I logged on to nfl.com/live to watch the Thursday night game between the Steelers and the Bengals. Instead of getting a view of the game I only got the talking heads with continuous commentary.
The commentary did at least hover around the two teams playing but it was dated analysis dealing with the previous games played by the teams. This is the same analysis I’ve watched on ESPN for a couple of days leading up to this game.
Where the hell is the footage from this game? I get about two minutes of time lagged footage and then back to analysis. Even that coverage was spotty and herky-jerky despite having decent bandwidth on my cable modem.
They gave me an update on downs and yardage to go but no footage. They gave me the score moments before the end of the first quarter, no footage.
Did they not pay attention to CBS, NBC, Fox, and ESPN and the coverage that they provide? I subjected my senses to that disjointed jumble that apparently the NFL feels is superior coverage for far to long.
Couldn’t they hire/steal away some of the established commentators? Hell, it’s pretty much everybody else’s day off. I’m sure those commentators would find a way to work the overtime in this financial market.
Yes I know, I could avoid all this aggravation and just purchase the NFL Network package. Instead, I shut down the browser and computer then fired up the ham radio and listened to actual play by play. The hell with the NFL network.
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about 1 month ago
wow..that sounds brutal, seriously though you might as well just get the actual nfl network...not only can you see exclusive games, but their total access program with mariucci, sanders, and eisen is the best football show in america hands down...not to mention coverage of the combine, classic games and great documentaries...worth the money for sure
from about 1 month ago
Not unless I win the PowerBall.
from about 1 month ago
Oh yeah,
Thanks for the read and comment Ryan.
about 1 month ago
Yeah NFL.com has pretty online feed, the one I use is whenever there is a game I want to watch that is not on TV, I go looking through www.justin.tv
There are always atleast 2 Pats channels so it is all good.
from about 1 month ago
Hey Bing,
Thanks for the read, comment and the link tip, I'll check it out
about 1 month ago
It was much better not watching the game at all while sitting in a bar, getting drunk, and watching the Celtics destroy the Pistons...
from about 1 month ago
Sean,
Thanks for the read and comment. Truer words could not be spoken. The problem for me I'm not always able to multi-task my sports mind.
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