I swear, half of the plays in the games I watch have a penalty. It just kills the flow of the game seeing a flag all the time, it feels like games back in the 00’s were not like this.
You’re just getting older man… embrace the depression.
The Raiders are one of the 4 least penalized teams in the NFL for the first time, maybe ever. So no.
Yeah basketball is starting to feel that way a bit as well near the end of games it feels like the 4th quarter takes 30 minutes by itself
Used to watch every game on Sunday. Now I just watch the eagles, and the playoffs. Every game feels like a slog. Penalties are part of it but it’s mainly commercials
Considering that 17 games are played now, the penalties are about the same as compared to most 16-game seasons.
There are noticeably fewer penalties than a few years ago.
I enjoy this subreddit much less than years prior due to the number of posts about penalties.
I grew up watching the NFL in the very early 80’s; compared to then, football is a different game, with different rules, with different officiating, which has created imo a bad poor quality product that is less entertaining and can’t be counted on to appear fair, impartial, consistent, logical and simple while using common sense and reason.
This is a problem that I also feel is destroying the NBA and professional boxing.
I also don’t trust MLB home plate umpires to call a reasonable and consistent strike zone which really kills my enthusiasm, entertainment, excitement, and sometimes ruins my enjoyment and experience as a fan during Tigers games but that is my only real gripe with MLB.
i’ve noticed refs missing some penalties tbh. they should be throwing the flag more but this year is a complete discipline issue across the board because many teams as new asf with players and backups so more penalties will happen.
this still wasn’t as bad as the mid 10’s years where their were just constant fights.
Nah, I enjoy it less as a casual fan because there are fewer marquee games for some reason. Maybe the 2nd half will have more. As a 49ers fan, it’s the same level of enjoyment. Maybe I’m getting older though too, unfortunately or fortunately I have more interests outside of spending Sunday/Monday watching football. Although this weekend and Monday I caught a bunch of games lol.
I live in Arizona so now that the oppressive summer heat is finally over, I’m trying to spend weekends outdoors. Watching the NFL is a lower priority in my life, though I do enjoy a lazy Sunday watching Redzone from time to time.
But this year I admit the non marquee games between terrible teams has been far more amusing than expected. Sometimes it’s the shitshow games that provide the most entertainment. Jets & Raiders (second half anyhow) was a good example of it. The drama for games like that turns into “How will Zach Wilson fail his team tonight?”
I have slowly been watching a lot less football these last several years. I’m tired of the trash talking on social media by players and fans. Obviously bad officiating for the last decade, and the NFL refusing to fix it. It’s not even the number of penalties, but the inconstancy of it. The constant squeezing more money out of me just to watch it on TV. Plus the lack of player development. Now with gambling being sanctioned, I expect a major gambling scandal any day now. It seems like the current crop of owners only care about money.
I’m enjoying this season much less than normal but due to bad televised matchups, not penalties. The NFCE bores the hell out of me and we get a game of them per week in primetime. The Jets seem to have the max amount of primetime slots. TNF is always bad but I’ve skipped 2-3 SNF games this year, and I don’t know if I’ve ever done that by choice before this season. Just this past Sunday I believe 4-5 games ended by an FG margin and i didn’t have any of them televised in my area. Additionally, I hate the Europe games. Apparently my limit is 11 hours of football a day and 14 is too much for me.
It’s more so the ads than the penalties
First year watching?
“DAE think the whole league sucks now and is in decline because my team is bad this year?”