby Brissett rosterable is not one I want any part of. No thanks.

NFL: The league is full of crap. Diluting the game to a glorified version of flag football, right down to the constant throwing of flags and banning of tackles, under the guise of looking out for player safety. Only because so much research was coming out about CTE that the league couldn’t continue ignoring it. And yet they’ll keep pushing to add extra regular season games, 16 wasn’t enough for the owners so they made it 17 but now they want 18. And that’s on top of adding two extra wildcard games. The game is as profitable as ever but players’ salaries are still suppressed by the salary cap. But yes NFL tell us more about how much you care about player safety.

 

[TheDirtyWord]

Fantasy: DFS ruins the soul of FF

NFL: Is more of an entertainment league than a sports league now.

 

[joey]

I miss the good ole days when the Raiders actually won super bowls.

 

[titusbramble]

I miss it when players in the secondary were actually allowed to try to defend in the passing game

 

[Snoopy]

When TV schedules were simple to understand. Not now where you have to subscribe to a myriad of streaming services to see what you want to

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Was the push-out rule that bad? Is the toe tap that much better?

Now turn down that rap & roll!

 

[jon_mx]

They never should have expanded the playoffs. 6 teams per conference was perfect. 2 teams with 1st round byes.

7th team cheapens the playoffs.

Yep....all to keep a few more games relevant going into the last week and an additional playoff game. The top 2 teams in rach conference deserve a bye.

 

[travdogg]

The continuation rule is dumb. Back in my day we knew a TD was a TD when the ball broke the plane.

Also if the ground can’t cause a fumble, how’s the ground prevent a catch?

The NFL owes Calvin Johnson about 6 TDs.

And more importantly, might owe the 2014 Dallas Cowboys a Super Bowl ring.

 

[travdogg]

Instant replay needs to go.

Instant replay started in 1986.

 

[bro1ncos]

Bring back lighting up a receiver over the middle. The blind side block.

 

[3C's]

Too many games; don't need 17 (18 soon). 16 at most and I'm okay with 14.

 

[bro1ncos]

Was the push-out rule that bad? Is the toe tap that much better?

Now turn down that rap & roll!

I was always surprised that we never had a safety or CB catch a jumping WR and literally try to carry him 5-10 yds to the out of bounds

 

[stuckinthemuck]

I liked when immobile QBs took the snap from under center, dropped back, and threw a crisp pass to a receiver. If they started in the shotgun, it was usually third and long.

 

[need2know]

It was better when almost all the games were on Sunday, on just 2 different stations. You didn't need to buy a bunch of apps, you didn't even need cable, just an antenna.

THIS

 

[need2know]

Get rid of challanges. If the call is bad just change it from the sky

 

[FreeBaGeL]

I hate games on Thursday and Saturday.

I agree on the Thursday games, and to a point on the Saturday ones. Back in the "old" days (80's, 90's, early 2000's), they would have Saturday games only on the last 2 or 3 weekends of the regular season. I loved that for some reason.

Sundays used to feel special in the NFL when games were 95% on Sunday, with one game Monday night, Thanksgiving Thursday games, and a few occasional Saturday games at the end of the season. It was better as a fan, and it was better for Fantasy, in my opinion.

What Saturday games are you talking about that are different now? That's still how Saturday games are. They only do them at the end of the season after college football ends.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

It was better when almost all the games were on Sunday, on just 2 different stations. You didn't need to buy a bunch of apps, you didn't even need cable, just an antenna.

You could only watch 3 games on Sunday with that antenna. You can still watch 3 games on Sunday with an antenna (plus a 4th one for free on Sunday night)...

 

[Ilov80s]

Instant replay needs to go.

Instant replay started in 1986.

Yeah and it stunk which is why the owners voted to get rid of it in 1991. Unfortunately it came back under an even worse system.

 

[travdogg]

Fantasy: PPR is stupid. Non-PPR was always the right way to go. A reception being worth the same as 10 yards never made any sense.

NFL: I miss teams being super loaded. So I guess I'm complaining about parity, or FA. I'd argue a fun/interesting idea, who be to reverse the draft order. The worst record gets the worst pick (goodbye tanking) and the Champs get the #1 pick, which leads to some interesting choices at the top. Like would the 2021 Bucs have taken Lawrence at #1? Would the 2024 Chiefs have traded down or taken Harrison or Alt #1?

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

And more importantly, might owe the 2014 Dallas Cowboys a Super Bowl ring

Whoa whoa whoa let’s not get too carried away here. Whoa.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

I liked when immobile QBs took the snap from under center, dropped back, and threw a crisp pass to a receiver. If they started in the shotgun, it was usually third and long.

This may be the most “in the spirit of the topic title” take yet. Legit lol. Kudos.

 

[Skipdog77]

I hate games on Thursday and Saturday.

I agree on the Thursday games, and to a point on the Saturday ones. Back in the "old" days (80's, 90's, early 2000's), they would have Saturday games only on the last 2 or 3 weekends of the regular season. I loved that for some reason.

Sundays used to feel special in the NFL when games were 95% on Sunday, with one game Monday night, Thanksgiving Thursday games, and a few occasional Saturday games at the end of the season. It was better as a fan, and it was better for Fantasy, in my opinion.

What Saturday games are you talking about that are different now? That's still how Saturday games are. They only do them at the end of the season after college football ends.

You're right, my bad on that one. In my feeble mind it seemed like there were a ton of Saturday games the past few years. Sanity hangin' on by a thread.

 

[eighsse2]

Too many games; don't need 17 (18 soon). 16 at most and I'm okay with 14.

16 was so nice and clean. Who chooses to go from a power of 2 to a prime number?

 

[Lansdowne]

The continuation rule is dumb. Back in my day we knew a TD was a TD when the ball broke the plane.

Also if the ground can’t cause a fumble, how’s the ground prevent a catch?

The NFL owes Calvin Johnson about 6 TDs.

And more importantly, might owe the 2014 Dallas Cowboys a Super Bowl ring.

Eh, they wouldn’t have beaten that Patriots team, and I’m not so sure they get past the Seahawks either for that matter.

 

[eighsse2]

The stupid Super Bowl halftime shows. I honestly hate live music performances in general, and there does not exist dancing that isn't horrible. If I want music, I will listen to the actual track that has been put together to sound the best ... music is about notes and chords ... not about how a person looks and behaves when making notes and chords happen (or pretending to). Never understood that.

 

[Ilov80s]

Too many games; don't need 17 (18 soon). 16 at most and I'm okay with 14.

100%

 

[joey]

Too many games; don't need 17 (18 soon). 16 at most and I'm okay with 14.

16 was so nice and clean. Who chooses to go from a power of 2 to a prime number?

That said, prime numbers are pretty cool and underrated.

 

[travdogg]

The continuation rule is dumb. Back in my day we knew a TD was a TD when the ball broke the plane.

Also if the ground can’t cause a fumble, how’s the ground prevent a catch?

The NFL owes Calvin Johnson about 6 TDs.

And more importantly, might owe the 2014 Dallas Cowboys a Super Bowl ring.

Eh, they wouldn’t have beaten that Patriots team, and I’m not so sure they get past the Seahawks either for that matter.

I said might.

 

[Lansdowne]

The continuation rule is dumb. Back in my day we knew a TD was a TD when the ball broke the plane.

Also if the ground can’t cause a fumble, how’s the ground prevent a catch?

The NFL owes Calvin Johnson about 6 TDs.

And more importantly, might owe the 2014 Dallas Cowboys a Super Bowl ring.

Eh, they wouldn’t have beaten that Patriots team, and I’m not so sure they get past the Seahawks either for that matter.

I said might.

Well “might” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here, hence my reply.

 

[eighsse2]

Too many games; don't need 17 (18 soon). 16 at most and I'm okay with 14.

16 was so nice and clean. Who chooses to go from a power of 2 to a prime number?

That said, prime numbers are pretty cool and underrated.

Fair -- they're interesting to look into, but they tend to be unwieldy to use.

 

[InDitkaWeTrust]

Too many games; don't need 17 (18 soon). 16 at most and I'm okay with 14.

16 was so nice and clean. Who chooses to go from a power of 2 to a prime number?

Increasing the number of games is/was a complete cash grab by ownership. If they could, they'd get rid of all preseason games and make them regular season games. And yes, it is ABHORRANT that they would go to the unholy number of 17 games.

 

[menobrown]

What's the deal with the defenseless receiver? Back in my day, if you went across the middle, Ronnie Lott would cut you in half. And not one single time did any of his victims suffer a diagnosed concussion.

1000% this

 

[eighsse2]

Too many games; don't need 17 (18 soon). 16 at most and I'm okay with 14.

16 was so nice and clean. Who chooses to go from a power of 2 to a prime number?

Increasing the number of games is/was a complete cash grab by ownership. If they could, they'd get rid of all preseason games and make them regular season games. And yes, it is ABHORRANT that they would go to the unholy number of 17 games.

Am I remembering correctly: it was yet another "covid thing"? "Oh, times are hard and all, we need a 17th game for some extra cash, you know how it goes ..."

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Too many games; don't need 17 (18 soon). 16 at most and I'm okay with 14.

16 was so nice and clean. Who chooses to go from a power of 2 to a prime number?

Just wait till they add a 9th division.

 

[stuckinthemuck]

The stupid Super Bowl halftime shows. I honestly hate live music performances in general, and there does not exist dancing that isn't horrible. If I want music, I will listen to the actual track that has been put together to sound the best ... music is about notes and chords ... not about how a person looks and behaves when making notes and chords happen (or pretending to). Never understood that.

100% this hahaha. These days I rarely even know who the artist is. What happened to intelligent analysis of the game so far? I don’t need to see the Weeknd walking through a hall of mirrors ever again waiting for the football game to resume.

 

[eighsse2]

Too many games; don't need 17 (18 soon). 16 at most and I'm okay with 14.

16 was so nice and clean. Who chooses to go from a power of 2 to a prime number?

Just wait till they add a 9th division.

When I first got interested in baseball as a teenager, the divisions drove me crazy (6 in the NL Central, 4 in the AL West, 5 everywhere else). I said for years that Houston should go to the AL West ... it just made way too much sense.