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Interesting how some are trying to blame the NFL's ratings decline on Kap

Nah, I think much bigger factors are:

* concussion issues including a movie
* Mediocre product
* Lack of exciting stars like a Moss or a young Peterson - Beckham imploding doesn't help
* Same teams winning

Pat Kirwan went on a bit of a rant on Friday saying he thinks it's the casual fan and the NFL's catering to the casual fan that's contributing to the ratings decline. He cited examples of OBJ and the net, deflategate, and contract negotiations getting more play than game analysis or even just highlights at halftime. He thinks real fans are saying "What happened to my football?". Kirwan thinks the NFL would be well served to focus more on the actual game and less on attracting more casual fans who may not even watch the game anyway.

So this morning I gave a good watch to Fox's pregame of the London game. Yep it's crap. You have Terry Bradshaw and Jimmy Johnson yucking it up and looking ridiculous. They throw in a bunch of Saturday Night Live type skits and then they spoon feed the audience one or two actual things about a player or the game. It's crap. You get better analysis listening to a fantasy football show on the radio.

Another thing I notice is that the TV personalities that cover the games all seem like a cookie-cutter stamp now. It's a former player that's been trained how to speak using his hands and only say generic dumbed-down things - basically stuffed shirts.

I think the NFL would do well to just put the smartest analysts they can find that still have a good on air presence. It's like they've forgotten that it's the game that everyone loves. Those casual fans will continue to be casual fans just like they are now. Get the true fans talking more about the game and the product and others will follow.

Right now the NFL's marketing reminds me of Donald Trump's campaign. They keep doubling down, then tripling down, then quadrupling down on the dumb-dumbs of the world and then can't figure out why no one is taking it seriously.

Stop dumb-ing down your product NFL (and TV networks). Dump the 90-IQ-Circus you call TV coverage and put something in that someone with half-a-brain or better can get something out of.

Great great great post!

They made it Hollywood and thus less appealing

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Damn Da Raiders are fun again.

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Seahawks safety Kam Chancellor (groin) was a full practice participant once again Thursday. That's two days in a row. After a four-week absence, Chancellor appears ready to make his return Sunday night against the New England Patriots.

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I wonder how Carr would be faring behind our OL? Can you say big brother?

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In a brutal scheduling quirk, the NFL had the Seahawks play Monday night at home, travel 2,687 air miles to New England on Friday, and play the best team in football on Sunday—and the Patriots were as well-rested as you can be, coming off a bye week. The Seahawks’ defense had been worn down, having played 90, 72 and 82 snaps, respectively, in a three-game, 16-day span coming into Foxboro Sunday night. Seattle came back from deficits of 7-0, 14-12, 21-19 and 24-22 to win.

Five times, by my count (including the final points of the night, a 15-yard strike floated into Baldwin’s hands for a touchdown), Wilson dropped a perfecto into the hands of his receivers at least 15 yards downfield. The man’s got a gift, and I don’t care if he was the 75th pick in the draft four years ago, or that he’s 5'11". Russell Wilson’s in the conversation for best quarterback in football. Today. This game he played, against the rested best team in the NFL, bordered on a mensa level.

Wilson and Brady have played three times now. Seattle, 24-23, in 2012, with Brady running out of time and downs in the final minute. New England, 28-24, in the Super Bowl, decided in the final minute. And now Seattle, 31-24, decided in the final minute, in a game that left those who stayed up to watch begging for a February rematch.

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It’s simply very hard to be better at any position in football than Adam Vinatieri is at placekicking—and the man is 43.

Since he turned 41 on Dec. 28, 2013, Vinatieri has missed three field goals. He’s 77 of 80, for a geezerhood accuracy rate of 96.3 percent. I repeat: 77 of 80, over three years.

I’m not one to be a fanboy for Hall of Fame players before their time, but I cannot fathom a way Vinatieri will not make it into Canton the first time he’s eligible.

-Peter King

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Werder ✔ @Edwerderespn
Jared Goff’s longest completion travelled 7 yards, and he finished just 5-of-11 for 64 yards on passes thrown more than 5 yards downfield.
9:47 PM - 20 Nov 2016

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I heard one NFL "insider" last week basically say that Goff was dumb as dirt. He said Goff didn't realize that the sun rose in the east and set in the west!

I was like holy shit!

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I heard one NFL "insider" last week basically say that Goff was dumb as dirt. He said Goff didn't realize that the sun rose in the east and set in the west!

I was like holy shit!