Are you ready for some Football?!? (NFL)

[Heckler]

I watched the whole...damn...game...

 

[Crothian]

I got to watch the second half. Boy were the Chargers on fire!!

 

[Aurora]

I changed the channel, and then read for a bit...

That must be it then, if our Chargers are doing poorly we have to stop watching LOL

 

[Jdvn1]

Go Texans! I'm glad to see so much improvement from last year!

 

[Crothian]

I remember the days Steelers had a defense and could stop people from scoring. Of course they usually couldn't score much then either. Good win for them!!

 

[Dungannon]

2. rams are in a slump, hope they fix it and win like a certain other st. louis team. (refrained from sayin the name to keep this thread pure)

I would like to thank the Rams, and especially Coach Linehan, for maintaining their slump for at least another week.

 

[Gunslinger]

This is such a boring game; ESPN picked some real stinkers for their monday night lineup.

 

[kenobi65]

This is such a boring game; ESPN picked some real stinkers for their monday night lineup.

Well, at the beginning of the year, it probably looked like a good matchup. Most prognosticators had at least one of these two teams in the playoffs, and a lot of people picked Carolina to go to the Super Bowl.

It's been the problem that MNF has had for years, really ever since the current free agency / salary cap era began in the early 90s. The year-to-year variation in team performance has increased dramatically. MNF has always had the luxury of picking and choosing who they feature, and they always try to get teams and matchups that look good on paper...but they have to choose months before the season starts.

What ABC wanted for years, and never managed to get, was the ability to switch out MNF games late in the year, when a particular game winds up looking like a stinker. When NBC did the Sunday night contract this year, they managed to get that "flexible scheduling", much to the annoyance of Fox and CBS (who feel that their best games are being poached). Last night's Bears/Giants game wasn't originally supposed to be a night game, for example, and Fox was plenty peeved that they lost a matchup between the top two teams in the NFC (and two of the top 3 TV markets).

 

[Crothian]

Even if the teams had turned out to be playoff bound, that doesn't mean the game will always be interesting.

 

[dragonhead]

I would like to thank the Rams, and especially Coach Linehan, for maintaining their slump for at least another week.

you have been welcomed.