I sat out the whole Michael Vick year and I've never really been back 100%.
I use to watch every Steelers game. Even when they weren't on local TV, I would sometimes round up the family and head to the local bar to eat lunch/dinner and have a beer or two where all the games were on.
Once I came back, it became watching all the games on tape delay. I would record the Steelers and then begin watching 1 hour or 90 minutes later. That way I could fast forward through all the bullshit. The "plus 15 seconds" button on fast forward became my best friend. Watch a play, hit the +15 second, next play is about to start. So what used to be 3-4 hours of football is now 90 minutes to 2 hours max.
I played fantasy football because my friend needed people for his free league (a couple of the teams are just kids). But I've now won that league 3 years in a row and I'm backing out of that now.
Once fantasy football is done, which is likely for 2020, then my football will really go down. I might still tape the Steelers but only when the game is on my TV here in Philly region. So I bet that is 10-12 games max. All will be taped and watched with a delay. I will not watch Sunday night or Monday night when the Steelers aren't on. My wife pretty much controls the remote. We binge a lot of shows together. And that routine isn't going to change this fall or on certain nights.
I will follow the league/playoffs just to talk about it around the water cooler at work. And I will always watch the Super Bowl even with all the crap. That's just a tradition I want for my kids. Lots of food, laughing at commercials, judging the anthem and half time shows with my daughter. Stuff like that.
But I will never buy a jersey again. I have Mean Joe Greene and Polamalu. That's enough. If my Greene jersey starts to get too old, I might replace it from eBay.
Ehh.,.. that's it. I watch European soccer much more than NFL. That gets at least 3-4 hours of watch time + way more hours on-line following players than NFL now.