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Any NFL fans?

• Any NFL fans?

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  richpk > 20/01/2012, 21:46

  Rams will play the next 3 Wembley games! NFL are seeing if the fanbase is growing so maybe the expansion in the NFL will include a UK franchise! Maybe 5 to 10 years away, but they are seriously looking at it!

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  hpttr2779 > 21/01/2012, 02:21

  It would be a nice idea but I honestly can't see it happening, I think the Rams will end up back in LA. The travelling logistics back and forth from the UK would be a nightmare, it is OK if you can do eight home games, a bye and then eight road games but that is unlikely. Also if the London team got to the play offs and then had to play home, away and then home, which is possible, it would be a physical nightmare for the players.

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  bigunit1 > 21/01/2012, 10:24

  Not a massive NFL fan but will have a bet on it occasionly. New England look a sure thing against Baltimore this weekend, odds are short though so may back them on the handicap. Think the Giants 49er's game is too close to call though

• RE: Any NFL fans?

  richpk > 21/01/2012, 17:31

  (21/01/2012, 02:21)hpttr2779 Wrote: It would be a nice idea but I honestly can't see it happening, I think the Rams will end up back in LA. The travelling logistics back and forth from the UK would be a nightmare, it is OK if you can do eight home games, a bye and then eight road games but that is unlikely. Also if the London team got to the play offs and then had to play home, away and then home, which is possible, it would be a physical nightmare for the players.

  
  you miss understand what i was trying to say.
  
  the rams wouldnt be relocating here! the nfl are seeing if they can get a fanbase for a club so the can build a franchise here when the expansion happens! the owners and the nfl want to build here, but only if there is the demand for a franchise rather than having teams play a home game here!
  
  the logistics arent that bad to be honest! you travel on the monday firstclass and arrive rested and get the week to train just like going from the east cost to west coast. the teams that have come here have been suprised that it wasnt as bad as they thought!
  
  
  plus, LA dosent want the Rams back, they want the Raiders back! I have heard the rumours that the Rams may be going but I dont think thats a good idea

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  ineedawank > 24/01/2012, 00:04

  hahahahahaha handegg, ya i like played a bit in university, its fun but rugby is a much harder and tougher sport, and the players are also much stronger that the nfl players

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  willis52 > 24/01/2012, 00:18

  (21/01/2012, 10:24)bigunit1 Wrote: Not a massive NFL fan but will have a bet on it occasionly. New England look a sure thing against Baltimore this weekend, odds are short though so may back them on the handicap. Think the Giants 49er's game is too close to call though

  
  I had the Ravens on the handicap this weekend, which paid off nicely. Giants are +3 for the Superbowl, which looks very tasty as I think they'll win it comfortably. Brady choked big time yesterday and I think he will again in the SB, and Manning / Nicks / Cruz will have a field day against that Patriots secondary

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  I don't want to see a London Franchise. I love the IS game and will go every year, and I think it will continue to be a success, but I don't think there's the support here to sustain a franchise so it would bomb massively.
  
  I do think having a team play here regularly could work though, maybe 1 or 2 games every season like the Buffalo Bills do in Toronto. Perhaps that's what the Rams are looking at as an option after agreeing to a 3 year plan?

• RE: Any NFL fans?

  richpk > 24/01/2012, 00:51

  (24/01/2012, 00:04)ineedawank Wrote: hahahahahaha handegg, ya i like played a bit in university, its fun but rugby is a much harder and tougher sport, and the players are also much stronger that the nfl players

  
  are you 12? my sports tougher than your sport? grow up!

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  smithy2234 > 27/01/2012, 13:02

  I cant see new england gettin beat next weekend the giants where just lucky last sunday they should never have had the chance to win the game!

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  hpttr2779 > 14/02/2012, 00:49

  St Louis is 100% baseball territory, especially now they have the World Series champs at the moment and since they had their moment in the sun with Kurt Warner and Marshall Faulk it has gone downhill so the call about Buffalo and Toronto isn't far off the mark. What's the opinion on next year? I have a sneaky feeling the Lions might continue to improve if they can do well in free agency and out of the draft.

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  willis52 > 16/02/2012, 02:16

  The Lions need another passing option on offense. Megatron is ridiculous but second half of the season teams just focused on double teaming him out of the game. Add a decent slot receiver or receiving tight end to give Stafford options and maybe look to bolster the offensive line and you'll have a pretty dangerous offence. Defence will need considerably more improvement though, especially against the pass. No chance they'll top the division over the Packers, but with a bit of fine tuning a wild card place isn't out of the question.
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