The NFL Thread (with added College Football)

[ADVILLAFAN]

NFL Draft tonight. Well, likely start at about 1am.

[Somniloquism]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/american-football/articles/ckgwl4019pko

[usav]

NFL Draft tonight. Well, likely start at about 1am.

And Pittsburgh turned out!

[ADVILLAFAN]

Solid enough pick for Pittsburgh. They were apparently about to select Makai Lemon, when the Eagles traded up.

[usav]

Solid enough pick for Pittsburgh. They were apparently about to select Makai Lemon, when the Eagles traded up.

Yep - some people trying to make a big deal about that like the Steelers got robbed.  They have contingency plans for every pick.....it's by no means a given you are going to get your original target, unless you are the Raiders in this case.

[Somniloquism]

European games announced.

4 Oct - Indianapolis Colts v Washington Commanders (Tottenham, London)

11 Oct - Philadelphia Eagles v Jacksonville Jaguars (Tottenham, London)

18 Oct - Houston Texans v Jacksonville Jaguars (Wembley, London)

25 Oct - Pittsburgh Steelers v New Orleans Saints (Paris, France)

8 Nov - Cincinnati Bengals v Atlanta Falcons (Madrid, Spain)

15 Nov - New England Patriots v Detroit Lions (Munich, Germany)

Also a game in Melbourne, Rio de Janeiro and Mexico City.

[cdbearsfan]

Texans Jags for me, if I can get tickets. Hopefully it doesn't clash with a Villa game clashes with Villa vs Palace.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Melbourne getting a potential cracker in Wewk 1. 49ers Rams.

[Somniloquism]

16 hour flights for both teams and a 20 degree temp difference. Obviously they will fly out a week early and probably finish pre-season out there.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Rematch of Super Bowl in opening week.

Think I saw that 49ers and Rams will travel further in week 1, than teams such as the Packers and Bears travel all season. Australia, it's far away.

[cdbearsfan]

Think they should do a college style "week zero" for matches in Oceania and Asia, then teams that are involved don't play in week one. Can easily accommodate more games without adding an official bye-week, that way.