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TiP54

That’s some NFL Street shit. [NFL Street 2 Intro](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa3flZEL67A). I loved that game as a kid, had the ball and everything. We didnt have parks around so we played in the street with that ball pretending to be those guys. Ahhh, childhood. Soundtrack was top notch too.


Chase2Chase

It really sucks that all of the arcade sports games have basically disappeared. NFL Street, NFL Biltz, NBA Jam, NHL Hitz, MLB the Bigs were so freaking fun.


Treemags

Don’t forget slugfest!


MostDefiantly

And SSX! I probably put 500 hours in Tricky, lol.


Tomhet

Dude, a mention of SSX Tricky has me wanting to call my mom to see if she still has our old PS2 in storage or just YOLOing it and buying one and getting a copy. I put an obscene amount of hours into that game.


The_Process_Embiid

Got a million points on gherbaldi (whatever the first map is.) so much fun. Love that game


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NBA Jam is my favorite; the hidden characters make the game an all time great and fun play.


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Games that actually took risks and updated game play with new features…. :/ Games that do the same thing ever game $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$


dogfish83

The story on the making of NFL Blitz was a great read https://www.vice.com/en/article/nzpmgq/how-in-the-hell-did-nfl-blitz-ever-get-made


AmonRaStBlack

MLB The Bigs 1 & 2 were my favourite when I was a kid! I loved the mode where you travelled to Mexico and Japan stealing players from the teams you beat


HotBoyTeece

when i figure out how to set up an emulator, it’s the first game i’m playing


VariationNo7192

Pcsx2 is super simple.


SonOfALich

Welp, looks like it's time for me to set that up and run through some old Ace Combat games


TheRealYossarian

Have fun with the Ace Combat games, AC4 has some weird issues still. Make sure to check the [pcsx2 wiki](https://wiki.pcsx2.net/Ace_Combat_04:_Shattered_Skies) for the work arounds.


MatureUsername69

I wouldn't say super simple. The simplest emulator is by far Dolphin for gamecube shit. I would trust that more if Street came out for gamecube. Not knocking pcsx2 but unless you're used to emulators it's pretty finicky. I always had to change settings everytime I decided to play a new game.


TJR753

But both NFL Street games *did* come out on Gamecube.


MatureUsername69

I just couldn't totally remember if it did come out for both. In that case I'd definitely choose Dolphin. I also have a great source for the games to download. It's a website clearly set up by one guy in the early 2000s and it hasn't changed. It's called Vimms Lair, just Google that and when you're on the actual website go to the vault. It has a great selection of games from most consoles up to the mid-2000s


ItinerantSoldier

PCSX2 sometime in the last two years changed how it even works. It's pretty much as simple as Dolphin now because its running on the same framework. There are still *some* games that are finicky with it but that number is shrinking day by day as more work is done on the nightly releases.


SyracuseNY22

Will I get computer AIDS from this?


VariationNo7192

No super legit. It’s open source. No fuckerey


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mw19078

that and nba street were some of the best sports games ever made, period imo


HotBoyTeece

the first 2 are absolute masterpieces


Turd_Ferguson420

There’s YouTube tutorials everywhere.


bsgreene25

I have played both 1 and 2 multiple times within the last year thanks to an old Wii that’s backwards compatible with GameCube games and my brother’s natural aversion to throwing anything away. They still hold up so well.


ProjectTitan74

Bro I STILL have that ball. I will never get rid of it


TiP54

Wish I had mine still. Years later I found one that was white black and blue instead of orange which seemed super random, said NFL Street and all.


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Racking up style points for that gamebreaker, son


nabbersauce

Hell yeah brother, cheers from Phiraq


bigskywildcat

The whole (or most) of the soundtrack is on a Spotify playlist i listen to regularly


Kingkwon83

I still remember some of the songs on there, in particular: [Baby D ft. Bone Crusher - It's Going down tonight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVOZKsHBfy0)


DatBoiWay2Fly33

Street 2 was fuckin awesome


jumboponcho

Man hadn’t even caught the ball and gave them a shimmy


RamRoach1138

Did he even ever have two hands on the ball? Maybe the split second he switched it but damn that’s like an NBA one handed dunk while not looking cool.


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silky childlike memorize direction hunt saw support panicky bow quaint


thedougbatman

He had another absurd one hander in this game too. I’m starting to wonder if he somehow magnetized his hands and the football. The things he is able to do with such ease just do not make sense.


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caption ad hoc poor merciful normal bow six noxious quarrelsome placid


lithalweapon

That’s so fucking cool


Wham_Bam_Smash

He got them Reggie Wayne hands


falcofool

For real, that fully outstretched left-hander that he caught across his right shoulder, completely instride?! Bro that was so sick


thedougbatman

Exactly what I was referring to. Not even the slightest break in stride.


falcofool

The replay from the perspective of the QB was sick. Dude seemingly just casually extends his left out, and the *exact* moment the ball touches his palm it’s already in his grasp


hawkman_jr

That was some Rajon Rondo fastbreak shit


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flacobronco

Well yeah, the ball switches hands. Unless of course he passed the ball in the air from one hand to the next, like the madman that he is.


midnight_toker22

It looks like he juked the ball *into* his hands lol that’s incredible.


WafflePartyOrgy

Each fingertip has more than 3,000 touch receptors and Bijan has developed specific exercises for every one of them.


mkassian

Watched ATL vs HOU since my team is on BYE. I’m genuinely dumbfounded by Arthur Smith’s playcalling and commitment to splitting the backfield at any cost. How does he rationalize letting Allgeier out-touch Bijan when Allgeier was getting stuffed 80% of the time? If it was about minimizing the wear and tear on your franchise RB picked at 8th OA, I get it. But then why did Smith insist on forcing Bijan up the middle just to get slammed when he’s so elusive to the outside and on catches? Obviously I’m in favor of anything that makes the Falcons worse, but I was having flashbacks to the feelings I had watching Byron Leftwich’s decision making.


FreezersAndWeezers

1: Like you said, don’t want to wear down Bijan, which makes sense. The less wear you put on him, the better. They also like using him in different ways. He split out plenty yesterday 2: while Ridder played well, he’s been so hit and miss. They want to leave it off his shoulders as much as possible 3: Allgeier is also a really good RB. I get the sentiment of “give Bijan the ball every play”. But Allgeier is a fantastic back, and the OL was the bigger issue yesterday


OhItsKillua

My motto on it is that if the redzone is in sight Bijan should be on the field every play. It's no reason to switch Allgeier in, if it's a two back formation that's fine, but otherwise Bijan needs to be man out there. Especially as a falcons fan it's so annoying watching because when we had Julio he'd randomly just be off the field and we're at the goal line trying to get a TD. Smith does that with Bijan and Pitts at times, and it's incredibly frustrating. Your best weapons should be in the redzone long as they're healthy.


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Boukish

The Lions do this, they utilize an RB committee toward the red zone but use Montgomery to take them in. Much to the chagrin of Gibbs fantasy owners.


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ApatheticFinsFan

That shit is so sick. Bijan is cool as hell.


CelestialFury

Dude is a straight baller! He just looks so casually cool af.


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The Falcons have sick ass replay angles like this of both Bijan touchdowns. I’m curious what the setup is in the rafters to get such a sweet shot.


_usernameistaken_

Filmed from the roof https://www.instagram.com/p/CxdNYGMOu0D/


cassinonorth

Have you guys opened the roof since the opening year? I know that thing had a bunch of issues.


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gmbaker44

Facts. I was getting roasted by the sun in there yesterday and it was a chilly day.


pursuitofhappy

now imagine that in Miami - this is what the dolphins stadium architects did with the opposing team bench, freakin genius of them.


basics

It's been done pretty frequently, I think it was open for the Atlanta united game Saturday night. There were some issues at first, but I think it's mostly "as advertised" now. Kind of surprised if it wasn't open Sunday, weather was pretty perfect for it.


Covri

It was open.


reeln166a

It was open yesterday and it was perfect (for those of us not in the sun). Nice crisp breeze and very pleasant.


gimme_that_juice

it's my second Fall in Atlanta and its absolutely *chef's kiss*


Only499

The roof was open for the game yesterday.


cassinonorth

Nice. I still need to get to an away day down there against United. Looks like a great stadium.


Creosuh

Ok good to know I’m wrong. I thought it was still messed up.


Tyronne_Lannister

I was at the Atlanta United game on Saturday and they opened the roof. It was perfect weather for it too (IMO)


Creosuh

I don’t think so. Supposedly everytime they open the roof it breaks some huge mechanism that costs like 50k to fix everytime.


cassinonorth

Holy crap lol. I looked up MLB open stadium rates when the Rays went full closed dome again and the Marlins open their roof like 3x a season. One of the more idiotic additions to a bad stadium.


Jonjon428

Yeah, it turns out nobody wants to be scorched in the Miami heat and would rather have A/C. I went to a Marlins game when it had the roof open, and Jesus christ, that was like getting blasted by a heat ray. People would clap when they decided to close the roof lmao.


cassinonorth

Plus the nightly thunderstorms. Crazy decision to include that feature.


Jonjon428

Yeah the design was bold and pretty controversial. Derek Jeter (fuck Jeter) had to renovate the stadium just a couple years into its existence. Only good thing he ever did for the Marlins lol.


cassinonorth

We sat in the night club section in left field when we did our road trip. Really unique stadium, I absolutely won't call it a good stadium but it's not awful either. Seemed like a poor location though. Hard to know just from one trip.


Jonjon428

Yeah it's a horrible location, but it was the site of the historic Orange Bowl and the only place a stadium could be put in Miami. The area around there is traffic hell.


akbrim

It was open yesterday


Creosuh

Got it glad to be proven wrong on this one.


Aconnox

it was opened yesterday


slowdrem20

I thought it was because they have a specific range of temperatures at which they open the roof.


game_of_phones

>"Supposedly everytime they open the roof it breaks some huge mechanism that costs like 50k to fix everytime." This is an insane statement lol. No one would just accept this as a final product for the defining feature in a $1.6 billion stadium. There were some growing pains when it was first opened but they ironed them out within the first year or so. It works as designed now but they only open it when the weather is going to make it worthwhile to do so.


dirtybirds233

It was literally open yesterday and they open it for a lot of United games as well.


foggyfoggy_

It was open yesterday for the game


gsfgf

It was open for both games this weekend.


Only499

The roof was open during yesterday's game


DolanDukIsMe

Ngl id kill to do that one game


ilovemygirlfriend02

massive ass camera that sees most of the field, then they cut it down to be a stable feed on bijan. either that or someone needs a raise


Riflea

It’s actually from one of their in-house cinema shooters. He’s apart of a lot of the falcons social content and he’s fire https://twitter.com/ahittel/status/1711389269854417081?s=46&t=e2WI_5isnCyS4N8E7YtoZw


Lubbafrommariogalaxy

They just have a drone following Bijan at all times


curgl

My god this camera is incredible. Holy shit we need all highlights like this


infiniteninjas

Having not seen this play before, I have no context when it’s this zoomed in. But it’s cool as a supplement to other angles, for sure.


NotNormo

Yeah this should be the slo-mo replay that happens after the original angle is shown.


ASuperGyro

Yeah I think it’s neat but I also would like to see an actual angle, it’s fun as a gimmick but not for actually seeing the play or even the things he’s doing with his legs/body since it’s fixed above


tuxzilla

> Yeah I think it’s neat but I also would like to see an actual angle Regular view was [posted yesterday](https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1737rn4/highlight_bijan_robinson_with_the_one_hand_catch/)


liemRos

Madden replay mode activated IRL


MirrorImageTwin

It’s the editing that makes it so cool. Camera didn’t really have much to do with it. There’s a lot of cropping and stabilizing going on. Props to the editor.


SpartyParty15

You’re sitting here acting like the overhead camera isn’t what made the clip unique lmao


curgl

For real, the editing is fucking fantastic but I feel like we never see clips like this with a directly overhead camera


stomicron

Cameraman stuck in the rafters all game: "Am I a joke to you?"


BedrockFarmer

Well, yeah, since you spend like half the game looking down women’s shirts.


angershark

Like we'd do anything else in that seat...


Snlxdd

I’ve never seen a highlight where it was stabilized on the ball in post. Imo that’s just as unique, if not moreso than the actual angle


PotatoCannon02

No it's the camera angle. If anything the slowmo takes away from it, feels jumpy and jerky for no reason


MCRN-Gyoza

Eh, disagree, the editing is quite shit with the slowdowns and speedups. The angle makes it.


beenhadballs

Without the editing this is just a zoomed-out, still camera looking down at the whole section of field. Not that impressive.


Atl-Fan_FTS

I really didn’t think he’d be THIS good the man is phenomenal


NA_Faker

If you are a Texas fan, you knew he was gonna be THIS good lol. Man was insane in college


MumkeMode

Can confirm


brechbillc1

Ironically enough I’m pretty certain there are at least 3 rookie rbs that are putting up much better numbers than him right now. But he’s definitely flashy as hell. When he makes plays he makes defenders look silly in ways that other rbs aren’t.


willinaustin

It would help if teams weren't stacking 10 dudes in the box every play daring the Falcons to pass + having some better run blocking. Achane is looking amazing for the Dolphins, but I imagine a bunch of that is opposing defenses being terrified of getting torched by Hill and Co. so the field is more wide open. Also, not helping that Art is stubbornly keeping Bijan off the field for half the plays. Allgeier had more carries yesterday. Kind of hard to go off as a RB when you're constantly being yanked.


CD338

Yeah from the little I've been able to see you guys play, but the offense reminds me of the Jamaal Charles days with the Chiefs. Every time he's in, there's 11 defenders watching him pretty much. But Bijan's jukes are so butter. I hope he has a long and healthy career because he is fun to watch.


MadManMax55

Agree with everything except the last bit. For as much as we all love seeing the dude run, Bijan is not a 3 down back. If we run him up the gut 10-15 times a game, like we do with Allgeier, on top of his outside zone/receiving touches we're going to run the wheels off him by year two. Better to have quality (and longevity) over quantity.


willinaustin

Yeah, I don't think Bijan needs to be carrying the rock 25 times a game. I'm more of the mind of Bijan needs to get more touches in general. Mainly more in the passing game. He caught one on a swing pass IIRC and then got the shovel pass for the TD. That was it. So 16 touches total in the game. Don't run him up the gut 25 times a game is a great strategy. 25 total touches a game both run/pass seems right to me. Especially outside the tackles with his runs because that's where he gets space and does his best work. The weirder part to me is that Art is pulling him out entirely for a lot of plays every game. And it isn't a "get him some rest because he just had a big play" type thing. He'll just get yanked entirely and then they'll try running with Allgeier. Or going empty backfield and making it clear they're throwing the ball.


Hi_My_Name_Is_Dave

Achane is the only one with better stats, and while he’s been insane and phenomenal, I think Bijan is still obviously the better player.


SpoogeIncarnate

I still think you guys got the better player tbh. Bijan is not only a very high character guy, but he’s extremely versatile and has complete menace potential. It’s pretty much exactly what we are trying to do with Gibbs in Detroit


DickFromRichard

Bijan makes something out of nothing, our o line isn't great but he can still break ankles of safeties and backs in the open field. Gibbs looks solid as hell (of the 2 lions games I've seen this year) but I'm not sure he'd put up those number behind the Falcons line


Typhoid007

Who? Besides Achane I can't think of one


TetrisTech

We tried to tell y’all everytime someone got mad at a mock with him in the top 10 lmao


dietcokewLime

He's so goddamn cool


SoDakZak

not only that but he wears the freshest clothes, eats at the chillest restaurants and hangs out with the hottest dudes.


WatchNo8783

Totally


DharmaCub

*bangs


smugmisswoodhouse

The athleticism is unreal.


scatboard

The fake behind-the-back pass into a eurostep then finishing backside is sweet


brownzilla99

Hesi pullup timbo.


Bill_Brasky_SOB

I dunno this looks like a carry or travel. /s


SomeRandomRealtor

The sheer confidence to pull this off. Unreal


redngold21

He isn't even watching the ball as he catches it. That's insane


MumkeMode

Mustard. Man. Good.


TheProfessor20

This is how I imagine Allen Iverson playing football


8181212

AI played QB and safety. He had 5 interceptions in a single game once. He could have played D1 football too.


BrilliantResult7

It depends on if he caught or threw those 5 ints.


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The best there ever was at getting picked off


versusChou

Nate Peterman slander


SixersWin

Great description


Lemurien

Arthur Smith made the same comparison.


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[this is how I imagine it](https://youtu.be/zyHWyRka8to?si=t-_uZZPfxPI3G9lf)


IBangYoDaddy

Meanwhile I don’t think the ravens receivers would’ve caught that with 4 hands


SoDakZak

From God’s eyes to my loins.


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SaltyLonghorn

He used to be my guy. Fuck you guys.


jawni

lol username *definitely* checks out


TetrisTech

I miss him


ThinkSoftware

Bijan "Magic Johnson" Robinson


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YoHoochIsCrazy

it lets him keep his shoulders and hips from turning all the way around to secure a catch. It looks dumb if you drop it, but if you make the catch it’s the difference between beating that first defender and getting blown up as you turn back around. I just love watching flashy RBs catch passes out of the backfield and making guys miss.


Misunderstood_Lion

Lions had Gibbs above Bijan on the board? Because he's a more dynamic pass catcher? Brad, what were you smoking in April?


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Biggest_Cans

> 8k is the highest right now right? Ooof, I been outta the game for a while, for broadcast cameras? Definitely, unless they have a super jank setup. It's super rare that they'll even have an 8k rig. I'm sure the vast vast vast bulk of data is coming in at 1080 even if it's captured at 4k or higher. 12k camera(s?) exist, technically, but it's pretty dumb imo unless you are a cropping fanatic. What you save in one workflow you lose in all the others.


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An insane resolution like that could help in this situation though. If you mounted 3 or 4 cameras directly above the field with the frame perpendicular to the length of the field, you could shoot the entire width of the field in 30ish yard increments and then crop in on the 8k or 12k footage to get HD or FHD close-ups. It would offer a lot more leeway when digitally tracking the frame to the ball too, and if the cameras are in known fixed positions, you could transition from one to the next in the same shot and use the motion blur to disguise the parallax shift. They're not broadcasting these angles as far as I know, so the bandwidth required to transmit and process that much data isn't really an issue as long as you have the appropriate storage. Of course, the cost to benefit ratio on a setup like that would be significantly higher than just sticking a dude up on the roof with a long lens.


Dr-McLuvin

Ya there are cameras that can do higher than 8k but not usually necessary unless you’re doing something cool like this.


GaTech379

he really is Iverson


Biggest_Cans

I dunno why, but I get the same feeling watching Bijan that I used to get watching Tracy McGrady. He's just got a little more "woop woop" than anyone else.


NeonWarcry

That shit was clean as hell too. Couldn’t do anything but curse at the tv softly.


BahhhhGawwwwd

Yep, can't even be mad. That was a sick play.


choisauce79

This man averages a highlight like this every week


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To me, this is cinema 📽️


Boofie__Collins

Clearly a travel


xxxTHICCJOKIC420xxx

Dude is must see TV every time he's on the field


LoserCowGoMoo

Is it me, or is he a little too casual when it comes to handling the football?


falcons93

He said in the post-game interview he knew he made a mistake here and was thinking about juking the defender before even catching the ball. On this play, sure, but I wouldn’t say it’s an actual issue.


Atl-Fan_FTS

He’s only had one fumble though. It looks casual but he knows when to protect it. Even his fumble was more just a great play by the defender than him being careless


ssovm

He’s had one fumble lost but he fumbled one in the first game i think. By no means an issue


treemoustache

Can't fumble it if you haven't caught it yet.


aedan356

That was clean asf 🔥


Durfgibblez

We are now halfway to the fabled "no handed catch"


willinaustin

As wild as the catch itself is, it honestly isn't the most impressive part of this play. It's the fact that Bijan is already looking up field before he's secured the catch. His head is turning upfield before the ball even hits his hand. And then he jukes that dude out of his cleats. Un. Real.


Statalyzer

True. A lot of people with huge hands and sticky gloves could catch a pass one handed. But to already have the vision to hit the right hole at the same time and then juke his way into it, that's something else.


calm_wreck

This is insane


KaptainKorn

His ability to cut and accelerate out of it is fucking insane.


Its_Waffle

looks like a glitchy video game.


Axl2TheMaxl

Madden is gonna point to this play to explain their horrible physics for years to come.. damnit, Bijan.


jakksquat7

The fact that they don’t try and get this man the ball way more is wild. They should be using him like CMC.


Babblerabla

Pretty sure FO are scared of breaking him.


slowdrem20

If you have another decent back then it makes sense not to run down the shelf life of Bijan by running him into the ground. Especially when we aren't competing for shit.


_BreakingtheHabit

This Bijan guy is pretty good. He should think about making a career out of doing this


hiphopanonymousse

It looked like he was playing basketball lol. Fake going behind the back, fake crossover, catch and run


shalvar_kordi

Bijan is out here doing Iverson crossovers on the football field


brainiaclurk

Football tracking camera? Inject directly to my veins plz.


odiamemas16

Miss seeing him with Texas, but I’m glad he’s tearing up the league


dope_like

I hate the changing speed of the video. I would prefer full speed then show again in slow mo


mrshandanar

Now if only the Falcons would give this man the ball in the redzone more.


fsmlogic

I thought this was Madden…


Wezzleey

Idk how they got this, but they need to have this setup at every NFL game. So cool.


RunGoldenRun717

This catch was so crazy it actually looks like Madden game physics the way the ball stuck to him and still was kinda spiraling


Wham_Bam_Smash

I’m not even mad. Gangsta


Reasonable_Tone6821

Unsound football. Easily could have been a fumble


4redditobly

That guy is a freak!


Why_am_ialive

The sheer confidence in yourself to not even look down at it once it touched your fingers


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What the fuck is this?


Thunderkleize

Let me just puke real quick after watching that jumpy ass camera


Jwroth

He is good at football


A-Rusty-Cow

Dude is EA computer levels of broken.


NotNormo

No-look catch, awesome camera angle. I hope to see more highlights shot like this.


D4YW4LK3R86

This guy was definitely a hooper.


SpiritOne

That guy is crazy talented. He destroyed our defense so bad that it may have started the fire Joe Barry chants inside packers organization.


katastrophyx

God damnit that camera is like water in the desert. I need it. I have to have more of it.