2025-2026 NFL Season Thread

[bruceames]

Nice job just finishing. Smart to listen to your body. Keep up the working out!

[dcowboy7]

I would still rather lay on a swing.

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Should mention i have a treadmill upstairs in my home & i walk 4 miles a day so its like walking over a marathon every wk.

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We already knew AMZN was getting the saturday night wildcard game this upcoming season....now we know what they paid....$120 million.
Thats $10m more than peacock paid for their game last month.

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CNBC is now saying it was actually $150m.
Either way its a good kick in the teeth to anyone that said streaming a playoff game was a failure.

[ctujackbauer]

I'm going to say this isn't going to end well for Herbert - new designed runs just for Herbert. The new OC didn't say he would be like Lamar Jackson, thankfully.

ESPN - Chargers OC Greg Roman's plan for Justin Herbert: Run the ball

[dcowboy7]

Salary Cap $255.4m.
$30.6m increase from last yr.

Result of the full repayment of all amounts advanced by the clubs and deferred by the players during the Covid pandemic as well as an extraordinary increase in media revenue for the 2024 season.
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Happy Combine Week LIVE on NFLN !!

Thursday DL & LB
Friday DB & TE
Saturday QB WR RB
Sunday OL

This is gonna be an amazing draft ive seen up to 7 QBs & WRs go top 10 in mocks.

[El Rey]

Bengals have franchise tagged Tee Higgins

Video yesterday on social media shows Cam Newton taking on three guys in a scuffle at a charity event. No idea what it was about but Cam had a ridiculous witch hat on and kept it on the entire time.

[El Rey]

Chiefs plan on franchise tagging CB L'Jarius Sneed and say they are open to trading him if they can't reach a long term deal

Raiders GM say they do not intend on trading WR Davante Adams

[ronboster]

Originally Posted by El Rey

Chiefs plan on franchise tagging CB L'Jarius Sneed and say they are open to trading him if they can't reach a long term deal

Raiders GM say they do not intend on trading WR Davante Adams

The discussion on a Chiefs trade of Sneed this am was for min 2nd round pick and most likely a 2nd and later round pick to get Sneed.

Though with Chris Jones representation, it's hard to pin down with any certainty, but word is both sides feel like they can reach a deal. That's what was reported in the local news media today.

[dcowboy7]

Originally Posted by ronboster

The discussion on a Chiefs trade of Sneed this am was for min 2nd round pick and most likely a 2nd and later round pick to get Sneed.

Though with Chris Jones representation, it's hard to pin down with any certainty, but word is both sides feel like they can reach a deal. That's what was reported in the local news media today.

Supposedly sneed has a knee issue.

[ronboster]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

Supposedly sneed has a knee issue.

He was on the Injury report with a knee issue before the Super Bowl.

[ctujackbauer]

Caleb Williams is being called a generational QB draft pick. Is it too early for me to predict that he's going to be a generational bust?

I don't think his game translates well in the NFL, other than mobility and his ability to escape to create plays. I think he's going to be a turnover machine.

[Batman1980]

He also appears to lack the emotional regulation necessary to handle adversity well at the NFL level.

[ctujackbauer]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

He also appears to lack the emotional regulation necessary to handle adversity well at the NFL level.

Emo Williams.

[ronboster]

It doesn't look like this year's Super Bowl will be released on bluray. I've been googling and can't find any release information. Last year's disc was released on March 13th. Since there has been zero release information, it doesn't look good.

I did find this article from last year, that the company who distributes the disc signed a 4 year extension to continue to release the NFL content on disc:

https://deadline.com/2023/02/nfl-sup...al-1235270389/

With being the highest rated Super Bowl and factor in the swifties interest, I would think there is a built in market

[filmbuffTX]

I see breaking news from CNN that Jason Kelce just announced his retirement. In my mind I thought we already knew that?? I guess he officially filled out the paperwork.

[ChadFL]

It's finally over. There's something known as sunk cost in the business world. Keeping him on purely because they invested a ton of money in him simply isn't isn't a good reason to keep him around.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...dead-money-hit

Broncos to cut Russell Wilson, take on $85M dead money hit

The Denver Broncos informed nine-time Pro Bowl quarterback Russell Wilson they plan to release him, a move that ends a tumultuous two-season run with the team.

The Broncos signed Wilson to a five-year, $242.6 million deal after his arrival and will take an $85 million hit in dead money over the next two seasons because of the release.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by filmbuffTX

I see breaking news from CNN that Jason Kelce just announced his retirement. In my mind I thought we already knew that?? I guess he officially filled out the paperwork.

More or less an open secret. I really hope he gets in the HOF very soon. I realize Center isn't the most highly regarded of positions, but if you're by far and away the best at your position for a good decade (and one of the best of all-time), you really have to get into the HOF without having to wait long. The guy was 1st Team All-Pro in 6 of his last 7 seasons.

[traths]

You just can't make this stuff up.

This guy has Ryan Leaf written all over him.

[KManX89]

Tyreek Hill sued for doing Tyreek Hill things: breaking a woman’s leg.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...awsuit-alleges

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill has been sued by a plus-sized influencer with more than 2m followers who claims her leg was broken at the football star’s Florida mansion last year during a backyard football lesson gone wrong.

Sophie Hall, an influencer, model and actor who lives in Pasco County, claimed she was invited to take part in an offensive line blocking drill after watching Hill train in his backyard, according to a complaint filed in Broward County. The Daily Mail was first to report of the lawsuit on Tuesday, four days after it was filed according to online court records.

Hall claimed she was asked to visit Hill’s home after registering her son to the Dolphins player’s football camp last June, saying he began sending direct messages to her on Instagram and commenting about her height “in a flirtatious and playful manner”, according to the lawsuit.

After watching Hill undergo a training session on his turf field, Hall was invited to take part in an offensive line blocking drill, the suit claims. On the first rep Hall, who is 6ft 1in, alleges she managed to push the 5ft 10in Hill backward, drawing laughter from a group of witnesses that included Hill’s trainer, mother and sister, the complaint states.

On a subsquent rep, Hill set up the same drill but with the roles inverted and the All-Pro receiver “charged into her violently and with great force, resulting in significant and serious injuries”, the lawsuit alleges. Hall suffered a fractured right leg, which required surgery and metal hardware implantation, according to the complaint.

[mwynn]

The Chiefs are trying to get public money to renovate Arrowhead.

[dcowboy7]

I dont watch anymore so doesnt matter to me (i watch vsin) but GMFB in NY is ending 3/29.
They are moving the show to their new LA building right next to sofi stadium that the nfl owns that houses all nfl media.
They arent saying if the current 4 hosts will go there too.
Also it may be a 2 hr show instead of 3 because there will also be a 2 hr "spinoff" show that will be syndicated to networks across the country.
They will start these shows around august.