H2o Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 I find them getting boring when the 2nd half rolls around usually and cut them off. Sometimes I only have the patience to watch the first string guys and that's it. Do any of you guys actually watch the whole game all the time?
cantankerous Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 I will. That's right...the whole game. Uh huh.
Flbillsfan#1 Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 I will. That's right...the whole game. Uh huh. Same here, I enjoy watching the guys with potential.
eball Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 That's the fun of preseason...watching the rookies and 2nd-3rd stringers to see who might stick around. Of course, I only watch the whole game when the Bills are playing. I couldn't care less about the other 31 teams.
Buftex Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 I look forward to Buffalo Bills football too much to skip even a pre-season game. Gratned, I am not a WNY anymore, and I don't get the NFL Network, so I only get to see a few pre-season games per year. Since they started showing the re-airs on the NFLN, I have had someone record them for me. But, I always seem to miss the last one, usually against Detroit...as for regular season, I have missed only one game since 1983. It was the game against the Colts, where Kelly got hurt, and called out Howard Ballard...I saw it years later on video tape...
inkman Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 I'm usually too hammered by the end to remember the guys who won't make the team anyway.
ans4e64 Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 Actually... I really enjoy the preseason games because I'm a big draft guy and I like seeing all the young guys and how they perform. I even tape them and watch them over. I don't even tape the regular season games. I know, I know... I don't have a life.
sven233 Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 Man, I know there are a lot of people that HATE the preseason. However, I am not one of them. I LOVE the preseason! (THAT'S RIGHT I SAID I LOVE THE PRESEASON)!!!! As a lot of you know, I love to break down break down film and talent. I will tape each game and watch them several times, each time looking for different things. I really get into this. Yes, sometimes (many times) it is very sloppy football, but in the mistakes lies potential and progress. The preseason can make or break careers. Yeah, I know I may take it a bit more seriously than most, but I am really into it. The preseason means more than you think. And I love every minute of it! (That's right, I said I love every minute of it.....)!!!!!!!
BLZFAN4LIFE Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 That's the fun of preseason...watching the rookies and 2nd-3rd stringers to see who might stick around. Of course, I only watch the whole game when the Bills are playing. I couldn't care less about the other 31 teams. Me too. If it's a nationaly televised preseason game, I'm not sticking around after the starters are pulled. But you've got to watch the Bills until the final gun. How else are you going to find the next Freddie Jackson?
Dan Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 A really bad football game is still way better than anything else on TV. I watch all I can.
NorthWesternBill Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 I haven't seen the Bills play in a VERY long time......of course I'm going to watch the whole game it will barely satiate my thirst!
Mark Vader Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 Bills preseason games I watch from start to finish. NFL preseason games without the Bills, I'll watch about half. The offseason is so long, I do'nt care if it's a meaningless game. It's the Bills, for crying out loud!!! Every minute of watching them play is pure heaven.
GoBillsDB Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 Bills preseason games I watch from start to finish.NFL preseason games without the Bills, I'll watch about half. The offseason is so long, I do'nt care if it's a meaningless game. It's the Bills, for crying out loud!!! Every minute of watching them play is pure heaven. Actually, for me watching the Bills play is the farthest thing from pure heaven. I have come to accept this Bills fandom of mine as a burden. It is my lot in life to suffer through season after season of getting my hopes up only to have them crushed in new and unexpected ways every year. Preaseason. I watch every last snap. The entire time, I like to watch the backups and envision how, like all those who came before them, they will shatter my hopes and dreams in future NFL contests. I could care less if they win. I just spend the entire game holding my breath and hoping for no injuries.
The_Philster Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 Every snap and sometimes I'll go back and look at the tape I made as well
SouthernMan Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 I find them getting boring when the 2nd half rolls around usually and cut them off. Sometimes I only have the patience to watch the first string guys and that's it. Do any of you guys actually watch the whole game all the time? So, when the games are on, are you just sitting at your computer screen, tapping away at the keyboard? Of course we watch the whole thing. I guarantee the vast majority of participants in this forum are here because we're FANaticS about the Bills. The entrenched starters are the least of my interest while watching the games. I want to see what the new kids can do. From a pure contest standpoint, they're usually a real snorefest. But with the exhibition games, you have to view them in a whole different light in order to enjoy them. It's a scouting assignment, not an edge of your seat matchup in which the outcome has meaning. You just need to look at it through a different paradigm. Or, you can go back to your interenet.
Flbillsfan#1 Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 Every snap and sometimes I'll go back and look at the tape I made as well You're still using tape? Get yourself a DVD recorder.
thebug Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 I watch every second of every game, like to see the draft picks and the back-ups play. I am even having a tailgate party at my place for next Saturday's game, can't wait....
The_Philster Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 You're still using tape? Get yourself a DVD recorder. It was more a figure of speech than anything. I do use video tapes...but then transfer them to DVD while editing out commercials
Matt in KC Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 Yup, I really enjoy watching the preseason games, though it's a different experience than the regular season. In preseason I tend to identify with the coaches and front office the most, developing my limited ability to understand and judge different positions, deciding for myself who i'd keep or cut; who has raw talent that might improve with a little time in the league and who i fear may never "get it". In the regular season I definitely identify more with the players, loving it when they stomp the competition, and really feeling it when we get manhandled. I too record and love to re-watch the preseason games to focus on different positions. But, much like my old habit of reading the entire NY Times, this is a luxury my schedule (w young child) seldom allows unless I'm battling insomnia.
Flbillsfan#1 Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 It was more a figure of speech than anything. I do use video tapes...but then transfer them to DVD while editing out commercials You can pick up a Magnavox DVD recorder @ Wal Mart for $100. If you are home while the game is on you can just pause the recorder during commercials & record @ 2.5 hour mode. You will get a MUCH BETTER recording this way.
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