How would you rate the entire NFL season...

[rico6]

Seeing an NFC team win a Super Bowl in Dallas not named the Cowboys rates this season an automatic 8 for me.

In all seriousness though, it was a pretty good season. Despite seeing this franchise calling it a wrap as soon as the season began.

[Nicbsbll2]

1- The way my team plays dramatically effects how I perceive the season as a whole.

[Swarly]

Panthers season - 1

NFL season - 2

I gave the season as a whole an extra point because the Steelers, Patriots, Saints, Falcons, and Dallas did not win the Super Bowl. If either of those teams would have won I would immediately erase this season from my memory.

[Darth Bobo]

I think it was a bogus season, bereft of parity which strikes at the core of the sport.

Ticket prices were raised, even though they were mostly unaffordable to the commoner before.

Michael Vick improved dramatically, but was disproportionately rewarded(compared to unsung heros) in excess with TV time that exceeded his individual performance. The way that the NFL/ESPN stroked his cock was way "too much too soon". I believe in redemption(even for him), but NOT ON A WHIM. I found myself turning my TV off every time his name was mentioned.

Some teams used the lack of salary cap to reshape their team financially in a way that would be impossible in a capped year, so there were teams that did not compete(us) and teams that achieved more than they otherwise could have (Jets)

Haynesworthless stole 20 million dollars from the Redskins and they can't get one red cent back. They are going to take that out on every player in the NFL because of it, in the next CBA, and while I think the owners should do it, I am highly annoyed that one player can poison the basket of apples for everyone else.

There are ~800 tackles per week (25 tackles/team * 2 teams * 16 games), and at any given week the maximum of 3 were considered finable. 3/800 = less than half of one percent. Yet some still insist that life-changing concussions are less important than the childish and uninformed contention that fining for helmet to helmet on a defenseless receivers is "changing football into a pussy sport".

Ben Roethlisberger is either a rapist who should be in prison, or he is totally innocent of all charges and his false accuser should do time for slander. The idea that his team should suffer a 4 or 6 game suspension when every man is innocent-until-proven guilty is ludicrous. If the NFL thought he did some behavior that was conduct unbecoming of an NFL player, then that means they think he is a rapist that settled out of court. Enough of these bullshit double-standards. They need to be stopped. The NFL is not moral police, and if they try to be they will surely get it wrong at great personal expense to someone who is totally innocent.

[replive]

I think it was a bogus season, bereft of parity which strikes at the core of the sport.

What? IMO, this season was one of the best when it came to parity.

Ticket prices were raised, even though they were mostly unaffordable to the commoner before.

Can't disagree here, though I didn't go to a game this season.

Michael Vick improved dramatically, but was disproportionately rewarded(compared to unsung heros) in excess with TV time that exceeded his individual performance. The way that the NFL/ESPN stroked his cock was way "too much too soon". I believe in redemption(even for him), but NOT ON A WHIM. I found myself turning my TV off every time his name was mentioned.

Umm this has happened every season ever. ESPN and the sports media always play up a story way too much and over-saturate the tubes with bs stories. I'd suggest you stop watching it.

Some teams used the lack of salary cap to reshape their team financially in a way that would be impossible in a capped year, so there were teams that did not compete(us) and teams that achieved more than they otherwise could have (Jets)

And there were plenty of teams that did well even if they spent well below the cap floor (Bucs and Chiefs). It didn't seem to me there was any correlation between money spent and wins this season, though I could be mistaken.

Haynesworthless stole 20 million dollars from the Redskins and they can't get one red cent back. They are going to take that out on every player in the NFL because of it, in the next CBA, and while I think the owners should do it, I am highly annoyed that one player can poison the basket of apples for everyone else.

Why is this annoying? I find this hilarious.

There are ~800 tackles per week (25 tackles/team * 2 teams * 16 games), and at any given week the maximum of 3 were considered finable. 3/800 = less than half of one percent. Yet some still insist that life-changing concussions are less important than the childish and uninformed contention that fining for helmet to helmet on a defenseless receivers is "changing football into a pussy sport".

Where are you getting the 3 number from? Do you realize the rates of concussions that go unnoticed and unreported and that lead to higher healthcare costs later on for the players? Do you realize that the higher the healthcare costs for the players, the better healthcare they will demand from the owners and the more the owners will have to spend on it? Do you get that this relates to higher ticket prices? It seems disingenuous to me to complain about higher ticket prices and complain about how the owners are trying to protect their investments and help cut costs for the future.

Ben Roethlisberger is either a rapist who should be in prison, or he is totally innocent of all charges and his false accuser should do time for slander. The idea that his team should suffer a 4 or 6 game suspension when every man is innocent-until-proven guilty is ludicrous. If the NFL thought he did some behavior that was conduct unbecoming of an NFL player, then that means they think he is a rapist that settled out of court. Enough of these bullpoo double-standards. They need to be stopped. The NFL is not moral police, and if they try to be they will surely get it wrong at great personal expense to someone who is totally innocent.

The NFL is more than free to punish its employees for conduct that reflects badly on itself. If the NFL was full of players that were constantly accused of bad things then the NFL would get a bad reputation and its ratings could potentially suffer, which is not something the owners and Goodell wants. Again, Roethlisberger wasn't punished for sexually assaulting somebody, he was punished for putting himself in a situation that could reflect badly on the league. The NFL is not affected by the constitution; it doesn't need to assume people are innocent before being proved guilty in the court of law.

Nothing against you, and you're free to your opinion, but this was one of the most fun seasons I have ever had as an NFL fan, even if the Panthers were really really bad.

[DC Amp]

It's very hard to rate the overall NFL this past season being a Panther fan and asked to put those feelings aside, at least for me anyway. In trying to do that I rated it an average 7 because I still enjoyed watching it each week (thinking we got to be better this week than last week).

[LiQuiD]

I'd almost have to give it a 10 solely on the fact that this season made all the Saints fans trolling this board STFU.