Yeah, I personally like the matchup. My best friend is an Eagles fan, so I’ve watched them plenty this season. They’ve won ugly and as much on luck as the Niners.
Our texts are currently a lighthearted argument over whether my defense is worse than his offense. However, since I know first-hand what a Fangio defense can look like when they can get pressure with just four, I think it will come down to whether Shanahan is willing to script fast-developing pass plays.
Just IMO, but NFL playoff games being carried solely on streaming services* is an affront to their fans. It’s example #273 of the league grabbing for every dollar it possibly can, and f*** the everyday fan.
*- The Packers/Bears game is only being carried on Peacock and NFL+, though it’s being simulcast on local TV stations in the teams’ local markets (Green Bay, Milwaukee and Chicago).
I hate watching games on streaming services more than anyone. Is it really that much more profitable for the NFL? The BIG10 is doing it too now, and MLB from time to time. I skip those games. (and I have all the streaming services)
It doesn’t negatively impact me, because I’ve had access to every streaming service that the NFL and MLB have put games on, but I absolutely hate the idea. Live sports and live news broadcasts are the only form of media that I believe should never be done via streaming. (Not unless it’s an exclusive “Pay-Per-View” sort of event like a boxing match.)
According to this, two years agor, Peacock paid the NFL $110 million for the rights to carry a single NFL playoff game in January of 2024. I’m sure that they are paying even more now.
It does though. Have you ever tried to skip commercials with the remotes you have to use with streaming services? It’s 100x harder than using my direcTV remote. Which has fast forward buttons.
The cable remote sucks a lot more than the remote I use with my Xbox. I watch streaming services through that device.
Sometimes the quality of a streaming service dips, but then again, so do live broadcasts. The last Seahawks game I watched on ABC kept having the sound cut out (and my wife and I joke about all the profanity they must be censoring).
What’s the Charger’s record playing in outdoor stadiums in the cold? Foxborough is going to be around freezing and not pleasant.
Also I remember there was a slight bias against West Coast teams traveling east coast.
I’m not sure how many such games they’ve played, but they famously lost the “Freezer Bowl,” the 1981 AFC Championship Game at Cincinnati, where the air temperature was -9F, and the wind chill was -51F (using the current scale for wind chill calculation).
If you mean this season, they’ve only played one game in weather under 40 degrees F. That was the game against the Chiefs in KC, where the temperature was under 20 degrees. They won 16-13.
Current forecast does look uncomfortable, but more due to rain than bitter cold (though the combo of rain and cold temperatures is undeniably unenjoyable).
At 8pm ET tomorrow night in Foxborough:
Looks like light to steady rain throughout the evening, but probably not a downpour.
Wait, I’m seeing 33 degrees (feels like 25) at game time and 2% chance of precipitation.
Foxborough, MA Hourly Weather Forecast | Weather Underground
ETA: wait, it’s not tomorrow night, it’s Sunday night.
It looks to be windy in Philly on Sunday.
Oh, and 49ers starting cornerback Renardo Green is now Questionable after injuring his ankle in practice.
Ahh, yes, that’s my mistake, I looked at Saturday.
The NWS forecast is similar to what you see on Accuweather; at 8pm local time on Sunday:
It’s on Prime (Amazon), not Peacock.
Well, crap. Still, my screed holds. NFL playoff games shouldn’t be exclusively available on paid streaming services.
Now, get off my lawn, Goodell, you moneygrubber. shakes cane
Indeed your point still stands. I knew that because it’s been a big banner on the Amazon webpage for a week.
unless it’s “if we pay, he plays”
only if he had a WR who can separate, which we don’t have on the field
Slight bonus - the game will also be streamed free on Twitch (owned by Amazon). I don’t know how that works out or makes sense, but that’s what I’ve been told.