Clueless Brit FIRST REACTION to THE NFL - European’s Guide to the NFL
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- Discovering the World of American Sports with a British Perspective.
As a British person, I've never watched American sports. I have decided to give it a go and see what all the fuss is about. In this video, I share my thoughts and reactions as I learn about the rules and strategies of American football for the first time. From the excitement of the touchdowns to the confusion of the penalties, join me on my journey as I discover the world of the NFL. Whether you're a seasoned fan or a newcomer like me, I hope you enjoy watching my reactions and learning about American sports along with me.
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You should go for the Houston Texans
its girly? you need a reality check. come play one minute of US football, you would get ruined. rugby, I love it, does not measure up. nothing is US football.
They actually were told they had to wear pads way back in the day if they wanted to continue because too many people were dying
Exactly. The USA president at the time threatened to ban the sport .
You've got to be trolling. There's literally been only one player to die on the field 😂
@@zachschendt7201American football is older than the NFL. 45 people died in the first 5 years
In 1905 (and for decades previous), American football, an evolution of rugby, was solely a college (and, by imitation, high school) game-which is, incidentally, one of the reasons that the college game, with traditions pre-dating the NFL, is more popular. It featured mass-collision plays and no solid rules about when a ball was dead, leading to piling-on, nor rules about unsportsmanlike conduct. A team strategy might be to pummel the best guy on the other team. In 1905, the Chicago Tribune reported nineteen deaths and 137 serious injuries, calling the sport a 'Death Harvest'. Schools like Cal and Stanford were banning the sport in favor of rugby, and President Roosevelt-whose sons played and who liked the game-called a committee of coaches and other important people in the game to establish safer rules. The President had no statutory nor constitutional power to do anything about it, but we're talking about Teddy Roosevelt here. Anyway, the result was far closer to the modern game, making the forward pass legal, putting that neutral zone between the offensive and defensive lines, and myriad other changes. At the same time, getting the game away from play after play of mass brutal crunching through (or, occasionally, literally being thrown over) the line thanks to the forward pass and some other plays turned out to make for a much more exciting game.
The protective gear was minimal. Stiff leather helmets that look like they were mainly to protect the ears, nose-guards and mouth-guards that were of dubious help (even the coaches seem to have wondered if they were useful), and soft shoulder, elbow, and knee pads. And that was it. It did not change immediately when the 1906 rules came into effect.
Then president teddy Roosevelt was involved with trying to make American football safer. 1905 the Chicago tribune newspaper reported 19 deaths on the field. This brought the introduction of the forward pass and pads.
11:14 Just because play stops doesn't mean there is nothing going on. American Football is 75% strategic and situational. It's like Chess. Rugby players are like 1500m runners and AF players are like sprinters.
This is spot on. The players aren’t expected to create some moment of brilliance on their own. If they score it is generally because they executed a scripted play to perfection. You are an actor with a specific role and if you can’t perform it, the scene. Even better, the players only play one side of the game(offense/defense). Can you if they had to play a sport where you had to play both aspects of the game? Someone might die of exhaustion.
Additionally each play is like a 5 to 10 seconds fight with bats. Players need that 5 to 10 second break just to catch their breath and adjust their padding. Rugby players have a continuous fight but they don’t get to use their bodies quite as much as weapons. Both are very tough sports. Add in the Ozzies and the Irish versions and you have complete mayhem. You will now never see the kind of hits you see in the NFL and any other sport and the pads only help to a limited degree when a 250-300 pound plus man hits another at speed.
I lived overseas for years and always used the chess match analogy. Every play is a strategic battle of the minds followed by an attempt to physically execute these decisions.
@@bryanjacobsen5005 better way to put it is chess with rocket launchers. There is so much strategy to football, but at the same time you can write up the greatest play ever, just for Aaron Donald to show up and say "your plans don't mean shit if I run through 3 motherfuckers and kill your QB".
All this planning and for a sport where the second to second gameplay devolves into "Ok no go run through that motherfucker". Thats the real beauty of American football
The Detroit Lions are seeing their first major success as a franchise in about 30 years right now. They're a solid team to cheer for. The underdog that has finally become a threat. This is from a long-time Lions fan
No the stopping in American football is not just about advertisement. The strategy behind the game is very complex and specific plays are called in from the coaches. Then the QB can change the play based on how the defense lines up. This takes time.
its like chess.
17:46 Less than 1% of college players get drafted. The NFL is an elite league and even if you are drafted, you'll still have to earn your place on the team. The roster starts out with 90 players but has to be cut down to 53 by the start of the season.
"Soccer" was originally a British term referring to the players, short for "association footballer", back in the days when it had to be distinguished from "rugby football". "Football" was a catch-all term for ball sports played on foot (as opposed to horseback like polo).
I was fixing to say, if you think it’s so pansy, march your little butt on over and as you all say….have a go at it !! Then we’ll talk about it.
Technically yes, a team could intentionally lose games to get a higher draft pick. But what prevents that is the players and coaches don't want to look like crap and lose their jobs. Players and coaches change teams all the time. If they play terrible, even as part of a plan to intentionally lose games, then no one else will ever want to sign them, so if they ever get cut or released from their current team (which happens a lot), then they will be out of a job.
That said, if a team is neck and neck with another for bottom of the barrel, it isn't unheard of to put minimum effort into (or keep a key player out of) the last game or two.
A big thing about football that non fans don't see at first is that the reason for stoppage between plays is because the game is structured as just as much of a strategy game, as it is an athletic game. The stoppage between plays allows for different sets, and personnel. Every play is basically equivalent to a move in chess. Including calling plays (making moves) to set up plays (moves) in the future. A lot of plays are being called with plays 2-3 plays in the future in mind.
The Cleveland Browns and the Detroit Lions are 2 of the few teams who not only have never won, but never even MADE it to a super bowl.
There is a chance that changes this season as the Lions and Browns are both VERY good and have a chance of making it to the bowl
As far as not stopping between plays goes, for a while in the 1990s that was a popular style of offense (most widely known as the "Run'n'Gun"), where offenses would run plays as quickly as they could, not giving the defense time to adjust or catch their breath without burning time outs. It also proved to have a massive weakness: It meant your defense was out on the field for a LONG time (unless the other team was also playing "hurry up"). If you couldn't score point and force the other team to keep pace, your defense would be GASSED and easy pickings in the late stages of the game.
Now, teams only break out the "hurry up" in spots; usually in the second half when they have to make up a significant point deficit.
The stopping… best understood by realizing American football is about the precise execution of a single carefully planned play. So it’s not about continuous action where complex plays are not attempted and if they are they fall apart. Think about how many soccer/hockey/lacrosse passes don’t go as planned, this the result of constant motion and endless ongoing motion.
DK Metcalf ran a 10.33 100m in the US Olympic trials. At 228 pounds. It's ludicrous.
Football stops a lot, but it's part of making the play extremely intense. It's the intensity of play that makes football so popular.
The reason for stopping and starting is planning for each 'play'
The funny part about him crapping on Detroit is they are now the best of those 3 teams with a legitimate playoff shot and could possibly make the superbowl now those are a lot of big “if’s” but stranger things have happened
The mass effect galaxy map theme really threw me off because ive been balls deep in ME3 and thought i was hearing things 😂
Some teams “tank” to get good players, but investigations are thorough enough and would be punitive enough that it’s rarely if ever obvious, the players still want to win so they still play tough games even if some people are trying to hold the team back.
Doesn’t that happen in the NBA tho teams willingly tank for that top 3 pick
It's actually the other way around. As football became popular, the TV networks jumped on board and the nature of the game lends itself to commercials during the game. And i want you to consider just how little energy is expended in a soccer game per player. I know they run miles per game but thats just running. Even on a scoring play, how players are involved and for how long. In contrast the energy expended by almost every player on almost every play in the course of a game provides the reason why its not a continuous play type game. The need for rest, rotation, and medical attention.
The reason why American Football has so many stops is to reset and to communicate new plays. It is literally a chess match going on in real time using real people instead of pieces. As brutal as it is you are constantly trying to outsmart your opponent on every level
NFL football is about choreographed 'plays'. That's why all the breaks. Each team's playbook can have hundreds of plays. The team lines up and attempts to execute 'the play'. The defense has plays as well. To answer your question: yes. Teams can 'tank' a season in hopes of landing higher draft picks.
The basic need for the helmets is the difference between the start of plays. In rugby, the players and teams are shoving each other after connecting up, in American football the play is started while the players are apart and then charge each other (at the line) crashing heads. Physics.
The stopping makes it like a chess match where every piece moves on every turn.
I think one reason that tanking for draft picks isn't such a problem in the NFL, is that you've got 11 players on offense and 11 more players on defense, plus substitutes, kickers, etc, and every single one has an impact on the game, though at some positions this is really only obvious when they suck. So even a really legendary player won't win a championship by himself, and the annals of history are filled with great players who just never had the teammates to win much.
The stopping is because each play starts with preset formations. While Rugby keeps moving, they are not always going all out. Each player is going full out, each play. The percentage of game play with 100% effort is much higher for football.
If you want underdogs you can't beat Cleveland. The mistake by the lake !!!! A river there once caught FIRE 🔥. This team eats good players for breakfast.
Allow me to educate you about the use of equipment in American football. Over 100 years ago, they did not wear equipment. Because of that, there were a few deaths and so many serious injuries that the president of the United States threatened to ban the sport. Upon hearing the possible ban, the sport administrators decided to make changes to the rules and added equipment as a requirement.
...So before call American football "girly", please understand that American football was much more violent than rugby even before they began using equipment!
The reason for the stops is because once the guy with ball is tackled the play is over and they have to line up again to begin the new play. Its not just a constant running down the field. Theres strategy and planning with each play
The atmosphere for an NFL game is a lot better then for a premier league game because most of the spectators are sober and for half the season it’s freaking cold in many other venues. Additionally there may not be public transport and people have to drive sober.
Gridiron is my favorite term for American Football. We should just call it that.
As a other clueless brit, I'll follow along😂
Cheers brother
Clueless Americans loves clueless Brits
They stop so much because after every play the team huddles together everybody gets told they’re assignments on the next play.
The best part of NFL is the strategy it entails, the whole team is needed not just individuals. Strategy is so much fun then add in skills, athleticism and just pure luck. Plus the heavy heavy hits. It's a great sport
If you love the NFL, being in the stadium for a good game is 10000x better than being in front of your TV. Especially for a snow game !
Just an FYI "soccer" was a British term for your football so you can't blame us for the word lol
This is my argument lol
I luv more people getting into the game it makes the game better as a whole luv u brother!❤️💛
The hits are actually harder because they wear pads so they go full force and its like a 40-45mph head on collision in a car for the amount of force
Yes sir, same with my browns. Hopefully we can eventually meet in the Super Bowl some time
Stopping because it’s a game of extremely complex plays. Spectators have no problem waiting in suspense. Also the game was invented decades before TV and advertising
The reason soccer isn't popular and the reason the US usually isn't all that great at it is because all the really good athletes switch to playing either basketball, football, or baseball when they get to high school. Soccer is played by kids all over the country but as they get older they usually start focusing on one of the other 3 sports.
The shoulder pads are 3 layer's of high impact plastic like a car bumper. That's what you put all your speed and weight behind to time a hit to the ribs or chest. It's cute that foreigners think they are soft pads for protection. They are weapons. He's right Brits came up with the word soccer. They stop to call complicated plays. The play is made in all positions so it's chess game of inches. FYI we have rugby here too, 900 teams just in college alone so we are familiar with the game. Lol
Appreciate your knowledge I am really enjoying learning about the sport
This is the worst description of how to teach about football.
The game stops generally after every play. Instead of a scrum in rugby you huddle up and call the next play, so everyone knows their job on the play. A no huddle, or hurry up offense is the exception. Of course the play can always be changed at the line of scrimmage based on the defensive alignment. Think of it like a chess game with 10 teammates all moving at once, every move requires cordination. In soccer or rugby it's a marathon, you pace yourself looking for a gap to explode. In the NFL every play is a 100 yd. sprint or a sumo wrestling match for the linemen.
@11:30 as many commercials as they do have they only have 2 times each quarter they do stop the game to jam in a couple extra. The rest of them are during actual slow points in the game. Like switching possession or between quarters or when someone gets hurt. Team calls a timeout, that sort of stuff.
The start stop is just the nature of the game. It's the same in the NFL or if you are playing in the back yard with your buddies.
The NBA has the same draft rules as the NFL and what you're describing is called tanking. It's a real problem in the NBA, but in the NFL you can't go less than 100% or you will get seriously hurt. It's self preservation that prevents tanking in the NFL. Something no other sport outside of fighting really has.
Sometimes I think the coaches tank with bad playcalling, but the players are still trying to win. They might not give their best players much playing time down the stretch.
Yes there are several teams that have never won a Super Bowl: Jacksonville, Carolina, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Arizona, Detroit, and Houston are all examples of this.
There are 12 teams that have never won a Superbowl. 8 that have been but lost... Minnesota Vikings (4) Buffalo Bills (4) Cincinnati Bengals (3) Atlanta Falcons (2) Carolina Panthers (2) San Diego/ Los Angeles Chargers (1) Tennessee Titans (1) Arizona Cardinals (1). There are 4 teams yet to make it to a Superbowl... Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars, Houston Texans.
I am an Arizona sports fan. We haven’t won anything in football.
Good in basketball though!
with the NFL draft, you are correct, the draft picks go in reverse order of teams success last year. teams do occasionally do poorly intentionally for good picks, we call it “tanking”. in the nba draft on the other hand, there is a draft lottery for the teams that missed the playoffs where all of them have a chance to win the first overall pick (with the odds following the order of the NFL draft)
Haha you’re so stubbornly European.. love it
American Football is called that way because the ball is about a foot long
Its called football because a number of sports evolved from a loosely organized sport of the same name. The sport evolved into many forms, association (soccer), rugby, australian, gaelic, and american, but in america we just call it football
Btw we call it soccer because it is a shortening of 'aSOCiation football'
@@frogee8494that’s one of the reasons but the ball is a footlong which is why you’re able to Throw and run with it
14:23 Jets, Lions & Browns, true to the parity format, are contenders now.
All three of those teams had bad head coaches at the time in that video especially Detroit had an actual bum for a head coach because at the time there new clueless gm fired a good head coach that was already there and replaced him with an actual bum. Thankfully that cost that incompetent gm to get fired along with his terrible head coach and they were replaced with people that actually know football and made the Detroit Lions not disgusting to watch.
The reason we stop between every play is so the coaches can tell their players what to do on their next play.
About all the stopping. You have to look at it as a game consisting only of set plays. So its set play, break, set play, break, set play, ect but instead of all corners or free kicks it done to actually progress the ball
Yeah that, except the offense is actually successful, imagine if set pieces scored a goal 1/3 of the time.
Sorry, but rugby players playing NFL football against one of these teams, they wouldn't survive. A whole lot of pain when a 270 pound linebacker drills you into the ground.
Thank you ! It's not even comparable..NFL is bigger,faster,stronger,more brutal and MUCH more complex... Rugby is the same thing over and over again. It also has very strict tackling rules.
Steelers are a good team to root for, helps if your family has ties to coal mining and the steel industry. But it’s the most widely represented team outside of its home base. I think there are some steelers pubs in Europe too although I forget exactly where
It's so American. The stop, start is like a series of battles in a war.
Here are the teams that appeared in at least 1 Super Bowl but never won:
Minnesota Vikings-4 / Buffalo Bills-4 / Cincinnati Bengals-3 / Carolina Panthers-2 / Atlanta Falcons-2 / Los Angeles Chargers-1 / Tennessee Titans-1 / Arizona Cardinals-1
Here are the teams that have never appeared in a Super Bowl:
Cleveland Browns / Detroit Lions / Houston Texans / Jacksonville Jaguars
Thanks for the information
The stopping is too so each team can call a new play
Be a Cincinnati Bengals fan like me. For decades, we have been the scrappy underdogs of the AFC North. We have never won the Super Bowl, while all of our division rivals have at least won once. And bonus... over the last 4 years, the Bengals have transformed under Joe Burrow, and are now unanimously considered to be a championship contenter(widely considered one of the top 3 teams currently) and the only team considered to be a threat to the current top team, the Chiefs...
P.s. I know I'm late lol
Theoretically you can tank , but the variables aren't really worth it . Can't miss products, miss sometimes and also you need much one then just one player.
Could not make it through that video and I apologize. That guys voice after 5 minutes had me to the point I was about to start punching kittens. Will check one of your other reactions where that sound does not drive me crazy. 😁
The stopping and starting is bc they use a play structure. They huddle, come up with a play to run, make the attempt. Start over.
The Vikings have never won a Super Bowl, but their team is on the up & up. They're usually pretty entertaining to watch, as well. They've had some crazily entertaining games over the last few seasons.
So funny story about the Jets and the Draft. A few years a go the Jets were projected to get the number one pick in the draft. This draft having Trevor Lawrence who was slated to be the best quarterback coming out of college in a long time, (literally nicknamed "The Prince that was Promised). However in a hilarious twist of the Jets being the Jets, they one the last game of their season, losing that first pick in the draft. They then watched my favorite team (Jacksonville Jaguars) draft Trevor Lawrence. So to put it bluntly, only the Jets can lose by winning.
I think soccer didn't get popular because we have hockey. It's kinda like soccer on ice, but instead of flopping, players fight
Kids have played rugby our whole life since the fifties. But we always called it tackle the man with the ball😂😂😂
@11:35 it is because of TV deals, they literally pause the game for ads. Ive watched it in the stadium lol
Rugby is for small guys who don't want to be hit. But soccer is quite popular with the girls. "I don't understand why football isn't played like rugby" It's also not played like tennis. That help any?
What a Stupid comment id get hit more times in one game of Rugby than NFL players get hit in 5 Seasons
@@ChatwinReactsNo you wouldn’t. You can’t even block in rugby. You block every play in football.
Bro. Wearing gear in NFL is even more dangerous and tougher than Non-wearing Rugby.
15:22
There is, occasionally, a "race to the bottom" in order to gain favorable draft status the following season. This is particularly true when there is a singular, spectacular talent in the college ranks who plays a position many teams might potentially need - generally, a quarterback.
Betting the future on a single player is a high risk strategy which frequently backfires. Even if a quarterback is a generational talent, sending him to a team which is otherwise utter garbage, probably won't work. If his blockers are horrible, he'll get killed. If his receivers are slow and can't catch, it doesn't matter how strong or accurate his arm might be. If his running backs can't shed tackles and fumble the ball every third touch, the quarterback will have an unbalanced offense - and thus will be easier to defend. If the defense is terrible and concedes 40 points per game, the quarterback could conceivably have a spectacular season, and still lose every game.
Successful teams scout and develop talent within the confines of the salary cap. Yes, certain players will make crazy money and out-earn their teammates many times over. But owners have to balance the need for high spending on superstars with the need to have enough cash left under the cap to pay enough to attract and keep all the necessary role players happy.
That's why certain teams do well, and others struggle - in spite of rules designed to foster parity.
The lions ended up better than most teams somehow 😂
I chose the Ravens last year because their offence (When I watched) was always so explosive and entertaining to watch, much more so than other teams. Now, I didn't see every team play, nor did I catch every Ravens game. I remembered teams and would watch games featuring a select few. If the 49ers, ravens, Lions, Bills or Eagles played, I would watch.
Now, I expect that I'll be labeled a 'fake' fan, which is true. I watch the sport because of how entertaining it is, not because of how invested I am in the teams, the players, the fans, NOPE. For me it's sheer FUN.
Actually the name football for our sport has nothing to do with the anatomical foot but rather the ball being 1 FOOT in length
Glory Glory Man United Glory Glory Man United!! From USA GO PACK GO!!
The Chargers have never won, while having the the best uniforms
As a Chiefs fan, I gotta agree. You guys have the best unis-unless the Bucs bring back the creamsicle jerseys, that is.
Play calling is reason for stoppages after each play. It’s not freestyle running out there like Rugby.
There’s specific runner routes for passing and blocking routes for running etc
Funny how he dogged the Lions and this video was made last year and said you should avoid them.. Last season the Lions were so close to being in the Superbowl, they won their division (NFC North) having their best season as a franchise EVER going 12-5 and only getting better positionally thru the draft and free agency... If you like smash mouth tough football you should lookup the Detroit Lions and their coach bro, Ima fan cause im from here but he is right that we've been horrible for over 30 years literally even though we've had some of the most amazing players in NFL history on our teams.
It's harder for an NFL team to get good by "tanking" a season or two, than in other sports.
In essence, there's 22 starters, plus special teams' players, only seven draft rounds per year, and only players in the first three rounds are expected to be starters. By the time you draft a full team, the first guys you drafted are retiring.
There's also the aspect that "winning is a culture". Good players don't want to play for losing teams. If a team were to purposefully lose games, they would see all their best players leave well before a full team could be drafted. (As a Detroit fan... I point out Barry Sanders, and Calvin Johnson. Two of the best to ever play the game, who retired once they realized the team was going nowhere.)
Houston Texans have never even been to a Super Bowl and are the newest team in the league, founded in 2001. Also my favorite team
The stopping is to set up the next play. It’s studying your opponent strengths and weaknesses to plan the next move.
Every play they are running as fast as they can the entirety of the down. Its like comparing a sprint to a marathon
My team, the Minnesota Vikings, has never won the Super Bowl. They also have a tendency to choke when the stakes are highest.
I just watched your big hits reaction and now this... my favorite team is the Cincinnati Bengals
American football rules were created near the end of the 1800s originally to make the sport safer, but also to foster teamwork among players and provide students (these were all collegiate players; there was no NFL of professional teams) experience with military-style planning and tactics that could prove useful in a potential war. So, American football play is not free-flowing like the more traditional football or rugby, but is more like a series of skirmishes against an "enemy". So, the situation on the field would tell a coach to have his players execute a certain plan according to the playbook that would have the best chance of success against the opposing team. The stoppage of action between plays provides the opportunity for the offense to gather to understand what they will do on the next play, and for the defense to adjust their own plans to counter what they think the offense is likely to do.
You gotta be a Jets fan if you wanna be an underdog fan. the Jets won the 3rd super bowl back in 1969 and have been cursed ever since. But finally, after years of anguish, they finally have hope this season in making the playoffs.
ha
I’d say that American football is more akin to a new game Stretego every play than chess, because each team customizes their “side of the board” to suit the situation
Tennessee Titans fan here, been to one Super Bowl and never won one 🤞🏼
The NHL has similar rules to soccer, although fist fights are aloud in hockey.
You don’t ACTUALLY need to understand the rules. Just drink a lot with your friends and no one will expect you to remember this complicated mess… pick a side by flipping a coin and cheer when the announcer tells you to. Very simple. I do it all the time. 😁
11:37 as an american, that made PERFECT sense actually
7:30 (pause it) top left to bottom right are the, Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Ravens, Texas Texans, Denver Broncos, Texas Cowboys, Chicago Bears, Atlanta Falcons, Arizona Cardinals, Miami Dolphins, Texas Colts, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Giants, Detroit Lions, Carolina Panthers, Los Angeles Rams, New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars, Los Angeles Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles, Oregon Ducks, New Orleans Saints, San Francisco 49ers, New York Jets, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans, Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders, Washington Redskins/ Washington, Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Seattle Seahawks. My team are the Oakland/ Las Vegas Raiders
Between plays the teams have to manage the clock, field position, the next play call and substitutions in 40 seconds. These guys have hundreds of plays and the QB gives the team the play in the huddle so everyone in on the same page. They'll do this dozens of times throughout the game until the game clock expires. There's unlimited substitutions in American Football so the strategy is real.
Theres alot of stoppages because the game is actually very strategically complex, which is very ironic
15:45 this definitely happens. teams “tank” or purposely lose when they realize they dont have any chance at the super bowl to get the first pick
The game play isn’t stopped for advertisements lol. The game play is stopped because that specific play is over. Someone scored a touchdown, someone tackled the ball carrier, the ball carrier went out of bounds, a penalty occurred, etc.. At which point both teams must reset at the line of scrimmage in order to run the next play.
It’s quite unique compared to any other sport, or any other game at all. Because the game isn’t played constantly like soccer, basketball, Call of Duty, Halo, etc.. But it’s also not quite “turn” based such as chess, checkers, poker, etc..
It’s probably hard to understand from a foreign perspective because there’s really no other sport or game in the world that’s played in a similar way, let alone exactly the same way.
Ameican Football is complex like 3D chess or that scene in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope except with modern day goliaths or supreme athletes
Vikings fan here, never won a super bowl but i do not recommend the disappointment of voluntarily becoming a fan. We look sick though and we have the best receiver in the league (for now)
That whole Trevor Lawrence beating Alabama part was so uncalled for…..and horribly painful.
The difference between Rugby and American Football. is that Rugby seldom has 6'2" 250 lbs men who run a 4.6 second 40 yard dash, hitting each other at full speed after getting up to a 40 yard head of steam. That's every play in the NFL.
Sometimes if teams know they won’t make it to the playoffs then they’ll just play their practice squad for the last game to get a higher draft pick.
We've won one SuperBowl, but the New Orleans Saints are the West Ham United of the NFL. Take it from a West Ham fan whose grandfather indoctrinated him since he grew up in Bethnal Green. UP YOU IRONS!
The British were the guys that originated the word soccer