European NFL fans, which team do you support and why?
>>157187840>European NFL fans
Packers, it felt the most like a genuine sports club that became a professional team
>>157187840The one with Tayquavius Sneed
I don't really have a team, I just follow a few which I think are interesting at the start of the season due to various reasons.I do care a lot more about legacy teams in the east over the southern/western ones. Like the Giants, Steelers and Washington. When I began watching there was this guy Heineken on the newly named Washington team, I followed them for the first season for example.
I am planning to watch my first season, it will be packers because>not a jewish billionaire owner>real grass at the stadium>good looking colors on kits/helmets>not from florida or california or any other sunny state
I forgot the name its been too long but its the one with the black Quarterback
>>157187840(Former nfl fan from over 10 years ago)I initially like the Atlanta Falcons because they seemed like a decent side with a baller logo. I also like the Minnesota Vikings, because Vikings, but also because they had GOAT kicker Morten Andersen aka the Great Dane. None of those teams made it far, so I supported everyone who played against the patriots at the Super Bowl.
>>157187979*colours
>>157187979I strongly suggest watching RedZone instead on sunday afternoon. It's a really good format and if you're not invested in the game and the team a single game can be unbearable.For me RedZone + NFL Youtube channel is a decent way to consoom the NFL
There’s never a dull moment for Chiefschads.
My biggest gripe with the NFL is how outdated the refereeing is. It's the #1 game in America with all it's sports technology and technology in general yet they keep making terrible calls which cannot be challenged. It has to be by design at this point.
>>157187979Fair but you will never wanna visit green bay
>>157188130This annoys me too, there’s literally holding on every single play but they choose when to penalise it
>>157188061Redzone + Your team is the way to consume.
>>157188130>It has to be by design at this point.Of course it is, man. They play off the emotions of groups of drunk friends huddled around their TV, that’s more important to them than making the sport fair and unbiased. You have to watch it like you’re watching a WWE match, except it’s a sport that’s appropriate to talk with your friends and coworkers about.
>>157187840>inb4 flagChargersI was a fan of them since their SD days with Philip Rivers and LT; I also have family in Southern California (who are Raiders and 49ers fans but I digress). I lost interest once the team left San Diego but I've come around to them again to an extent. I'm mostly just a Padres fan these days though as far as US sports go.
>>157187840Alabama Niggers
>>157188130> terrible calls which cannot be challenged.??? They literally can. Coaches have a challenge and the League office sometimes steps in too
Another really funny thing is NFL's autistic denial of concussions. Like you see some guy getting his head pulverized and he's flopping around on the floor then the commentators just pretend like they don't see it. It's completely North-Korea tier. >Oh yeah that guy just landed on his shoulder that's gotta hurt. But what about that pass by Mahomes?Meanwhile you're looking at a guy laying brain dead on the floor having muscle spasms.
>>157188251they get paid millions and know the risks. We just dont care too much
>>157188208Fair, south cal is probs similar to aussieland
>>157188251America is a hyper-capitalistic shithole, the most popular sport in America is one in which players get their brains destroyed and it's ignored because it's used as a circus for corporations to advertise.
>>157188130>It has to be by design at this point.It is.>>157188169>there’s literally holding on every single play but they choose when to penalise itYou don't know what Holding is. It's OK, neither do most Americlaps
>>157188251>>157188327They can always quit
>>157187860There are many including in your country. International games are always sold out
>>157188061>>157187979Don’t watch redzone if your team is playing, watch your team. The pace of the full game is slower which gives you more time to study the players and figure out the strategies, redzone is best if you play fantasy too but you shouldn’t play fantasy it ruins the whole experience
>>157187840Chicago bulls
>>157188251Getting hit in the head for a living is why they are paid tens of millions of dollars. They know the risk by now and they knowingly sign up to become human punching bags
>>157187840Saints, just loved watching Drew Brees playHe's left but since I went with them I'm going to suck it up and deal with the bad times since it was constantly brought up how bad they've been historically anywayHave faith in Tyler Shough and Fhough bringing back the good times>But le FrenchDon't care, consider me Nnorman
>>157188547>Saints, just loved watching Drew Brees playDef was fun to watch, he was 3rd best qb in the league for so long. Hes basically nfl neymar.
>>157187840the NY Jeets
>>157188428Go on then, what is holding and how does it differ from the interpretation you think I have
>>157187979You might want to check out some old Favre and Rodgers highlights. Prime Rodgers had the beast arm ever.
>>157188306Climate-wise, yes, it is quite similar
>>157188634Most people think any amount of grabbing the jersey is holding and it's not. You have to "material restrict movement" which basically means you can't jerk them one way or the other using the leverage you gain holding on to the jersey. But grabbing the jersey, especially inside the frame, is legal and called "holding" all the time by people who don't know ball.
>>157187840Patriots, my dad was a soldier in Afghanistan as part of the ISAF, he brought back a whole box of PC games that an american soldier gifted him, including Madden 08Brady was 99 rated so I've liked them ever since
>>157187840Saints because I visited New Orleans as a kid
bumping to survive the infantino spam
I checked the list of teams and decided I will be a Carolina Panthers fan, because panthers are cool
>>157188208Based Charger Chad!
>>157191668You're in for punishment m82 guys are already injured
>ctrl F>jets>0 resultsgood job yuroporos
>>157191708damn
>>157191712>>157188628God knows why though.
my texies (:
Cowboys, my old mans favourite TV show was Dallas, the shot of stadium in the intro always stuck in my mind
>>157188462The circus always sells out too
>>157188130Woah, you mean they have no VAR? Holy SOVL
>>157187840Bit of a glory chaser but my Godfather is from Massachusetts so I always went with Patriots
>>157187840I'm still trying to choose between the Washington Rebrands and the Salary Cap Fugitives
nfl might be a multi gorillion dollar franchise, but some of those teams websites look like from 2007
but anyway, when I check the roster on the green bay packers website, why are there NINETY active players listed??
>>157191968they sign a shit ton of players in the offseason, usually just as practice guys. they have to reduce to 53 next month
>>157191825I’m so sorry anon. Hopefully old faggot Jerry croaks so the team can have some hope for an Owl appearance
>>157191968Because they probably are lol. If you think that’s bad you should see the kind of tech they have the US military using
>>157194572That’s an interesting contradiction given the fact that you have the most advanced military on the planet.
>>157187921You are correct.
>>157194616The U.S. military is so huge and complicated that it takes a truly Herculean effort just to simply keep it all running. I’m not surprised that their database systems look like they are from the early 2000’s, I think a few are still on Windows XP.
>>157191789If Stroud wasn't a complete fuckup when it mattered you might have been singing a different tune
>>157189824Brady was 99-rated IRL too, except when he had to go against Eli in the superb owl.
>>157189843I worry for my Steelers playing in France against New Orleans this year with the French heritage of New Orleans.
>>157187840I can't name a single NFL team or playerYou might as well be asking me what my favourite Nigerian volleyball team is
>>157187860There are a few in our general. There's a British anon who's a Saints fan just like me. There's also a Russian guy who actually knows the sport well and gives insight on incoming prospects.
>>157191968It's the offseason. The official roster gets cut down to 53 players before the season officially starts.
>>157195421Eli just had that clutch gene that allows them to magically win in the final minutes of the game. He was mid otherwise
>>157195487Aye, that he did. I miss that doof.
>>157195448Then you're clearly not an NFL fan like the faggot OP states to open the thread. Scram, illiterate homo.
>>157187840I moved to Seattle from Germany so there's my reasoning. Although it was intentional because I had always liked the Seahawks since following NFL in 2006
Been Steelers supporter since 2004. I remember I got Madden 05 from a friend. I was browsing the players/teams when Pittsburgh came up. I really liked the colors and the QBs name (some rookie named Roethlisberger). Lucky for me, the rookie lit up the league and ended up winning the owl next season... God how I miss Big Rape and players from this era (Polamalu, Ward, Bettis, Porter, Debo...)
>>157187840The Arizona Cardinals because I needed a team and didnt want to be called a bandwagoner. I wish I picked the Jags because I like them more but I am NOT a plastic.Go berds.
There's a few teams I like>PackersBecause their structure and history is the most like a european club, also they play outdoors and on real grass in an autumn and winter league>SaintsBecause longue vie au roi, longue vie aux Bourbons, longue vie à Sneed (anciennement Shough)>CardinalsI like birds :D especially when it's not a cliché eagle or falcon that you'd associate with heraldry and such (same reason I like the Blue Jays and the other Cardinals)>BroncosBecause at the beginning of last season, I went to a /nfl/ thread, asked what team I should root for and why and someone invited me to support the Broncos and that was very nice :D
Miami DolphinsI liked the jerseys, Dan Marino was cool, and I thought it was kino that their star was someone with a marine-themed surnameI bandwagonned the Broncos during the Elway and Davis years but went back to the Dolphins because I didn't want to be a glory-hunter.
>>157196069Omg what if I visited France and we could drink some wine and talk about the cardinals haha
>>157191712I like the jets because their colour and name is cool but they're also really not good and the Cardinals are already not very good and my french footy club and handball club are also not very good and my rugby club are the MASTERS of choking so I don't want to suffer any more :cSorry, jetbro :c>>157196086Pretty epic.I live next to the german border too.
>>157196122Are you in Strasbourg o algo?
>>157196130Nah, in the Metz region rather. Meaning not far at all from Germany but the closer town is S*arbrücken...
>>157196069what a fucking geek
>only foreign fans of my favorite team are jeets because they think it was named after their shitfuck country but it was actually named after a former local team that was itself named after an obscure brand of kitchen appliances
>>157196165>>157188628yes
>>157187840Broncos because Cartman's dad was a Denver Bronco and that's pretty kewl
>>157188187Are you talking about football or handegg?
I feel sorry for any people who chose to be jets fans. I don't know why you'd do that, but damn that's a brutal choice.
>>157195792There are European NFL fans? I don't believe that
>>157196282I like it, it's like a parallel universe version of rugby and I like rugby :D
>>157196321Aren't there like 20 ad breaks? How can you watch that?
>>157196494Redzone is your friend, it jumps from game to game during the ad breaks.If you try to watch just one game then yes, almost every time they reposition between plays, you get an advert. It's pretty bad in baseball too especially since (as far as I know) there is no "MLB Redzone" the way there is with the NFL because sundays have a lot of football games at once while basebal games are on different days and different timezones and much more spread out during the day so they don't overlap as much.
>the team with the lowest chance to move cities is the only one that's good at packing
>>157187840Dolphins because the NFL keeps rigging games to stop them from going undefeated every year
>>157187840luv americaluv baseball and ice hockeyate the nflsimple as
>>157196537I've decided that semen slurping is not for me
>>157197500This
>>157197500i have never met a euro that likes baseball and many go out of their way to tell me that it's terrible
>>157197341Meatpacking
>>157198029I like baseball, it's fun to watch and to look into because there's so much history to it and also it looks fun to play :D
The Vikings. I prefer the wintery conditions. I like their jersey. I didn't want to pick a top team.
>>157187840I'm a /liflong/ Philadelpia Seagulls fan, fight and win my bros!
>>157197341I for one prefer fudgepacking
I know it’s a Euro thread but every Australian and New Zealander I’ve met irl has liked or followed the Broncos in some capacity.
>>157196075>>157197386My Fins have fans abroad :-)>Suffering since Marino left >No playoff wins in 20+years>Worst owner in the NFLWelcome to irrelevancy :-(
>>157198689The last professional home playoff game in that stadium was when there still no roof (I was there)The last professional home playoff win in that stadium is still the Marlins (I was there)
Brit now living in the US here.>Texans fan because my first place living in the US was Houston>Wife who is also Brit is Cowboys fan because Dallas was the first place she lived in the US>Raising our kid to be Bears fan because we have since moved to Chicago and this was a way to be neutral.
>>157198962I hope you didn't mutilate your child's genitals.
>>157187840I really enjoyed watching Brady play, so I never missed a patriots game on TV. After he left the team I just stuck with it. Guess that makes me a Patriots "fan"...
>>157198936kek never forget laughing at all the noo yawkers in Miami when the Marlins BTFO the Yankees
>>157198970Wouldn’t this mean that circumcised men last longer and therefore are better able to please their wives which in turn would lead to fewer instances of female adultery
>>157198029I like cricket and it has the same comfy charms
>>157199178I don't like cricket because indians play it
>>157199178i enjoyed cricket when I lived in londonderry. but it was pretty confusing
