▁people ▁who ▁think ▁American ▁football ▁is ▁b oring ▁" may ▁change ▁their ▁minds ▁after ▁seeing ▁the ▁action ▁sequences ▁in ▁E yes h ield ▁ 2 1 ." ▁Later , ▁Santos ▁said , ▁"[ a ] ▁lot ▁of ▁familiar ▁cl ich és ▁show ▁themselves " ▁in ▁E yes h ield ▁ 2 1 , ▁and ▁that ▁"[ t ] he ▁story line ▁also ▁does ▁a ▁slo ppy ▁job ▁of ▁keeping ▁track ▁of ▁the ▁game   ...   making ▁it ▁even ▁less ▁bel iev able ▁than ▁it ▁already ▁is ". ▁However , ▁overall , ▁he ▁considered ▁the ▁story ▁has ▁good ▁art , ▁action ▁and ▁pace , ▁featuring ▁" p ure ▁sports ▁story t elling ▁at ▁its ▁fin est ". ▁ ▁The ▁an ime ▁adaptation ▁of ▁E yes h ield ▁ 2 1 ▁received ▁positive ▁and ▁mixed ▁responses . ▁Bobby ▁Cooper ▁from ▁DVD ▁T alk ▁pra ised ▁how ▁the ▁rules ▁of ▁American ▁football ▁are ▁" exp la ined ▁to ▁a ▁foreign ▁audience ▁that ▁has ▁no ▁clue ▁what ▁it ' s ▁all ▁about ", ▁adding ▁that ▁instructions ▁at ▁the ▁commercial ▁breaks ▁" w ere ▁inform ative ▁and ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁Go ▁less ons ▁of ▁H ik aru ▁No ▁Go ." ▁He ▁also ▁said ▁the ▁explan ations ▁were ▁" h il ari ous ", ▁but ▁that ▁" E yes h ield ▁ 2 1 ▁is ▁an ▁excellent ▁introduction ▁to ▁football ". ▁The ▁on - field ▁action ▁was ▁also ▁pra ised , ▁with ▁he ▁saying ▁the ▁sports ▁action ▁is ▁" where ▁E yes h ield ▁ 2 1 ▁truly