Around the NFL - 2016

[ice grillin you]

He forgot Tyrod Taylor. 

[QB Eagles]

Ha. BB came out and trashed the sideline Surface tablets, sending the NFL and Microsoft scrambling to cover.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Lol he's finally had enough eh? Watching him smash one a couple weeks ago was great

[QB Eagles]

http://www.espn.com/blog/new-england-patriots/post/_/id/4796733/bill-belichick-im-done-with-the-tablets-just-cant-take-it-anymore

Looks like he ranted about it at length.

[Diomedes]

The guy is football God, there's no way around it.

[Munson]

So Lacy's gonna miss a few weeks.

Should be cheapish next year. Sign him.

[QB Eagles]

Anyone know if Pederson has Taco Tuesdays and Fast Food Fridays like Andy? Might be helpful in landing Lacy.

[PhillyPhreak54]

No thanks on spending RB money

They're a dime a dozen

WR plz

[QB Eagles]

Remember all the Jets fans who spent the whole summer worrying that they might not get Fitz back? Geno Smith in.

[ice grillin you]

lacey is a step away from being trent richardson

[PhillyPhreak54]

Good they're giving Geno some run

Fitz has been ridiculously awful.

[QB Eagles]

Fat Eddie to IR. This means either him or Sam Shields (concussions) is done for the season.

[PhillyPhreak54]

http://thelab.bleacherreport.com/gunslinger-brett-favre-aaron-rodgers-feud-jeff-pearlman-excerpt/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=programming-national

Sounds like it'll be a good read

[ice grillin you]

might be the mountain of shtein thats piled up in the goodell era that is finally catching up and contributing to the tv ratings dropoff

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/10/21/king-county-sheriff-blasts-nfl-over-josh-brown/

[QB Eagles]

The ratings breakdowns I've seen are showing that roughly the same number of people are watching, but are watching fewer games and less time per game. That suggests it's not outrage at anything, but probably a combo of uninteresting games and people having other shtein to watch/do. You'd also have to explain why people are much more outraged at the league during night games than the day games. People say they care about the domestic violence, CTE, anthem protests, officiating, rule changes, etc. (I think I heard one moron blame player showboating for the ratings decline) but it turns out that mostly people will watch games if they are good.

Other than the NBA postseason, have the ratings for any national sports broadcasts truly been up this year? Last I heard, SportsCenter itself was down double digits. I remember hearing about the Olympics, Wimbledon, the NCAA Bowl games, and the Stanley Cup Playoffs all doing catastrophically. There's too many entertainment options now. If you show boring shtein (and sometimes even if you show amazing shtein like the Villanova game), people will tune out.