NFL 2025

[Scotia]

Fučking hell

What a game.

And now the longest field goal in history for the Jaguars. What a sport!

 

[PenlanJack]

I watched about 45 minutes of Aaron Rodgers rolling back the years for Pittsburgh, the glue factory was in waiting for him

 

[Swanjaxs]

Is or has anyone attended the games in London this season?

Yes me! Charlton yesterday. Just drying out

 

[Smurph]

Yes me! Charlton yesterday. Just drying out

Thought you'd been quiet on here! Hope you enjoyed, apart from the soaking

 

[Pompeyjack]

Thought you'd been quiet on here! Hope you enjoyed, apart from the soaking

Hi all, I've never watched any American football, what game do you suggest I watch now?

 

[Squarebear]

The Raiders have tried their damnedest to lose this match v Jacksonville but against all odds it's 23-all in overtime. Unfortunately my race is run and I'm off to bed.

 

[Captain_Sham]

As I suspected, a difficult game that the Pats won only due to a missed extra point. Maye had a difficult time against the best pass defence in the league.(Passing yards allowed per game) A win is a win. I think its only going to get more difficult from here. Bucs and Bill coming up. As Maye puts more of himself on film for opponenets to analyse, they will make his life harder. Great QBs deal with this. He is undoubtedly a good QB. Its getting interesting.

 

[Captain_Sham]

Hi all, I've never watched any American football, what game do you suggest I watch now?

If you have NOW TV/Sky Sports, you can watch a game every Sunday night. Im not sure if there is a highlights show on normal TV any more, but you can watch stuff on YouTube. Heads up though, its a complicated game.

 

[Cooperman]

I’ll have to catch up on that game later, looks like a wild one.

Watching the faces of the crowd change as the game swung back and forth was quite amusing. A brilliant watch for the neutral.

 

[JustJack]

Hi all, I've never watched any American football, what game do you suggest I watch now?

Start with watching highlights on YouTube, Bears v Bengals this weekend for example. You will findn some that are only 3 minutes long

All you need to know at the beginning is that a team has 4 chances to gain 10 yards (and score in the endzone) or they lose possession to the opposition. The depth of the game comes in between that

 

[Cooperman]

Start with watching highlights on YouTube, Bears v Bengals this weekend for example. You will findn some that are only 3 minutes long

All you need to know at the beginning is that a team has 4 chances to gain 10 yards (and score in the endzone) or they lose possession to the opposition. The depth of the game comes in between that

And on page 1 of this thread is a BBC Sport article which can help you pick your team. Give it a go and tell us who you land with. Somewhere later in the ten pages is a list of who supports who.

 

[Squarebear]

Following the Raiders is like having a mate who used to be brilliant but has lost his way, always a bit too drunk these days, saying stuff, kicking off with strangers, until it reaches the stage where you don't answer his calls as it's just too cringeworthy spending time with him.

And that's my summary of the Raiders' 30-29 defeat v the Jaguars.

 

[Frankie Burrows Cap]

Hi all, I've never watched any American football, what game do you suggest I watch now?

As others have suggested, definitely start with short highlight videos. It’s a pity the hour highlights programme isn’t on BBC/ITV any more as that was targeted at ‘newbies’ as well as regulars.

I watched a lot on Channel 4 in the late 80s/early 90s but then lost interest (didn’t have time) for 15+ years.

Got back into it by watching RedZone on Sky on a Sunday evening. It’s like Soccer Saturday but with the highlights in each game being shown live and without the pundits (maybe it’s not like Soccer Saturday after all but the idea is that you can follow all games simultaneously). Good viewing if you’ve got a spare few hours Sunday night and don’t want to sit through one game for 3hours.

Only thing with that is it probably won’t help you learn any of the nuances etc.

Anyway, enjoy if you do get into it

 

[Pompeyjack]

As others have suggested, definitely start with short highlight videos. It’s a pity the hour highlights programme isn’t on BBC/ITV any more as that was targeted at ‘newbies’ as well as regulars.

I watched a lot on Channel 4 in the late 80s/early 90s but then lost interest (didn’t have time) for 15+ years.

Got back into it by watching RedZone on Sky on a Sunday evening. It’s like Soccer Saturday but with the highlights in each game being shown live and without the pundits (maybe it’s not like Soccer Saturday after all but the idea is that you can follow all games simultaneously). Good viewing if you’ve got a spare few hours Sunday night and don’t want to sit through one game for 3hours.

Only thing with that is it probably won’t help you learn any of the nuances etc.

Anyway, enjoy if you do get into it

Thanks Frankie .