It's good that football games are long.

People say football games take too long, too much time between downs, too many breaks, timeouts, etc.

I like that football games are long, generally around 3 hours. Highlight reels don't really capture any of the tension or build up that makes games interesting and the back and forth that makes the big plays special. Watching a highlight of single plays is boring and sometimes confusing in terms of how the plays impacted momentum the game.

Coaches obviously need time to strategize and call plays as the game develops as well, and 30 seconds between downs can still feel really fast if tensions are high.

Also, some days (particularly Sunday) I just want to relax on the couch and have something on for 3/6/9 hours in the background that I can watch and pay attention to when it gets interesting. Nice way to do nothing and kill a day if you need to recharge. I'm not even a huge football fan but enjoy having it on throughout the day.