ESPN’s ‘Toy Story’ NFL Stream Started Glitchy, Got Better, and Then Had a Drug Reference

ESPN’s “Toy Story”-themed alternative live stream of Sunday’s Jaguars-Falcons game was incredibly ambitious, and it showed early on in the form of technical issues.The stream was available on both Disney+ and ESPN+.

That is, if you could get in.

I was able to log in on my second or third try after fully restarting my TV; a colleague gave up after five minutes of continuous trying.

Those who joined halfway (or more) through the first quarter probably had the best viewer experience.Ball-tracking was the first noticeable challenge and the most consistent issue throughout the game.

At times, the football would just appear on random spots of the carpet (field) or slide around the playing surface on its own.

Sometimes The Claw, playing the role of umpire in Andy’s room, never even spotted the ball at the line of scrimmage.Catches were occasionally presented as drops,…

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