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I just don’t understand how one person (Jake) can embody the worst traits of a human. 

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1 hour ago, scine09 said:

Mettenberger's performances in 2015 were as bad as we've seen from any Titans QB not named Matt Mauck or Rusty Smith.  In the last game it was clear that Alex Tanney was a better option than him.  

 

But yeah in 2014 he did show some quality traits.  The problem was he was too slow with his delivery and was boom or bust.  And I'm guessing there were other issues that none of us could see.  I remember the first time they showed he and Mariota throwing side by side and it was so obvious that Mettenberger just couldn't compete with Mariota.

Yeah, 2015 Mett was literally one of the worst QB's I've ever seen. That Atlanta game was hauntingly bad. It's like he lost all of his good traits and only brought only his weaknesses to that game. He totally crumbled after Marcus showed up. He was fine during the preseason when he thought he had a chance but it was all down-hill from there. Hope he has success but battling through that kind of adversity is a key trait. If Henry would've packed it in like that when Lewis was getting the shine, we likely aren't even close to the playoffs. 

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45 minutes ago, wiscotitansfan said:

No. It shows exactly what the tweet said, football is King when it comes to viewership

The aaf wouldn’t sniff a meaningful nba games ratings. The tweet is implying that was a game people should be watching for NBA because it was the showcase game. Outside of fans for those teams and die hard NBA fans I wouldn’t expect anyone to tune into it. I’m not disagreeing with the tweet. I’m just saying it’s comparing two pretty meaningless events but trying to make the NBA game out to be something that it’s not. Football is king and we know that. The aaf didn’t trump some major event for another sport though. 

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42 minutes ago, CaliTitan3518 said:

The aaf wouldn’t sniff a meaningful nba games ratings. The tweet is implying that was a game people should be watching for NBA because it was the showcase game. Outside of fans for those teams and die hard NBA fans I wouldn’t expect anyone to tune into it. I’m not disagreeing with the tweet. I’m just saying it’s comparing two pretty meaningless events but trying to make the NBA game out to be something that it’s not. Football is king and we know that. The aaf didn’t trump some major event for another sport though. 

I have no doubt in my mind that some preseason NFL games have a higher rating than a lot of playoff NBA games.I have never said that the AAF would garner more attention than playoff basketball but the sentiment of the tweet was true exactly how he said it... People would much rather watch football than the NBA and it's not even close.

 

It's not like the tweet remotely implied that the AAF is some juggernaut... just that people really like watching football compared to any other broadcasted sport. Which is true.

 

40 minutes ago, scine09 said:

I think there was a curiosity factor that helped the ratings.

This too. I don't see any real ratings being the norm

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7 minutes ago, wiscotitansfan said:

I have no doubt in my mind that some preseason NFL games have a higher rating than a lot of playoff NBA games.I have never said that the AAF would garner more attention than playoff basketball but the sentiment of the tweet was true exactly how he said it... People would much rather watch football than the NBA and it's not even close.

 

It's not like the tweet remotely implied that the AAF is some juggernaut... just that people really like watching football compared to any other broadcasted sport. Which is true.

 

This too. I don't see any real ratings being the norm

Agree with this.  Would be nice though if the ratings stayed up for the AAF and it caused the nfl to make a few changes to the format of their games. (Fewer breaks, referee issues, etc)

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Just now, smokeater said:

Agree with this.  Would be nice though if the ratings stayed up for the AAF and it caused the nfl to make a few changes to the format of their games. (Fewer breaks, referee issues, etc)

I honestly think the NFL was in talks with the AAF about rule changes so they could use this as a pilot program without receiving their own backlash for changes.

 

Heavy commercials will never go away though.

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53 minutes ago, scine09 said:

I think there was a curiosity factor that helped the ratings.

Yup. Even XFL in 2001 had good ratings first 2 weeks but dropped off after that. I do think AAF is putting on better quality football and it has the benefit of not having Wrestling stories or Jessie Ventura being the worst announcer ever. Oh, and XFL football quality was shit, to say the least. AAF has a better chance but we shall see if it ends up having similar problems as past leagues esp the more recent UFL.

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On 2/11/2019 at 10:06 AM, wiscotitansfan said:

No. It shows exactly what the tweet said, football is King when it comes to viewership

The novelty will wear off pretty quick.

 

It’s like gay midget porn.  I tell ya, after watching like about 100 movies, that shit starts getting old.

 

 

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1 hour ago, wiscotitansfan said:

I have no doubt in my mind that some preseason NFL games have a higher rating than a lot of playoff NBA games.I have never said that the AAF would garner more attention than playoff basketball but the sentiment of the tweet was true exactly how he said it... People would much rather watch football than the NBA and it's not even close.

 

It's not like the tweet remotely implied that the AAF is some juggernaut... just that people really like watching football compared to any other broadcasted sport. Which is true.

And I don’t disagree. Football will always be king. As I said the NBA regular season is meaningless so it’s not shocker the AAF opening game ratings were higher. Not sure how you think I’m wrong. The AAF ratings would not be higher than a WCF matchup or an important NBA game. The fact that it was opening game peaked peoples interest. I’d expect the ratings to go down for the remainder of the season. 

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6 hours ago, CaliTitan3518 said:

And I don’t disagree. Football will always be king. As I said the NBA regular season is meaningless so it’s not shocker the AAF opening game ratings were higher. Not sure how you think I’m wrong. The AAF ratings would not be higher than a WCF matchup or an important NBA game. The fact that it was opening game peaked peoples interest. I’d expect the ratings to go down for the remainder of the season. 

Keep in mind that there have been preseason games (Eagles-Browns last year) have reached levels of WCF matchups, of course that's the NFL though and not AAF who no one ever said would stay this popular

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9 hours ago, Somedude said:

Yup. Even XFL in 2001 had good ratings first 2 weeks but dropped off after that. I do think AAF is putting on better quality football and it has the benefit of not having Wrestling stories or Jessie Ventura being the worst announcer ever. Oh, and XFL football quality was shit, to say the least. AAF has a better chance but we shall see if it ends up having similar problems as past leagues esp the more recent UFL.

Was going to mention the good ratings for the first few weeks but they started shooting themselves in the foot with bad electrical backup systems, overtime overtaking SNL, introducing story lines etc. The real reason why the actual  xfl games were bad was because everyone had maybe 4 weeks to get a team together and practice. They wanted to have more time this time around but got beat to the punch. If i were vince id pull the plug on it and save it for if this league goes under. 

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