Your Sunday football watching experience (1 Viewer)

[matttyl]

I assume everyone here is a true diehard NFL fan. Folks that will watch any NFL game, regardless of the teams involved. Most of us also have our "own team" to watch, in addition to potentially multiple fantasy teams to keep track of.

With that in mind, what is your typical Sunday NFL viewing experience? Do you flip back and forth between games, or do you only watch your own team live and then catch highlights of other games later? Do you have a laptop up during your game to keep tabs on fantasy teams and other games? Do you go overboard and have multiple TVs all showing different games at once? Or just tune into the Redzone channel and veg out?

 

[Freelove]

I watch football on TV. Sometimes there are drinks and food. Sometimes other people. Sometimes not.

 

[MattFancy]

If the Skins are on, I always watch them. If they aren't on, strictly RedZone unless there is a game on I really want to watch.

 

[One More Rep]

RedZone all day for me

 

[RBM]

Bear game with a side eye on the Shark Pool drama.

 

[Gottabesweet]

When I'm not at the Bills games or a few selected away games. I go ape crap, making as much greasy food as possible. Watch the Bills and then redzone for after. Currently TV shopping to upgrade the expierence.

 

[matttyl]

I, unfortunately, typically have a tab open on my laptop for the "week x injury thread"

 

[matttyl]

When I'm not at the Bills games or a few selected away games. I go ape crap, making as much greasy food as possible. Watch the Bills and then redzone for after. Currently TV shopping to upgrade the expierence.

going multiple TV?

 

[eoMMan]

Redzone with my papers spread out (FD lineups, team lineups, pool picks, etc.)

I might order a pizza too!

 

[Gottabesweet]

When I'm not at the Bills games or a few selected away games. I go ape crap, making as much greasy food as possible. Watch the Bills and then redzone for after. Currently TV shopping to upgrade the expierence.

going multiple TV?

No but I want to upgrade the 50" TV to 60-65 and stay under like $1300 - posted in free for all for the TV guru's to help.

I usually have the laptop and Ipad going as well with redzone to watch whatever else I need.

I usually have a party for the first away game (9/28 this year) and will expierement moving another TV out there.

 

[WampusCat43]

Brand new BW3 just down the road. Never miss a game. Track FF results on the phone.

 

[OnTheReg]

Watch the Pats and flip to the Red Zone during commercials. Then Red Zone for the late games.

 

[matttyl]

When I'm not at the Bills games or a few selected away games. I go ape crap, making as much greasy food as possible. Watch the Bills and then redzone for after. Currently TV shopping to upgrade the expierence.

going multiple TV?

No but I want to upgrade the 50" TV to 60-65 and stay under like $1300 - posted in free for all for the TV guru's to help.

I usually have the laptop and Ipad going as well with redzone to watch whatever else I need.

I usually have a party for the first away game (9/28 this year) and will expierement moving another TV out there.

I saw your post there and am interested in the results you get. I've got a 55incher, but this year will have another 32" beside it for Redzone. Just have my Redskins or Ravens on the "big screen". I also do the laptop thing, but only for fantasy scores and news.

Was hoping to get more food stuff posted here. No one gets up and grills/smokes anything for a few hours before game time?

 

[Old Smiley]

Local AM radio has CBS's overview of the day on during game time. I get on my tractor and listen to the radio out in the hay fields. Those are great, great Sundays.

 

[Todem]

Dolphins games and Red Zone.

After the Fins game I will watch whatever other match-up is on Fox or CBS and flip to Red-Zone on commercials.

Red-Zone is football porn at it's finest.

 

[snellman]

TV is on the Vikings muted unless they aren't playing, then it is on Redzone or interesting game. Laptop is open with MFL live scoring for my leagues. Tablet is open with the Vikings play by play man Paul Allen for the radio broadcast.

 

[Hoot McGoot]

I've used Redzone for past two years but the wife and I pulled the plug a few months back. Has anyone else done the same and have suggestions for me?

 

[eoMMan]

I've used Redzone for past two years but the wife and I pulled the plug a few months back. Has anyone else done the same and have suggestions for me?

Order Redzone again! : )

 

[Gottabesweet]

When I'm not at the Bills games or a few selected away games. I go ape crap, making as much greasy food as possible. Watch the Bills and then redzone for after. Currently TV shopping to upgrade the expierence.

going multiple TV?

No but I want to upgrade the 50" TV to 60-65 and stay under like $1300 - posted in free for all for the TV guru's to help.

I usually have the laptop and Ipad going as well with redzone to watch whatever else I need.

I usually have a party for the first away game (9/28 this year) and will expierement moving another TV out there.

I saw your post there and am interested in the results you get. I've got a 55incher, but this year will have another 32" beside it for Redzone. Just have my Redskins or Ravens on the "big screen". I also do the laptop thing, but only for fantasy scores and news.

Was hoping to get more food stuff posted here. No one gets up and grills/smokes anything for a few hours before game time?

Well being from Buffalo, I deep fry some wings, but also grill wings. Potato skins, pizza logs, fingers, fruit, veggy trays, and chips galore.

I'm getting hungry now.

 

[SwampDawg]

I've used Redzone for past two years but the wife and I pulled the plug a few months back. Has anyone else done the same and have suggestions for me?

Get a new wife.

 

[mquinnjr]

2TV Setup : Dedicated RedZone and Dedicated Eagles TV, since I found myself missing whole parts of games falling into the black hole that is RZ. If Eagles aren't on, whatever game I can get/watch on the 2nd TV. I feel like anymore than that and my mind wouldn't be able to process it all.

 

[Manster]

Well I've got young children and my weekends are pretty filled up with stuff.....DVR is a parents best friend. I try to watch my NFL and college teams. After that, if I get any more football in is a crapshoot. Sometimes we'll BBQ and have people over for prime time games.

Used to watch redzone, but I found myself missing the drama of individual games....I guess if ur a pure gambler it's great, but I like to focus on a game.....again DVR is money....can't hardly stand commercials anymore.

 

[Fantasysports1]

Finish setting season long teams up and final prep/lineup entering for DFS while watching RG and reading through RG articles, etc. Watch pregame like Fox. Sunday ticket stream if it works, and/or watch the national games/local team if they are interesting. Take a break after the 1pm games get to a close. If interesting games on at the 4pm time, then will tune it. Might skip to SNF.

The experience is definitely geared more towards DFS. It is really fun if you win and you definitely want to win to get the cash. Where in season long you might have to temper yourself even if your team does well because you don't know for sure if your team is legit.

 

[Hawkeye21]

I first wake up and turn on the TV and watch the morning shows. Then I eat some breakfast, watch more shows and write down all the games with their point spreads. I do some research online to see what games I like to place some bets on and double check all my rosters. By the time I get done with all this it's time to place a few bets make sure my rosters are set and then I walk to the local pub to watch the Bears game with a bunch of other Bears fans.

If I'm having a really good time I may stay for some of the afternoon games, otherwise I walk back home and watch the Redzone channel. By the time all those games are over I'm ready for the Sunday night game. It's such a great day.

 

[Zyphros]

Steelers (or whatever interesting matchup is on the TV), then Redzone on my laptop, streaming another interesting game on a 2nd TV. Use to do 5-6 screens of all the games at 1 time, but that got annoying to constantly set up.

 

[Raider Nation]

I'll take a picture during the 1st quarter of the week 1 games.

 

[matttyl]

Steelers (or whatever interesting matchup is on the TV), then Redzone on my laptop, streaming another interesting game on a 2nd TV. Use to do 5-6 screens of all the games at 1 time, but that got annoying to constantly set up.

How was that done, out of curiosity? Meaning, where were the feeds coming from for all those games? Via cable I can do whatever Fox game and whatever CBS game is on at 1, and then Redzone - but that's it. I assume you either had Sunday NFL ticket, and a DirecTV box for each screen, or some not so legal website streaming via a HTPC (or similar) which had a lot of video capabilities.

 

[Hawkeye21]

Steelers (or whatever interesting matchup is on the TV), then Redzone on my laptop, streaming another interesting game on a 2nd TV. Use to do 5-6 screens of all the games at 1 time, but that got annoying to constantly set up.

How was that done, out of curiosity? Meaning, where were the feeds coming from for all those games? Via cable I can do whatever Fox game and whatever CBS game is on at 1, and then Redzone - but that's it. I assume you either had Sunday NFL ticket, and a DirecTV box for each screen, or some not so legal website streaming via a HTPC (or similar) which had a lot of video capabilities.

I have a friend who had a room in his house that had about 6-7 TVs with a receiver on each one. He had the Sunday Ticket and would have a game on each TV. In the back yard he had an outside bar which also had about 6-7 TVs with all their own receivers and he would have people over every Saturday to watch college football all day. That place was so amazing.

 

[Raider Nation]

Steelers (or whatever interesting matchup is on the TV), then Redzone on my laptop, streaming another interesting game on a 2nd TV. Use to do 5-6 screens of all the games at 1 time, but that got annoying to constantly set up.

How was that done, out of curiosity? Meaning, where were the feeds coming from for all those games? Via cable I can do whatever Fox game and whatever CBS game is on at 1, and then Redzone - but that's it. I assume you either had Sunday NFL ticket, and a DirecTV box for each screen, or some not so legal website streaming via a HTPC (or similar) which had a lot of video capabilities.

I can't speak for Z, but I used to have ten TVs set up at my house. One cable feed + 9 DTV boxes. It got to be a pain in the ### just to use for 17 days, honestly. And each additional box was another $5/mo. I'm in a condo now which doesn't allow Directv, but I've gotten creative. Red Zone on the big screen, two local cable games on two smaller flat screens, and my laptop is hooked up to another 42" flat screen with NFL Game Pass in HD on that. With ten 1:00 games, it's tricky. But two of them are already on the cable feed and I can choose four of the remaining 8 games and leave them in a quad box. If one of the other games is getting good, it takes two seconds to put that one in the quad box. And you don't miss anything at 4:00 with only four or five games.

 

[Hoot McGoot]

I've used Redzone for past two years but the wife and I pulled the plug a few months back. Has anyone else done the same and have suggestions for me?

Get a new wife.

I appreciate a good joke but you know your sister would kill me if I left her.

 

[TDorBust]

Well I've got young children and my weekends are pretty filled up with stuff.....DVR is a parents best friend. I try to watch my NFL and college teams. After that, if I get any more football in is a crapshoot. Sometimes we'll BBQ and have people over for prime time games.

Used to watch redzone, but I found myself missing the drama of individual games....I guess if ur a pure gambler it's great, but I like to focus on a game.....again DVR is money....can't hardly stand commercials anymore.

Watching DVRd sports is like having week old mashed potatoes. Talk about drama of individual games and DVR in the same sentence makes my head spin...

 

[matttyl]

Steelers (or whatever interesting matchup is on the TV), then Redzone on my laptop, streaming another interesting game on a 2nd TV. Use to do 5-6 screens of all the games at 1 time, but that got annoying to constantly set up.

How was that done, out of curiosity? Meaning, where were the feeds coming from for all those games? Via cable I can do whatever Fox game and whatever CBS game is on at 1, and then Redzone - but that's it. I assume you either had Sunday NFL ticket, and a DirecTV box for each screen, or some not so legal website streaming via a HTPC (or similar) which had a lot of video capabilities.

I can't speak for Z, but I used to have ten TVs set up at my house. One cable feed + 9 DTV boxes. It got to be a pain in the ### just to use for 17 days, honestly. And each additional box was another $5/mo. I'm in a condo now which doesn't allow Directv, but I've gotten creative. Red Zone on the big screen, two local cable games on two smaller flat screens, and my laptop is hooked up to another 42" flat screen with NFL Game Pass in HD on that. With ten 1:00 games, it's tricky. But two of them are already on the cable feed and I can choose four of the remaining 8 games and leave them in a quad box. If one of the other games is getting good, it takes two seconds to put that one in the quad box. And you don't miss anything at 4:00 with only four or five games.

That's the "outside of the USA" trick, isn't it?

 

[Quint]

Big TV = best game going

Small TV = RedZone

Laptop up with tabs open for all FF and DFS matchups

Twitter up on the phone so i can dish out some super-funny Hot Takes

 

[Hawkeye21]

Well I've got young children and my weekends are pretty filled up with stuff.....DVR is a parents best friend. I try to watch my NFL and college teams. After that, if I get any more football in is a crapshoot. Sometimes we'll BBQ and have people over for prime time games.

Used to watch redzone, but I found myself missing the drama of individual games....I guess if ur a pure gambler it's great, but I like to focus on a game.....again DVR is money....can't hardly stand commercials anymore.

Watching DVRd sports is like having week old mashed potatoes. Talk about drama of individual games and DVR in the same sentence makes my head spin...

There is zero excitement in watching recorded sports. There is just too much info out there that I would already see or hear about the exciting things that already happened.

There are a few times when I enjoy watching recorded games. I like watching a classic game occasionally, especially right before the season starts. I enjoy watching the recorded game when I was actually present at the game. I do this with Iowa football games the day after. This way I can see replays of sweet plays I couldn't see during the game or I can get a better explanation on certain events.

 

[Raider Nation]

Steelers (or whatever interesting matchup is on the TV), then Redzone on my laptop, streaming another interesting game on a 2nd TV. Use to do 5-6 screens of all the games at 1 time, but that got annoying to constantly set up.

How was that done, out of curiosity? Meaning, where were the feeds coming from for all those games? Via cable I can do whatever Fox game and whatever CBS game is on at 1, and then Redzone - but that's it. I assume you either had Sunday NFL ticket, and a DirecTV box for each screen, or some not so legal website streaming via a HTPC (or similar) which had a lot of video capabilities.

I can't speak for Z, but I used to have ten TVs set up at my house. One cable feed + 9 DTV boxes. It got to be a pain in the ### just to use for 17 days, honestly. And each additional box was another $5/mo. I'm in a condo now which doesn't allow Directv, but I've gotten creative. Red Zone on the big screen, two local cable games on two smaller flat screens, and my laptop is hooked up to another 42" flat screen with NFL Game Pass in HD on that. With ten 1:00 games, it's tricky. But two of them are already on the cable feed and I can choose four of the remaining 8 games and leave them in a quad box. If one of the other games is getting good, it takes two seconds to put that one in the quad box. And you don't miss anything at 4:00 with only four or five games.

That's the "outside of the USA" trick, isn't it?

For the Game Pass, yes. Spend $40 here, log in from Romania when you sign in and you're ready to roll.

 

[iamkoza]

my ideal sunday would be watching redzone from noon to 6, then sunday night football on the DVR (i avoid phone/internet so I dont know what is going on in the game.... after an hour or 90 minutes i'll start playing the recorded game and eventually i catch up to live towards the end of the 4th quarter. the DVR allows me to skip commercials... and even skip 30 seconds between plays.... i literally cannot stomach a single game for 3 hours live anymore thanks to redzone.

my wife isnt a fan of this ideal sunday

 

[Peyton Marino]

One of my local bars has a spot you can sit and get a really good viewing angle on ~10 TVs at once, all typically showing different games.

 

[17seconds]

Redzone only

Not really interested in watching every second of a football game unless it's the playoffs. Even on TNF, SNF, MNF I'm not in front of the TV the whole time.

 

[matttyl]

Steelers (or whatever interesting matchup is on the TV), then Redzone on my laptop, streaming another interesting game on a 2nd TV. Use to do 5-6 screens of all the games at 1 time, but that got annoying to constantly set up.

How was that done, out of curiosity? Meaning, where were the feeds coming from for all those games? Via cable I can do whatever Fox game and whatever CBS game is on at 1, and then Redzone - but that's it. I assume you either had Sunday NFL ticket, and a DirecTV box for each screen, or some not so legal website streaming via a HTPC (or similar) which had a lot of video capabilities.

I can't speak for Z, but I used to have ten TVs set up at my house. One cable feed + 9 DTV boxes. It got to be a pain in the ### just to use for 17 days, honestly. And each additional box was another $5/mo. I'm in a condo now which doesn't allow Directv, but I've gotten creative. Red Zone on the big screen, two local cable games on two smaller flat screens, and my laptop is hooked up to another 42" flat screen with NFL Game Pass in HD on that. With ten 1:00 games, it's tricky. But two of them are already on the cable feed and I can choose four of the remaining 8 games and leave them in a quad box. If one of the other games is getting good, it takes two seconds to put that one in the quad box. And you don't miss anything at 4:00 with only four or five games.

That's the "outside of the USA" trick, isn't it?

For the Game Pass, yes. Spend $40 here, log in from Romania when you sign in and you're ready to roll.

Thought so. I already have Sunday Ticket (with RZ), but only for one screen at a time and I don't think I can quad box it. I think I'll be ok with just Redzone and whatever games come in OTA, or swap out the redzone for any one specific game I'd like.

 

[Zyphros]

Steelers (or whatever interesting matchup is on the TV), then Redzone on my laptop, streaming another interesting game on a 2nd TV. Use to do 5-6 screens of all the games at 1 time, but that got annoying to constantly set up.

How was that done, out of curiosity? Meaning, where were the feeds coming from for all those games? Via cable I can do whatever Fox game and whatever CBS game is on at 1, and then Redzone - but that's it. I assume you either had Sunday NFL ticket, and a DirecTV box for each screen, or some not so legal website streaming via a HTPC (or similar) which had a lot of video capabilities.

I can't speak for Z, but I used to have ten TVs set up at my house. One cable feed + 9 DTV boxes. It got to be a pain in the ### just to use for 17 days, honestly. And each additional box was another $5/mo. I'm in a condo now which doesn't allow Directv, but I've gotten creative. Red Zone on the big screen, two local cable games on two smaller flat screens, and my laptop is hooked up to another 42" flat screen with NFL Game Pass in HD on that. With ten 1:00 games, it's tricky. But two of them are already on the cable feed and I can choose four of the remaining 8 games and leave them in a quad box. If one of the other games is getting good, it takes two seconds to put that one in the quad box. And you don't miss anything at 4:00 with only four or five games.

Not exactly sure which feature I used back then, but for the multiple screens it was through my old roomates log-in, some online watching package. Basically we had 2 TV's hooked up in the living room from cable cords (long ones obviously), 2 laptops logged into his account, with 2 HDMI cords going to larger TV's. The 2 TV's on local broadcasting games, 1 HDMI TV on redzone, 2 laptop screens on "lesser" games and the last tv on another.

 

[lod01]

5 TVs. 50" in the center with 2- 32" on each side. Laptop. Sunday ticket.

 

[⚡DEADHEAD⚡]

DTV's NFL Game Mix (up to 8 games at once) on the 60" w sound on whatever is most exciting at the moment, a 32" with the Packers, Red Zone or a 9th game on the side, anything else on the computer, usually RTSports.

Watch alone often, w brothers and friends occasionally. Everyone's got kids, including me. Tougher and tougher to pull off, let alone tie one on. Kids are 4 and 2 so maybe my 4 yo will be into it soon.

 

[Gottabesweet]

Nice set up, If there's any TV guys here can you head over to the FFA and help me out looking to add another TV in the mix.

https://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index.php?/topic/730717-tv-gurus-looking-for-a-tv-for-football-season/

 

[rocketsauce]

Usually split my attention between NFL Redzone and the Chiefs in some way. Either picture in picture, split screen, or if I'm not feeling lazy, move another TV into the living room and hook up the antenna for the Chiefs.

This will be my first NFL season without cable, as we cut the cord in January. I'll be using NFL2Go for my NFL watching this year, which should be amazing. Current plan is to put RedZone on the Big TV through my Wii U's browser, and then have the Chiefs or a mosaic of up to 4 games I'm very interested in on the laptop next to me.

And I'm on Twitter, constantly, posting annoying updates about my fantasy players

 

[ConnSKINS26]

Redskins game on if they're playing, with Redzone streaming on the computer. If they're not playing, I'll put on the most interesting game with Redzone on the computer still. Phone or tablet has fantasy scores and forums going.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

3 TVs.

One on my team (Dolphins), one on red zone, and one flipping between relevant fantasy games or good match up.

 

[seahawk 17]

Redzone on the TV until Seattle plays, and then RZ on the laptop. Usual drinks, and I make a bunch of food that is popular in the city from the opposing team that Seahawks are playing. For example playing Patriots we would have clam chowder, fried clams, crab dip.

 

[Manster]

Well I've got young children and my weekends are pretty filled up with stuff.....DVR is a parents best friend. I try to watch my NFL and college teams. After that, if I get any more football in is a crapshoot. Sometimes we'll BBQ and have people over for prime time games.

Used to watch redzone, but I found myself missing the drama of individual games....I guess if ur a pure gambler it's great, but I like to focus on a game.....again DVR is money....can't hardly stand commercials anymore.

Watching DVRd sports is like having week old mashed potatoes. Talk about drama of individual games and DVR in the same sentence makes my head spin...

Totally disagree. I'm a busy guy so I typically can't just camp out and watch football all Sunday.....I have no problem not seeing/hearing anything that will spoil a game....I don't need to be plugged into social media all the time. In fact I kinda don't like instantaneous media feed of things like twitter. I see the value, just not really into it.....and being able to rewind plays and FF thru commercials is awesome.

 

[Shutout]

If I could post one of those pics of the evolution of man, the small TV and the laptop on a table with the streaming stats would be on one end.

On the other end would be my huge modern tv with Redzone on it with an iPad sitting on the table.

I have evolved.

 

[Manster]

Well I've got young children and my weekends are pretty filled up with stuff.....DVR is a parents best friend. I try to watch my NFL and college teams. After that, if I get any more football in is a crapshoot. Sometimes we'll BBQ and have people over for prime time games.

Used to watch redzone, but I found myself missing the drama of individual games....I guess if ur a pure gambler it's great, but I like to focus on a game.....again DVR is money....can't hardly stand commercials anymore.

Watching DVRd sports is like having week old mashed potatoes. Talk about drama of individual games and DVR in the same sentence makes my head spin...

There is zero excitement in watching recorded sports. There is just too much info out there that I would already see or hear about the exciting things that already happened.

There are a few times when I enjoy watching recorded games. I like watching a classic game occasionally, especially right before the season starts. I enjoy watching the recorded game when I was actually present at the game. I do this with Iowa football games the day after. This way I can see replays of sweet plays I couldn't see during the game or I can get a better explanation on certain events.

I don't understand....if u don't know wat happened in the game, the excitement is still there. LIke i laready saI'd above, i dont need the constant medit stream.....plus I can FF thru commercials. That alone, makes DVR worth it.

And i know im in the minority, but just as you don't like DVR, I find redzone is overload. I guess I'm kinda old school. I wana watch my favorite teams games a lot more than I'm worried about my FF teams. I watch sports for the sake of watching sports, not to see all the highlights while the game is going live.....that's what sportscenter is for...to each their own