Add to that the prohibitions of horsecollars, “targeting,” the announcers’ constantly telling all about what we just saw, and the over and over again commercial breaks, and god-awful replay delays, and you have a very unwatchable sport.
That’s why I “DVR” the games and then fast forward through all the constant delays. As soon as I hear the ref’s whistle, I fast forward counting to 12, and they’re lined up again. Zoom through the 15 minute half-times, and you might have a complete game done in, guess what, an hour.
Same here. What throws me off are the no huddle offenses so that I have to back up the DVR to catch the beginning of the play. Occasionally, if there's really a spectacular run, pass or defensive play, I'll watch the replay, but otherwise, I can do the game in just over an hour.
What drives me crazy is when announcers say “If you are so and so,” then give advice. For example, “If you are the Lebron James, you want to take that shot, not pass the ball.” JUST SAY Lebron James should have taken the shot.
We resent having the networks pushing their loser shows during the games. Yes, you can DVR any game you want to watch, zip through all the ads and announcer happy talk, and finish most games in an hour. But even at that, we only were interested in about half the number of games we used to watch. They shouldn’t have started Thursday night and Monday night games. That’s over-saturation for the meager number of good teams the NFL has.