He also wrote that people who think American football is boring "may change their minds after seeing the action sequences in Eyeshield 21."[143] Later, Santos said, "[a] lot of familiar clichés show themselves" in Eyeshield 21, and that "[t]he storyline also does a sloppy job of keeping track of the game ... making it even less believable than it already is".[144] However, overall, he considered the story has good art, action and pace, featuring "pure sports storytelling at its finest".[144]