1st NFL Sunday of 2024
I see Dak got paid. Damn that's a lot of dough for a guy that can't win a playoff game.
13 games on the docket today and fortunately everyone has made their first week pick in the NFL Survivor Pool in time so at least no one will be eliminated due to tardiness.
A few matchups I am looking forward to today:
- Titans vs Bears- let's see what Caleb Williams looks like in regular season NFL action. They certainly gave him enough weapons to work with.
- Texans vs Colts- Sneaky good divisional matchup here. Let's see how the Texans build off of last season's success and I don't think we can glean anything about Richardson off his four starts last season so let's see if he can start strong.
- Cowboys vs Browns- Cowboys are underdogs on the road against a great defensive team. Eagles threw the first punch in the NFC east and showed everyone they can't play much defense but they have the weapons to rack up a lot of points and win games against good teams. Can the Cowboys keep pace?
- Rams vs Lions- I am still not sold on either of these teams. Rams have no depth at all. Their stars are great but any of them go down and they are in trouble. The Lions had a great run last year. How much of that was based on the momentum and fervor over Detroit having a relevant team for the first time in decades and how much of it was a true SB contender? Let's find out this year.
Which games are you guys looking forward to?
Sats for all,
GR
This is really unfortunate that we can't watch any of them In India. At least you people get to watch Cricket's best events there because of South Asian people residing in good numbers there.
Yes, it really is! I'm getting more and more motivated to learn how it's played, the rules and everything but we can't watch live. May be we get some highlights. Do you know where to watch highlights?
Yes, we have. But we actually need to subscribe to here to watch live games.
https://www.dazn.com/en-IN/l/nfl-game-pass/
Expensive.
Yes. I don't know any other option. May be because they monopoly, so they have such high prices.
For context, that same package is 1115 rupees/month in Canada.
Good point about it being a monopoly. In Canada/US there are many ways to get all the games so they can't charge as much due to competition.
This is almost 90% higher!
I'll try to find some other option for Indians here are getting excited 😊
I don't know if the site works well in other countries, but this is a site that aggregates free streams of live sports events.
Crazy when you think about it. That is definitely out of reach for many people in India. Maybe the rich people can afford it but what about the middle class?
NFL wants to grow the game internationally. You would think they would have a lite option that would just amount to a few dollars a month. Maybe you don't get all the games but you get 3 or 4 feature games a week.
I have to use this over in the UK. It's very expensive. £200 a year almost. And even then, you don't get every game because some games are "blacked out" which is rediculous.
This is pure monopoly by the broadcaster! 200 euros for one game! This is riddddddiiiiiiicullllous!!
It's 200 for the year which is every game. Plus some.other.content, but it is very expensive.
Roughly calculating, In 200 we can get an OTT subscription in India for 3 years that too will include Amazon, Netflix, Disney etc.
Oh the downside of being born in a country that rips off its residents. Sometimes I really want to leave the UK.
For some context , in Spain through DAZN, it cost 33€ per month.
In my case included as I pay for sports package.
I am sure there will be some highlight packages on youtube. I usually watch the highlights on NFL Network.
I think dazn.com has got exclusive rights for online streaming in India.
Methstreams
VPN!!
@Undisciplined laughing all the way to the bank with the Saints (holy hell Panthers are bad). With the rest of us who had Bills, Bengals, Bears, Dolphins shaking in our boots.
Hell yeah! I do need the Bengals to pull off a comeback, though, or I'm out of the nostr pool.
Not looking good. Patriots about to score again.
16-7 now.
Allen single handedly broke the Sleeper site. I can't get in to see if you have surpassed me in points yet.
It was looking pretty bleak in the first half.
Yeah. I am going to need the 49ers to pitch a shutout tomorrow with 4 INTs and for Purdy to throw 4 TDs to Kittle to have a chance to win this week.
Big call, wasn't sure about the saints this year. But the panthers are probably a lock for the 1.01.
10-0 Cardinals. Bills have got them right where they want them.
Not a very good start!! …. For the Bills of course
Buffalo escaped 34-28
It’s been really tight. I thought I was out.
🙏🙏🙏
Looking good now.
Much better now! 17-24
Very tight! 28-31
Yes. That kickoff return touchdown was costly.
The run was incredible, through all defense!
😂😅
Looking better.
Bears looking like the same old sorry team. 17-0 right now. They already have the gaff of the season, losing a muffed kickoff where the new rules force the team to be still until the receiving team touches the ball... It should be impossible, but they are the Bears!
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Absolutely in shock the Bears won that game. The Titans with an all time meltdown. Williams with 92 passing yards and zero TDs wins his debut... Unreal. Needs to be near a record for fewest passing yards in a victory, at least in the "modern/recent" era.
Williams did not look good but it was his first game. I don't think the Titans are very good. Bears should have won that game.
Tough news on Love but could have been worse. Who is the Packers backup QB?
Lol, seems the Packers going forward wil Malik Willis, the player the Titans traded in favor of Will Levis haha. Going to be an interesting experience, reminiscent of the Seneca Wallace/Brett Hundley years where Rodgers was hurt. But I'm relieved that it wasn't as serious as it looked.
Schedule isn't too difficult in the coming weeks. Even if he has to be out 4 weeks they can probably at least go 2-2 during that stretch.
Survivor Pool is looking kind of ugly right now.
16 players trailing in their games.
Week 1 is always a crapshoot. Never quite sure what you get.
True. On the bright side if we don't see some comebacks the pot is going to likely grow quite a bit next week.
I squeaked out a Dolphins win haha
Week 1 is always chaos. And I always love it.
37-3 Saints on my Panthers so far.
Fuck yeah. We got 'em right where we want 'em. What is dead can never die!
Ouch.
We started out with nothing and we still got most of it left.
Bengals clearly have no running game.
Missing Mixon
Mixon > moss
COWBOYS!!!
Looking good against a good D.
They looked really good!
I think their schedule is pretty favourable compared to last year.
Dak has no excuses with that contract. Lamb is a beast! O-Line will only get better, barring injury and defense is fun to watch again.
That kicker is unreal. I really wanted them to let him try that 71 yard field goal.
Why can I get NFL+ to play on my phone or ipad but not my tv?! Making me want to cancel already
Bills escape 😅
Chargers win ugly game vs Raiders
Gardner Minshew didn’t tuck the ball and threw a backward pass which is a fumble
JK Dobbins speed and quickness are for real. I watched him practice in July and my first impression was he is faster than I thought
Chargers were miserable on third down and medium, 3 to 7 yards
I forgot to mention: 31 yard touchdown by the Raiders after hurdling over a Chargers defender
Edit:
Tremendous play, my favorite play of the game!
Win is a win. 2 more weeks to figure shit out before facing the Chiefs.
Wow. Bills really almost did start their collapse early.
Can't give the Pats much credit, partially because I just don't want to, but also because the Bengals were just awful.
And the Bengals dismal performance against a terrible Pats team force a rebuy decision on 8 of us in week 1. Any other upsets coming?
Bills hang on. Texans hang on. Bears come back. Dolphins come back. Only Bengals holders are losers so far.
That was a great week 1!! It's good to have football back.
Looks like the Seahawks new coaching staff strategy is to mirror the Chiefs strategy of holding on every play.
Glad to know