AAF starts tonight.

San Diego at San Antonio and Atlanta at Orlando. Who's going to watch?

Going to give it a shot. Will be interesting to see how well/bad it starts off. I like football.

Getting ready to watch it now. Gotta be better than theSuper Bowl was.

Former Seattle draft pick Terry Poole is the starting LT for San Diego.

So far I am more entertained than I was for the Super Bowl. Nice to see the enthusiasm from the players.

The most pleasant surprise for me is that is hasn't been a flagfest so far.

Not a whole lot different than watching NFL game with Blake Bortles and Mark Sanchez quarterbacking.

Seanhawk":1wh99g4i said:

Not a whole lot different than watching NFL game with Blake Bortles and Mark Sanchez quarterbacking.

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The officiating was better than the NFL, so there is that!

the marching band at the orlando-atlanta game halftime were great.

looks like a fairly high level of play. someplace below the nfl, but above college. lots of ex-nfl guys playing in the aaf.

i like the sort of laid-back, roadside attraction vibe of this league. players get 250k each, and are playing for the love of the game.

some guys are probably trying to use he aaf to get (back) to the nfl. but overall, there's flat-out, a lot of enthusiasm for the game.

What channel/network shows this new thing?

Anyone see any players that jump out as possible signings? Trent Richardson is looking better than at any of his NFL opportunities. It’s not saying much considering he sucked. How close are PC/JS scouting these players? No stone left unturned.

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What channel/network shows this new thing?

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CBS showed one game I did not watch it. Had other things in mind.

Schedule.

https://fbschedules.com/aaf-schedule/

https://fbschedules.com/aaf-team-schedules/

NFL Network's coverage of this game sucks pretty bad. Can barely hear the field and crowd. Lots of audio issues.

you can watch live on youtube. they all 4 opening-weekend games. maybe it were a 'one-time' thing. i don't know.

after watching these games, it looks like the players are pretty good, except for the QBs. the qb play definitely seems like a level lower than NFL. ymmv

overall, most of the players seem like guys who were on the nfl bubble for multiple seasons. still, some of the best guys out of college, but not quite full-time nfl level.