Monday Night Football Stinks

I am so tired of the Monday night football games sucking!

they should just select a divisional matchup for Monday nights and stop picking random teams they hope will be a good game just because they were good last year.

that's why we often get these 40-7 blowouts that are boring unless its your team getting 40 points.

its reminding me of college games, not worth watching


they should start the year with the superbowl and conference championship rematch games like they already do but after that take the 8 divisions (4 AFC and 4 NFC) and select a division matchup game from each one. this gets you well into the season so you know which teams suck and nobody wants to see then pick from the remaining games that will mean something for the last 6 games

I don't know if it would be the best solution but I just don't look forward to Monday nights anymore, its just boring ho-hum meaningless games

[AVGWarhawk]

I felt the same way with the Thanksgiving day games. Same teams year after year. Finally started mixing it up. A prime time game. This year it is Ravens and Pitt.

yep, I mean wasn't the whole point is to be a "prime time" "featured game of the week" and not just another regular old game just played at a different time and they hope you care enough to watch

gimme something im looking forward to watching and I don't want to miss

im not saying its all because of the Thursday night games or the NFL network they keep trying to find a way to force people to buy but that's when it started going down hill fast

[AVGWarhawk]

I agree sir. I can say the Ravens(my team) played prime time a season ago and looked awful. Game was a wash. Team looked ridiculous on national TV. Traditionally it is Cowboys/Lions on Thanksgiving. There was a rivalry years ago. Not so much anymore. Kind of a yawnfest. Post up Ravens and Pitt Thanksgiving evening then you got something.

[Wolferz]

Get NFL Sunday ticket at a price of around $300.00...
So you can have access to all the games. That's their tale, I sit on mine.
(if you can watch more than one at a time that is) Then there's those games considered local to your area that are blacked out in an effort to get you to actually buy a ticket or two and show up at the stadium for overpriced drinks, parking, snacks and cheesy souveniers. that you have to wait in line for, missing at least one quarter of play.

Besides, it's getting to the point where pro football isn't worth watching anymore with all the new rules and the fines for hitting too hard. They're turning the players into pansies and the game into a penalty nightmare.
We might as well start a powder puff flag football league with chicks in bikinis.

You'd be all over that wouldn't you, Dowley?

[RickC Sniper]

It is tough to decide a year in advance what matchup is going to be a good game to watch.

Traditionally, the Raiders have given the Broncos fits when they go to Denver to play.

Not sure there is a way to fix this.

[August]

Originally Posted by RickC Sniper

It is tough to decide a year in advance what matchup is going to be a good game to watch.

Traditionally, the Raiders have given the Broncos fits when they go to Denver to play.

Not sure there is a way to fix this.

I don't think there's a way to fix it either. The only way to (sorta) guarantee a good game would be to pick the teams a week or two in advance at most. That would be incredibly disruptive.

[HW3]

What I can't stand is the announcers are so busy trying to impress us with their "so called" knowledge of the game, that they can't get what's going on on the field right, or miss it all together.

P.S. I can handle a bad game as long as the announcers are reasonably good. Today's crop of TV announcers are irritating at best.

[AVGWarhawk]

TiVO a good game. If the current game sucks watch what you recorded.

[nikimcbee]

Not a fan of the Thursday games.

Originally Posted by RickC Sniper

It is tough to decide a year in advance what matchup is going to be a good game to watch.

Traditionally, the Raiders have given the Broncos fits when they go to Denver to play.

Not sure there is a way to fix this.

well that's where I got the idea of the in division matchups from

now every division has its usual weak team but you can in most cases pick the average top two teams from each division and when they play each other, that is the game you pick to put on Monday night.

for me its Saints vs Atlanta, no matter how good or bad either team is twice a season each time when they play its a good close game and im sure everyone can say something like that in there area so you have two games right there that would be a good reliable choice to pick from.

I think there is always a chance of the occasional stinker game but it was only a few years ago when they would still wait to schedule games only a few weeks in advance so they make sure to get the best games on tv. unfortunately because they have to lock in the game so far ahead because of all the $$$$ in stadium bookings and other bs stuff related to tv they have to pick the matchups so far in advance now.

even college has gone away from that as evidenced as the Alabama vs north florida school for the blind they played on the featured TV game, that was just pathetic but college is a whole other issue with the top teams playing local high schools just to get 5-6 "free" wins every season and ensure themselves a perfect unbeaten record. it started out as a revenue sharing for poorer schools but quickly turned into a cheating system to avoid playing too many tough games.

[RickC Sniper]

Originally Posted by Webster

I think there is always a chance of the occasional stinker game but it was only a few years ago when they would still wait to schedule games only a few weeks in advance so they make sure to get the best games on tv. unfortunately because they have to lock in the game so far ahead because of all the $$$$ in stadium bookings and other bs stuff related to tv they have to pick the matchups so far in advance now.

It is also because ESPN now has the Monday night contract, but has no Sunday games so switching a game to a different day a few weeks in advance isn't going to happen. When ABC had the Monday night gig perhaps that was possible.

Originally Posted by RickC Sniper

It is also because ESPN now has the Monday night contract, but has no Sunday games so switching a game to a different day a few weeks in advance isn't going to happen. When ABC had the Monday night gig perhaps that was possible.

no I was saying they should be able to (like they used to do) switch the games so the lame duck teams they had would move to a regular sunday kickoff and they would take one of the good sunday games and move them to the prime time Monday spot.

as to your point, yes its locked up a year in advance because now the networks are in control where in the past it was the nfl that selected which teams got the featured spots on "prime time". espn would love to have a better game but nbc and fox don't want to give up a good game for a lame one even if it wouldn't be their featured game

its just so sad that the sunday and Monday games that used to be the games of the week you looked forward to have become just another ho-hum who cares whos playing tonight game


I have never had and never will have nfl network so I never see a Thursday game unless its my local team but the whole idea of a Thursday game is just unfair to the players and coaches since there is no time to rest, plan, scheme, and practice to properly prepare to face another team so soon after playing a sunday game the week before. they did away with the Saturday games strictly because of the preparation issues it caused teams and then they turn around and throw in Thursday games to try and make more money knowing full well the teams playing come in unprepared to give 100%.