2025-2026 NFL Season Thread

[wilky61]

Originally Posted by Hatter

Blah blah blah. If my team can still make the playoffs despite glaring holes, I want them to make the playoffs.

Nah man. The Atlanta Braves do this every year, and it's awful.
(Lately, the Hawks and the Falcons, too. )

[dcowboy7]

Draft order per pft:

1. Indianapolis Colts
2. St. Louis Rams
3. Minnesota Vikings
4. Cleveland Browns
5. Tampa Bay Buccanneers
6. Washington Redskins
7. Jacksonville Jaguars
8/9. Miami Dolphins and Carolina Panthers (coinflip)
10. Buffalo Bills
11/12. Kansas City Chiefs and Seattle Seahawks (coinflip)
13. Arizona Cardinals
14. Dallas Cowboys
15. Philadelphia Eagles
16. New York Jets
17. Oakland Raiders (Traded to Cincinnati)
18. San Diego Chargers
19. Chicago Bears
20. Tennessee Titans

Picks 21-32 are determined largely on playoff results.

[Batman1980]

Yup, Cowboys need to take a CB or NT or OG, depending on which is the best possible player of the 3 at that spot. Buccaneers fired Morris and his staff, not surprising at all after that 10 game slide to finish the season.

[iam1bearcat]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

His date to get the bonus occurs before the date that teams can trade actually occurs.

So i dont know how your scenario can happen.

ah, that sucks for them. i would still cut him, but of course that's more dangerous because then he can go anywhere. hell, if they do cut him, i might want my Texans picking him up for a year or two

Manning to Johnson would be awesome, especially with Foster who could carry the load so Manning won't have to pass 55 times a game. and with that defense (if everyone will be healthy next year ) they could be great. and Schaub is already 30, don't know how much longer he'll be around and hope he isn't gonna be injury prone

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speaking of my Texans, i feel bad for them. especially Schaub.

they FINALLY win the division and get to the playoffs and they essentially limp in like a wounded animal. yeah, it'll be fun to watch their first playoff game and have it at home, but it sucks since Mario is out, Johnson still isn't himself and Schaub is out and they're banged up all over and fell ass backwards into the playoffs. shucks

and i feel real bad for Schaub since he's been with that team for a few years now, gets them going and then gets hurt and has to miss all the fun with finally getting the team to the playoffs. that sucks!

[Hatter]

Originally Posted by wilky61

Nah man. The Atlanta Braves do this every year, and it's awful.
(Lately, the Hawks and the Falcons, too. )

I know they do it every year. Been a fan since the early 90's. Still wanted them to make the playoffs this year. The GM should still be smart enough to know his team has problems.

The Cowboys won't have a high draft pick anyway so what good is it to tank the game?

[dcowboy7]

Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

ah, that sucks for them. i would still cut him, but of course that's more dangerous because then he can go anywhere. hell, if they do cut him, i might want my Texans picking him up for a year or two

Manning to Johnson would be awesome, especially with Foster who could carry the load so Manning won't have to pass 55 times a game. and with that defense (if everyone will be healthy next year ) they could be great. and Schaub is already 30, don't know how much longer he'll be around and hope he isn't gonna be injury prone

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speaking of my Texans, i feel bad for them. especially Schaub.

they FINALLY win the division and get to the playoffs and they essentially limp in like a wounded animal. yeah, it'll be fun to watch their first playoff game and have it at home, but it sucks since Mario is out, Johnson still isn't himself and Schaub is out and they're banged up all over and fell ass backwards into the playoffs. shucks

and i feel real bad for Schaub since he's been with that team for a few years now, gets them going and then gets hurt and has to miss all the fun with finally getting the team to the playoffs. that sucks!

The colts with either a questionable manning or a rookie luck so gotta figure the texans getting all the guys back should be the favorite to win the division next year too so at least some consolation there.

[Terjyn]

Originally Posted by Darth Anakin

Yup, Cowboys need to take a CB or NT or OG, depending on which is the best possible player of the 3 at that spot. Buccaneers fired Morris and his staff, not surprising at all after that 10 game slide to finish the season.

Mike and Mike said it best about the Cowboys and Romo this morning.

How many teams in the history of the NFL have had people calling for them to dump their 2nd best player in order to suddenly be a winner?

FWIW they called Ware the Cowboys #1 player, Romo #2, which is hard to argue with, unless you think Dez is #2 and Romo #3...but even so.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

Mike and Mike said it best about the Cowboys and Romo this morning.

How many teams in the history of the NFL have had people calling for them to dump their 2nd best player in order to suddenly be a winner?

FWIW they called Ware the Cowboys #1 player, Romo #2, which is hard to argue with, unless you think Dez is #2 and Romo #3...but even so.

Honestly? Ware is a very good player but not quite great. He disappears too often and has a lot of stupid penalties as well. Dez is obscenely talented but is simply not consistent for whatever reason. Robinson may be the only consistent receiver we have and the bad part there is he's either going to leave or get grossly overpaid to stay. Austin is nowhere near as good as people think, talented sure but not a top receiver. Witten would probably be putting up much better numbers if we had a better offensive line so he wouldn't have to block so much.

[Hatter]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

Mike and Mike said it best about the Cowboys and Romo this morning.

How many teams in the history of the NFL have had people calling for them to dump their 2nd best player in order to suddenly be a winner?

FWIW they called Ware the Cowboys #1 player, Romo #2, which is hard to argue with, unless you think Dez is #2 and Romo #3...but even so.

Yeah Romo is always getting unfairly blamed.

66.3% 4184 yards 31 TD's 10 INT 102.6 QB Rating. Four 4th quarter comebacks (4 game winning drives) for those who rate that so highly.

Teams in need of a QB would be lining up for his services.

[Terjyn]

Originally Posted by Darth Anakin

Honestly? Ware is a very good player but not quite great. He disappears too often and has a lot of stupid penalties as well. Dez is obscenely talented but is simply not consistent for whatever reason. Robinson may be the only consistent receiver we have and the bad part there is he's either going to leave or get grossly overpaid to stay. Austin is nowhere near as good as people think, talented sure but not a top receiver. Witten would probably be putting up much better numbers if we had a better offensive line so he wouldn't have to block so much.

Well, I was going to say you could consider Romo #1, Ware #2 as well, but considering people seem to consider him one of the worst QBs in the league I figured I wouldn't go there.

[StereoMike]

Originally Posted by Adam Shefter

So it's Bengals-Texans Sat afternoon, Lions-Saints Sat night, Falcons-Giants Sunday 1 ET, Steelers-Broncos 430 ET.

Baltimore hosts Divisional Playoff game Sunday, Jan. 15 at 1:00 pm ET. Green Bay will host Divisional Playoff game Sunday at 4:30 ET.

49ers host NFC Divisional Playoff at 4:30 ET, Saturday, Jan. 14; New England hosts game that night at 8:00 pm ET.

2012 Dolphins opponents:

Home: Jets, Pats, Bills, Jaguars, Titans, Rams, Seahawks, Raiders.
Away: Jets, Pats, Bills, Texans, Colts, 49ers, Cards, Bengals.

[Terjyn]

Originally Posted by Hatter

Yeah Romo is always getting unfairly blamed.

66.3% 4184 yards 31 TD's 10 INT 102.6 QB Rating. Four 4th quarter comebacks (4 game winning drives) for those who rate that so highly.

Teams in need of a QB would be lining up for his services.

Should be 5 game winning drives too if not for Garrett icing his own kicker.

I still can't get over that.

[dcowboy7]

Originally Posted by Hatter

The Cowboys won't have a high draft pick anyway so what good is it to tank the game?

Dont have to play packers & 49ers in 2012.

Romos prob is he screws up too much.

missing austin on an easy pass for a 1st down that would have sealed the giants game few weeks ago.

not audibling out of the 4th down sneak last nite -- its always something etc etc etc.

[Terjyn]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

Dont have to play packers & 49ers in 2012.

They went from Pack and 49ers to Chicago and Seattle. That's...quite a difference, although Chicago should still be tough if Cutler is back.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

They went from Pack and 49ers to Chicago and Seattle. That's...quite a difference, although Chicago should still be tough if Cutler is back.

Seattle's actually pretty tough too, I'd say they're a good QB away from being a legitimate play-off team, not sure if letting Hasselbeck go was the best decision.

[Hatter]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

Dont have to play packers & 49ers in 2012.

Romos prob is he screws up too much.

missing austin on an easy pass for a 1st down that would have sealed the giants game few weeks ago.

not audibling out of the 4th down sneak last nite -- its always something etc etc etc.

That's what I'm talking about right there. The team had a 2 TD lead at the time. It's like blaming Bartman for the rest of the Cubs inning.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Hatter

That's what I'm talking about right there. The team had a 2 TD lead at the time. It's like blaming Bartman for the rest of the Cubs inning.

I love how other QBs get passes when they screw up but the Cowboys generally don't win if Romo is less than perfect and he almost always gets blamed if they lose. Price of being the Cowboys quarterback I guess.

[Terjyn]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

missing austin on an easy pass for a 1st down that would have sealed the giants game few weeks ago.

You mean the one that Austin could have caught if he dived, or for that matter just turned on the jets a little? The throw that Austin himself said he lost in the lights, and it wasn't Romo's fault?

[dcowboy7]

Originally Posted by Hatter

That's what I'm talking about right there. The team had a 2 TD lead at the time. It's like blaming Bartman for the rest of the Cubs inning.

Bartman aint the qb of americas team or getting $15milllion or married to a beauty contest winner.

Romos not there to make plays in the 1st qtr - he is there to make plays in big games & at key points.

Yea lost it in the light i beleive that.

That reminds me -- Nobody hit the roof in the cowboys stadium this year -- again.

[dcowboy7]

Great stat....

every super bowl has featured at least 1 team that was a #1 or #2 seed.

So that means that packers, 49ers, pats, ravens at least 1 of them will be in the super bowl....if it holds again by history.