When did you stop watching MNF last night? (1 Viewer)

[Dancing Bear]

Due to DirectTV's Sunday Ticket and my DVR I watch between 20-25 hours of NFL football a week, and normally cannot get enough. However, from my point of view last night's game should have been stopped by a Mercy Rule after the 1st Quarter.

It was horrible entertainment value after that. In fact several games this week should have been stopped by a Mercy Rule.

When did you stop watching?

 

[Mello]

I actually watched until the end in the futile hope that S. Moss would get some more garbage time yards.

 

[DCThunder]

Skins homer, so I had to watch until mid-way through the 3rd. Wanted to see the Eagles get over 50 points...

 

[sports_fan]

I stopped watching at the end of the 1st quarter. I can't watch games like that. It was just a slaughter.

I checked back in throughout the game but never for more than a play or two.

 

[snellman]

Watched the whole thing. It is amazing what fantasy football does for football watching. If I wouldn't have had Vick going in 2 leagues with both games on the line it would have been shut off at the end of the 1st quarter.

 

[footballnerd]

had Vick in one league so was drinking the Kool Aid for a bit on the tube, then was going against Maclin in another league and was sweating it out the last quarter. So ya, I was watching.

 

[Clayton Gray]

I had it on until the end, but it did not have my attention after the middle of the third quarter or so.

 

[Tango]

Was at the game at Fedex. Left at end of 3Q and listened in the car the rest of the way...

 

[CrossEyed]

Never started watching. Got home a little late, turned on the game, saw the score, and turned it off.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I watched the whole thing, but I'm an Eagles fan.

I can't imagine any non-Eagles fans watched the whole thing unless they had a fantasy matchup riding on it.

 

[ScoobySnack]

Was at the game and started heading out with like 6 minutes to go in the 3rd Q but only because my daughter and girlfriend we cold and wet otherwise I would have stayed to watch the rest of the beat down!

 

[Clifford]

Due to DirectTV's Sunday Ticket and my DVR I watch between 20-25 hours of NFL football a week, and normally cannot get enough. However, from my point of view last night's game should have been stopped by a Mercy Rule after the 1st Quarter.

It was horrible entertainment value after that. In fact several games this week should have been stopped by a Mercy Rule.

When did you stop watching?

Sorry you had Vick going against you but it was seriously one of the most entertaining MNF games i have ever witnessed. Yet another example of how fantasy football is saving the NFL.Mercy rule: these are freaking professionals, not kids

 

[Don Quixote]

Fell asleep at halftime, but I do that during 75% of SNF and MNF games.

 

[RBM]

Due to DirectTV's Sunday Ticket and my DVR I watch between 20-25 hours of NFL football a week, and normally cannot get enough. However, from my point of view last night's game should have been stopped by a Mercy Rule after the 1st Quarter.

It was horrible entertainment value after that. In fact several games this week should have been stopped by a Mercy Rule.

When did you stop watching?

Sorry you had Vick going against you but it was seriously one of the most entertaining MNF games i have ever witnessed. Yet another example of how fantasy football is saving the NFL.Mercy rule: these are freaking professionals, not kids

Really?

 

[Clifford]

Due to DirectTV's Sunday Ticket and my DVR I watch between 20-25 hours of NFL football a week, and normally cannot get enough. However, from my point of view last night's game should have been stopped by a Mercy Rule after the 1st Quarter.

It was horrible entertainment value after that. In fact several games this week should have been stopped by a Mercy Rule.

When did you stop watching?

Sorry you had Vick going against you but it was seriously one of the most entertaining MNF games i have ever witnessed. Yet another example of how fantasy football is saving the NFL.Mercy rule: these are freaking professionals, not kids

Really?

I was down by 60 points in my money league and it was the difference between making the playoffs for sure or possibly not making them at all. I had Vick going, so year, I was basically hanging on every offensive play for the Eagles til he sealed it for me with his final touchdown.That's what fantasy football is all about: making an otherwise boring game entertaining.

 

[footballnerd]

Sorry you had Vick going against you but it was seriously one of the most entertaining MNF halves i have ever witnessed. Yet another example of how fantasy football is saving the NFL.

Mercy rule: these are freaking professionals, not kids

Really?

Fixed

 

[cdwood]

After watching the conclusion to the Vancouver-Buffalo hockey game, I tuned into the MNF game when it was 35-0 or 35-7 with 10 minutes left in the 2nd quarter. My fantasy football team had a 30+ point lead and Santana Moss, but Vick had already destroyed that. So I tuned in, saw the score, saw I was going to lose my fantasy football game, tuned out.

 

[dennis.moore]

Didn't watch one snap. Usually don't watch the NFL anyway.

 

[POTA]

Never started watching. Got home a little late, turned on the game, saw the score, and turned it off.

This. Got home around 8pm, didn't turn on the TV until 8:30 or so, stared at the TV stunned until Gruden's slobbery man-love broke me out of it and turned it off.

 

[Dancing Bear]

Mercy rule: these are freaking professionals, not kids

That is the BIGGEST bunch of BS I have heard in awhile.The NFL is about ENTERTAINMENT, and that game was not at all entertaining after the 1st Quarter.Furthermore I can make a case for taking Vick out after they had oh say .. a 35 point lead and should have been playing the subs. It was ridiculous that Vick was still in there in the 2nd Quarter, let alone 3rd Quarter ... 4th Quarter.My interest is in watching a good, contested football game. A rout in either direction has absolutely NO entertainment value to me; whether there are fantasy ramifications or not.This has nothing to do with Vick. In fact I came in the top 50 of the Footballguys.com Subscription contest in Week #10 because of his 60+ points ...I felt the same way about Denver vs Kansas City, New England vs Pittsburgh, Dallas vs NY Giants, Seattle vs Arizona ... even the Chicago vs Minnesota game bordered on it.

 

[Addai's Adidas]

I actually started watching when I saw the scores online. I likes me a good show.

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

Watched almost all of it. Total points league.

 

[brainee]

The whole thing baby! Though my favorite team probably influenced that.

 

[jojoh07]

Watched it all and on DVR again .

 

[username]

I'm still watching.

(yes I own Vick in multiple leagues)

 

[TheChairman]

Fell asleep at halftime, but I do that during 75% of SNF and MNF games.

I usually only make it to halftime also, but this one kept me entertained throughout.

 

[urbanhack]

I had it on until the end, but it did not have my attention after the middle of the third quarter or so.

same here

 

[Dr. No]

The NFL is about ENTERTAINMENT,

You couldn't be more wrong.the NFL is about MONEY.And regardless of if you or anyone else was entertained or not, they are going to play the damn game and show all the horrible commercials.Luckily, you probably have between 10 and 500 other channels of things to watch on TV, the local RedBox down the street has tons of movie options, and the library is full of thought provoking and entertaining books.

 

[Dexter Manley]

I watched the entire game. I managed to get drunk enough by the 2nd quarter that I convinced myself Washington was actually going to come back and win after they cut the lead to 35-14.

 

[Dr. No]

My interest is in watching a good, contested football game. A rout in either direction has absolutely NO entertainment value to me; whether there are fantasy ramifications or not.

I enjoy blowouts. I appreciate being able to turn the game off after 1-2 quarters and know the result.Furthermore there's never any excuses by the losing team when there is a blowout.Almost every "tightly contested" game has bad calls and/or fluke plays that decide its outcome like the Helmet Catch game, or the Detroit/Chicago Calvin Johnson Catch game.... and most of the time I leave those games hating the NFL even more.But the beautiful brilliant execution by the winning team in a blowout is really something to behold.If you were not entertained by watching vicks brilliance is destroying the Skins last night, I don't know what you want.I'd sure rather see that than a disgusting penalty that decides a tightly contested gmae.

 

[road warrior]

The NFL is about ENTERTAINMENT,

You couldn't be more wrong.the NFL is about MONEY.And regardless of if you or anyone else was entertained or not, they are going to play the damn game and show all the horrible commercials.Luckily, you probably have between 10 and 500 other channels of things to watch on TV, the local RedBox down the street has tons of movie options, and the library is full of thought provoking and entertaining books.

Well said.

 

[bonesman]

Never started watching. Got home a little late, turned on the game, saw the score, and turned it off.

about what I did too... no FF implications for any of my important teams though.

 

[blackbird001]

My interest is in watching a good, contested football game. A rout in either direction has absolutely NO entertainment value to me; whether there are fantasy ramifications or not.

I enjoy blowouts. I appreciate being able to turn the game off after 1-2 quarters and know the result.Furthermore there's never any excuses by the losing team when there is a blowout.Almost every "tightly contested" game has bad calls and/or fluke plays that decide its outcome like the Helmet Catch game, or the Detroit/Chicago Calvin Johnson Catch game.... and most of the time I leave those games hating the NFL even more.But the beautiful brilliant execution by the winning team in a blowout is really something to behold.If you were not entertained by watching vicks brilliance is destroying the Skins last night, I don't know what you want.I'd sure rather see that than a disgusting penalty that decides a tightly contested gmae.

Agreed. Besides, if watching Shanahan's explode like a deleted scene from scanners isn't entertainment, I don't know what is....

 

[FUBAR]

I checked in for 10 minutes in the 2nd quarter, does that count?

 

[Basmati Ray Rice]

Took the day of work and had the game on repeat. You can only witness history once but it feels so good when you watch it again... yes i do own Vick..ahahahahahahahahahaha!

 

[duaneok66]

I never started . . .

 

[mozzy84]

Due to DirectTV's Sunday Ticket and my DVR I watch between 20-25 hours of NFL football a week, and normally cannot get enough. However, from my point of view last night's game should have been stopped by a Mercy Rule after the 1st Quarter.

It was horrible entertainment value after that. In fact several games this week should have been stopped by a Mercy Rule.

When did you stop watching?

Sorry you had Vick going against you but it was seriously one of the most entertaining MNF games i have ever witnessed. Yet another example of how fantasy football is saving the NFL.Mercy rule: these are freaking professionals, not kids

wtf, it was a terrible game unless you're an eagles fan

 

[footballnerd]

The NFL is about ENTERTAINMENT,

You couldn't be more wrong.the NFL is about MONEY.And regardless of if you or anyone else was entertained or not, they are going to play the damn game and show all the horrible commercials.Luckily, you probably have between 10 and 500 other channels of things to watch on TV, the local RedBox down the street has tons of movie options, and the library is full of thought provoking and entertaining books.

gotta pay the bills

 

[RedskinsFan]

I stopped watching at the 2 minute mark believing that crazier things had happened and we could still come back. Oh well. Good game Eagles fans, we got one in your house and you got one spectacular win in ours. Once again we split and I am happy about that

 

[azgroover]

I took a different angle to watching last night. I didn't watch the beginning (no fantasy implications for me), but I checked in now and then. After halftime I was glued in the hopes that Philly would hang 75 or more. Stuck around till the end.

 

[Your Mom]

I watched the whole thing, but I'm an Eagles fan. I can't imagine any non-Eagles fans watched the whole thing unless they had a fantasy matchup riding on it.

I couldn't turn it off. Vick is sick good. Tried turning it off, but didn't want to miss anything Vick did.

 

[Northbound Train]

As soon as Vick sat down

 

[VaTerp]

As a Skins fan and someone who started Vick I watched every last minute.

I wanted to see if Vick would set the individual player high for the season in my league. Which he did and will likely win me some $$$.

And even as a Skins fan I was amazed by Vick's historic performance and was entertained by it.

The OP and others are making the assumption that because they weren't personally entertained that most others weren't. But based on the numbers that the NFL, ESPN, and the advertisers care about, the game was plenty entertaining enough.

http://www.multichannel.com/article/459987...ion_Viewers.php

 

[bweiser]

If I could, I'd watch the first quarter every day until I see a better one.

But I'm an Eagles fan.

 

[THE UNDERCOVER BROTHA]

watched the whole thing but im a football fan/atic.

Also this was a great high scoring game full of highlight plays.

I can watch a game like this anytime.

 

[Mr. Know-It-All]

Watched the whole thing. I had Sav Rocca, my opponent had Nick Sundberg.

 

[CalBear]

Furthermore I can make a case for taking Vick out after they had oh say .. a 35 point lead and should have been playing the subs. It was ridiculous that Vick was still in there in the 2nd Quarter, let alone 3rd Quarter ... 4th Quarter.

In the second quarter, Philly led 35-0. Washington scored two quick TDs and trailed by 21 with 9:45 to go in the second. Would you pull your starting QB with 9:45 to go in the second, up by 21?With 11:34 left in the third quarter, Washington scored to make it 45-21 (24 point game). Philly fumbled the ensuing kickoff; it could have been a 17 point game with a lot of time left in the third quarter. It wasn't really until the INT returned for TD that the game was out of reach for Washington.

 

[Dancing Bear]

In the second quarter, Philly led 35-0. Washington scored two quick TDs and trailed by 21 with 9:45 to go in the second. Would you pull your starting QB with 9:45 to go in the second, up by 21?

With 11:34 left in the third quarter, Washington scored to make it 45-21 (24 point game). Philly fumbled the ensuing kickoff; it could have been a 17 point game with a lot of time left in the third quarter. It wasn't really until the INT returned for TD that the game was out of reach for Washington.

No, I would have pulled my QB after the completion of the 1st Quarter.The Philadelphia Defense could have pitched a shutout in that ridiculous game. The Redskins only scored because the Philadelphia Defense lost any sense of intensity with a 35 point lead.

The entire game after the 5th score was an insult to football fans and it was not at all entertainment. There really should be a Mercy Rule to save wear & tear on the players and to actually provide a better form of entertainment for the fans.

 

[Clifford]

Mercy rule: these are freaking professionals, not kids

That is the BIGGEST bunch of BS I have heard in awhile.The NFL is about ENTERTAINMENT, and that game was not at all entertaining after the 1st Quarter.Furthermore I can make a case for taking Vick out after they had oh say .. a 35 point lead and should have been playing the subs. It was ridiculous that Vick was still in there in the 2nd Quarter, let alone 3rd Quarter ... 4th Quarter.My interest is in watching a good, contested football game. A rout in either direction has absolutely NO entertainment value to me; whether there are fantasy ramifications or not.This has nothing to do with Vick. In fact I came in the top 50 of the Footballguys.com Subscription contest in Week #10 because of his 60+ points ...I felt the same way about Denver vs Kansas City, New England vs Pittsburgh, Dallas vs NY Giants, Seattle vs Arizona ... even the Chicago vs Minnesota game bordered on it.

So you solution to creating entertainment is to cancel any game that seems remotely out of reach after the 1st quarter and running reruns of COPS? You sir are a genius. Get Goodell on the phone POST HASTE!!

 

[Clifford]

In the second quarter, Philly led 35-0. Washington scored two quick TDs and trailed by 21 with 9:45 to go in the second. Would you pull your starting QB with 9:45 to go in the second, up by 21?

With 11:34 left in the third quarter, Washington scored to make it 45-21 (24 point game). Philly fumbled the ensuing kickoff; it could have been a 17 point game with a lot of time left in the third quarter. It wasn't really until the INT returned for TD that the game was out of reach for Washington.

No, I would have pulled my QB after the completion of the 1st Quarter.The Philadelphia Defense could have pitched a shutout in that ridiculous game. The Redskins only scored because the Philadelphia Defense lost any sense of intensity with a 35 point lead.

The entire game after the 5th score was an insult to football fans and it was not at all entertainment. There really should be a Mercy Rule to save wear & tear on the players and to actually provide a better form of entertainment for the fans.

You are not helping your case at all.