2025-26 NFL Thread

[The Sultan]

No.  They need a Jim Miller-type.  A lunch-pail kind of guy who will drink a sixer of Old Style after the game

Soooo...Tyson Bagent.

[JWags85]

Wacky box score on that Bears-Bengals game.

Bears had four players average over 6 yards per rush, as well as three players with a passer rating over 114.

If not for the defense being shredded and the Keystone Cops at the end of the 4th, it would have been an absurdly fun game.  The coolest and most entertaining game Johnson has called.  2 different passes to Williams.  The Kmet pass was really cool.  The way they ran Monangai and Brown was amazing.  Even against an absurdly leaky defense, still great to watch an offense clicking all over the place.

[WhiteTrash]

If not for the defense being shredded and the Keystone Cops at the end of the 4th, it would have been an absurdly fun game.  The coolest and most entertaining game Johnson has called.  2 different passes to Williams.  The Kmet pass was really cool.  The way they ran Monangai and Brown was amazing.  Even against an absurdly leaky defense, still great to watch an offense clicking all over the place.

While I do think the Bears defense is well below average without the takeaways, I think Cincy has had a very good offense. If they even gave up 30 to them I would feel better. That said, if a frog had wings.......

[Dish]

No.  They need a Jim Miller-type.  A lunch-pail kind of guy who will drink a sixer of Old Style after the game

When I worked for the Bears in 2001 at their Fan Fest, I was a player liaison and spent a lot of time in the front office/player VIP ballroom (at the Hyatt on Michigan Avenue).

Bears had different beverages set up for anyone at the end of the ballroom and I was asked to grab some bottles of water for Dick Jauron. While I was walking over there, I noticed Paul Edinger (with a backpack) in that area. I started grabbing water bottles, and Edinger started putting every Miller Lite can into his backpack (hoping no one saw him). He had to have put 15+ cans of Lite in his backpack.

"Free for me? I'll take three" indeed.

[JWags85]

When I worked for the Bears in 2001 at their Fan Fest, I was a player liaison and spent a lot of time in the front office/player VIP ballroom (at the Hyatt on Michigan Avenue).

Bears had different beverages set up for anyone at the end of the ballroom and I was asked to grab some bottles of water for Dick Jauron. While I was walking over there, I noticed Paul Edinger (with a backpack) in that area. I started grabbing water bottles, and Edinger started putting every Miller Lite can into his backpack (hoping no one saw him). He had to have put 15+ cans of Lite in his backpack.

"Free for me? I'll take three" indeed.

He must have basically been a rookie then?  Rookie kicker in the NFL in 2001, he was probably making the same as as the Bears front office drones.  Don't blame him for getting the party started on Virginia's tab

[MU82]

When I worked for the Bears in 2001 at their Fan Fest, I was a player liaison and spent a lot of time in the front office/player VIP ballroom (at the Hyatt on Michigan Avenue).

Bears had different beverages set up for anyone at the end of the ballroom and I was asked to grab some bottles of water for Dick Jauron. While I was walking over there, I noticed Paul Edinger (with a backpack) in that area. I started grabbing water bottles, and Edinger started putting every Miller Lite can into his backpack (hoping no one saw him). He had to have put 15+ cans of Lite in his backpack.

"Free for me? I'll take three" indeed.

Edinger was a weird dude.

[Pakuni]

https://x.com/AdamSchefter/status/1985766218859495678

[Uncle Rico]

https://x.com/AdamSchefter/status/1985766218859495678

Seems steep

[Pakuni]

Garrett Wilson next? And why are the Cowboys buying (I know, I know, it's Jerry Jones)?


https://x.com/JayGlazer/status/1985786272204394794

[Dish]

I'm assuming that's the Cowboys pick (not the Packers pick) going back to the Jets. That's going to be a top 10 pick.

[Pakuni]

I'm assuming that's the Cowboys pick (not the Packers pick) going back to the Jets. That's going to be a top 10 pick.

You are correct.
2026 second
2027 first (Cowboys)
Mazi Smith

Although I think there's enough talent in Dallas, and Jerry is willing to spend, that it's not a lock that it'll be a top 10 pick in 2027.

[Uncle Rico]

Jets smartly dismantling, I think.  Not sure how good the next two drafts are, though.  Definitely questionable about the quality of QBs.

Also, Aaron Glenn should be renting

[MU82]

I like the Seahawks getting WR Rashid Shaheed from the Saints for a couple of Day 3 draft picks. He will add a lot of speed and should help open things up even more for Smith-Njigba. The Seahawks have had several injuries at the position, too.

[Uncle Rico]

I like the Seahawks getting WR Rashid Shaheed from the Saints for a couple of Day 3 draft picks. He will add a lot of speed and should help open things up even more for Smith-Njigba. The Seahawks have had several injuries at the position, too.

Great.  Now the Seattle media will have something else to talk about

[MU82]

Great.  Now the Seattle media will have something else to talk about

I know! The nerve of Seattle sportswriters writing about Seattle sports! And thinking a 6-2 team isn't horrible, too. Crazy talk.

[Pakuni]

Cowboys DE Marshawn Kneeland dies at 24. Brutal.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/nfl/breaking-news/article/cowboys-announce-death-of-24-year-old-defensive-end-marshawn-kneeland-144746435.html

[The Sultan]

Cowboys DE Marshawn Kneeland dies at 24. Brutal.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/nfl/breaking-news/article/cowboys-announce-death-of-24-year-old-defensive-end-marshawn-kneeland-144746435.html

Apparently was involved in a high speed chase that the police disengaged from, only to find the car later involved in a one-vehicle accident and he was found deceased outside the car of a self-inflicted gunshot.

Sounds like may have been having a mental breakdown of some sort. Very sad.

[wadesworld]

Awful.

[PointWarrior]

yep, Hawks are now a SuperBowl lock. Surprised they even have to play out the rest of the season.  Its just a formality with how great the Hawks are.

I know! The nerve of Seattle sportswriters writing about Seattle sports! And thinking a 6-2 team isn't horrible, too. Crazy talk.

[MU82]

yep, Hawks are now a SuperBowl lock. Surprised they even have to play out the rest of the season.  Its just a formality with how great the Hawks are.

I'm just glad they didn't go 0-17, like you predicted.

[Uncle Rico]

yep, Hawks are now a SuperBowl lock. Surprised they even have to play out the rest of the season.  Its just a formality with how great the Hawks are.

Things said by no one but imagined by some

[MU82]

Things said by no one but imagined by some

PW's a good guy whose heart is in the right place. But he hates Seattle teams and he definitely sees things that aren't there when it comes to them. He loves his Milwaukee/Green Bay sports, and I can appreciate that. We're all passionate fans here.

[The Sultan]

PW's a good guy whose heart is in the right place. But he hates Seattle teams and he definitely sees things that aren't there when it comes to them. He loves his Milwaukee/Green Bay sports, and I can appreciate that. We're all passionate fans here.

Yes. You have been a die hard Mariners and Seahawks fan for an entire six month now!

[MU82]

Yes. You have been a die hard Mariners and Seahawks fan for an entire six month now!

Hey, it's been a whole year for the Seahawks!

I get into the teams I like. When I moved to Charlotte, I jumped into Panther fandom right away - even though they were awful. But it's not like I grew up a Panthers fan, so it made no sense for me to continue rooting bigly for them after moving 3,000 miles away to Seattle.

Every fan of every team has a time that he or she starts being a fan of that team.

[Shaka Shart]

Hey, it's been a whole year for the Seahawks!

I get into the teams I like. When I moved to Charlotte, I jumped into Panther fandom right away - even though they were awful. But it's not like I grew up a Panthers fan, so it made no sense for me to continue rooting bigly for them after moving 3,000 miles away to Seattle.

Every fan of every team has a time that he or she starts being a fan of that team.

To be fair you aren't allowed to be happy or support the Panthers until they are good per scoop rules. you just needed a little joy