2024-25 NFL Thread

[Uncle Rico]

Looking forward to Jags at Steelers game today.

When the Jags move to London, I wonder how the NFL will handle scheduling

[SoCalEagle]

Panthers win!!!!

[tower912]

Cousins' injury looks like an achilles.   No contact.

[Hards Alumni]

Cousins' injury looks like an achilles.   No contact.

SKOL

[tower912]

Panthers win!!!!

2008 Lions pop the champagne.

[tower912]

The battle for New York must have been scintillating.

[WhiteTrash]

The battle for New York must have been scintillating.

Still going. Feels like it started on Thursday night.

[lawdog77]

The battle for New York must have been scintillating.

They switched for the beginning of overtime. CBS couldn't get away from that game fast enough.

[MU82]

Panthers win!!!!

We're Super Bowl bound, baby!

Seriously, it's a relief that my guys won't go 0-17, which looked distinctly possible.

The game really meant nothing, of course, as neither of these teams is going anywhere. But I did enjoy watching Bryce Young continue to make progress.

Despite playing under pressure all game, and getting hit probably 20 times, Young outplayed CJ Stroud pretty decisively and made numerous clutch passes late. The 6-3 Stroud even had 3 passes batted down by defensive linemen, something that supposedly only happens to small QBs. Young's a smart, tough kid. I just hope he doesn't take a beating like this every week.

[tower912]

Young's a smart, tough kid. I just hope he doesn't take a beating like this every week.

C'mon, it worked so well for Richardson.

[WhiteTrash]

The battle for New York must have been scintillating.

Is the Giant's QB, DeVito, from the Gambino, Genovese, Bonanno, Lucchese or Colombo family?

[MU82]

C'mon, it worked so well for Richardson.

Well, they've taken different kinds of beatings. The Colts regularly used Richardson as a power back, and when he ran he rarely tried to protect themselves. It was pretty much a carbon-copy of a young Cam Newton, who was fortunate to escape serious injury until he wasn't.

The Panthers have no designed runs for Young, and he rarely scrambles. He gets his beating in the pocket behind an inadequate offensive line. Their #1 pick last year, LT Ikem Ekwonu, had a great second half to last season and some were saying he could be a Pro Bowl guy this year, but he's not been very good. He absolutely got his arse kicked today by Jonathan Greenard, a DE who had been OK in his first 3 1/2 seasons but hardly a star. Greenard was often on Young before the QB had a chance to even look for a receiver.

[GB Warrior]

Cousins' injury looks like an achilles.   No contact.

Vaxxed?

[Uncle Rico]

Vaxxed?

All these unvaxxed QBs blowing out their Achilles heels makes one wonder.  Heard ivermectin helps with that

[tower912]

If Cousins is done for the year, I will acknowledge the infinitesimal chance the Lions could win the division.   But only because jwags shamed me into it.

[GB Warrior]

All these unvaxxed QBs blowing out their Achilles heels makes one wonder.  Heard ivermectin helps with that

Looking into it

[Uncle Rico]

If Cousins is done for the year, I will acknowledge the infinitesimal chance the Lions could win the division.   But only because jwags shamed me into it.

It's amazing how many teams have backups with little to no experience.

[Uncle Rico]

49ers defense has looked pretty average the last few games

[tower912]

It's amazing how many teams have backups with little to no experience.

There aren't that many decent, unemployed back up qbs out there.

[WhiteTrash]

Trying not to troll, so I'll ask this in the NFL and not the Packer thread; what the hell is going on with that offense? We heard glowing reviews of Love and him being paired with a great HC coming into the season. The laughable Bears have a better offense.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Trying not to troll, so I'll ask this in the NFL and not the Packer thread; what the hell is going on with that offense? We heard glowing reviews of Love and him being paired with a great HC coming into the season. The laughable Bears have a better offense.

1. Love is having the usual trouble that younger quarterbacks have reading regular season NFL defenses, but...
2. He's just not accurate enough. He has to be nearly perfect because....
3. His receivers are not really good. They just don't fight for the ball. This is an ongoing issue though because...
4. Gutekunst stinks. There is just not enough plus-level talent on this team.

[wadesworld]

Trying not to troll, so I'll ask this in the NFL and not the Packer thread; what the hell is going on with that offense? We heard glowing reviews of Love and him being paired with a great HC coming into the season. The laughable Bears have a better offense.

Their QB sucks, their OL sucks, and their skill players suck. That about covers it.

They spend the least amount of money on the offensive side of the ball, and not by a small amount. And a decent chunk of that is on a guy who played one game.

The GM flat out stinks. Trades up to take a QB that led the NCAA in INTs despite playing low major talent week in and week out. Prioritizes RBs and ILBs while ignoring the OL and skill position players. Loves injury prone draft picks.

Gutes cannot make another pick for the Pack. This is the best chance for a high draft pick that the Packers have had in 30 years. Cannot have Gutey being the one to make this selection.

[Uncle Rico]

1. Love is having the usual trouble that younger quarterbacks have reading regular season NFL defenses, but...
2. He's just not accurate enough. He has to be nearly perfect because....
3. His receivers are not really good. They just don't fight for the ball. This is an ongoing issue though because...
4. Gutekunst stinks. There is just not enough plus-level talent on this team.

The WRs were really exposed today.  I keep seeing youth as an excuse.  Jordan Addison is a rookie and he looks like a dude. 

[WhiteTrash]

1. Love is having the usual trouble that younger quarterbacks have reading regular season NFL defenses, but...
2. He's just not accurate enough. He has to be nearly perfect because....
3. His receivers are not really good. They just don't fight for the ball. This is an ongoing issue though because...
4. Gutekunst stinks. There is just not enough plus-level talent on this team.

Thanks.  So the HC is not an issue? That would be an easier fix than the 4 problems above.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Thanks.  So the HC is not an issue? That would be an easier fix than the 4 problems above.

I don't think he's great. I think the bigger issue is the GM. A new GM should bring in whomever they want for a coach.