Red Zone Channel Critique

[LabattBlue]

Disclaimer…I love the RZC, have for numerous years now, and if the Bills aren’t playing, this is what I watch. 
 

That being said, they get completely carried away with the double, triple and quad box when it is completely unnecessary.  I thought the whole point was to show games when a team is in the “RED ZONE”?  
 

Now they go to the multiple box scenario even when plays are not simultaneous, and include garbage games with teams snapping the ball in their own territory. 
 

Hello RZC…not everyone is watching on a 100” TV.  I have a 60” TV, couch is 10’ away, and the multi-box scenarios are annoying as heck. 
 

Yes…now I feel better.  😂

[Simon]

 

Example #473,864 of the tech version of "Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should".

 

 

[buffaloboyinATL]

Yeah, it is definitely not as good as it was when Andrew Siciliano was doing it. Now they just jump from game to game without explaining what is happening situationally, like he used to.

 

Plus, instead of being the red zone channel, it has become the let’s jump to every play of every game, regardless of where they are on the field, channel.

[jkeerie]

I agree I hate the quad boxes and octoboxes, etc.  However...there are so many times when teams aren't in the Red Zone so they have to cut to other team content.

[gomper]

Wow. You people are spoiled. I think the RZ is outstanding. They bounce you around the league and never miss an important play. The production values are excellent. I call it "God's channel "

[Nitro]

When directv had Sunday ticket I would watch four games at once if the Bills were not playing.  It was like being in a sports bar.

[LabattBlue]

9 minutes ago, gomper said:

Wow. You people are spoiled. I think the RZ is outstanding. They bounce you around the league and never miss an important play. The production values are excellent. I call it "God's channel "

I think the overuse of the multi-box view is a fair criticism. 

[WhoTom]

I watched it for about an hour during the early afternoon game and found it too "busy." Part of it was the frequent use of multi-screen view, as the OP described, but another was just the constant hopping between games. Yeah, I understand that that's its purpose, but I'd rather watch one game at a time. They show scoring plays from other games and I can watch game highlights at halftime, during the post-game show, and on YouTube.

 

I eventually flipped over to the Giants-Dolphins game and just watched that.

 

 

[BullBuchanan]

the quad boxes are great. I'm on a 65" tv and have no problem paying attention to each game. I wish they had a channel that had all 4 up at all times. I do this on my pc with streams often.

[akcash]

Is there a way to "quad box" on demand? Or is it just when they do it?

[dwight in philly]

Yesterday ,at one point,  during the late games, when they had the 4 boxes, 3 out of  the 4  boxes had an official explaining a penalty.. 

[BarleyNY]

2 hours ago, LabattBlue said:

Disclaimer…I love the RZC, have for numerous years now, and if the Bills aren’t playing, this is what I watch. 
 

That being said, they get completely carried away with the double, triple and quad box when it is completely unnecessary.  I thought the whole point was to show games when a team is in the “RED ZONE”?  
 

Now they go to the multiple box scenario even when plays are not simultaneous, and include garbage games with teams snapping the ball in their own territory. 
 

Hello RZC…not everyone is watching on a 100” TV.  I have a 60” TV, couch is 10’ away, and the multi-box scenarios are annoying as heck. 
 

Yes…now I feel better.  😂

 

I watched RZ for the first time ever on Sunday. It was a bit much for me. Nice if I am not going to pay much attention to the tv, but not if I want to get a feel for any particular game. And I watched it on a small tv at a rental so that didn’t help. Spot on about four games running simultaneously. 

[The Avenger]

22 hours ago, buffaloboyinATL said:

Yeah, it is definitely not as good as it was when Andrew Siciliano was doing it. Now they just jump from game to game without explaining what is happening situationally, like he used to.

 

Plus, instead of being the red zone channel, it has become the let’s jump to every play of every game, regardless of where they are on the field, channel.

 

This.

 

I hate having switches to games with absolutely no warning or narrative - it's like watching TV when gramps controls the remote and he just changes channels willy nilly - it's annoying! DTV with Siciliano was so much better (although the guy got no breaks).

Edited October 10, 2023 by The Avenger

[US Egg]

Never thought something like the RZ & NFL package combo could be to so thoroughly enjoy the NFL.

 

It is near perfection imo.

[gomper]

3 hours ago, LabattBlue said:

I think the overuse of the multi-box view is a fair criticism. 

Fair enough, but what are they supposed to do? The channel is about full immersion. I think they do a great job.

[WhoTom]

23 minutes ago, gomper said:

The channel is about full immersion.

 

To me, it's the exact opposite. When I'm fully immersed, I'm focusing on one game. RZ is broad, not deep, coverage.

 

As someone else said, it's okay if it's just in the background, but I couldn't just sit on the couch and watch it like I would a single game. (In fact, that's why I got up and started doing other stuff, with the TV in the background.)

 

 

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

4 hours ago, LabattBlue said:

Disclaimer…I love the RZC, have for numerous years now, and if the Bills aren’t playing, this is what I watch. 
 

That being said, they get completely carried away with the double, triple and quad box when it is completely unnecessary.  I thought the whole point was to show games when a team is in the “RED ZONE”?  
 

Now they go to the multiple box scenario even when plays are not simultaneous, and include garbage games with teams snapping the ball in their own territory. 
 

Hello RZC…not everyone is watching on a 100” TV.  I have a 60” TV, couch is 10’ away, and the multi-box scenarios are annoying as heck. 
 

Yes…now I feel better.  😂

sounds like you’ve got a tv problem 

 

https://a.co/d/3mniAO3

 

Problem solved!

[17islongenough]

Was Justin Rogers not available?

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

4 hours ago, LabattBlue said:

I think the overuse of the multi-box view is a fair criticism. 

You should see the YouTube multi view  with quad box red zone in one of the four multi views…

🤯 

 

[Doc]

3 hours ago, BullBuchanan said:

the quad boxes are great. I'm on a 65" tv and have no problem paying attention to each game. I wish they had a channel that had all 4 up at all times. I do this on my pc with streams often.

 

NFLST on YT has it.