2025-2026 NFL Season Thread

[TitansFan4Life]

I was ridiculed for saying the Dolphins would make it into the playoffs as a 5th seed and challenge New England for the division.

I was scrolling through some power rankings and stumbled upon:

Titans #26, Steelers #16... Well, great logic there.

Ravens were also #17, Redskins #19 and Giants #20. Lol...

Reasoning behind the Titans being so low was that they haven't beaten a quality opponent yet. However, the Steelers haven't beaten ANY opponent yet and lost to us, yet they are 10 spots higher. I tell you what... you just can't make this up.

Time to lay off the PCP, kids.

[emac213]

Originally Posted by TitansFan4Life

I was ridiculed for saying the Dolphins would make it into the playoffs as a 5th seed and challenge New England for the division.

I was scrolling through some power rankings and stumbled upon:

Titans #26, Steelers #16... Well, great logic there.

Ravens were also #17, Redskins #19 and Giants #20. Lol...

Reasoning behind the Titans being so low was that they haven't beaten a quality opponent yet. However, the Steelers haven't beaten ANY opponent yet and lost to us, yet they are 10 spots higher. I tell you what... you just can't make this up.

Time to lay off the PCP, kids.

I think that's people still thinking that the Steelers are going to turn it around. I do agree with you, that is crazy were they are ranked.

[Brady_2_Moss]

Originally Posted by TitansFan4Life

I was ridiculed for saying the Dolphins would make it into the playoffs as a 5th seed and challenge New England for the division.

I was scrolling through some power rankings and stumbled upon:

Titans #26, Steelers #16... Well, great logic there.

Ravens were also #17, Redskins #19 and Giants #20. Lol...

Reasoning behind the Titans being so low was that they haven't beaten a quality opponent yet. However, the Steelers haven't beaten ANY opponent yet and lost to us, yet they are 10 spots higher. I tell you what... you just can't make this up.

Time to lay off the PCP, kids.

Dolphins may be 2-0 now..but won't be close to winning division come week 12 and on

[sycro]

Originally Posted by Brady_2_Moss

Dolphins may be 2-0 now..but won't be close to winning division come week 12 and on

They're about to be 2-1.

[TitansFan4Life]

Originally Posted by Brady_2_Moss

Dolphins may be 2-0 now..but won't be close to winning division come week 12 and on

I agree the Pats will still win, but unless the schedule stays as easy as it has been, it should be close. I see Dolphins as a 9-7, maybe 10-6 team and the Pats 10-6 or 11-5. Like I said, I had the Dolphins as the 5th seed which means they don't win the division. But I do expect them to split games with the Pats this year.

Since they play the Bucs this weekend, I know that means they'll have to play the Falcons and Saints. Depending on when and where those games are, they could be losses. All depends how healthy the Pats get... I think you know with their current team the best they could hope for is one playoff win wildcard weekend. What's funny is that's considered a failure. Here in Nashville we'd be flipping cars and streaking if we won a playoff game. It's been too damn long now.

Hell, I'll just take a minute to look at the Pats schedule... Yea, it definitely gets tougher after these first three games. I see 6 games that could easily be L's. A lot of the Pats success is riding on the health of Gronk and Amendola.

[sycro]

Originally Posted by TitansFan4Life

I agree the Pats will still win, but unless the schedule stays as easy as it has been, it should be close. I see Dolphins as a 9-7, maybe 10-6 team and the Pats 10-6 or 11-5. Like I said, I had the Dolphins as the 5th seed which means they don't win the division. But I do expect them to split games with the Pats this year.

Since they play the Bucs this weekend, I know that means they'll have to play the Falcons and Saints. Depending on when and where those games are, they could be losses. All depends how healthy the Pats get... I think you know with their current team the best they could hope for is one playoff win wildcard weekend. What's funny is that's considered a failure. Here in Nashville we'd be flipping cars and streaking if we won a playoff game. It's been too damn long now.

Hell, I'll just take a minute to look at the Pats schedule... Yea, it definitely gets tougher after these first three games. I see 6 games that could easily be L's. A lot of the Pats success is riding on the health of Gronk and Amendola.

Falcons are at Miami Sunday. Then Pats at home next week.

[walruswarrior]

Originally Posted by TimeandTimeAgain

No, the Lions suck! Want proof? Choking against the Cardinals yesterday

The Lions are a terrible franchise and will never win the Superbowl

Dan Patrick just said that the Jaguars resembled the Scottish Claymores from NFL Europe.

[walruswarrior]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers got some good news as they get ready to face the Patriots on Sunday: Safety Dashon Goldson won't be suspended after all.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-sh...1345--nfl.html

[DoubleDownAgain]

Originally Posted by Brady_2_Moss

Dolphins may be 2-0 now..but won't be close to winning division come week 12 and on

Why is that? Because that is how it's been of late? While I appreciate the national attention the Fins are starting to receive, it doesn't mean anything. In the end they still have to play the games. I like Miami's chances this year, but it's silly to predict how the season is going to play out after two weeks. I like their chances against a banged up Atlanta. If they can go 3-0 they will be ina good position to make a run at the division.

[DoubleDownAgain]

Originally Posted by walruswarrior

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-sh...1345--nfl.html

Great news!!

[Navster]

Originally Posted by walruswarrior

Dan Patrick just said that the Jaguars resembled the Scottish Claymores from NFL Europe.

[MD-Blu]

I hope Teddy B. stays for his last year instead of going to the Jags.

[DoubleDownAgain]

Originally Posted by walruswarrior

Dan Patrick just said that the Jaguars resembled the Scottish Claymores from NFL Europe.

Could be worse, he could have said the New York/New Jersey Hitmen.

[MaCruz]

I hope we can score at least a FG against the Seahawks

I know their defense will not let up but we'll be getting majority of our yardage late in the game to at least pad our stats.

[walruswarrior]

Originally Posted by MD-Blu

I hope Teddy B. stays for his last year instead of going to the Jags.

I could see Manziel go to them. He has name recognition that could help fill the stands.

[TitansFan4Life]

Originally Posted by MaCruz

I hope we can score at least a FG against the Seahawks

I know their defense will not let up but we'll be getting majority of our yardage late in the game to at least pad our stats.

Is the game in Seattle or Jacksonville? That will actually make a difference.

The Seahawks aren't a good road team... and Jacksonville would just about be the furthest city with a team from them. If it's in Seattle, I see you guys losing 45-0. If it's in Jacksonville, I see you guys losing 31-6.

I still want an explanation for why the Titans have to play them in Seattle this year. Since you're a Jags fan, I know you remember how our division played the NFC West in 2009. Well, the Titans played at home against the Cardinals and Rams and away against the 49ers and Seahawks.

Now, this season we are playing at home against the Cardinals again and away against the Seahawks again. That's a fudge up by the NFL if you ask me. Paul Kuharsky tried to claim that the NFL rotation reset, but he's just making this crap up... I checked out other divisions and everything is rotating just fine and normal for them.

The way we're playing and the way the Seahawks suck on the road (and almost lost to CAR), we'd at least have a chance if they played here.

[MaCruz]

Originally Posted by TitansFan4Life

Is the game in Seattle or Jacksonville? That will actually make a difference.

The Seahawks aren't a good road team... and Jacksonville would just about be the furthest city with a team from them. If it's in Seattle, I see you guys losing 45-0. If it's in Jacksonville, I see you guys losing 31-6.

I still want an explanation for why the Titans have to play them in Seattle this year. Since you're a Jags fan, I know you remember how our division played the NFC West in 2009. Well, the Titans played at home against the Cardinals and Rams and away against the 49ers and Seahawks.

Now, this season we are playing at home against the Cardinals again and away against the Seahawks again. That's a fudge up by the NFL if you ask me. Paul Kuharsky tried to claim that the NFL rotation reset, but he's just making this crap up... I checked out other divisions and everything is rotating just fine and normal for them.

The way we're playing and the way the Seahawks suck on the road (and almost lost to CAR), we'd at least have a chance if they played here.

We're away so yeah, we might not come out with any points this Sunday
This year we got the Niners as a home game in London but looking at our 2009 schedule, the Jags had away games against SEA & SF, with home games vs. AZ & STL. Never noticed that during the NFL rotation comparing with teams in our division

EDIT: I'm trying to figure out why the Jags played the Raiders two years in a row at Oakland. That's probably why MJD got hurt both games.

[Galactus]

Originally Posted by MaCruz

We're away so yeah, we might not come out with any points this Sunday
This year we got the Niners as a home game in London but looking at our 2009 schedule, the Jags had away games against SEA & SF, with home games vs. AZ & STL. Never noticed that during the NFL rotation comparing with teams in our division

EDIT: I'm trying to figure out why the Jags played the Raiders two years in a row at Oakland. That's probably why MJD got hurt both games.

In the last few years I've noticed the cycle your team is in. They win games their supposed to lose and lose games their supposed to win.

[TxDave]

Originally Posted by TitansFan4Life

Is the game in Seattle or Jacksonville? That will actually make a difference.

The Seahawks aren't a good road team... and Jacksonville would just about be the furthest city with a team from them. If it's in Seattle, I see you guys losing 45-0. If it's in Jacksonville, I see you guys losing 31-6.

I still want an explanation for why the Titans have to play them in Seattle this year. Since you're a Jags fan, I know you remember how our division played the NFC West in 2009. Well, the Titans played at home against the Cardinals and Rams and away against the 49ers and Seahawks.

Now, this season we are playing at home against the Cardinals again and away against the Seahawks again. That's a fudge up by the NFL if you ask me. Paul Kuharsky tried to claim that the NFL rotation reset, but he's just making this crap up... I checked out other divisions and everything is rotating just fine and normal for them.
The way we're playing and the way the Seahawks suck on the road (and almost lost to CAR), we'd at least have a chance if they played here.

I know the schedules for our games against the Seahawks and Cardinals did not rotate from the last time we played them in 2009. I heard somone said the NFL tweaked the schedule this year to balance the travel distances? I guess your Titans and my Texans got affected but it benefited us because we get the Seahawks at home.
My question is if they had to tweak the schedules this year to balance travel then that means that with the 4 year rotation of AFC divisions versus NFC divisions that in 2005 there was a problem with balanced travel?
Can I blame that as to why we sucked in 2005?

[TitansFan4Life]

Originally Posted by MaCruz

We're away so yeah, we might not come out with any points this Sunday
This year we got the Niners as a home game in London but looking at our 2009 schedule, the Jags had away games against SEA & SF, with home games vs. AZ & STL. Never noticed that during the NFL rotation comparing with teams in our division

EDIT: I'm trying to figure out why the Jags played the Raiders two years in a row at Oakland. That's probably why MJD got hurt both games.

Playing teams away or at home in back to back years can happen... all that means is that one of the matchups was made due to division ranking and one was due to the divisional rotation - if that makes sense.

Like we played in Buffalo in 2011 and 2012.

2011 was due to both teams finishing 4th in their division. 2012 was due to playing the entire AFC East.

If you want more info or don't fully understand, I can basically tell you 14 of the 16 games your team will play in 2020 (or any year) if you wanted to know. It's a simple rotation.

So when people complain about "OMG the NFL is screwing us with this schedule!" they are totally wrong. However, as I said earlier in this thread, I do question the randomization of the schedule. The order of the Titans schedule is almost always brutal at the start of the season... as if they want to eliminate us immediately. Thus, we went 0-6 in 2009 and ended up finishing 8-8.