Wake up! Football's on! (Week 4 other games thread)
 

I can't decide who I feel worse for: Jags fans who lose a home game every year or Londoners who are subjected to watching the Jags play every year.

Start the whining about the national anthem....

The beginning of 14 hours of football.
I love sundays.

Genuinely curious: do other countries normally sing their own national anthems before sporting events, or is that more of an American thing?

The only games that I have watched from across the pond they have played both anthems.

The NFL has to try and grow more fans for the Jags.

Yeah, I remember that, but I'm more curious about purely European events like a normal soccer game between two British teams or something like that. In other words, when we play the national anthem before these games are they all like "WTF is this all about?" or is it normal.

I decided to Google it. The answer is, no, national anthems before sporting events largely don't exist outside the U.S.

http://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2016...orts-peter-may

Ah, I know that they do in some tournaments that I have seen highlights up on ESPN. As far as a regular game :shrug:

The Colts receivers appear to suck balls.

Jfc, regular season games in London are so stupid. How can you call this football when the entire crowd is sterile. Hopefully this shit gets moved to the preseason.

Luckexcuses... but seriously, say what?

Dude has a top WR and legit #1 in T.Y. Hilton. Moncrief is a solid #2. Dorsett is a baby, and should be emerging as at least a solid #3 slot receiver. Dwayne Allen is a good TE.

Luck has the weapons.. just not a good/proven OL.

Yeah, pretty sad for the "home team" to get a nice turnover followed by a TD and have it be so quiet in there.

Well, sure, but they've dropped everything they've had thrown their way today.

Didn't realize there was a London game today. Went to change some of my ff players and couldn't cuz the game started already

I wonder how much merch the NFL gave away to have people there in team gear?

Flag happy refs in this game

Only US and Canada really. Started as a patriotic gesture by MLB during WWI and kind of became a tradition.

Crazy trivia... Anyone know how old Adam vinateri is? I just looked it up. He's 85 years old.

They do when national teams are playing. Not when league games are played.

What a British voice that was.

Are they British flags or American flags?

If I didn't know that this is a football game, I'd swear golf is on the tube.

Our anthem kind of makes Britain look like the villain.

Weird trivia for you:. he was actually the kicker at Fort McHenry.

Hmm. Interesting. I may have to consider this.

Fixed

bailed out by the refs yet again on late flag.. LMAO

Luck is holding the ball for a long time, then throwing dump offs.

I don't think Luck is nearly as good as he should be.

He certainly hasn't lived up to his draft expectations. Don't get me wrong - he's probably still worth the #1 pick - but he's definitely not reached the "elite" level.

Not impressed with luck this year. But he has a shit sandwich of a gm, an ineffective head coach, and i don't understand why people love Rob chudzinski because his offense is completely bland. Andrew lucks biggest flaw might be sticking around the team as long as he has. I also wonder if his shoulder is 100%.

Why does the NFL continue to push the NFL in Europe?

Do the NBA or MLB play regular season games overseas?


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Taunting penalty is just a stupid ****ing rule.

Stupid blatantly obvious taunting there. But holy **** can we get rid of this ****ing ridiculous rule? Stop introducing subjectivity to the game. It already may have cost the browns one game. Why this became a point of emphasis this year... So ****ing stupid.

NFL sent the bottom of the barrel officiating crew.

Had flag fest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odell_Beckham_Jr.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Norman_(cornerback)

Ticky tac calls all game. Let the ****ers play!

Hate games like this. No flow at all.


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I thought Andrew Luck was supposed to be good?

$$$$$

It's ****ing stupid. I hate taking home games away from teams. Hate the sterile crowds. This crowd is the same as an NFL preseason game.

I like what soccer does. They play "friendlies." Either put preseason games in Europe. Or play friendlies where nfl backups and third teamers play starters. Not only would that cultivate European talent, it would also give you an extra look at young bench talent. And in both systems, you'd get more games in Europe without ****ing with regular season games.

I don't remember luck being this conservative. Either luck doesn't trust chudzinskis scheme. Or he might not trust his arm since he's had shoulder issues. He seems to be balloon balling most of his passes.

This is not good football.

Cromartie has more penalties this drive than he has kids.

Are they throwin flags on every play thats not a catch?

But how would the teams be able to charge regular season prices for the preseason games to the season ticket holders?

Cromartie got destroyed that drive. They're throwing flags at him because he's holding on for dear life. I think almost every play that drive went right after Cromartie.

The Colts receivers look really slow

There are more Jag's fans in Europe than there are in Jacksonville

Jax is much better this year. Could be a tough game at Arrowhead coming up.

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Why does the Jag have a teal tongue? That cat needs to see the vet!

Damn, that was fun until it was pretty clear he was down.

This game is a shit show.

The Colts are still going to win the AFC South because...well, it's the AFC South.

Its Texans division to lose. Jags and Texans will finish above the Colts

Colts are bad team with an over rated QB.

Texans are the cream of that division, even without Watt.

Best sunday Get to watch all the games I want live..

Raiders first... Donks late game... Cheaps SNF....

woot

Alex Smith could have gotten the air under that pass.

Luck ****ed satan's wife or some shit

He's been questionable for two weeks straight with shoulder issues. Have to wonder how much impact that's having. He doesn't seem to trust his arm.

And here come the Colts....

Yeah, they do this, Jacksonville.

The Colts defense has been about as solid as a wet piece of single ply toilet paper. ROFL

Blue popsicles.

Damn the Jags should have been playing prevent defense.

And somehow, this game has become interesting.

Trent Green: "That was terrible." LMAO

Jacksonville ran about 10 seconds off the clock on that drive, and Indy still has 2 timeouts.

It's probably just the Chiefs homer in me, but I really like Trent as a booth analyst.

That was embarrassing.
If the Jags lose this, Gus Bradley gets canned.

Jags going tits up in the 4th

This all looks eerily familiar

Prediction: Andrew Luck throws an interception and Jags get their first win.

No call late hit.

Shouldve run for it

What a horrific play call. I think I would've tried to get them to look at that spot, too.

Well that says everything about how much confidence the Colts have in their offensive line.

you mean the refs do this for the Colts. Such bullshit going on out there...

Stupid, stupid playcalling. They had plenty of time to work the middle of the field.

Win or lose the Jags coach is terrible. 13-39 in his tenure there.

The last drive they had was pathetic and showed his team and his staff have zero football awareness.

I'm expecting them to throw three times here...

Close enough. Luck could have easily ran for that. What a pussy.