▁sh ines ", ▁although ▁he ▁critic ized ▁the ▁scenes ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁football ▁field , ▁" the ▁p acing ▁slow s ▁to ▁a ▁craw l ▁and ▁the ▁story line ▁gets ▁a ▁little ▁b oring ". ▁In ▁her ▁review , ▁Er in ▁Finn eg an ▁from ▁An ime ▁News ▁Network ▁stated , ▁"[ t ] he ▁pace ▁of ▁E yes h ield ▁ 2 1 ▁is ▁its ▁saving ▁grace . ▁It ' s ▁way ▁less ▁b oring ▁than ▁all ▁the ▁time ▁out s ▁and ▁commercial ▁breaks ▁in ▁a ▁regular ▁NFL ▁game . ▁Football ▁is ▁hard ▁to ▁understand , ▁but ▁E yes h ield ▁ 2 1 ▁explains ▁the ▁By z antine ▁rules   ...   in ▁an ▁entertain ing ▁way . ▁We ' re ▁never ▁left ▁waiting ▁for ▁the ▁ref ' s ▁decision ▁for ▁long ▁minutes ▁like ▁in ▁real ▁life . ▁A ▁lot ▁of ▁dram atic ▁t ension ▁car ries ▁the ▁action ▁between ▁plays ." ▁Finn eg an ▁also ▁critic ized ▁the ▁art work , ▁saying , ▁" any ▁episode ▁[ of ▁the ▁show ] ▁without ▁a ▁game ▁is ▁clearly ▁far med ▁out ▁to ▁an ▁inferior ▁animation ▁studio ". ▁Chris ▁B ever idge ▁from ▁Man ia ▁Entertainment ▁wrote ▁that ▁E yes h ield ▁ 2 1 ▁" has ▁a ▁good ▁solid ▁story ▁idea , ▁showing ▁a ▁young ▁man ▁finding ▁his ▁way ▁through ▁sports ▁by ▁finding ▁friends ▁and ▁real izing ▁he ▁has ▁potential , ▁but ▁it ▁is ▁so ▁s idel ined ▁so ▁often ▁that ▁it ' s ▁fr ustr ating ▁to ▁see ▁it ▁deal ▁with