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Reportedly this place was being investigated for human trafficking and the women working there were potentially being intimidated, coerced etc. It wasn't a pleasant environment. You'd think Kraft with his money could hook up at least with a more reputable enterprise. Who knows maybe he digs that kind of thing.

It’s not always easy to trade down and get the deal you want. Especially when there aren’t top rated QBs like there was last year. I hope we can make a deal and get back some of that return we gave up last year to get Sam.

If you don’t get NFLN this 8pm game is being streamed free on their website and on YouTube. If you have a Chrome caster you can watch on your TV😀.

For the most part you are not regularly seeing big time plays by these receivers. I mean maybe there could be a few Robby Andersons who get a chance to play and show they can be legit NFL playmakers. Guys like Jalin Marshall are capable of making NFL rosters making plays and being contributors. Also the league is good training for backup QBs who rarely might get a chance to play even if on a roster. So far at the QB position no one is standing out but some of them can play. And this experience is invaluable.

I think they might do it because it is so original and the fans (I think) love it. I do. It also could give fans the reasons for a decision and calm them down if they think their team is getting screwed. Or people who distrust all of them esp refs in terms of cheating (for gamblers---and gambling is now an official part of the game-they allow sponsors like Draftkings etc and some NFL owners have investments in these companies) http://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/24502023/nfl-owners-robert-kraft-jerry-jones-retain-investments-draftkings-amid-sportsbook-shift As if they didn't make enough from the public.

To me in terms of the broadcasts the best new idea is the live coverage of challenges. It's pretty interesting and brand new I've never seen it before. You like to hear and see the rationale of the officials making the calls. We have recently had ex officials giving opinions but now we can hear it right from the guy making that decision.

Look the more football to me the better. Next year maybe even a few more leagues like Freedom League and XFL. I’ll even watch Arena football if it comes down to that. They might get some numbers on ratings that will be a big deal in terms of success. If they can give cable networks some numbers and cheaper programming maybe last a while.

They did publish some stats after the game on their website and Hack threw for 102 yards on 25 attempts. 4 yards per completion. He had 7 yards rushing.

I watched part of the game on my phone and Amazon Fire when it didn’t freeze. And I couldn’t find the box score on the game and stats. But basically from what I could see with Hack you didn’t have a downfield passing game. The throws were mostly slants and very short passes. Any success on a play was after the catch. Obviously it’s hard to win games this way even with a good running game.

Well, I don’t get NFLN but the game is being streamed free on their website. I’m watching it at times on my phone but audio not coming up and they don’t publish box score stats.

Just one slight criticism of the product on the field. It’s a minor one but those zebra’s unis are beyond bad. Have to make a change please😉. But love the live camera video booth reviews.

I never really liked Steve Spurrier all that much. No specific reason I have nothing against the guy. I guess based on his interviews etc. But I just read an article from the past about him when he was the Qb of the Bucs. He clashed with John McKay over the offense and was against him starting his son JK as Wr. He thought it was about favoritism not because JK earned the starting position. And the way the story goes Spurrier threw passes to him over the middle on purpose so he would get blasted by Dbs. Now JK is an official in the Alliance and Spurrier is HC of the Apollos.

I'm visiting my brother in Florida (Daytona) in about a week and we wanted to go to an Apollos game for sure. But our dates no home games scheduled unfortunately. I saw a deal on Travelzoo for half price tickets. And prob if you go to the game can buy even cheaper outside the stadium. I can remember years ago for the old WLAF Knights coupons for cheap tickets on milk cartons. btw many of their games are on NFLN and I think at least one on TNT. Not sure about streaming live on Youtube. I think last week on the league site they streamed one game free, not sure. Here is the TV schedule I could find for week 2: Saturday, February 16 Salt Lake Stallions (0-1) at Birmingham Iron (1-0), 2 p.m. (TNT) Arizona Hotshots (1-0) at Memphis Express (0-1), 8 p.m. (NFL Network) Sunday, February 17 Orlando Apollos (1-0) at San Antonio Commanders (1-0), 4 p.m. (CBS Sports Network) Atlanta Legends (0-1) at San Diego Fleet (0-1), 8 p.m. (NFL Network)

I wouldn't go that far 1000 years. But if he gets a chance in the Alliance and plays poorly and performs even in a minor league below that level of play there aren't too many places to go where the speed is going to be much slower. You just don't get a long period of time to set up and throw accurately and complete plays successfully. There are going be more leagues next year like the XFL, there is Arena Football and the CFL. He does have a big arm and that's the attraction to teams.

Basically you can't give a Qb an unlimited number of starts to learn the position. You never know if Hack started for the Jets for 3 years and lost all of his starts that he wouldn't eventually learn the position. But who wants to lose all of those games when there are Qbs who can win and win now. Any player has to make his mark and make it fast. There are always going to be new young players drafted to compete.