3 football shows to stream (and one to avoid) before watching the Super Bowl

Super Bowl LIX is almost here, but instead of binge-watching whatever former Super Bowl that the NFL Network might be showing, why not watch some original programming on Netflix? Football is your favorite sport, right? And you want to know more about specific players.

Sure, we can watch these guys play in games, but they are also human beings as well. We want to feel as if we know the person behind the mask, whether we actually do or not. If it isn't reality, it might be close to it.

Below are two series you can easily watch before the Super Bowl, plus one one-off funny show. There is another you want to avoid. Unless, of course, you have an obsession.

3 football related programs to see (and one to keep away from) before watching Super Bowl LIX

Quarterback

Watch! What better way to spend the weekend before seeing Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs likely win yet another Super Bowl? Sure, the Philadelphia Eagles are good, but defeating a healthy Chiefs team in the championship game is seemingly impossible. Mahomes doesn't have the biggest personality on or off the field, but that makes him somehow even more watchable.

He is the star of season one of this docuseries. Partly because Kirk Cousins and Marcus Mariota, among others, just appear so boring. The show is well-made, though, and serves as mindless entertainment without much drama.

Receiver

Watch! Possibly because receivers are seen as the prima donnas of football, the players we see in this docuseries are even more entertaining than Quarterback. These guys know how to sell themselves even when they are attempting to do that exact thing. Perhaps the most striking bit of this and Quarterback is that the game footage used is remarkable and not the worst part of the program.

Aaron Rodgers: Enigma

Avoid! The series is slick and well-produced. What else to expect from anything Netflix spends good money on? The issue is the subject himself. Rodgers has always handled himself as the coolest guy in the room, but in reality, he seems to be the high school football hero who doesn't offer much substance away from the sport. The docuseries is ultimately doomed by the very person it was seemingly made to make look better.

The Roast of Tom Brady

Watch! Sure, a lot of this is crass humor, but that is exactly the point. One cannot have a roast where people simply say nice things about the person being roasted. That is called a birthday party, not a roast. Brady is a good sport about almost all of it, and there are enough talented comedians involved that no matter the subject the show would have been worth seeing.

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