SPORTS 101 // Guide to the NFL
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 มิ.ย. 2024
- A beginners guide on how the NFL works! In Sports 101, Guide to the National Football League (NFL), I break down the essentials to equip you with the proper knowledge to understand the wildly popular sport in America.
UPDATE: HOW IS THE NFL 17 GAME REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE CREATED?
• HOW IS THE NFL 17 GAME...
-- BREAKDOWN --
00:00 - NFL Intro
00:42 - League Structure
01:05 - Game Rules
01:48 - Season Scheduling
03:11 - Post Season
04:08 - Free Agency
06:28 - Draft
07:57 - Revenue
#nfl #football #nationalfootballleague
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Which NFL team out of the 32 do you pull for and why? For me, I inherited the CLE Browns for my dad is still a major fan being from NW Ohio!
I thought that might be the case judging by your choice of graphics. Even though I'm an Aussie, I know enough about NFL to know that the Browns are not 'the glamour team' so its fans will be die-hards and will normally have a link to them somehow. Regardless, your video is excellent and I look forward to more. I have just subscribed.
@@IPASAustralia lmaoooo
Titans I’m from TN
I’m a Cleveland Browns as I went off my fave WWE Wrestler’s team 4 years ago
@@zacknoble3730 Dawg Check!!!
Cannot believe this only has 1k views. The animation was professional level.
Thanks for the kind words and for watching 👍🏼
I came here to say the same.
36k now
45k now
It’s 61k now
I know everything about the nfl yet here I am watching the entire video
Teach me more
@@abundantrose6465 What do you want to know
Yeah same 😂
same lmao
Cookie?
Some updates for 2021:
-An Extra game has been added to the NFL Schedule, moving the count of games in a season up to 17.
-The opponent is determined by taking a random division from the opposing conference that the team is not already playing, and then pitting them against someone who finished in the same spot in the division as them. In the case of this hypothetical Cleveland Browns squad, they would play the New York Giants.
-Because of this, the regular season extends to 18 weeks and doesn't conclude until early January.
-Due to this change, a seventh seed has been added to the playoff structure, increasing the amount of playoff teams to 14, and eliminating the first-round bye for the second seed.
-This means that, during the NFL draft, the number of non-playoff draft picks has decreased to 18, while the number of wild card draft picks has increased to 6.
-In 2021, a new rule was implemented where, should a minority in the front office be hired to another team as a head coach or general manager, the original team is awarded a third round pick the current and following years.
Had to look up that last one since I haven't heard of it and thought it was a political joke. Do you know if they're taking away picks elsewhere to compensate for gaining picks in the 3rd or are these like expansion picks?
@@keenangant982 Expansion picks. Placed after the normal compensatory third round picks
@@carsausage I guess it does create incentive. Though I do think it isn't the best method for inequality. This has the potential to create massive loopholes on draft night with random hirings/firings at the last moment
@@keenangant982 no ones gonna hire a bad gm or coach just cause they are a minority for a third rounder
@@cadebiln the loophole would be to hire them before the draft, get free picks, then fire them after with the guise that they proved they weren't the right fit.
Free draft picks without long-term repercussions if they get to keep the players. Since the draft already happened, saying these picks are null it would cause a nightmare scenario for everyone since every team would be affected and cause a pr disaster.
Coming here in 2020 and can't believe the production value in this video, and with only 3k views! This was much more informative than the ones who have millions of views. As a foreign trying to learn about the NFL to start watching next season, this was gold for me! Thank you so much and you sir have gained a subscriber in me. Keep up the amazing work!
Thank you so much for your kind words and for watching! You are the reason on why I started this channel and because of your encouraging words, you're helping me to keep on creating sports educational content. You rock!
If you like a formerly mediocre team that saw a flash of success, and golden season then a first-round exit, but still has hope for next year? Root for the Titans! And join me in my pain!
@@isaac502i3 Giants for life
Being in Asia where most people only knew baseball and basketball as USA' national sport, this video really helped me understand. Thank you very much
Extremely impressed by the art, animation, and detail in the videos. I'm looking forward to seeing where you go with some of my favorite teams.
Thanks for the kind words! You’ll be the first to know when the Bengals will be released 👍🏼
@@LurksLessons could you make a similar type of video on NBA... Actually I'm from a place where nba isn't really popular but I wanna know about it....
@@sanidhyasuman1428 the nba is much more simpler trust me
I came here as a non-american who reads a lot of highschool books set in the U.S. wanting to understand what the writers were talking about. Even though I still have yet to enjoy the game as americans do, I certainly now understand how it's a big deal, and the fame and money players can earn off it. Definitely helped to give me much more context when reading, as well as understand what's going on. I've watched a lot of videos trying to learn about american football and this is one of the best and only ones I have seen which explains the nfl as a whole, rather than just the game.
Thanks for the kinda words and for watching! I’m happy and glad that the video was able to help you. Pick a team to follow and enjoy watching the upcoming season!! You rock!
@@LurksLessons I have a question. If the superbowl is in February. And next season begins in September, what do people watch in between all that time.
I'm from UK and people seem depressed when football (soccer for you) season is over. But here fans only need to wait 2 months or so.
Solid question @MrWatchme1989. For the regular sports enthusiast, you have other sports to watch like the NBA, MLS and MLB during that time. But for the diehard NFL/NCAA Football fan, that’s when they’ll follow or watch the off-season Free Agency signings, the Draft, and eventually the beginning of practice for the next season. Because of the long periods of time in between seasons is another factor as to why American football fans are glued to the TV every weekend. It’s crazy!! 🏈😎
@@LurksLessons thank you for the quick response. Us UK people don't really follow American sports but I wanted to try playing madden this year. Soon realised American football is so damn exciting. I'm trying to follow this season every week hopefully.
I still can't imagine how fans can go 7 months without the game being on. That's just too long of a wait for me personally even with transfers and drafts happening in between.
Follow up questions. What do players do in that time? Continue practicing or go on holiday? I know you said right before season begins they begin practice but I'm asking about between Feb to August. Do they still have to turn up for training or anything or are they on vacation?
In football (soccer), the off season begins in june and new season begins mid August. Players usually go on holiday and get some rest. But every 2 years there are international tournaments such as the world Cup or the continental Cup. So they don't hav too long to be on vacation. So pretty much all year long they are training and playing.
That’s awesome! Best of luck in following the season and in playing Madden!! It’s true that the off season is a touch longer than other sports, but for players they do pretty much whatever they want in the months following up to the new season. However, most players if not all have strength/conditioning/skill set drills that they do on their free time. So even though they don’t have mandatory meetups until July, all NFL players do train all year long.
Also, the nature of the sport does a lot of damage to the body that others use the off-season to heal and rehab.
Finally,, there’s been multiple attempts here in the US to have a spring pro league for players to play in due to the long NFL off season. The last three attempts have failed, with the most recent being this year (the XFL) due to the pandemic.
been a fan of the NFL since the 1980s. It still boggle my mind how many people don't understand how the schedule is made or how the NFL makes money. You did an excellent job explaining it.
Just need to update the 17 week season and new playoff format.
Great video. I'm German and new to the NFL. Your video helped greatly trying to understand the basics.
This video is just gold. I'm learning about the NFL and this helps break down things . I'm a Packers fan coz I love Aaron Rodgers and I was drawn to the Vincent Lombardi story.
Much love from Nairobi Kenya
Yoooo i am from Nairobi too
I promised my boyfriend I'd learn more about the NFL- your video helped a lot! Thank you! (:
He's a Patriot's fan!
That’s awesome! That’s the heartbeat of this channel so thank you so much for sharing. If he’s a Patriots fan, check out my other video on How To Be a Patriots fan when you get the chance 👍🏼
@@karlitillema1292 y'all still together??
@@danielmessi1092 yes- it's our 1 year on Nov 13 (:
@@karlitillema1292 Finding this just today. It's been almost a month since Nov 13 and it says you left the comment a month ago. How did that go?
As an NFL history lover, I love watching these videos
amazing video - as an English lad this not only made me understand it all much better but also got me excited to start getting into and enjoying the NFL 👏🏼
Thanks for the explanation. I'm from the UK and a TV channel is now showing the NFL so without videos like this it's very difficult to know what's going on if you haven't grown up with the sport.
The fixture lists seems incredibly complicated though. I do like the idea of each team having a salary cap and first draft picks going to the worst teams. It seems that would make games more even. Football/soccer in Europe has tried to introduce "financial fair play" so teams like Chelsea and Manchester City can't just buy up all the best players because they are owned by billionaires.
Thanks for the kind words @radius one and for watching! Yeah it can get complicated but I think it's the NFL's way of attempting to make the league as fair as possible with the draft order, salary cap and free agency. One thing I do like about football in Europe is that teams have to "play-in" to be in the Premiere league, to hold their elite status of play. Who knows, maybe the NFL will follow suit in the future with that structure. 🤔
This was absolutely amazing! Thank you so much.
Your voice is very relaxing.
The algorithm is about to bless this
As someone who has no clue about the NFL, this video was so helpful! It was informative and fun to watch
This was an incredible breakdown, just what I needed to send to my mom to help clarify things! Thank you Sir!
Great job! It helped me a lot to understand the structure inside and outside the game in only ten minutes, with great animations and a perfect speech.
Thank you so much!
Thanks for the kind remarks and encouraging words. I'm happy that you learned something new from the content!
This was really well animated and well explained. It was short enough to keep people engaged and long enough to be thorough. Only doubts that could possibly arise from this:
- how to do tie breakers for drafting order if two teams have the same record
- other than the salaries, what are other inherent costs that clubs have (stadium, traveling, etc)
- the pro bowl, MVP and the calendar
- why the Jets suck
The last one can be explained easily; there the jets
@@davidvandervoort4945 Naw, it's just the butt fumble curse. They need to butt fumble again to undo it.
Usually strength of schedule and average margin of victory and a couple others, if it comes down to it a coin toss may be necessary.
If anyone is watching this now who is new to the NFL this video was made 2 years ago and the NFL has changed a ton in the past 2 years making some of the info in this video outdated.
Biggest of which is now they’re are 18 weeks with 17 games and there have been changes made to playoffs as well. There used to only be 4 games but now there is 6 games with only the best team in each conference getting a wild card bye instead of two and all the other teams that qualified for the playoffs playing on wildcard week end.
Also the Washington Red Skins retiring that name and temporarily changing it to the Football team until a new name is decided on.
Edit: Washington’s new name is the Commanders.
Are you the guy with many liked TH-cam videos?
American here who has always been around football and understands the NFL. Phenomenal job explaining the NFL to football newbies
I understood a lot about the NFL, and American Football in general and I also liked your video on MLB World Series Winners. I must say, your animation style deserves appreciation. Keep up the grind Lurks Lessons !
Thank you so much for the kind support and for watching! Super Thanks goes a long way so I'm incredibly grateful, you ROCK! 😎
I found your channel from Reddit! Congrats on getting 100 subscribers! I just subscribed so it's 101 now!
Thanks man for your support!
This video accutally does a really good job of explaining things to people who are new to the NFL and want to learn how the free agancey system works
nice job whoever made this thanks
Astonish, the most underrated channel on TH-cam.
A MLB and NBA 101 would be amazing
Thks for the Video.
I am a very devoted Ravens fan, so it was cool to see how to explain the NFL to newcomers.
The algorithm is showing me this two years late but WOW what a masterclass in minimalism animation 😍
Great video! This was great to watch and very helpful.
Excellent video. Much better than all others like it I have seen
Super informative, thank you. I've always only casually watched and want to have a greater understanding.
Wow! Just wow! 3 years later and love this video! I know couple things have changed but this is incredible. Shared with all my FF leagues. Thk u 4 dis
Totally welcome and thanks for the kind words! Yeah it's a bummer that the video needs updating already but happy that it still holds true overall. Will have to do a 2.0 soon. You rock! 😎
Amazing video, thanks for the help!
I am from Canada and have been a Carolina Panthers fan since 2011
the best explanation ever thanks a lot
Incredibly well made and informative video. I'm surprised you have so few subscribers.
Thanks for the kind remarks. I’m surprised too, lol 😃
Hey man, this is a really good video. The presentation is professional as hell, and it's easy to see how much effort you put in. It's also (obviously) super informative; I've been around football my whole life, but never really understood much beyond the rules, until now. You should definitely make more 101s for other sports when you have the time 👉
Man thank you so much for the kind words! Doing more Sports 101 videos is definitely in the playbook later this year for I really enjoy creating those. I'm almost done with my independent film and when it's complete, I plan on knocking more videos out for the channel. Stay tuned!
only had to watch it twice to understand completely, thank you it was a grate vid
Thanks for watching and happy it helped!
Thank you! Very informative & contains info that helps. 😁
You are so welcome! You rock!
Man i was watching the vid thinking it was from a channel with millions of subs, your animations and overall performance are better than most, should go on making vids introducing other sports or maybe a curiosities type channel, loved it!!!!
I can't believe there are no more videos in this serie! I was looking for the Guide to MLB video. I think that if you create more Guides for all sports, your channel will have a huge boost.
You are totally on point! There is definitely a series in production right now and I hope to get the next Sports 101 out before Thanksgiving. Still wrapping up a massive personal project and can't wait to get a new video out. Thanks for watching and stay tuned!!
Hey Lurks, thanks for the Vid. I really enjoyed it. I was wondering if you could maybe post your sources because I’m currently working on a project about the NFL and I still lack some sources. Keep up the good work !
I love love love this videos!
I'm new to NFL and some of this is confusing as hell haha I'll need to rewatch this
@@annimiano8562 Yeah it takes some time. I started watching when I was 8 and it took like a whole damn year to learn about it. Now I'm a super fan.
Yo thankyou so much, i realized the other day i watch sports from all over the world but i don't watch any American sports so decided to give the NFL a chance and this video helped massively !
as an american I am gonna give it a chance
Update from 2 weeks ago... i now love the NFL :') has the be the only sport i can think of where hype is an all time high and the broadcasts of it are actually decent, i was worried as being an englishman i'd find it too different but nope, Chiefs fan now too :D
This is a great quality video and easy to understand for an Aussie, I highly recommend looking into the Australian Football League, aussie rules football. A reaction video or video about the AFL would be entertaining. I may seem bias in saying it but it’s an elite sport that doesn’t get virtually any worldwide credit. Although it has been gaining some traction recently thanks to Pat McAfee.
This is great and thanks for the compliment! I agree in that the sport needs more exposure and would love to dive into that league in the future. Thanks for the tip!
Despite me knowing damn near everything about football, I always find myself coming back to this video. Probably because of the production value.
Very high quality vid with such few subscribers :/ Great Vid 👍🏻
Appreciate the kind words and for watching 😎
This video is told in a none patronising presentation, thank you for this, very clear and educational information
Happy you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching, you rock!
Phenomenal video!! Should've gotten far more attention!
Thanks for the kind words!
This was really well explained
Great animation bro! This video is underrated.
Underrated creator, keep up the good work 😀
I’ve been a diehard nfl fan for awhile now and this is surprisingly accurate!
Amazing video my man
actually perfect explanation, ty lad
Very cool video! Thank you!
Thank you so much!
Yoo how the heck do you not have more views and subs? This video is high quality, I’m subscribing!
Thanks for the kind words and support! You rock!! 😎👍
Wow thank you very much for the info. Im not a fan of football but lately I've been bothered by all the news and decides to learn and understand it. Thanks to this, im done with that. I'll just pick my team and im ready to watch ;)
Thanks for the explanation it’s very cool with the animation and thorough explanation. I’ve learned a lot.
So happy that you did! Thx for watching and for the kind words. You Rock!
I gotta say I came here because I was confused about the scheduling in the nfl, but now I’ve learned a lot thanks 🙏
You bet Wolf Man, I'm happy that you enjoyed it and learned something new!
Good video from Nairobi, Kenya. I am a noob at NFL and your video has helped me, i still don't even have a favourite team.
I'm an Australian (mainly a football-soccer fan of Inter Milan) and a Canucks fan in the NHL. Started getting into NFL this 23-24 season. I'm trying to decide out of Jaguars or Seahawks. I was in Seattle when Seahawks won Super Bowl, so I have that affinity with the team. I love the Pacific NW area and Seattle is obviously close in proximity the Vancouver. The Jags, I love the underdog status they have had and their kits/logo is fire. I also have been really enjoying watching Trevor Lawrence play. Any help of the pros and cons of either team would be greatly appreciated. Want to nail it down to one team to fully support.
I went with the Jags, join us!!
@@Sykotixno thanks i’ll stay w the chiefs lol 😆
Thank so much for this elaborate explanation
Glad it was helpful! I hope you learned something new and thanks for watching!
Thanks for the explanation.
The only thing I don’t understand is how they determine who’s higher on the ladder if they’re tied with the same amount of wins and losses
Fantastic question! Best answer I have for you is to check out the NFL website which goes into great detail in how they do break the tie = operations.nfl.com/the-rules/nfl-tie-breaking-procedures/
You deserve a prosperous career, Clear example of abysmally small channel making god-tier videos
You're exceptionally kind! Appreciate the support and for watching, you ROCK! 😎
This is so well done. You should make one for the NBA, MLB, etc.
Thanks Scott! Yep, that's my plan is to do the rest of the leagues for sure. Hopefully soon!
Such a great video
This video is phenomenal! The only thing that they need to change is the new schedule format to include that 17th game. Other than that it's brilliant
AMAZING video!! 👏🏼
Well explained for this Aussie 👍
British guy who recently started watching some NFL games, awesome video!
Thanks! I hope this video helped explain at least the basics on how the league operates to better understand a season of the NFL. Currently working on the sport itself so stay tuned!
This dude did an amazing job with this. Just have to update it to the 2021 schedule changes
Thank you for the kind compliment and you're totally right, I did an update on the scheduling change but not the playoff layout. Maybe this year I can get an update out? Who knows :) Regardless, thanks for watching and for the heads up! You ROCK!
Thanks man
Very good video mate I subbed
this is amazing work great video !!!!
Thank you so much 😀
This was very helpful because I watch the nba regularly and want to watch the nfl
This was really helpful
so good!
Thank you a lot
Amazing video!
Very well done this video
You guys should definitely do an updated video!
Awesome video!
Already know the sport of football, but this was awesome! You definitely deserve my like :)
You're too kind. Thanks for watching!!
What a great video! Great animation& Precise short narration! I am a first generation immigrant living in the U.S and wanted to familiarize my self with the NFL; this is the best video to give me a general grasp! Can you do one for the NBA and NBL?
Thank you for the kind words and for watching! I definitely intend to do one for the NBA and the game of basketball this year so stay tuned for those videos. You rock!
This video and demonstration is amazing! Thank you! Btw, watching this is 2021 haha
Very very nice 👍🏾
From India, Mostly a cricket, rugby & football fan (Hate the word soccer) and last few days all those Super Bowl videos made me curious and then this video appeared on my timeline, Good learn and am starting to like ‘American football’ ✌🏽
Great presentation! Only missed on explaining playoff seeding. Overall an excellent presentation of how the NFL works.
Thanks for watching and I'm happy you enjoyed it! I'm a little confused though on your suggestion because I go in detail about the Playoffs and how the teams are seeded at the 03:11 mark. Does that help?
this is really good!
And here I am on the day of the super bowl game. Thanks for the info.
Thanks for this video man, really impressive and very informative for us Non-american football fans. Shoutout from the Philippines ;-)
Thank you for the kind compliments!
I already knew something, having watched NFL for a few years, but there were some organizational things I wanted to clarify and your video did a wonderful job.
Appreciate you sharing this for that's the heart of the channel: for people to learn new things when it comes to sports or from the professional leagues the sport is played in! You rock!
I’m from South Africa and looking to get into watching American football. This video is very good at explaining the intricacies. Hopefully I catch the nfl bug
This is so complicated but interesting coming from a football fan (Soccer)
Great video. I'm not a complete stranger to the NFL, and had guessed some things from being an NBA fan, but as a european who pretty much only watches the Super Bowl I definitely learned some things here :)
That's awesome to hear! Thanks for watching and for sharing, you ROCK! 😎