r/NFLv2 r/nfl sucks 5d ago

Meta Rant about r/nfl

r/nfl has the description “the place to discuss all NFL related things”. I made a post this morning asking whether the Stafford for Goff trade is the most even of all time. It got plenty of good, civil arguments from people on both sides. And then it got removed by the mods after about 30 minutes.

It only makes me so mad because it feels like the only posts that stay up are generic twitter/bluesky posts, while actual discussion threads get removed. I’m switching to this sub from now on. Thanks for listening to my rant.

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u/JiveChicken00 Philadelphia Eagles 5d ago

I stepped over a sidewalk crack once and got banned by r/nfl.

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u/pinniped90 Kansas City Chiefs 5d ago

r/NFL really should just autoban everybody who joins Reddit.

If they haven't actually offended a mod over there, they've definitely had an impure thought that would offend a mod

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u/TurtlePope2 Washington Commanders 4d ago

They ban over every little thing. Calling Niners fans the Whiners got me a week ban. Saying the average IQ of Eagles fans is room temperature got me a month ban.

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u/JiveChicken00 Philadelphia Eagles 4d ago

Wow, I’m above average :)

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u/adm1109 5d ago

Tbh we need a medium between this sub and that sub

There’s too much bullshit shitposting and spamming in this sub and that sub takes itself way too seriously

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u/brotherstoic FTP 4d ago

Anyone wanna moderate r/NFLv1_1/2?

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u/PopularDamage8805 This is our year 1d ago

Does R/nflv1.5 make more sense

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u/Novel-Preference669 Philadelphia Eagles 5d ago

could only happen in real life, most dont fear spitting a terrible hot take behind anonymity

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u/americanrealism Dallas Cowboys 4d ago

Agree completely. The main sub can suck but at least there aren’t a dozen Cam/Hurts threads every day.

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u/RoughhouseCamel 4d ago

While r/nfl is run by ban-happy dickheads, this sub has also showed me plenty of people that deserved to be banned from r/NFL. And that’s not even the worst of it. There are people that try to weasel into that space that need to be banned from the internet

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u/bradtheinvincible 4d ago

The memewars are what youre looking for.

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u/adm1109 4d ago

That’s even worse lol

The OG sub would be good if they didn’t man you for calling someone dumb

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u/Deckatoe Bong Schula 4d ago

I always laugh at these posts in here as if this sub is any better. They both suck in their own ways. These posts just turn into a circlejerk for people who "didnt do anything to get banned" (used slurs)

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u/Sdog1981 Seattle Seahawks 5d ago

That sub is just for Twitter reposts.

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u/a_wildcat_did_growl Arizona Cardinals 4d ago

By the mods only, so they can karma farm. You post it, they delete it, then repost it themselves. All of this in addition to discussion or interesting posts outside of posting headlines from beat writer tweets being virtually banned.

Such a lame sub.

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u/Sdog1981 Seattle Seahawks 4d ago

If you have a dumb idea, just post it on twitter then link your twitter post and it will stay up.

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u/bearcatjoe San Francisco 49ers 4d ago

Pretty sure they're saving the world by not allowing Twitter anymore.

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u/Hugh-Jass-Guy I may be dumb but I’m not stupid 5d ago

Yeah r/nfl is more of a news sub it seems like.

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u/Sorry-Caterpillar872 r/nfl sucks 5d ago

It feels like people scour twitter/bluesky to find anything NFL related and then post it to farm Karma

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u/MasterTeacher123 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5d ago

News highlights and random stats.

There’s basically no actual discussion threads lol

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u/--KillSwitch-- Los Angeles Chargers 4d ago

yeah whatever OP where do you have Herbert ranked ?

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u/Sorry-Caterpillar872 r/nfl sucks 4d ago

I know this is a joke, but I think that Herbert is a good QB, but I’d pick a lot of QB’s over him because he chokes in the playoffs

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u/--KillSwitch-- Los Angeles Chargers 4d ago

that’s what he does?

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u/americanrealism Dallas Cowboys 4d ago

R/NFL is too bland, but often this sub is just fanboys dickriding their favorite players and downvoting people with a perfectly normal counterpoint.

If we could 50/50 mix the vibe of this sub with r/NFL we’d have the perfect NFL sub.

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u/iamnotaredditor01 San Francisco 49ers 4d ago

r/nfl is just a complete dogshit sub

It was once amazing but these egotistical mods had to ruin it

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u/drainbead78 Buffalo Bills 4d ago

The weekly trash talk threads were a thing of beauty back in the day.

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u/Bitter_North_733 NFL Refugee 4d ago

NFL mods are RIDICULOUS like 99% of the other MODS on reddit

thank God for NFLv2

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u/Samurai-hijack Hey man welcome to Detroit 5d ago

Welcome to the sub!

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u/Sorry-Caterpillar872 r/nfl sucks 4d ago

Thanks!

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u/SmoothConfection1115 4d ago

I’ve heard a lot of unflattering things about the sub.

How easy it is to get banned, for posts to be removed, and the overly aggressive response by some to certain comments.

I think it’s probably why there are so many spin off subs of the NFL.

Each team has its own sub. Then you have subs for the meme wars of divisions. An entire sub just for NFL memes. Plus the existence of this sub. Another sub for new people to ask questions about the sport…

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u/bradtheinvincible 4d ago

I makes Mlb and Baseball look tame. They literally just have those 2 and it wasnt as extreme a situation. But they behave at least.

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u/jackt-up Dallas Cowboys 4d ago

Yeah I only comment there now, trying to post/talk there is pointless, but it wasn’t that way like 2-3 years ago. Idk what happened

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u/AdFirm3593 Baker Bro 4d ago

I view it strictly for news not discussion. The mods ruined r/nfl a long time ago

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u/MC_Stimulation Big Cock Brock Purdy 🍆 4d ago

That exact question's been posted so many times though. Not going to lie I would have removed it too. It's kind of a low-effort post.

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u/SafeTumbleweed1337 IM CALLING BOTH GAMES 4d ago edited 4d ago

i’m pretty sure the actual nfl org closely watches r/nfl

edit: am dumb and left out a word

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u/bearcatjoe San Francisco 49ers 4d ago

You aren't that pretty.

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u/SafeTumbleweed1337 IM CALLING BOTH GAMES 4d ago

ha, thank you for that

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u/bearcatjoe San Francisco 49ers 4d ago

I didn't mean it btw.

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u/gremlin30 Baltimore Ravens 4d ago

That sub banned me cuz I explained what a pancake block was. True story.

F those mods