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No it wasn't. It was rather succesfull, it was the most visited sport behind soccer in the countries it was played which is huge. From a farming perspective it was a success too, it delivered pro-bowlers, front office staff, refs and coaches to the NFL. Where it failed was commerce, TV stations didnt want to pay the NFL for broadcast rights. Simple as that. It had limited success in getting American Football played more, allthough near the end there was a pretty large coming of flag football (in the Netherlands that is, don't know about Germany). To some extend maybe, but not for more then 10% of the attendance. Most of the attendance exists of former NFL Europe fans and regular EU based NFL fans that would rather see their own team but settle for the closest thing.

This is all about television rights. NFL Europe failed due to no local tv stations being interested in paying for the broadcast rights. No broadcasts = no NFL. The UK have been selling out Wembley easy every game plus they resulted in multiple television deals (SKY and BBC) and a broader audience and broader interest. This is what folding NFL Europe and moving to the London game was about and is about. Grow the UK market, and if succesfull expand a team into London. This is a 10 year plan. After London they'll repeat the tactic with Germany. Bills are exempt because of the Toronto game, stop spreading panic. Besides the Bills are internationally a bad product; no-one cares for a loosing team. So the Bills are commercially not viable for the London game. That said the Bills could end up there on an away game next year if the team performs this year. That'd be the away game of the year imho, so much nicer to visit Europe then say Greenbay. It's only a 6 hour flight from New York, maybe even less. Now you are being down right insulting. Redskins isnt a stupid name? Bills is not a stupid name? Patriots*... How lame can you get... Dolphins?? Etc, etc. Ow you think they arent stupid because they represent a local relation or simply because you are accustomed to them? So did the Nfl Europe teams. London Monarchs for their monarchy, Scottish Claymores for their historical sword, Amsterdam Admirals for conquering the world in the golden age, etc, etc. The naming of NFL Europe was on par with the naming of the NFL. Who says it's about expansion, it might be about replacing an existing NFL team. Even if it's about expansion, then there is enough talent available to fill another NFL team. They don't want to degrade the product, they want to expand it and thus grow commercially. Pure commerce, they werent getting revenue from selling TV rights due to lack of interest. Fan base wasn't the issue. I assume you think the Houston Texans need to be dismantled as well? The NFL pulling the plug hurt, it hurt like hell, it would be like you would loose the NFL and have Japan left as alternative. They won't expand without having faith in the talent pool, degrading the product will cost them money. America has their baseball, basketball and icehockey. What do you say, shall we just ask Gooddell to fold the NFL?

Please fix the topic title you had me all giddy for nothing. NFL London game is not NFL Europe, not as much fun and nothing like it.

Same here.

Agreed, I saw a couple of Titans games last year and he certainly looks like he's up and coming.

Cant question his drive that's for sure...

Maybe he got away with murder too?

Aside from it being very unsportsman like towards a teammate, the real issue is running the risk of a nasty penalty when this happens in a game. On the other hand it's good to see he cares, plus this most likely puts Brooks on fire too, which is always good.

Im with you!

I think the glorified #2 statement stems from him not being a great sideline (speed) receiver.

Well he certainly didnt come from a winning culture... Fail to see how you can call him a loser for being honest.

400 million!!!! Hopefully it means international access to Gamepass on the Xbox. That said the whole INTERNATIONAL reveal of the Xbox was terrible from an international customer point of view, 90% of the annouced features are USA only. Coupled with the absence of backwards compatibility (really couldnt make a xbox 360 emulator to run on the new xbox?) and the reception over here in Europe was downright chilly. Which is surprising as Europe is the first market where the Xbox outsold the PS...

One of the Bills scouts put itas follows: "I was sent to watch Jordan but my eyes kept being pulled towards Alonso, he was actually making the plays Jordan was advertised as making".

They should simply turn it into an oscar type gala event and be done with it.

Couple of thoughts here, for one if the playbook is really that simple I would hope that the simplicity is being compensated by having 5-6 options per play making it a lot more confuse. Secondly, was EJ even given the complete playbook yet? Thirdly I hope Hackett learned from his Saracuse start, because they completly failed offensive playbook wise for the first half of the season, it wasnt untill they changed it up half way through that they became succesfull.

Hmmm, didnt Whaley in his interview say that he was working in construction previously?

Wait a minute...How do we sign and release a guy without a GM... Did his dad call Ralph or something...

There was an article where an Indian Chief was interviewed who basicly said that the term redskin is something they used themselves in their language where it actually is a title of honor... Then again maybe he was paid off to say so.

That's the downside of this offensive playbook, the Defense better be in shape and ready to be on the field a lot. At this pace 9/12 for a TD takes a little over 2 minutes (assuming the goal is snap to play is 10 seconds), mix in some runs and we're talking about marching down the field in 3 minutes if succesfull. If we'll go unsuccesfull heh... Even less time for the D to rest. I hope the D has been frantic in the offseason program too. Then again the D has been conditioned during season the last couple of years well enough due to their lack of getting themselves off the field. Offense sure sounds like crazy fun to watch though, hopefully the D will be too under Petine.

presenting!

Pffff really... Such a sad place the land of the "free"... Pay her more and she doesnt need to do bikini modelling.... How come the principal who obivisiouly found out whilst surfing for porn isnt fired.... Help yourselves to some guns for safety and fire anybody that has sex... Honestly...

Sweet, now for Goodwin and the hard ones should be out of the way!

Yay one down 7 to go!

this!

meh, why is every time something happens to this guy blown out of proportion, I mean honestly he had a fight with his girlfriend; see quote: McIntyre, a South Fork High School graduate, allegedly was in his bathtub when he was arguing with a woman about information on his cellphone, according to the arrest affidavit. When the woman tried to throw his phone in the bath water, McIntyre told officers he attempted to get out of the tub and pulled the shower curtain, causing the rod to strike the woman. He chased after the woman and grabbed her shirt, ripping it as she was trying to leave, the affidavit states. Wouldnt you go mad if your girl tried to drop your phone in the tub?