Is anyone watching the AAF?

[Wezsh0T]

no but I saw it by accident channel surfing and was like W T F , how can they have this startup league and the soon to come XFL and the NFl and College football and Canadian leagues etc?? the players available will be so diluted it has to hurt the product.. from the glance I saw the biggest issue is the QB and Offensive lines seemed below average even for startup league..

I couldn't find many names I recognized, except I though I heard Demontra Moores name, wasn't he the ex giant and Ex cowboy DT?

im not sure how theres enough quality payers around to fill up all these leagues and put out a product people will come back to watch over and over..

Gavin Escobar was on one of the teams. Still not a great player.

 

[cowboyec]

my team is The Commanders...but Memphis Express D.Coord is Cowboys Legend Dennis Thurman...so they'll be my #2.

 

[Roadtrip635]

Spurrier throwing shade on the Commanders, too funny.

 

[BrassCowboy]

the little i saw, i like it. like the changes in the rules.
maybe they will care more about football than money

my team is Orlando Apollos, used to live there for some years

 

[Roadtrip635]

a couple nice throws from Perez to start this game

 

[StarBoyz83]

Kind of want to go to a salt lake game but its freezing here lol

 

[Roadtrip635]

nice pick!

 

[xwalker]

I never did. I would much rather an entire Cowboys minor league team.

The AAF rules could allow it to evolve towards more of a minor league setup with the 4 NFL teams to 1 AAF team allocation rule being the starting point.

 

[buybuydandavis]

Apparently a lot of people were watching the AAF. They beat out the NBA game.

People like football. The No Fun League, not so much.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles...all-averaged-29m-viewers-on-cbs-opening-night

Report: Alliance of American Football Averaged 2.9M Viewers on CBS Opening Night​

 

[KB1122]

If I were starting a new league I'd put in a weight limit, so the game was quicker and more mobile than the NFL, like it was played in the old days, with smaller faster backs and mobile linemen. I'd also take a red pen to the overregulated NFL rule book.

 

[reddyuta]

Hackenberg is still a hack.

 

[Parcells4Life]

David Lee is the OC for Memphis under Mike Singletary. Running pro sets on 3rd down

 

[Roadtrip635]

So far this Perez kid for B'ham is showing good accuracy and nice touch and his TE Bowman has looked pretty good.

 

[Alexander]

a couple nice throws from Perez to start this game

So far, he has been the most impressive QB of all the teams IMO.

 

[Alexander]

David Lee is the OC for Memphis under Mike Singletary. Running pro sets on 3rd down

I think Lee is the QB coach. I thought Hal Mumme was the OC.

 

[viman96]

It is cool some of you are already choosing a team but for me it is too soon. Going to try to watch all the teams to get a feel for them and more than likely will be a casual fan until a team truly draws me in. Hope to see QB and OL play pick up as the season goes. For me, still a lot of positives from last night, which is something I have never said about any of the other pro football leagues.

 

[BigCatMonaco]

If I were starting a new league I'd put in a weight limit, so the game was quicker and more mobile than the NFL, like it was played in the old days, with smaller faster backs and mobile linemen. I'd also take a red pen to the overregulated NFL rule book.

Jim brown, John riggins, mike Alstott, even Jim Thorpe was a 6’1. 200 pounder(much like an NFL rB today)

And I’ll argue the lineman today are far and away more mobile than their counterparts of yesteryear. There’s a reason the tackles are looking more like Tyron smith and less like siragusa waiting to consume meals between snaps.

 

[xwalker]

Give me ads all over the field, stadium, and jerseys versus 2 hours of TV time outs all day and twice on Sunday.

Just put the DVR on pause, do something else for a bit, then fast forward past the commercials.

I rewind and review some plays during commercials.

 

[mattjames2010]

Perez is looking pretty good for what he's working with right now. Interesting to see how he develops over the season.

 

[Roadtrip635]

It is cool some of you are already choosing a team but for me it is too soon. Going to try to watch all the teams to get a feel for them and more than likely will be a casual fan until a team truly draws me in. Hope to see QB and OL play pick up as the season goes. For me, still a lot of positives from last night, which is something I have never said about any of the other pro football leagues.

I'm a lifelong Commanders fans, but we'll welcome any band wagoners.