2025-2026 NFL Season Thread

[Britbuffguy]

Seeing all the Packer fans in my Facebook newsfeed trying to shine up the fact they signed a bum in Sammy Watkins: Priceless.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Britbuffguy

Seeing all the Packer fans in my Facebook newsfeed trying to shine up the fact they signed a bum in Sammy Watkins: Priceless.

A-Rod is still a much better quarterback than Jackson will ever be

[Tony208]

Cowboys should release Kelvin Joseph.

[dcowboy7]

What does an amish drive by shooting sound like ??
Clop clop clop clop, bang bang, clop clop clop clop.

[RageATL]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

What does an amish drive by shooting sound like ??
Clop clop clop clop, bang bang, clop clop clop clop.

[RageATL]

Welp, it sure looks like the end of live NFL football without a lag; Apple looks primed to land Sunday Ticket.

[dcowboy7]

Originally Posted by RageATL

Welp, it sure looks like the end of live NFL football without a lag; Apple looks primed to land Sunday Ticket.

We are on about a 30-40 second delay already.
Some are saying apple is about 60.
Maybe theyll improve it ??

Kiper will be on espn draft coverage but only remotely - not immunized for a health reason - i noticed he has that shaky thing.
Schefter wont be there at all due to sons graduation.
I watch NFLN coverage anyways.

[El Rey]

Deebo, AJ Brown and Terry McLaurin, all in the final year of rookie deals, plan to skip offseason programs amid push for new contracts

Speaking of WR's, lots of names still on the FA list, likely to stay that way until the draft

CLE has made Denzel Ward the highest paid CB, 5 yrs, $100m - $71m is guaranteed

[RageATL]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

We are on about a 30-40 second delay already.
Some are saying apple is about 60.
Maybe theyll improve it ??

Doubtful when the internet speeds across the US are all over the place. Here's the streaming metrics for the biggest game of the year:

[ctujackbauer]

Originally Posted by RageATL

Doubtful when the internet speeds across the US are all over the place. Here's the streaming metrics for the biggest game of the year:

[Show spoiler]

Do you think they would ever air the Superbowl without a tape delay for announcing? I don't.

Al Michaels probably didn't even know who Malcolm Butler was before the big Superbowl interception and before the cue card for his name popped up. Michaels still had to redo/retake that line.

[ronboster]

Moviefan1203 and Bills Mafia team up with Chiefs Kingdom

https://www.arrowheadpride.com/2022/...n-of-the-match

Should be fun to kick some Brady and Rogers booty

[Moviefan1203]

Originally Posted by RageATL

Welp, it sure looks like the end of live NFL football without a lag; Apple looks primed to land Sunday Ticket.

Big Tech getting involved in sports is going to be interesting to follow. Amazon and Apple have made it clear they plan to be hitching their wagons to live sports.

[RageATL]

Originally Posted by Moviefan1203

Big Tech getting involved in sports is going to be interesting to follow. Amazon and Apple have made it clear they plan to be hitching their wagons to live sports.

"Interesting" is an interesting choice of words. I foresee an absolute mess, but I guess we'll soon see.

[R3P0]

Originally Posted by RageATL

Welp, it sure looks like the end of live NFL football without a lag; Apple looks primed to land Sunday Ticket.

Where are you seeing that Apple is going to get NFL ticket?

[Moviefan1203]

Originally Posted by R3P0

Where are you seeing that Apple is going to get NFL ticket?

I don’t believe anything is official yet, but they’ve been the reported front runner for months.

[RageATL]

Originally Posted by R3P0

Where are you seeing that Apple is going to get NFL ticket?

Originally Posted by Moviefan1203

I don’t believe anything is official yet, but they’ve been the reported front runner for months.

Nothing official as mentioned above, but it's out there in the Twittersphere that they're clearly the frontrunner (of course things can changeby next year) and there was a lotta chatter yesterday so it seems that someone knows something somewhere.

[dcowboy7]

Originally Posted by Moviefan1203

Big Tech getting involved in sports is going to be interesting to follow. Amazon and Apple have made it clear they plan to be hitching their wagons to live sports.

Its getting harder & harder to do in game live betting with these time delays.
Really just have to wait for a TO to then bet.

[Samus Aran]

Apple is airing two MLB games live every Friday, and I think those games get blacked out on their hometown stations.

Peacock is going to air Sunday MLB games. Not sure what the deal is going to be there.

[RageATL]

Originally Posted by El Rey

Of course Twitter is abuzz with trade rumors but that had been going on for weeks now. Niners aren't trading him, thats just silliness. He is still under contract and as annoying as this is, there's no need to panic, there's a ton of time left to get something done. One of my favorite Niner beat writers said, and I think this is best approach for now, he won't even pay attention to any of this until training camp starts.

Originally Posted by El Rey

Niners haven't had a dominant WR since TO. Not only that he is a swiss army knife utility player that Kyle loves and they have spent years developing. There are a lot of great WR out there but there is only one Deebo and he isn't going anywhere.
This social media crap is the lowest level of stance players can take with these contract issues and I am sure agents have a hand in it. I am sure he looks around and sees the WR boom right now and gets frustrated but Kyle and John say they want to get a deal done and I am sure they will.
The only way I would see them trading him is if they drafted another generational WR, but they don't have a first round pick this year to do that, and were good with the rest of the WR corp (Aiyuk is good and getting better but he is not Deebo) Plus any team trading for him would have to give up a lot do so.

[El Rey]

meh, he can ask all he wants, he's still under contract for another season
if it gets to the point where he starts sitting out training camp, he's just gonna be the one who looks bad
It does suck from the perspective that us fans love him and all of THIS seems have come out of nowhere
John and Kyle have been adamant that they want him here long term, only thing that I can fault them for is not getting the deal done right away but I don't think anyone saw the WR market exploding like it did. From what I have been hearing, he is asking $25m a year and Niners are close but not quite there
It would suck to lose him but some of the teams I have seen rumored - NYJ and MIA - he gonna play QB too?
But things did start looking weird the past couple days. His brother had been speaking out on social media about him leaving, which I don't usually put a lot of stock in that stuff but apparently the Niners worked out WR's and RB's this week. So now I am wondering if their approach is going to be like how they handle RB's, put anyone into the system and they produce.
Lance has been working out with Aiyuk, who got better the last half of the season. Jennings was a solid WR3. So if they get an offer they can't refuse I don't see why they wouldn't move on at this point especially considering the FA's still available, some older but experienced and will also be a lot cheaper.