NFL

[Irish Saint]

No matter what happens. Purdy has proved his worth.

[Irish Saint]

Moody makes it 22-19. 49ers Mahomes has 4 downs.

Edited February 12 by Irish Saint

[Gerrumonside ref]

2 minutes ago, Irish Saint said:

No matter what happens. Purdy has proved his worth.

I think only if they win.

 

[JonM]

I guess overtime wasn't the best news for those of you watching in the UK. Streets are silent here in the Bay area.

[Gerrumonside ref]

4th down 

[Gerrumonside ref]

Just now, JonM said:

I guess overtime wasn't the best news for those of you watching in the UK. Streets are silent here in the Bay area.

I’m not working tomorrow and just happy for a close game tbh 

[Gerrumonside ref]

The Chiefs driving 

[Gerrumonside ref]

Mahomes with another clutch play.

[Irish Saint]

Oh dear oh dear

[Gerrumonside ref]

Touchdown Chiefs!

[Irish Saint]

And that is  that Chiefs win

Edited February 12 by Irish Saint

[Gerrumonside ref]

It was one of the closest Super Bowls I’ve seen for a long time.

[Gerrumonside ref]

The 49ers will be gutted

[Irish Saint]

He started the season as a Jet how fitting

Edited February 12 by Irish Saint

[Industria ditat]

Mahomes was clinical in that last drive

[Irish Saint]

I'm off for some sleep. Good night all.

[Irish Saint]

We move on.

2024 NFL season: Team-by-team opponents for every game

 

[Futtocks]

I dozed off just before the Chiefs started their comeback. They can thank me in their own good time.

[JonM]

Barely gets a mention on the local bay area news this morning, although the half time show gets a nod

[Futtocks]

Everyone else on social media is doing it, so I had a go too.

[Maximus Decimus]

It certainly wasn't a classic but had a dramatic ending.

I managed to get to half-time before I had to go to bed. Up to that point the 49ers had dominated, but there was always the problem that they were only 7 points up.

[Maximus Decimus]

19 hours ago, JonM said:

I'm in California - finding it a tough watch as a non fan, so many stoppages and adverts. Funny to think what an RL commentator would make of a game with so many penalties, dropped ball costing the first TD, scoreless first period and so on.

They are very different games and it certainly can be frustrating when defences are on top and there are very regular changes of possession. When a team is on a decent drive, it flows quite well.

Again, it's what you're used to. A lot of British fans will scoff at it, but don't have the same problem with a slow game like cricket. It's about expectations. If you're watching with people, it allows you to chat etc over a longer period of time and dip in and out.

[JonM]

2 hours ago, Maximus Decimus said:

 

Again, it's what you're used to. A lot of British fans will scoff at it, but don't have the same problem with a slow game like cricket. It's about expectations. If you're watching with people, it allows you to chat etc over a longer period of time and dip in and out.

Yes, I was at a party, and the to comparison with cricket is a good one - people very much were dipping in and out, until the fourth quarter and overtime.

I suspect watching in the UK you probably don't get the full set of advert interruptions they have here - really quite jarring to cut away to an advert say for a politician less than a second after the player has run over the sideline.

I'm staying a couple of minutes from the 49ers stadium, which is about 60km out from San Francisco, in silicon valley. The next event is a golf day in April!

[Click]

12 hours ago, Maximus Decimus said:

They are very different games and it certainly can be frustrating when defences are on top and there are very regular changes of possession. When a team is on a decent drive, it flows quite well.

Again, it's what you're used to. A lot of British fans will scoff at it, but don't have the same problem with a slow game like cricket. It's about expectations. If you're watching with people, it allows you to chat etc over a longer period of time and dip in and out.

The big difference with cricket is that it is supposed to be an all day game, NFL is supposed to be 60 minutes long.

[gingerjon]

19 minutes ago, Click said:

NFL is supposed to be 60 minutes long.

It's not though. Nor is basketball where it is accepted that the final minute of the match can take half an hour to get through. Clock management is built into both.

Whether you like that or not is irrelevant - that's how the game is constructed and how the tactics around it are built.