2025-26 NFL Thread

[tower912]

I thought you weren't watching.

I watched the first half last night for my first televised football of the season.   Not watching.   Still paying attention.

[Uncle Rico]

Giants are shutting down the Russell Wilson kitchen

[cheebs09]

Giants are shutting down the Russell Wilson kitchen

Mr Unlimited is actually very limited

[wadesworld]

The Lions have killed two bad defenses and looked bad against one good defense.

[The Sultan]

I watched the first half last night for my first televised football of the season.   Not watching.   Still paying attention.

Ah.

[MU82]

From The Athletic:

Quietly, Sam Darnold ranks third in the NFL in yards per pass, sixth in completion percentage and second in success rate. He has the Seahawks offense moving along nicely and seems to be fitting well with new offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak.

In Week 1, Kubiak played too conservative and didn't seem to trust Darnold entirely. The last two weeks, the full playbook seemed to be available and Darnold played quite well in both games. Sunday's game was against a bad New Orleans team, though.

Big test in two days - at Arizona on TNF.

For context: 3 games into his Panthers career, Darnold was playing great and Carolina was 3-0. Then McCaffrey got hurt and the season turned to sh!t.

These Seahawks are miles better than those Panthers, but IMHO it's still fair to say, "we'll see."

[WhiteTrash]

Giants are shutting down the Russell Wilson kitchen

Is he going to the Yankees' bullpen for the playoffs?

[PointWarrior]

From The Athletic:

Quietly, Sam Darnold ranks third in the NFL in yards per pass, sixth in completion percentage and second in success rate. He has the Seahawks offense moving along nicely and seems to be fitting well with new offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak.


In Week 1, Kubiak played too conservative and didn't seem to trust Darnold entirely. The last two weeks, the full playbook seemed to be available and Darnold played quite well in both games. Sunday's game was against a bad New Orleans team, though.

Big test in two days - at Arizona on TNF.

For context: 3 games into his Panthers career, Darnold was playing great and Carolina was 3-0. Then McCaffrey got hurt and the season turned to sh!t.

These Seahawks are miles better than those Panthers, but IMHO it's still fair to say, "we'll see."

Sure you do not want to un-retire and write for the Seattle Times?

[tower912]

That darn old QB just keeps making plays.   I remember when somebody on here suggested that QB's don't really get better when they change teams.  Now, with many QB's thought to be busts flourishing in new surroundings, perhaps it is time to revisit that hypothesis.   Maybe the position takes time to learn.  Maybe scheme and O-line and running game matter.  Maybe fit matters.  Maybe calling plays that fit your pieces matters.

[MU82]

Sure you do not want to un-retire and write for the Seattle Times?

They can't afford me.

[tower912]

Related to the Detroit coordinator debate, the Lions struggled against mobile QB's under Glenn.   All teams do to an extent, but Detroit made the Justin Fields of the world look good.  Glenn did not believe in a QB shadow against mobile QB's.
  The Lions brought in a WR/QB this past week to their practice squad.  He has played in Baltimore.   They let him run the scout team at practice last Wednesday.  He had a lot of success.  Sheppard and his defensive coaches tweaked their defense to include a shadow on LJ.  It started paying off late with 6 players combining for 7 sacks.
 

TL:DR... new Detroit DC successfully tries wrinkle Glenn never would.

[JWags85]

@Tower...

https://x.com/joel9one/status/1970571074569150784?s=46

[tower912]

True.  Like MU fans bombarding national beat writers.    And so does the Detroit PR department.

[The Sultan]

Related to the Detroit coordinator debate, the Lions struggled against mobile QB's under Glenn.   All teams do to an extent, but Detroit made the Justin Fields of the world look good.  Glenn did not believe in a QB shadow against mobile QB's.
  The Lions brought in a WR/QB this past week to their practice squad.  He has played in Baltimore.   They let him run the scout team at practice last Wednesday.  He had a lot of success.  Sheppard and his defensive coaches tweaked their defense to include a shadow on LJ.  It started paying off late with 6 players combining for 7 sacks.
 

TL:DR... new Detroit DC successfully tries wrinkle Glenn never would.

Eh. Detroit's defense has been OK. Too early to tell how much of a difference he has made so far.

[GB Warrior]

True.  Like MU fans bombarding national beat writers.    And so does the Detroit PR department.

That's different, that is completely legitimate

[jesmu84]

Bears valuation $8.9bil

[GB Warrior]

Bears valuation $8.9bil

Gonna drop a couple billion when the only municipality that wants them is Gurnee

[Shaka Shart]

Gonna drop a couple billion when the only municipality that wants them is Gurnee

I'm sure they could just repurpose those big empty buildings in pleasant prairie that aren't worth much to anyone anymore and annex the town to the state.

[WhiteTrash]

Bears valuation $8.9bil

Average McCaskey liquid net worth: $12,000.00.

[GB Warrior]

Only sensible thing to do is to sell to an ownership group comprised of the Ricketts and Reinsdorfs

[Shaka Shart]

Only sensible thing to do is to sell to an ownership group comprised of the Ricketts and Reinsdorfs

The only ownership group that in aggregate might hate paying minorities more than virginia did

[Dish]

It really is something how bad Marvin Harrison Jr is at playing receiver.

[The Sultan]

It really is something how bad Marvin Harrison Jr is at playing receiver.

https://x.com/GeeScottSr/status/1971381208371302854

[MU82]

Idiotic penalty by Walker costs Seattle 3 points in a close, defensive game. Ugh.

[BM1090]

It really is something how bad Marvin Harrison Jr is at playing receiver.

I'm still think he'd be good if he had a QB that knew how to play QB