During tonight’s Arizona Cardinals-Dallas Cowboys Sunday Night Football games NBC introduced a new feature for their broadcasts that they hoped would revolutionize the way people watch football called the ‘Green Zone”.
The Green Zone is used on third downs and is meant to show viewers how far a team has to go to get a first down.
You didn't even know that you needed a "Green Zone" to watch NFL games, did you! pic.twitter.com/1JBcNkmP7X
— Funhouse (@BackAftaThis) August 27, 2018
Welcome to the green zone.
On third downs, see just how far players will have to go at any point during the play to get a first down. pic.twitter.com/cCLdkdLjls
— Sunday Night Football on NBC (@SNFonNBC) August 27, 2018
Of course viewers immediately hated the Green Zone and took to Twitter to immediately crush it on Twitter.
I appreciate the effort, but please immediately remove the “Green Zone” from all future broadcasts
— Cameron Magruder (@ScooterMagruder) August 27, 2018
OMG @nbc just revolutionized football with “The Green Zone!” 🙄
— Soulbastard (@badkaratemovie) August 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/tcorbin2223/status/1033870484675420162
The green zone is for all the idiots who couldn’t understand the yellow line – What Al Michaels wanted to say
— Chris Lomas (@Chris_Lomas_) August 27, 2018
"Pretty soon we're going to have nothing but green zone on the screen". I don't know if it's been realized yet, but the football field is green.
— Sean Martin ✭ (@SeanMartinNFL) August 27, 2018
So, what you are looking at here is EXTRA GREEN grass. Don't be alarmed, the rest of the grass is green, but in the green zone, the grass is even greener. And, should you get to the other side of the green zone, you get a 1st down. https://t.co/BjHaVEToPq
— Bob Sturm (@SportsSturm) August 27, 2018
Someone give me a crying Jordan face on the Green Zone, now. I’m too lazy to start up my computer. #SNF #ARIvsDAL https://t.co/v6lNXOVpPn
— Jarrod Evans (@jrod1869) August 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/Jus2fst46/status/1033871452410454016
— Connor Thomas (@ConnorThomas975) August 27, 2018
Of course Colin Cowherd had to take the contrarian view.
I like the Green Zone. Good idea. I’m sure Twitter will react w thoughtful nuance for its debut. #snf
— Colin Cowherd (@ColinCowherd) August 27, 2018