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I genuinely do not understand why wide receivers always complain and make an issue with their current teams when they're usually one of the highest paid positions in the league.

I've only been following the NFL for a couple years and on the top of my mind, I've heard the issues with Antonio Brown, Diontae Johnson, Odell Beckham, Chase Claypool, Tyreek Hill, Jermaine Burton, Stefon Diggs, AJ Brown and now Brandon Aiyuk.

For Running Backs, I understand when they complain about their contracts. But for Wide Receivers, I just don't get it at all.

I'm assuming the main benefit for them is that they get publicity, attention, new visitors, and maybe FIFA gives them a bit of cut of the revenue from the tickets of people who come to the game? (for instance, I went to the Japan-Sweden game at the Cowboys' stadium; I'm assuming Jerry Jones and the Cowboys must be getting some $$$ from me?)

Some of them do need to go to the trouble of modifying the stadium and putting in natural grass.

So how did the jets get away with 4? Green, Black, Rivalry, and Throwbacks.

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I genuinely don’t understand how the NFL can generate billions of dollars every year, yet so many of the corporate and behind-the-scenes positions pay salaries that are barely competitive.
Everyone sees the players making millions, but there are thousands of employees in ticket sales, marketing, partnerships, events, operations, guest services, HR, IT, creative, and other departments who keep these organizations running. Many of these roles require degrees, years of experience, and working nights, weekends, and holidays—yet the compensation often doesn’t reflect that.
The biggest problem is that the NFL has a constant pipeline of people willing to work for less simply because it’s “the NFL.” Teams know there will always be applicants who dream of having the logo on their résumé, so there’s little incentive to raise pay.
At some point, employees need to stop accepting low salaries just for the prestige. If qualified candidates started turning down underpaid offers—or current employees collectively pushed for better compensation—the market would eventually have to adjust.
People deserve to earn a fair wage for the value they bring, regardless of how exciting the employer’s brand is. Working in professional sports shouldn’t mean accepting below-market pay.
Curious what others think. If you’ve worked for an NFL team or another professional sports organization, what has your experience been with compensation compared to the workload?

I believe as a whole, there needs to be a boycott once the season starts to make sure there’s reasonable pay.

Does the defense grab the ball from the holder? Tackle the holder? Tackle the kicker?

I get there's supposedly extra pressure on a player to play well when he knows his game is the only one TV at the moment. But with innumerable other factors influencing how teams perform, why do narratives emerge about players playing better or worse on, say, Monday night? Seems kinda superstitious. Or even cherry-picked. "So-and-so is undefeated on Monday nights" meanwhile ignoring that they've lost a few Thursday night games. The cynical side of me thinks it's just marketing to make fans think every event is the most important one yet. But obviously professional analysts are smarter than me, so I know I'm overlooking something. What am I missing here?

Hi everyone, I come from Italy and in late september I will be visiting San Francisco. While looking at schedules for the upcoming football season, and failing to find a match in the same city I will be (we have planned a on the road trip) I thought of looking into college football, from which I know it is a lot more heartfelt.

Looking at schedules I found this matchup, it will also be the day of my birthday, so you guys think it could be an interesting idea or maybe it is not worth it? As for now, looking at ticket price I think I will pick the AA zone in California Memorial Stadium. I’d love to see a game of football, I’ve never seen one live (I’m no expert but I’d like to check it from my bucket list).

Let me know, and please feel free to give any suggestions on where to visit, sit (at the stadium) and most importantly eat!

Edit: I know it’s a college game, I tried posting it on dedicated subreddits. This my last hope

Had to be Detroit, Cowboys or Falcons?

Looked at some Bill tickets and they range from $400-$1100 for a game in September

Whenever I see someone who’s insanely fast, my first thought is, “Why don’t they just give that guy the ball every play?”

I know defenses would probably expect it, but if someone is clearly faster than everyone else, wouldn’t they still be the best option most of the time?

Is speed not as important as I think it is?

Or are things like route running, blocking, catching, and reading the defense actually more important?

I feel like I’m missing something because every team seems to spread the ball around instead of just feeding their fastest player.

Would love an explanation from people who know the game better than I do.

Thanks!

I’ve been watching more football recently, and something I’ve always wondered is how coaches decide on the next play so quickly.

The previous play ends, everyone gets lined up, and within a few seconds the quarterback already knows what they’re running.

Do they have a huge playbook memorized and just pick whatever seems best?

Or is someone upstairs telling them what the defense is doing?

It also seems like coaches change the play depending on the situation (3rd down, red zone, etc.).

Are they thinking several plays ahead like in chess, or is it mostly just reacting to what they see?

Sorry if this is a dumb question. I’m trying to understand what’s happening between plays because it all happens so fast on TV.

Thanks.

Got into football over the past two years, but I always find myself watching the other team’s offense when my defense is on the field. It’s just more exciting to my lizard brain. But I really want to get more engaged on what our defense is doing, so I’m curious what kind of things you are all watching for when your D is out there?

For what it’s worth, I’m a Browns fan so now that Myles is gone I’m probably going to be even less interested in watching the Defense. But they are easily the better half of our team! I just don’t really know what makes watching defense exciting, if that makes sense?

Kickers are arguably the second most important person on the team next to the QB. They put up more points than any other player on the team. The highest scoring football player in NFL history is a kicker.

Why do they get paid so little?

Edit: I didn't know the script changes week to week. That makes so much more sense. I follow a fan on Instagram and he had a rant about how bad the scripted plays were for their team last season because they had some of the worst stats in the league for the first quarter. I interpreted this as "these are a bad set of 15 plays" not what it actually was "Our coach is bad at scripting the weekly 15 plays" I misunderstood and ran with my interpretation.

There's all kinds of variables in a football game, the players, the opponents, the coaching and coordinators etc. The sport is a mind game between the teams on play calls. But it is standard to script the same 15 or so plays on offense. The defense has a week to prepare so now the defense knows exactly how to counter your plays.

If anything I feel like the first few plays would be the best to have an unknown action since there is no established "oh the RB isn't performing" or "we are able to lock up blank WR" like there might be later in the game.

First play of the game the defence could have absolutely no clue what you are going to do, or how any of the players are going to perform that day. Instead teams make it so the defense knows exactly what is going to happen. Why?

I hear each team has very long waiting lists for them, and I also see that they're really damn expensive. If I ask to be put on the waiting list, do I have to cough up the whole was right away, or can I pay it off until the time comes, or begin a payment plan or something once my number finally is called.

And what happens if when my number is called my team happens to suck ass that year? Do I have the privilege to spend all that money to watch my team lose every other game?

And is it one and done? If I wanna do it again do I have to wait another 14 years

Hey NFL fans

I just wanted to ask for any team suggestions as I am investing into the NFL after watching NRL for a long time and want to give NFL a crack (USA term: Go).

I am looking for an underdog team that has a group of young players and no superstars. I am open to any to confrence and any west or east teams. I would use AI but having answer coming from real people is alot better.

Thanks team.

I’ve been watching more NFL games last season, and I keep hearing the referee say something like, “The penalty is declined.”

That confuses me because I thought penalties were always a good thing for the other team.

Why would a team turn down free yards?

Is it because the result of the play was actually better than taking the penalty?

Or are there certain penalties that don’t really help much?

Could someone explain this with a couple of simple examples?

I’m trying to learn the strategy side of football, and this is one thing that still doesn’t make sense to me.

Thanks!

Ik there has never been a triple OT nfl playoff game but I can't find the answer anywhere

Currently there is no salary cap on coaches, staff or personnel, nor is there any limit on spending on anything that isn't player salaries.

But let's say one team did decide to go full runaway and poach all the best coaches, the best staff, with ultra-high salaries, three luxury Boeing 777 jetliners for transportation, and spend 5x as much as everyone on equipment, facilities, food, doctors, salaries for all lower-level workers, etc.

At what point would the NFL office step in and say, "Enough is enough?"