Week 18 a bust for NFL

[CouchCoach]

This dovetails into the lack of rivalries. Back in the day, if a division team couldn’t go, the next best thing was spoiler for a rival.

But that was before the business side took over the sport side of the NFL.

Now, it is all about the money.

 

[kskboys]

The way these games are ending up, this is a total bust of a week for the NFL. I havent done a count, but so many games that mean nothing and in today's world teams are just resting starters. I honestly cant remember, but did teams used to do this back in the 80s? Im thinking players would have still played even if they were eliminated back then. Now teams are just sitting starters, and especially for those in playoffs and locked in. I am so bummed that the Giants are just mailing this game in. It makes our game so inconsequential and basically has turned it into another preseason game. What a crappy feeling for us fans.

No way in hell would I be buying tickets for these games. Only a couple of games even matter. Now, it appears the Ravens are mailing in this game, which seems nuts to me.

Nope. Always been this way.