The NFL and the New England Patriots bring WiFi access to their fans in the stadium to help improve game experience and increase fan interaction and, of course, to get fans back into the stadiums from the comfort of their own homes.
But how are the fans going to press all those small buttons and icons with gloves on?
And I bet the players still look just as tiny on the mobile screens as they do from the stands.
Go Ravens!
I’m such a proud papa today.
My son signed up for and participated in his first online Fantasy Football draft.
Yes I know it is early but hey, we know how exciting this can be. Especially when it’s your first time.
With no influence from me, except possibly being raised a Redskin Fan, he ranked his own players and let the computer roll the dice in the autopick.
He ended up choosing 5th in a 10 team league.
So how did he do?
RGIII
Michael Turner
Shonn Greene
Calvin Johnson
Victor Cruz
Rob Gronkowski
Pierre Garcon
David Akers
Philadelphia Defense
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Matt Ryan
Felix Jones
Rashard Mendenhall
Darrius Heyward-Bey
As best as he remembers the players he ended up getting were in the following order:
Calvin Johnson
Rob Gronkowski
Victor Cruz
RGIII
Michael Turner
He kind of forgets the rest but I think he has a chance to be a contender. I’m almost glad I am not in his league.
Oh and BTW . . .
As it turns out, Brady was still available at #5 but hey, then again somebody took Luck at #4!
Go figure.
This one play changed not only the whole game but, more importantly, the final minutes of the 4th quarter. And yes, some of you might argue that the officials should get the MVP award . . .
With less than 4 minutes to go the Giants were down 15 – 17. They only needed to kill time and score a field goal to win the game. Once they got inside the Patriots 30 yard line, they were only concerned about killing time.
Had they been down by 13 – 17, they would have NEEDED that touchdown to potentially win the game. Their entire attitude, play calling and strategy would have been different.
Of course,thanks to an almost brilliant defensive call, the Giants ended up failing to run out the clock effectively and only scoring the field goal by running it in for a TD. Belichick would have most likely used this same strategy if he thought the chances of the Giants scoring a TD were good. And from inside the 10 yard line, this might have been a reasonable thought.
So with 57 seconds left and the score now in the Giants favor 20 – 17, all the Bradiots would have to do is march 50 or 60 yards down the field to score a tying field goal instead of 80 yards and a TD and send the game into overtime.
Of course there is no telling what would have happened but still, that safety changed the entire complexity of the game and the final minutes of the Super Bowl.
Mark had a Super Brothers Bowl
Will had Patriots and 49ers
Alaina just did not want the Patriots.
Genna did not care.
Eric wanted Patriots and 49ers
I wanted Giants and Ravens
My wife, she said it was going to be the Giants and Patriots in the Super Bowl.
