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Old 05-12-2016, 13:28
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Think the JAX games have done alright in spite of them not because of them.

On most occasions the NFL have had a marquee name as the opposition. In 2014 when the Cowboys were the opposition I thought I was at AT&T!!!
C'mon, the Jags are 'London's team'. We're all crazy about them in the UK!
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Old 05-12-2016, 14:12
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C'mon, the Jags are 'London's team'. We're all crazy about them in the UK!
This is another thing I don't get. They seem to think that if there is a franchise in London people will drop their allegiances to other teams and get solidly behind "The London Bearskins" or whatever name they dream up.

This Cowboy won't be
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Old 05-12-2016, 17:48
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As long as we still get the option of RedZone instead, I'm not especially bothered. My big beef in the past is that they ditched the Red button coverage of RedZone when the Wembley games were on.
Unfortunately I'd bet that RedZone will be ditched again. They like to pretend that no one in the UK could possibly want to watch anything other than the London game. It's a massive shame that they are apparently set to go back to 1pm ET, getting it in it's own window where it didn't interfere with the other games was a godsend.
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Old 05-12-2016, 19:47
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My understanding is that if a team wants to bid for a Super Bowl they must also be prepared to play a "home" game at Wembley. That, I believe rules out Dallas and NE as the owners have said they don't want to do that. Green Bay will almost certainly never host a Super Bowl but given the unique way GB is owned they won't do it anyway.

NE and DAL have played in the UK but as the "away" team.

The other thing you have to consider I guess is eg that the Browns are currently so bad that people might consider the game to be a blow out and ticket sales would struggle
There was a great opportunity for the Packers to be in London this year as the road team vs. Jacksonville. I think the story was that the Jags didn't want to give up that game in Jacksonville because the Green Bay fans travel well, so it was one of the rare home games they would sell out. If true, it seems odd to want a home game with a large number of away fans. But then not much the Jags do makes much sense.

I don't hold out much hope we will see the Pack in London any time soon, but it does seem a little odd with virtually all the other "big" NFL teams having made the trip over.
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Old 06-12-2016, 00:08
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Reynolds was at his most NFLUK stooge like last night. Basically having a pop at the nine NFL teams who haven't signed up for a London game yet. 'They should be lining up to play here!'. Why exactly? As a Green Bay fan, why should I want the Packers to voluntarily give up a game at Lambeau to play at Wembley or Tottenham in front of loads of neutral fans? He also said that the NFL was going from strength to strength in the UK, but viewer figures don't really prove that.

And his 'investigations' into the NFL changing the kick off times for the London games was fantastic. He has been snooping around, or probably just checking the internet where the story has been for over a week!

I used to like it when the London games were over because Sky generally then put it to bed for the season, but this year they can't help themselves.
The man is nothing more than a joke. He is 99% nonsensical fool
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Old 09-12-2016, 13:37
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Roger Goodell is pleased to announce there are four London games next year, matches to be announced at 1pm next Tuesday.

Neil will be so happy. We should all tweet him asking when tickets go on sale.
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Old 09-12-2016, 14:36
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Probably four weeks of no RedZone then

Almost a quarter of the season.
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Old 09-12-2016, 17:06
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Probably four weeks of no RedZone then

Almost a quarter of the season.
Let's hope that's not the case. It would be sort of insulting to the viewers, who should be perfectly able to decide if the London game is worth watching as opposed to Red Zone. I actually think Sky and the NFL are missing a trick with their largely dumbed-down approach to coverage in the UK. The Red Zone is a massive step in the right direction, as it allows people to keep an eye on all the games at the same time, with no ads, and at the exclusion of the Sky London studio team, which is comfortably the worst part of Sky's NFL coverage.

Why they would take the Red Zone option away as a means to try to force fans to watch the London game/boost the pretty modest ratings is beyond me. If they make that decision, if it's a crummy match-up in the London game I just won't watch any NFL at all that evening.
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Old 18-12-2016, 18:57
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With most of the games being on Saturday next weekend, will there be a RedZone programme? Sky Sports Mix doesn't seem to be showing it.
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Old 18-12-2016, 20:59
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With most of the games being on Saturday next weekend, will there be a RedZone programme? Sky Sports Mix doesn't seem to be showing it.
There should be, it's on in the states.

Probably just an oversight by Sky atm, hopefully be scheduled during the week.
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Old 19-12-2016, 12:49
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Fingers crossed it's just that. The stuff currently listed for that slot is just the bog standard filler programming so it's not as if RedZone is being squeezed out by them wanting to simulcast the darts or something else live on Mix.

Hopefully it will update at some point in the week and the 'seven hours of commercial free football' will appear.
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Old 19-12-2016, 13:33
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Have Sky announced what their picks are for Saturday as the schedule just says NFL at the moment for both the 17:30 and 21:00 slots?
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Old 19-12-2016, 13:53
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Have Sky announced what their picks are for Saturday as the schedule just says NFL at the moment for both the 17:30 and 21:00 slots?
Just been announced on NFLUK:

The Week 16 Sky Sports games are:

Friday: Giants at Eagles - 1:25am | Sky Sports 1
Saturday: Dolphins at Bills - 6pm | Sky Sports 2
Saturday: Colts at Raiders - 9.25pm | Sky Sports 2
Sunday: Bengals at Texans - 1:25am | Sky Sports 1
Sunday: Ravens at Steelers - 9:30pm | Sky Sports 1
Monday: Broncos at Chiefs - 1:30am | Sky Sports 2
Tuesday: Lions at Cowboys - 1:30am | Sky Sports 1

And you can watch NFL RedZone on Sky Sports Mix (Sky Channel 407 and 417 / Virgin Media 507 and 517) and 14 of the 16 games can be watched live on Game Pass.
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Old 19-12-2016, 14:05
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The Christmas day games are fantastic. Love the 9:30 start as well, just when you've had enough of the family you can leave them watching Christmas Eastenders or whatever other rubbish is on and watch two huge games.
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Old 19-12-2016, 15:25
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Just been announced on NFLUK:

The Week 16 Sky Sports games are:

Friday: Giants at Eagles - 1:25am | Sky Sports 1
Saturday: Dolphins at Bills - 6pm | Sky Sports 2
Saturday: Colts at Raiders - 9.25pm | Sky Sports 2
Sunday: Bengals at Texans - 1:25am | Sky Sports 1
Sunday: Ravens at Steelers - 9:30pm | Sky Sports 1
Monday: Broncos at Chiefs - 1:30am | Sky Sports 2
Tuesday: Lions at Cowboys - 1:30am | Sky Sports 1

And you can watch NFL RedZone on Sky Sports Mix (Sky Channel 407 and 417 / Virgin Media 507 and 517) and 14 of the 16 games can be watched live on Game Pass.
Great to see the Raiders are on, on Xmas eve.
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Old 21-12-2016, 15:28
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Sky Sports Mix schedule finally updated to show RedZone on Xmas Eve
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Old 24-12-2016, 22:40
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The "sit back, enjoy the game & see who wins" break bumper annoys the piss out of me. To paraphrase Billy Connolly, it's not I'm reading War and Peace during the game so I can avoid finding out who wins.

Merry Christmas everyone.
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