Browntown Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 1 hour ago, ProcessAccepted said: It was the first SB in 17 years that I didn't watch. It was due to the Patriots, and I know other people felt the same way. Amen! The NFL owners are to blame for this though, they control Goodell. This includes Pegulas too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albwan Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 First super bowl I have missed since 1983, the first i ever saw. The gap between NE and every other team in the league makes me sick to my stomach. The NO call has me convinced the nfl is being run somewhat like wrestling, I like these forums and all, but i have had enough of the nfl. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFunPolice Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Totally boring game where the Rams supposedly creative offense looked like Dick Jauron took the playcalling duties over for the game No creative formations, no creative route trees ... They didn't even try on offense 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, RalphWilson'sNewWar said: The only hope we really have for fellow Buffalo Fans to snap them out of this Defense Matters Crutch...is for Josh Allen to light it up in 2019. Only when Buffalo has an offense for the first time in the 21st Century...hopefully the old guard of defense defense defense will fade away and we can start enjoying football in the 21st Century. Hmmm, ok interesting take. So why is it that I can’t have both? Seems to me like the Pats can turn it on and off on either side of the ball at will, and in fact rode their D to the W last night. How about instead of aspiring to become one dimensionally great, we go nuts and are good on both sides of the ball? That’s my vote OP. Edited February 4, 2019 by NoHuddleKelly12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFunPolice Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 It felt like this game wasn't supposed to happen Some weird ripple happened in the universe and the wrong two teams got there 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billsfanatixs Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Cant speak for everyone, but I wasn't interested because both teams made it in because of suspect calls. Now that Brady has 6 rings, it diminishes everything that every other player has accomplished, and anything that future players can achieve. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commsvet11 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 If I wanted to see a game where the highlight of the game was kicking balls and low scores I would have became a fan of soccer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCNC Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Fans pissed at officiating, tired of NE, Rams have no following. A whole bunch of reasons. I'm not shocked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobot Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 4 hours ago, dave mcbride said: I think it's more "Rams! Rams!" than "Defense! Defense!" The Rams-Cowboys game in LA was for all intents and purposes a Cowboys home game, and the ratings for the Pats-KC game blew away the Rams-NO game. If the Saints had been in the SB, the ratings would have been a lot higher. It's hilarious to me that the league thinks that a team in LA improves their ratings. It very clearly doesn't as of yet because people in LA largely don't care about the Rams - at least not enough to regularly watch them. Just wait until the Chargers make the SB - then you'll see the lowest ratings of all time!! So are ratings meaningless then? What is the financial benefit of an LA team if this is the case? I'm assuming that there is a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris66 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 9 minutes ago, Jobot said: So are ratings meaningless then? What is the financial benefit of an LA team if this is the case? I'm assuming that there is a reason. I beleive Kronke is the richest owner in the nfl right now. Plus he paid the other owners half a billion to move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 10 minutes ago, Jobot said: So are ratings meaningless then? What is the financial benefit of an LA team if this is the case? I'm assuming that there is a reason. I think the league made overly rosy assumptions about fan enthusiasm for the Rams/Chargers in that market. Those teams don't really help ratings nationally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tisker A Tasker Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 3 hours ago, ProcessAccepted said: I even live in Atlanta and didn't check out any of the week's activities. No desire to wade into the sea of #12 and #87 jerseys. Can't wait to see how many of their die hard fans bail after Belichick's retirement. You shoulda gone down there. It was fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 4 hours ago, RalphWilson'sNewWar said: https://deadline.com/2019/02/super-bowl-ratings-patriots-rams-marron-5-worlds-best-cbs-1202548893/ Defense! Defense! ???? It could be related to the half time "entertainment". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 4 hours ago, RalphWilson'sNewWar said: The only hope we really have for fellow Buffalo Fans to snap them out of this Defense Matters Crutch...is for Josh Allen to light it up in 2019. Only when Buffalo has an offense for the first time in the 21st Century...hopefully the old guard of defense defense defense will fade away and we can start enjoying football in the 21st Century. Maybe we should just remove the defense altogether and just have the offenses play against air. There would be so many points scored for fans like you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WideNine Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 So folks tuned out because there was not enough scoring? And here I thought it was because most everyone outside of Boston is sick of seeing NE in the post season and the Rams shafted what fan base they had by moving to LA? Go figure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 A team that everyone is sick of that gets plenty of help throughout the year to get there, and a team that doesn't have a fan base and doesn't deserve to be there to begin with. Also, the most boring game in Superbowl history played between a team that was (admirably so) playing so far above their talent level that they won but couldn't do much in the process, and a team that was revealed to be super vanilla... Yeah... This isn't surprising. And the commercials are ***** now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 13 minutes ago, whatdrought said: A team that everyone is sick of that gets plenty of help throughout the year to get there, and a team that doesn't have a fan base and doesn't deserve to be there to begin with. Also, the most boring game in Superbowl history played between a team that was (admirably so) playing so far above their talent level that they won but couldn't do much in the process, and a team that was revealed to be super vanilla... Yeah... This isn't surprising. And the commercials are ***** now. Couldn't have said it better. Especially the commercials. Other than the movie spots and Anthony Lynn it was basically we sell beer and we sell cars. I really wonder how much revenue they generate from these commercials because it's the super bowl vs their normal TV spot on a Wednesday afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beach Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 i didnt watch it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyDays Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 I don't know how ratings are calculated. If someone only watched until halftime do they count as a viewer? If that's the case then the quality of the game had nothing to do with the ratings. More likely America just doesn't care about these teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostbitmic Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 I didn't watch for the 3rd straight year, the patriots just don't interest me. It wasn't a boycott or anything, it was that I just didn't care, I didn't even know the outcome until about 10 this morning. ... I Watched something else all day yesterday. About 8:30 I took my garbage to the curb and on a street where there are usually a few Super Bowl parties going on and tons of cars on the street, it was empty, crickets if you will. A friend of mine went up to a bar that we've watched a few other Super Bowls at, a place that's always busy during a game, and he said it was dead. No one there. Seems that people weren't thrilled with the NFL's selection for this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Patriots fans couldn’t watch because they were busy getting ready for the Parade. That’s my guess...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostbitmic Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, Augie said: Patriots fans couldn’t watch because they were busy getting ready for the Parade. That’s my guess...... I thought they already had their victory parade Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 1 minute ago, frostbitmic said: I thought they already had their victory parade Saturday. I think it only counts if somebody burns a couch. We had a couch in college that needed a good burning, but that’s another story.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 6 hours ago, Troll Toll said: People are tired of the same old Patriots script. You had to know after the neutral zone call to save them in the AFC Championship game that the NFL wasn’t going to let them lose the Super Bowl. I didn’t bother to watch as I’m sure millions of others felt the same way. Some truth there. After the "what holding?" call and a PI non-call I shut off the game and went over to the neighbor's hot tub. I do think the fact that the Rams have yet to attract a strong fan following in LA had something to do with the low ratings, as well as the fact that the Pats*** were essentially playing a home game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBillsFanSince1973 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 caught some ron white on netflix. he's a funny bastard doesn't sound like I missed much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 5 hours ago, Buffalo Barbarian said: Thats because non fans are easily bored without high scoring. They went off and googled McVeys girl friend 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris66 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 I'm wondering if those numbers include streaming services like hulu live and YouTube tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hebert19 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 7 hours ago, dave mcbride said: I think it's more "Rams! Rams!" than "Defense! Defense!" The Rams-Cowboys game in LA was for all intents and purposes a Cowboys home game, and the ratings for the Pats-KC game blew away the Rams-NO game. If the Saints had been in the SB, the ratings would have been a lot higher. It's hilarious to me that the league thinks that a team in LA improves their ratings. It very clearly doesn't as of yet because people in LA largely don't care about the Rams - at least not enough to regularly watch them. Just wait until the Chargers make the SB - then you'll see the lowest ratings of all time!! I dont think its rams or defense. Its Patriots fatigue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 24 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: Some truth there. After the "what holding?" call and a PI non-call I shut off the game and went over to the neighbor's hot tub. I do think the fact that the Rams have yet to attract a strong fan following in LA had something to do with the low ratings, as well as the fact that the Pats*** were essentially playing a home game. ' I think it's partly Patriots Fatigue and also a lack of understanding/appreciation for a defensive chess match between two great coaching staffs. I loved the game. But, then again, I love a pitchers' duel. Casual fans like scoring. They love TDs and HRs. I love good football and I thought last night was good football. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stank_Nasty Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 24 minutes ago, Gugny said: ' I think it's partly Patriots Fatigue and also a lack of understanding/appreciation for a defensive chess match between two great coaching staffs. I loved the game. But, then again, I love a pitchers' duel. Casual fans like scoring. They love TDs and HRs. I love good football and I thought last night was good football. I’ve actually come to appreciate defensive slug fests even more now that they are anomalous.... I’m sure the casual fan doesn’t. That being said I had a hard time enjoying anything about another pats W. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Total viewership on all platforms was 100.7 million, down 2.7 million from last year. The boycott by New Orleans fans (as well as butt hurt Kansas City fans) could account for most of that, all by itself. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/02/04/super-bowl-retains-nine-figure-audience-barely/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starrymessenger Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Lousy ratings is what you can get when horrendous officiating and a d- lineman's inexcusable brainfart causes you to field a couple of backup teams in the championship game. I get that the Wade-BB matchup delivered something worthwhile for the football purist but Brees vs Mahomes would have been more fun to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProcessAccepted Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 3 hours ago, Tisker A Tasker said: You shoulda gone down there. It was fun. Yeah you're right. I'll probably regret it in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 57 minutes ago, Lurker said: Total viewership on all platforms was 100.7 million, down 2.7 million from last year. The boycott by New Orleans fans (as well as butt hurt Kansas City fans) could account for most of that, all by itself. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/02/04/super-bowl-retains-nine-figure-audience-barely/ Well, plus fans in St Louis had at best, erm, mixed feelings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullim4 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 7 hours ago, PlayoffsPlease said: The Bills are the third most important reason the Pats have had this 16 year run , after HC and QB. Of course we are interested. There is more truth to this than most would acknowledge. Their divisional games account for at least 4 wins right off the bat, if not 5 or 6 per season. The AFC East has been the most consistently poor division in the entire NFL over the last 20 years. The other three teams have 2 "guaranteed" losses each season and the Patriots* have 4, 5, or 6 easy wins. If they actually had some decent competition, it'd be interesting to see if they would have won as many division titles as they have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlayoffsPlease Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 22 minutes ago, sullim4 said: There is more truth to this than most would acknowledge. Their divisional games account for at least 4 wins right off the bat, if not 5 or 6 per season. The AFC East has been the most consistently poor division in the entire NFL over the last 20 years. The other three teams have 2 "guaranteed" losses each season and the Patriots* have 4, 5, or 6 easy wins. If they actually had some decent competition, it'd be interesting to see if they would have won as many division titles as they have. even 1 more loss per year can be the difference between home field advantage throughout and playing on wild card weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoudyBills Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 9 hours ago, RalphWilson'sNewWar said: The only hope we really have for fellow Buffalo Fans to snap them out of this Defense Matters Crutch...is for Josh Allen to light it up in 2019. Only when Buffalo has an offense for the first time in the 21st Century...hopefully the old guard of defense defense defense will fade away and we can start enjoying football in the 21st Century. Boy asshats are asshats to the core aren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Lightning Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 8 hours ago, row_33 said: football fans don't boycott the Super Bowl.... [or they don't realize they are acting like they don't care about the trophy girlfriend that just dumped them, so they are drinking to black out the last 21 nights, but they are over her totally] nobody watches the Stanley Cup or World Series unless the Yankees or their team is playing.... BS. I'm a die hard football fan since 1963 and I didn't watch a second of the game. Didn't find out the outcome till the next day. The Rams didn't belong there and I hate the Pats. Why waste a good Sunday. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullim4 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 10 minutes ago, Green Lightning said: BS. I'm a die hard football fan since 1963 and I didn't watch a second of the game. Didn't find out the outcome till the next day. The Rams didn't belong there and I hate the Pats. Why waste a good Sunday. Agreed. I did the same last year with the Patriots* in the super bowl. We were in Hawaii and just relaxed poolside at the house we rented on the Big Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Lightning Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 3 minutes ago, sullim4 said: Agreed. I did the same last year with the Patriots* in the super bowl. We were in Hawaii and just relaxed poolside at the house we rented on the Big Island. A far better use of your time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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