Having your favorite football team show up on HBO’s Hard Knocks has never really been considered a great thing.
First, it means they probably weren’t good last year. They probably missed the playoffs by a thread or were one of the worst teams in the league. And they’ve probably got a high profile rookie people are looking forward to watching because they had a high draft pick because, well, they stunk.
Plus, on top of all that, NFL players seem to generally hate being on television in the middle of training camp.
Yet, still, for some reason, there are a bunch of NFL fans weirdly upset that their team won’t be featured this year.
This year’s Hard Knocks will be an all-LA extravaganza featuring the Chargers and Rams, according to a report from Adam Schefter.
More on Hard Knocks" planning to supersize this summer and to feature the Los Angeles Rams and the Los Angeles Chargers:https://t.co/qNuvvaKnV3
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 7, 2020
There were a bunch of fans on Twitter calling for different teams to be featured.
The Cardinals were the obvious pick
— Lorenzo Washington (@GeneralZos) April 7, 2020
They couldn't do it on the Tampa ShowBucc's? They signed Brady
— Joe Lawson (@DirtFiction) April 7, 2020
Then, there was another bunch of (more reasonable) fans complaining that they had to watch the Rams again. They were also featured in 2016 ahead of Jared Goff’s rookie season.
Pass. We just did the Rams!
— Slambe (@slambe13_) April 7, 2020
Again with these rams!?
— Kole M. Niño (@kollieee22) April 7, 2020
Jared Goff on hard knocks again Smh
— Shawn Edwards (@ShawnEd71978536) April 7, 2020
Did the @RamsNFL volunteer? They did it in 2016. Aren’t they exempt?
— Greg Schoenbaechler (@Greg603) April 7, 2020
Maybe they’ll pick differently next year, y’all. Who knows?
Although, with the way things are now because of coronavirus, there might not even be a Hard Knocks to complain about this summer. We’ll see.