Dallas Cowboys get slaughtered by the New Orleans Saints

[snooch]

That's the way Americans feel about cricket. Baffling. I will start posting more NFL stuff up here since a few of you have expressed interest. Football is really the only sport I get into. I'll watch any game live, but the NFL is the only one I like on tv. I can't follow soccer well. It seems boring to me in the same sense that the NFL is boring to people who aren't exposed to it regularly. If it was shown here more(besides the spanish channels) I would watch it. I do watch the world cup and the rest of the championship cups when they are on at a decent hour though.

[Esox Lucius]

pool is an american sport isnt it?

defo the best one if so, any sport that can be played in a pub is a good sport in my books. cant beat snooker, pool or darts!

[LittleMinx]

Ive watched American footy on Sky few times, altho i dont understand the rules, but its good to watch!!

[Richierush]

ive played it on the ps2 but i couldnt understand the game plays :cheese:

[snooch]

ive played it on the ps2 but i couldnt understand the game plays :cheese:

OK some hints. I'll start with defence. The plays are organized by formation. 4-3, 3-4, nickel, dime, quarter. There are more, but just concern yourself with these for the time being. You can get buy quite well with just these. 4-3 refers to 4 linemen(huge guys up front-runstoppers and quarterback manglers) and 3 linebackers(blitzers, runstoppers, qb sackers and short pass defenders). This formation is made for run defence and is quite poor against the midrange to long pass. 3-4 is three linemen and 4 linebackers. This is a bit more versatile since the linebackers can be a bit more tricky in their presentaion of their formation. Does it look like they are blitzing when they are actually in a disguised pass coverage formation? Or vice versa. Alot of teams are finding current success with this. It was in vogue in the 80's, fell out of favor and recently came back in favor. Nickel formation. 3 or 4 linemen, 3 or four linebackers and more purely pass oriented defenders(safeties-middle of the field pass defenders. they tend to be a bit bigger than defensive backs. DBs are built for speed). Nickel derives it's name from the extra "nickel back" (usually a safety) that is brought in for more speed. This formation is a good mix between run and pass defence. I use a variation of it when playing video games. Dime formation is made for pass defence. There are only two linebackers with another DB added to the field in it's place. Not good for run defence as the blockers will knock the DBs on their ass and the formations tend to be too spread out for any run defence usage. The last is quarter. Only 1 lb and all about stopping the long pass. This is usually used in situations where there's only 2 or 3 seconds left and the other team is down by a score or less. Pull the quarter formation out. It's all about stopping the long bomb.

I'll write more on offence later as I have errands I have to run.

[SlavikSvensk]

should read 20th century not 10th above...

[kev]

just got round to watching this game(aint had much time this week) shiit the saints were on fire!!!!!
that onside kick was Abit cheeky prob one of my fav non colts games this season(am still bitter about the colts streak being broken)