r/NFLv2 • u/ExoticAd7605 Indianapolis Colts • 2h ago
Discussion Hey NFL Newsflash: We don’t give AF about NFL players wives.
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u/BilliardTheKid New York Jets 2h ago edited 2h ago
It feels a little excessive tonight. Even just from the standpoint of letting them watch the game somewhat privately/ not have to be constantly on guard for the camera
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u/DaddyDoThat Green Bay Packers 2h ago
Something tells me Ol' Kelly loves it
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u/BBaddict2 2h ago
Yeah. She is eating that shit up. They’ve shown her more than Hailee Steinfeld, so it makes her feel as famous as Hailee
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u/jrstinkfish Miami Dolphins 1h ago
She's only a surgery or two away from Mar-a-Lago face. So young to start messing with her face.
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u/WorthPlease Buffalo Bills 1h ago
Seriously why are they starting so young? Im shocked her cheek muscles were able to hold on.
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u/mf-TOM-HANK 1h ago
Remember when she compared Michigan covid restrictions to Nazi Germany for internet clout?
Yeah she loves the attention
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u/ThrowRA_looking 1h ago
She is the worst. Can’t wait till he retires. She is old and a hag.
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u/BBaddict2 1h ago
She might be doing to opposite Giselle to him, forcing him to stay in the league so she has relevance
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u/Serious-Manager2361 1h ago
It's unusual because it's in LA so Josh's wife is at the game. I don't think she usually attends.
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u/peanutjamz 1h ago
She normally attends but prefers not to be shown. I think the Disney/Hexed promotion may have overruled her wishes on this one since it was an ABC broadcast
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u/Exotic-Fuel-8420 1h ago
it’s because the bills are staying on the west coast for the week until their game on sunday
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u/Twix_McFlurry Carolina Panthers 2h ago
Why is this guy so mad?
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u/No_Entertainer_5163 Kansas City Chiefs 2h ago
Because he chooses to care instead of not care but saying he doesn’t care, and therefore makes a post saying he doesn’t care but all it does is demonstrate how much he does care.
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u/Shitfurbreins Buffalo Bills 1h ago
Because two women appeared on his screen for a handful of seconds
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u/DryDiscipline2001 28m ago
Oh fuck off
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u/Unknown-History 22m ago
It's really not an exaggeration, that's just about bang on what OP is complaining about.
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u/r3eezy Green Bay Packers 2h ago
My wife immediately checks in when they show someone’s wife and then asks me all these questions about them and I tell her I have no clue.
So it’s definitely working for attracting different types of viewers than me and you….
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u/Ok-Freedom-7432 2h ago
Is it? Will your wife turn this on if you don't already have it on? Will she sit through ads so she doesn't miss any of it?
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u/Striking_Oven5978 1h ago
As a woman who got into football for pretty much this reason, yes. Eventually, you start leaning about/caring about the actual game, but this is totally how it started for me.
7 years later, I watch football religiously. And yes, I have Brittany Mahomes to thank for that.
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u/MustLoveWhales 1h ago
I think theyre down voting out of embarassment because a woman admitted she now watches football because of Brittany Mahomes. It just feels very... cringe?
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u/jmcdon00 1h ago
How did you know who Brittany Mahomes was?
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u/Striking_Oven5978 1h ago
Because when I was watching with my boyfriend at the time (he was a big fan), PM2 was all the rage and they did a segment on him/her. I was looking her up on instagram, and she was around my age posting and posted shit I was into.
Now that I prefer football over the WAGs, I am no longer a Patrick Mahomes fan, but I’m just telling you that it CAN help women get into it.
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u/Jean-Ralphio11 1h ago
Its the long game. Getting more and more women more and more ok with the games. The more they sit and watch the better chances of them being cool with not planning things when games are on and that will also rub off on the daughters. Not saying it will work but thats the marketing idea.
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u/ncroofer 1h ago
Yup, little stuff like this has made my gf pay more attention over the years. She’s definitely gotten more into it and will ask me if I’m putting games on now. I used to get pushback and that’s pretty much gone
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u/hereforthesportsball Dallas Cowboys 1h ago
A lot of these guys do not have girls or wives, so they just don’t see any benefit. Just loser things
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u/r3eezy Green Bay Packers 1h ago
You don’t think more people looking at ads is a good thing? It’s not just about total number of devices watching something. Ratings also consider the total number of people looking at a single device….. aka household average.
You just want to draw people in however you can. My wife talking about Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl at work is a whole new demographic talking about the NFL. Yeah… it’s a strategy that works.
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u/gncRocketScientist Sponsored by Draft Kings 1h ago
No, but she might tolerate me watching the whole game instead of getting pissed off at me for not wanting to do something else.
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u/Objective_Candle4075 1h ago
It could. But it also helps more couples watch together for very different reasons. If both are invested for whatever reason than they are far less likely not to watch one weekend.
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u/KotzubueSailingClub Green Bay Packers 1h ago
"Sit through" ads is a little misleading. If she's half paying attention, then she will still see/hear ads even if she's doing something else. Decades of advertisement research means they know exactly how to plant a seed with loud noises, quick cuts, and repetitive messaging. If showing an occasional WAG on TV is enough to get other people in the houses to be in the same room as the TV, then the networks will get the added corresponding ad revenue if they convince the advertisers that they are getting people's attention.
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u/danflorian1984 1h ago
Different sport, but my female colleagues started watching Formula 1 because they really found attractive a pilot, Charles Leclerc. But now they are following on Instagram and know a lot of details about most pilots wives and girlfirends. They seem more intersted in their love lives than the sport.
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u/ThisOneGoes211 2h ago
I don’t give a shit about Jerry jones but I have to see his wrinkles 10 times per cowboys game. Get over it
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u/swass-print New England Patriots 1h ago
I like seeing Jerry pissed more than the wives worried
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u/CoreyC1313 Philadelphia Eagles 1h ago
I would've watched 3 straight hours of Jerry cam on Thursday
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u/HotSteak Minnesota Vikings 1h ago
Yeah, I don't want to see Jerry if the Cowboys are winning, but when things are going wrong keep showing me Jerry's "reaction".
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u/jlg_5 1h ago
Preach! And Mark Davis too
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u/RunningFree701 1h ago
Making us look at that haircut has to be some sort of human rights violation.
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u/Imperial10 1h ago
But I rather see that decomposing husk of a human slam his hands down in frustration after watching his team not win a Super Bowl again for the 30th straight year.
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u/Draminian 1h ago
Exactly. I'd way rather look at Hailee Steinfeld and Stafford's wife than whatever crusty old guys own the teams.
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u/sillyfunnyguy05 New York Giants 2h ago
Idk I’ll never be mad about looking at Hailee Steinfeld
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u/Mediocre-Lie-1959 2h ago
Correct show me Hailee Steinfeld at least once a Bills game and T.Swift zero times a Chiefs game.
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u/No_Entertainer_5163 Kansas City Chiefs 2h ago
It’s honestly hilarious how much grown men care about not caring. If you didn’t care you wouldn’t bother to make a post about someone being on a tv for 10 seconds lol.
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u/Enwich Washington Commanders 2h ago
You guys are tired of seeing 2 attractive woman?
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u/jay2491 2h ago
It’s not that deep, a 3 second flash shouldn’t trigger you to the point of needing to run to reddit and make a post about it
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u/statelesspirate000 Jacksonville Jaguars 2h ago
But our wives might, and that’s the demographic they’re trying to add to the one they already have
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u/Dramatic-Fly761 2h ago
Calm down sweetie, whether it’s their wives or random fat guys in the stands they’re going to show people in the stands
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u/GxColls_AMT Jacksonville Jaguars 2h ago
I hate that this is a thing now… was just thinking the exact same thing. No one cares
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u/Dismal-Economics-322 New England Patriots 2h ago
My wife perks up, I think it moves the needle, who cares anyways it’s two seconds between plays
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u/Perpetual-Warlock 2h ago
They know they already have you hook, line, and sinker. They are trying to expand their demographic. It's not that complicated.
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u/TheNomadPilgrim 1h ago
Here's Stafford... and here's his wife. STAFFORD WITH A BIG THROW! and his excited wife. STAFFORD TOUCHDOWN! and his wife is happy. Rams about to win with a FG and blocked! Stafford wife sad. Josh Allen with a big run! His GF Steinfeld nervous. Bills win on a FG! Steinfeld happy.
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u/Upton4 Green Bay Packers 2h ago
News flash: you’re not the target market they are chasing.
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u/Delicious-Walk3855 2h ago
Can tell you’re a new fan. In the fucking 90s they’d cut to Bill Cowher’s 5/10 wife and obsess over how she played volleyball in college.
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u/jstalm 2h ago
If their baddies then their gonna shown, win win.
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u/Stunning_Stop4463 1h ago
Holy fuck, i hope English is not your first language. Maybe you're a CTE victim?
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u/Damn-Quantity-150 San Francisco 49ers 2h ago
then why does taylor swift get shown so much?
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u/pwolf1771 Kansas City Chiefs 2h ago
Imagine thinking these shots were for the hardcore fans and not their disinterested partners…
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u/kbenjaminfotos Green Bay Packers 2h ago
I think it’s weirder that you care so much that you came to Reddit to talk about it. When they start showing the wives during an active play, I’ll have a problem, until then show me Kelly smirk when Matt hits Tae late.
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u/Particular-Silly 2h ago
Of all the things in life to be so emotional about who the NFL shows on screen is pretty idiotic
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u/twelve112 2h ago
Hate to break it to ya but the player wives are getting women involved and it all started with Taylor swift. The screaming i hear now when Travis Kelce catches a pass. It's the most they've ever gave a damn
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u/gkenderd 2h ago
I do? It's way more interesting than the product on the field.
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u/redeyedandblue32 1h ago
the fact you used the phrase "product on the field" makes it hard to believe you think that
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u/1UpJump23 1h ago
It's not for us. It's for the uninterested wives and girlfriends, they are trying to get them invested to buy more merch and sell more shit.
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u/Strong-Movie-7359 1h ago
Her and Britney Mahome's wife only claim to fame is that they married NFL players. If they didn't marry football players no one would know who the hell they are
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u/BookkeeperBoobs 1h ago
Same like when you’re watching a movie and it’s like Neil Armstrong or some other super interesting protagonist who has a super interesting job…couldn’t care less about their family drama. The nagging wife despite the fact her husband is a hero.
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u/BudLightLymeDisease Chicago Bears 1h ago
Unless it's Gillian Anderson making out with Jessica Chastain there's no reason to show me anything happening that's not football
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u/iParkooo Philadelphia Eagles 1h ago
Idk man I really don’t care either way. Show them or show some 300-lb drunk dude idgaf
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u/RayDanielsOnTheAir New England Patriots 1h ago
I’m sensing some sort of new Real Housewives thing.
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u/Fit_Lab_2557 1h ago
I don’t consistently watch MNF but it does seem like an unusual amount of cutaways with the exception of Taylor Swift
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u/Silent-Education677 1h ago
I was thinking the same thing not that I don’t give a fuck it was just odd they kept showing her
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u/FlowerOk2623 1h ago
They can cut to Hailee Steinfeld as many times as they want. That woman is smokin hot.
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u/Soj_Sojington Cincinnati Bengals 1h ago
Meanwhile my friend immediately texted “you’re telling me Hailee Steinfeld’s been there the whole time and this is the first time we get to see her?!”
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u/DiomedesTydeides 1h ago
There are plenty of people who do.. relax. Your giving a shit who they show between plays is far more unusual than a few shots of people’s significant others.
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u/sephtater Cincinnati Bengals 1h ago
I didn’t know which one was his wife. All these white women look the same!
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u/Grizzle193 1h ago
Awwww poor baby can’t handle seeing women on a screen. Soft as fuck dude. Get a life
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u/SatosEscortService 1h ago
I’d rather watch Hailey jump up and down than Josh Allen torch a trash defense again.
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u/Delicious_Tea_9534 CTESPN 1h ago
I do, I am happy for the players that their significant others are supporting them
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u/Hombre-Delfin8533 1h ago
I enjoy it. I enjoy seeing the fashion, intelligence, and comraderie among young socialites. I also enjoy drinking piss and smashing my penis with a industrial missile silo
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u/FreeChemicalAids Baltimore Ravens 2h ago
Youre gonna watch the game no matter what, its the women they are trying to turn into viewers.