Alright, let’s talk about this NFL stuff, or whatever you young folks call it, nflstrea, right? I don’t know much, but I’ll tell ya what I heard.
So, what’s this NFL thing all about anyway?
Well, from what I gather, these fellas run around on a field, throwin’ a ball and knockin’ each other down. They call it “football,” but it ain’t like the football I used to see back in the day. This is all fancy and…loud. And it takes forever! You sit there for three hours, and they’re only playin’ for, like, 15 or 20 minutes! Can you believe that? Eighteen minutes of runnin’ around, and the rest of the time they’re just standin’ there or talkin’. More than 100 plays in those few minutes, though. They sure are busy when they actually play.
How do you even watch this nflstrea thing?
Now, that’s the tricky part. It used to be simple. You turned on the TV, and there it was. Now, you gotta have all these “streaming” things. It’s like, you pay extra money to watch TV on your TV. Makes no sense to me. They got these things like “YouTube TV,” “Sling TV,” “Hulu TV,” and some other one with a funny name, “fuboTV” or somethin’. Sounds like a dog food name, if you ask me.
- YouTube TV: I hear this one is pretty popular. Lots of channels, I guess. Probably costs a pretty penny, too.
- Sling TV: This one might be cheaper, but you get fewer channels. Maybe good if you only care about this football stuff.
- Hulu + Live TV: This one has those shows everyone talks about, and you can watch the football, too. Sounds expensive.
- fuboTV: Like I said, sounds like dog food, but people use it to watch sports. Go figure.
And then they got these channels, FOX, CBS, NBC, ESPN, and this NFL Network thing. It’s like a whole alphabet soup of channels you gotta pay for. And if you want to watch on your phone or your computer, you can go to somethin’ called * or somethin’. My grandson showed me once. Too much for this old lady to figure out.
Is there a way to watch for free?
Well, they say there’s this “NFL Channel” that’s free, always on. They show games, talk about games, show old games, all sorts of stuff. But I don’t know how to find it. You young folks with your fancy phones and computers probably know how to get it.
How do you know when the games are on?
That’s another thing that’s too complicated for me. They got games all different days and times. It’s hard to keep track. I heard tell of a place, “JustWatch,” they call it. They say it tells you when all the games are on and where you can watch ‘em. Sounds helpful, but I still have to have my grandson show me these things. It’s all just too much for me.
What’s all this “Fantasy Football” talk?
Now, this is the craziest part. These folks, they don’t just watch the games; they make up their own teams! They pick players from different teams and then, I guess, they get points based on how well those players do in the real games. It’s like a game inside a game. They say it’s fun, but I don’t get it. Sounds like a lot of work to me. They talk about it all the time on this NFL Network, though. Along with news and highlights and scores and schedules and all that jazz. It’s a whole world of football these days.
So, is this nflstrea thing worth all the trouble?
I don’t know. It seems like a lot of fuss just to watch some fellas runnin’ around with a ball. But people seem to love it. They get all worked up, cheerin’ and yellin’ at the TV. Maybe it’s somethin’ in the water, I don’t know. But if you’re gonna watch, you gotta figure out all this streaming stuff and all these channels. Good luck with that, I say! It’s more complicated than milkin’ a cow these days, that’s for sure! But, hey, if it makes people happy, then I guess it’s alright. Just don’t ask me to explain it all again. This old brain can only handle so much!
And that’s all I know about this nflstrea thing. It’s a crazy world out there, and these football games are just part of it, I guess.