Football fans across social media were not impressed and at times even angry about last night's Brazilian NFL debut between the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers that was only available via streaming on NBC Peacock. A variety of poor field conditions, shotty graphics, a streaming delay that hurt live sports bettors, and a lackluster crowd was the perfect storm for the NFL to turn off many American viewers from the idea of international games.
Almost immediately after last night's kickoff, fans noticed that the playing turf at San Paulo's Corinthians Arena was worse than MetLife Stadium's infamously horrible field conditions. Players were slipping all over the place last night as Eagles and Packers fans were most likely cursing up a storm while watching at home praying that nobody got hurt. (Packers quarterback Jordan Love in fact, did get hurt, but that came via a tackle rather than the turf.)
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