Watch the Vikings play defense. It makes up for all of this.

That's it. That's how the NFL ends.

Great Sunday night game so far, just awesome.

The king is back on his throne.

The king is back on his throne.

From https://www.yahoo.com/news/nfl-expands- ... tml?ref=gs

(Reuters) - The National Football League (NFL) will stage four games in London next season as part of is growing commitment to what it calls an increasing fan base in the British capital.

Teams and venues for the games, which is up from the three games played in London each season since 2014, will be announced on Tuesday.

"We continue to be incredibly excited by the passion and love for the NFL shown by our millions of UK fans," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement.

"London is an amazing city. We have had tremendous support from our fans, from Mayor (Sadiq) Khan and other government leaders and business partners, and we are looking forward to taking the next step in the UK by playing four games in London next season."

The NFL has played three games in London to sellout crowds in each season since 2014 and the popularity of the sport there has even prompted Goodell to say that a London-based team was a genuine prospect.

With the increase to four games in 2017 - which represents half of a home schedule of regular-season games - the NFL will have held 21 games in Britain since the first regular season game in London in 2007.

During that time the NFL said it has achieved huge growth in the United Kingdom, where Sunday viewership of NFL games has more than doubled and the Super Bowl audience has increased more than 75 percent.

"London staging a fourth NFL game is fantastic news – not only for the millions of sports fans who get to enjoy our iconic stadiums – but also because it confirms our status as the go-to choice for hosting the world’s biggest sporting events,” Mayor Khan said.

"London is the international home of the NFL and staging the equivalent of what would be half an American football team’s home games in the city is a huge step towards my ambition of bringing a franchise to the capital."

(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto, editing by Ed Osmond)

NFL is great by this time of year. You get some clunkers like Jets-49ers but generally the games are intense and high quality.

This is the worst NFL football I've seen since the late 70's. Overall quality is poor, the best teams have major flaws, there is no innovation, there are at least 4 too many teams and both the season and playoffs are two weeks too long.

The media coverage is pandering and dull, there is little personality and leadership is horrendous.

I won't even talk about the Dumb assed stadium and psl scams.

Makes watching the Cubs pretty refreshing, huh?

The NFL is the only sport that where the broadcast booth needs access to a rules interpretation expert. Replay has gotten out of hand. Every single call must be right, no matter how it effects the flow of the game.

Anyone see the 30 for 30 on Catholics vs. convicts? There were 2 horrific calls in that last game, the Cleveland Gary fumble and the Miami guy "catch" that wasn't. These bad calls are part of the lore of the game.

Um... You must not watch NBA or MLB too much if you haven't noticed the officiating experts used for close calls in all 3 major sports.

I think MLB and NBA have it for the finals. The NFL uses it for every fucking game.

I haven't watched more than a few minutes of 2 or 3 bears games all year.

First year that I even missed ONE game since I was in grade school.

Didn't play fantasy football this year, either.