Have followed the NFL since 1990 ( avid Pittsburgh Steelers fan ) - REALLY enjoy it 80++% of the time.
Dream of going to a game over there one day but guess what - most stadiums have 10,000+++ ( some up to 80,000 - Green Bay Packers ) waiting lists for ( what we call ) home and away / season games.
You MUST understand most the rules to appreciate the game- YES it can be BORING - but some games are simply outstanding.
If you missed today's Superbowl ( just finished watching the recordered version from me good ole Tivo ) then you missed an absolute cracker - a tight game that went down to the last hail mary pass and could have gone either way in the last second. It was a good example of using the clock to your advantage, failing at that and having to defend in the last 35 seconds - a VERY good game today with some MASSIVE hits as well.
It is a game that can take ages to get your head into and it is unfair to try and draw any comparison to the ( great ) endless flowing and running game of AFL ( come-on you Swaneeees
) or the non stop brutality of the NRL ( which some also consider boring due to its endless and predictable hit 5 up and kick routines ) - NFL is an incredibly strategic game , I think what annoys most people is the time taken between plays, and the fact that a game can seem to take 17 days to end
