Absolutely no one watches, and the media under-covers, every single one of those London games.

Just plain stupid to pitch 10% of your Sunday market into the shitter like that.

And she's right, not sure why her picture matters?

Well, it's rather sensationalist and a little over the top. The NFL is still doing pretty good. The NFL is a male-dominated and male-aimed sector of the entertainment industry, so a female writer, especially a liberal one (it is the ****ing Washington Post after all) is naturally going to be at least somewhat biased against it.

Like many others, I don't watch a lot of games outside of the Chiefs. However, I do still really look forward to watching those games. To be fair though, it's not like I watch other sports instead. Playoff baseball and hockey will sometimes draw me in for an hour or two, but it's not like I'm tuning out of football games to watch soccer games. For me it's the inconsistency in officiating that makes it seem like a rigged product. Not like the games are totally controlled, but there's enough bias in some games that it really affects the result.

Beginning to? LMAO

They've ruined the game for ad dollars and fantasy football. I've watched most of the Chiefs games and that's it.

Even the games I've missed haven't bothered me at all.

They can start by getting rid of that London nonsense.

The list is very long after that...

I have to say though I do still enjoy most of the Sunday games. Carr, Wentz, Prescott, Rodgers, Manning, Ryan, Brady, Stafford, Mariota...any game with any of those QBs I'll stop and watch. Broncos games are still entertaining due to their elite defense.

It's the primetime games where the league is really suffering.

It seems too scripted to me. Golden boy QB's are over protected, officiating seems biased, and star players can't celebrate or be themselves. It's a shell of what it once was for sure.

The pacing of the game sucks. Its unbearable to watch anymore. The games are boring. People think baseball is bad with pacing, the NFL is way worse. 7 to 8 seconds of game action followed by 30 seconds of standing around. Repeat a few times. Pause for penalties/injuries/reviews. Commercial. 7 to 8 seconds of action. Commercial. Announcers talk, kick the ball. Commercial. 7 to 8 seconds of game action. Stand around for 30 seconds. Commercial. Repeat. Its awful to watch and not worth anyones time.

I don't watch as much football anymore and I agree with everyone on some of the reasons like TNF, London games, commercials, flags etc..

They just need to get back to playing only on Sunday and Monday but I do admit I like the early games so maybe to spice it up have 1 game a week start at 9AM.

Also this may or may not be a popular idea but they need to get rid of the rotating bye week. At the 8 or 9 week mark all teams have a bye. I was looking at the TV schedule last week and there were only 2 3PM's games which IMO is ridiculous.

The in-game coverage is awful as well. I was watching the Bears MNF game the other night and a Bears defender pressured the QB into a backwards pass that hit the ground. Instead of pursuing the ball the Bears defender celebrated the pressure like an idiot. It was a comical moment and they replayed a one second blip of the backwards pass and not the idiot who was celebrating while a loose ball was bouncing around. There is nothing fun about the NFL anymore, it's all serious business. Plus, it seems any meaningful rivalries have long been killed off due to player movement and salaries.

Mostly in games involving the Donkeys, which is why I never watch their games.

My feelings exactly.

It would appear that there are different rules, or at least different rules enforcement, depending on the team / QB.

Denver was CONSTANTLY allowed to run illegal picks all of last season.

If Tom Brady take the 2 shots to the head that Alex did on Sunday, someone's getting ejected / suspended and fined.

I've often maintained that the substandard, inconsistent officiating (and Goodell's seemingly inability or desire to do thing about it) would kill interest in the league.

Now, factoring in the Domestic Abuse cases that have come to light, the shedding of light on CTE and former players and the whole National Anthem debacle are accelerating the decline.

Mark Cuban's prediction of the NFL "being gone" in 10 years would seem to be gaining traction.

Goodell seems OBSESSED in getting a franchise over there.

I would argue he has larger concerns that should be focused on.