Frenchfag here,
How do I into NFL? Shit seems complicated as hell. Lots of rules and breaks.
Also how do I choose a team to support?
Just pick the Patriots
>>68432192
>Germany
>Not picking DA BURRS
>>68432117
>>68432117
Choose Bears
>>68432117
every time the offense gets possession of the ball they have to gain ten yards if they want to continue attempting to score. if they fail to gain ten yards after four attempts the ball switches to the other team. but that only happens in must-score moments because you can kick the ball to the other team's offense instead of risking a turnover.
>>68432117
Become a Bengals fan
lots of room after all the shitters jumped off their bandwagon after last season
>>68432117
Play a madden game
You will understand quickly the rules
Watch some superbowl and try finding old videos from georges eddy cimmentating in french.
As for the teams, either bandwagon the pats, the team with the coolest logo or pick the browns and suffer.
I picked the chiefs because Joe montana was playing in it when I first watched it.
>>68432117
here you go OP, this image was made just for cases like this
Watch college football instead. It's much better.
Support a plucky underdog like Alabama
>Play a madden game
this
season doesn't start until september
>>68432744
As everyone else ITT said, play Madden. You could even use it to pick which one of the 32 teams fits you most.
>>68432117
Become a Bills fan, we're the official team of /fa/
Pls become a jest fan. A French flag will bring life into our dead game threads
>>68432687
>the I formation is the example
go to bed grandpa
>>68432117
>/sp/ the team = bears
>bandwagon = patriots/broncos
>meme teams = Seahawks/Panthers
>depression = Browns
>Ridicule = Eagles
>Boypussy = Packers
>Autism = Giants
>atrocious fans = 49ers/Cowboys
>team sucks so get drunk instead = All others
>>68433808
I didn't make it, don't be dense. someone just designed it to be super simple in order to get the basic points across. you don't see a nickel corner in there either.
There is only one way to go.
>>68432117
>how do I choose a team to support?
Dad pls.
>>68434125
2bqh this is the team that makes the most sense on the surface for French NFL fans.
Thanks for your answers sp. I will root for the packers .
>>68434657
>yet another out-of-market packers fan
you'll fit right in
>>68434657
>>68434657
>>68434657
wow, bold move Cotton.
>>68434657
Fuck you
>>68434657
>French
>gay
Pick two
>>68434675
>>68434810
>>68434942
>>68435021
>>68435064
>>68435086
i-i-i-it's a good team lads right ?
>>68435211
Outside of 2010 they never live up to really high expectations
Also their QB is a homebabby fraud who can't beat good teams on the road
>>68435259
>their QB is a homebabby fraud who can't beat good teams on the road
he's also a closeted gay
>>68432687
Do you have a picture like this with brief descriptions of each position? I'm trying to get into Footballl before the season starts
>>68435388
>>68435211
they consistently make (and lose in) the playoffs, so yes they are a GOOD team.
>>68435388
I don't have one on hand no, I don't think I've ever found one. I haven't seen that much demand for guides making it simple to get the basics of the sport down, because wikipedia exists for learning the very basics and madden exists for almost everything else.
I've been tempted to do a series of short youtube videos before that explains all sorts of different aspects of football, from gameplay to league operations to the draft to roster guidelines, but it seems like a lot of work for a small niche to fill.
>>68435462
oh hey there's one. could be done much better but saved anyways.
>>68432117
While there have only been 5 Frenchmen to play in the NFL and no current ones, there IS a starting Offensive Lineman who comes from French Canada.
He is Laurent Divernay-Tardiff, or LDT as he is called among fans of the Kansas City Chiefs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Duvernay-Tardif
So you should follow the Chiefs. They are also an above-average team.
Plus the Chiefs almost always play their home games at Noon KC time, which is 7pm Sunday night for you in France.
>>68435462
Jeez, this really needs to be updated.
>>68435609
>telling a frenchmen he should bandwagon ANYTHING that quebecois do.
instant mistake
>>68435462
>>68432687
Thank you guys, excellent guides!
>>68435609
>Plus the Chiefs almost always play their home games at Noon KC time, which is 7pm Sunday night for you in France.
All of the games are at the same time for every team, idiot. What timezone the team is in doesn't matter.
also if you are new to the NFL and want to watch a 3 hour game in 30 minutes just google "Condensed NFL" those are the games with all the breaks removed with only the game action, no replays no downtime.
>>68432117
raiders or jaguars if you want a team that is under the radar and will be a super bowl contender in the next 5 years
>>68434125
This t b h
Literally the only NFL city with substantial French influence
>>68435662
>All of the games are at the same time for every team, idiot.
what are you talking about, there are noon games and 3pm games every sunday. So teams do not play the same time every week at all.
The chiefs have historically played their homes games at noon as the lot opens at 9am for Tailgating.
Frenchman OP >>68432117 I would also pick a team with a good fan atmosphere and fan culture that likes to 'tailgate' just in case you ever come to America and watch a game.
Anyone have good recommendations for films that help show what football is like to yuros? Theatric ones or documentaries, doesn't matter as long as they're ones that would actually get them interested.
>>68432117
>Also how do I choose a team to support?
Support the bears so you can bearpost
Or the Iggles so we can be igglebros
>>68435770
The "A Football Life" and "America's Game" series.
>>68432117
If you have a gaming console try and get madden. It helped me understand defenses better.
>>68435609
ESTO
escoge los jefes
>>68435759
>There's no benefit to merging them
he's right though, there are only 3 timeslots every sunday: the 1 pm ET game, the 4 (or 4:30) pm ET game, and the Sunday Night Football game. the first two work out to 12 and 3 for you, but every team gets a share of both, with most of them being the earlier ones because the usual balance is 9 games early, 4 games late, and 3 primetime games on each of Sunday/Monday/Thursday Night.
so whether or not you get a noon game or a 3pm game depends on how the scheduling happens to fit for that week, not because of where you're located.
giants taking it this year. mark my words
>>68434657
Welcome brother
>>68434657
>Not New Orleans
You'd be a reverse >muh heritage fag and it would be adorable
>>68432117
Base it off sister cities.
>>68432117
Frenchies should support New Orleans 2bh. Good team, large French population, based town, etc.
>>68434657
>>68434657
Literally die you fucking frog.
>>68434657
Why does every Euro pick this faggot team?
>tfw Steelers fan
>>68432117
DA BEARS
>>68432687
Fourth down - end zone - no - ten yards - yes - start over ? Am i reading this wrong?>>68432687
>>68432117
An easy way to explain NFL to foreigners is as follows.
MANIFEST DESTINY
Think of an NFL field like America. We settled in the East coast, but wait. There is TERRITORY before us!
Conquer it.
Fucking savages stand in our way. Fuxk em, they're dumb. Check out these plans I drew up to trick them. We'll all move this way, then take all their furs the other direction
Brilliant.
>passes furs over the savages and runs.t to Oregon with them
>fireworks
Fuck yeah, murica.
>>68434657
>puckers
It's a dying sport, don't even bother.
>>68436529
Nope
>>68436655
So a team can have a near 40 downs before crossing the pitch, as long as it always makes its fourth
>>68436819
a team can drive all the way from one end zone to the other if they keep getting first downs, but if they fail to convert on any four consecutive downs then they don't get a touchdown.
>>68436819
I thought the Dutch could speak English.
If you are on 4th down and you can get the ball past the 10 yard marker it goes back to 1st down. Repeat until touch down, turnover, or field goal
>>68434657
You're in for a ride.
>all of this talk about football vidya
Should I go play some 2K2?
>>68436819
Theoretically you could have a ~40 play drive, but it almost never happens in practice for a number of reasons.
>>68435462
Gonna make a better one of these later if I get a chance, will post in /nfl/.
>>68436551
bretty gud.
>>68432587
>picking Ohio anything
>>68432117
american football is a gladiator sport for slave fetishists. stick to soccer or better yet, futsal.
>>68434657
>packshits
>>68436819
More than 10 downs is considered a long, grinding drive. It's usually a couple big passes, a couple of flats or quick outs, and a couple of runs.
Pick the Rams. You'll get to learn all about them on HBO's Hard Knocks in August, they're moving to LA, and they're an exciting young team.
>>68435086
>>68433739
But nothing will bring life to your dead franchise, unless perhaps bill gives it back.
t. Paul revere
>>68437245
Literally underneath Aaron Rodgers
Or maybe on top. Idk. Either way, Erin will be involved in said ride.
>>68434657
>Another bandwagon Puckers fan
>>68435462
Are we back on the 80s?
>>68432117
Join the Panthers! They have the best color scheme of any team; plus they're my home team, and North and South Carolina are two of the only three or four states where French is the second-most spoken language.
>>68435770
Friday Night Lights. Because more than any other football movie it shows the cultural impact of football on the typical American man and woman. Also the scenes of actually playing football are universally recognized as being gorgeously filmed.
>>68442607
butthurt faggot detected lmao at ur lyfe
The real answer is to just watch some games this coming season. Don't worry about not know all that is going on. Just chill and listen. Have your phone on you so when they some some stupid shit like "nickel defense" you can understand what they meant.
You'll piece it together pretty fast. People like to complain about the breaks but realize that every play is called by coordinators on headsets. Those pauses are the two teams plotting against each other. Use those moments to google shit.
Pick a team based on mascot or a particular player whos style you like.
zeeeeeeke
>>68434657
At least you didn't pick the Pats or Cowboys so you're right in my book
For yuros who've fallen for the >11 minutes of gameplay meme, try watching this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0J0ZtgEd8k
Yeah it's a commercial, but the entire thing shows what takes place between the end of one snap and the start of the next one. Just because they're not running around yet doesn't mean important shit isn't going on.
>>68434657
could be worse, you could be an aints fan
>>68434657
GOOD for you. It's the only team owned by its fans.
>>68432618
This is pretty good if you play any vidya, it's how I got into soccer/football as an American, playing Fifa all the time.
>>68434657
>Rooting for the Pacucks
real original pierre
>>68437011
That's exactly what i said.
It just sounds stupid as hell so had to double check.
>>68432117
Don't waste your time, Patrice. The NFL is in decline and will be dead in 15 years.
>>68432117
Tip for enjoying NFL more: watch a delayed version of the games with the breaks between plays removed. (These are sometimes called "condensed" games on torrent sites, and are widely available.)
Watching a game in real time is a lot like watching weightlifting: a whole lot of preparation for short moments of action.
(This isn't as different from divegrass as some might think, it's just that in divegrass instead of a formal stoppage of play while a side plans its next attack the team kicks the ball around.)
Watching a football game this way - all of the plays, none of the delays - is the single best way I can recommend to learn to enjoy the play of the game.
I say this because watching an NFL broadcast in realtime is beyond tedious. And if the broadcast of the game (not the nature of the game itself, the nature of broadcasting it) makes the game nauseatingly boring to watch then there's no way or even reason for you to learn to enjoy it - unless you're a masochist, in which case I recommend you bandwagon the Browns.
So go grab some torrents of condensed versions of good games and I think you'll get both a better appreciation of the game itself and also of the stylistic difference between teams. (If you want to experience what watching it in realtime would be like, just pause in between every play for 1-2 minutes and tell yourself you need to buy a shitty new car or watered down beer.)
Lots of luck and have fun, frogbro!
>>68434657
Packfag here from Madison (I'm just in Japan right now). Why did you pick the Packers?
i got into it through family connections to colorado
we won da 'owl
>>68432117
FUCKING RARE
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HIDING HERE??
>>68449801
That's a great commercial.
Even though I suggested watching condensed games was a good way to get started appreciating football, I want to make clear that there is all sorts of important action that happens all the time - the problem is television broadcast never shows it.
So watching games with the breaks removed is a compromise - since the NFL and networks have already butchered the game by removing the inter-play action, at least the tedious filler with which all the subtlety is replaced can be skipped too.
Alternate answer for "how do I into NFL?" Jacques: buy tickets to every Packers home game and go sit in the stands at Lambeau.
>>68434657
Spooky hivemind going on there - I didn't see you'd chosen the Pack until after I'd suggested you go to Lambeau.
Good choice.
>>68449801
>>68449801
Why are Euros autists with ADHD?
>if I can't watch continuous running around like a cat following a laser pointer then it's not interesting.
Just relax and talk to your m8s or family or whatever, if you're alone, shitpost on /sp/. Enjoy your beer. Whatever.
>>68452797
its the sheer culture shock of going from constant action to stop and start and american culture and ads being thrown in our face when most of us have never even been to america
also being an autist actually made me enjoy the sport more due to the tactics and precise nature
>>68434657
not a bad choice tbqh familia, the pack have a history of getting really good QBs, meaning they have been quite good for awhile, and probably will be for some time yet.
>>68452830
>most of us have never even been to america
Don't worry, we'll eventually bring America to you.
>>68436819
technically if you started from your own one, and went for it on 4th down every play, while never having a big play, yes, but due to the fact that if you are on your own 10 yard line, and fail to convert, you have just given the opposition a near certain 3 points(field goal), and a terrific opportunity to score 7(touchdown)
>>68433808
>let's include a picture of a complicated offensive formation in an infographic aimed at people who know nothing about this subject
>>68434657
based pucker fans get the objective best team and the butthurt rage of /sp/ autists so this is the best choice
The game itself is easy to follow (move forward if you dont move enough other team gets the ball) but the terms take a bit of googling to learn wich you can do during the breaks as there are plenty of those.
Passrush Slendroute Spider y 2 banana they got loads of weird names but its fun.
One thing you should do is try REDZONE its a channel from the NFL that shows all the games at once with no comercials so you see all the action starts at 19:00cet on sundays and it goes to a bit after midnight.
>>68433545
Mah niaga, our retro jerseys are based and the fans usually get way too drunk though
>>68433545
>>68454506
I never knew that's where that name came from.
>>68432117
Don't think you slipped past me stealth rare
>>68432117
RARE FLAG
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>>68434657
Faggot
>>68432117
Go back to bed Payet, you're playing tomorrow
what position did you play in high school? I played cornerback
>>68435211
since green bay is the smallest market by far in the NFL (and maybe the smallest market for any professional sports team in the country of any sport), you'll always get looked down upon as a bandwagoner or some other such nonsense since you don't live in green bay wisconsin (which, statistically, nobody does).
if you like green bay, then root for them. i figured someone from france would root for the saints, but that's another stereotype. if you don't like the saints, then fuck 'em.
american football is fairly unique amongst the major team sports in that the distinct positions and plays put a lot more emphasis on strategy and specialized skills, rather than outright talent and athleticism. not to say there's no strategy in divegrass, but when you can stop and talk about what you're going to do next every 45 seconds, it just adds a different dimension to a game that has it's roots in rugby, which is a bit more free-flowing.
