2025-2026 NFL Season Thread

[fatediesel]

Originally Posted by rickah88

Berman retiring from ESPN. Don't think this comes as a surprise.
Colber or Wingo would be a much needed upgrade. Personally I'd like to see Colber for purely selfish reasons!

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...ter-16-season/

Berman's agent put out this statement regarding the retirement reports:

“Chris is not retiring. Loves what he’s doing too much and is too young to hang ’em up. Perhaps people with an agenda put it out there.”

It could be that Berman intends to remain with ESPN in a more limited role and only do select events like some NFL coverage and the home run derby, and maybe the draft.

[BizCat]

Or he *may* go to another network.

[TitansFan4Life]

https://www.nfl.com/now/10103061-703...154-sf26972154

Glad we are thrown into that mix. Rosenthal is such a hater. Hate that guy. The stuff he says doesn't even make sense half the time. He doesn't think Murray, Ben Jones, Rishard Matthews, Jack Conklin, etc have improved our offense. Lol Titans players must've boned this guy's sister or something.

I'd rank these three:

1. Raiders
2. Jags
3. Titans

All will have more wins than last year.

[Samus Aran]

Supposedly Nick Foles is skipping OTAs to protest the drafting of Jared Goff.

[Moviefan1203]

Source - http://www.scout.com/nfl/bills/story...uspended-night

The Pawtucket Red Sox are hosting a 'Free Tom Brady Friday' on June 10th and Buffalo's minor league baseball team has responded.
On June 11th, the Buffalo Bisons will host a 'Keep Brady Suspended' night as a part of their doubleheader on June 11. The Bisons would certainly like to see the Buffalo Bills face off against a Brady-less New England Patriots in Week 4 this season.
In a hilarious press release, the Bisons gave out the following details on their 'Keep Brady Suspended' night:
The New England Patriots quarterback has been suspended the first four games of the 2016 NFL season for cheating in a playoff game against the Indianapolis Colts. To show our support for this just and rightful punishment, the 'Keep Brady Suspended Night' will feature:
Buy-One, Get-one Free Tickets to anyone that brings a PROPERLY-INFLATED football to be donated to area youth football programs
Accepting UN-DESTROYED cell phone donations for 'Cell Phones for Soldiers' charity
A 12.5% discount in the Bisons' gift shop for anyone that brings a Tom Brady jersey/t-shirt to add to the postgame Fireworks Display. Help us remind Tom of the minimum amount of inflation for footballs, for you know...once he gets to play again
Scoreboard videos featuring some of sports' greatest cheaters, with special video tribute to Patriots' coach, Bill Belichick and much, much more!
Some fans should be advised. If you are named 'Tom' or 'Brady,' you will be allowed entrance into Coca-Cola Field for 'Keep Brady Suspended' Night, but will not be allowed to watch the first four innings of game one of the doubleheader. Please, no appeals.
Being banned for the first four innings for having the name 'Tom' or 'Brady' is a nice touch after Pawtucket said people with those names would be able to attend their game for free. You also have to appreciate the Bisons collecting un-destroyed cell phone and properly-inflated footballs.
Well played, Bisons. Well played.

Glorious.

[RageATL]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

Berman's agent put out this statement regarding the retirement reports:



It could be that Berman intends to remain with ESPN in a more limited role and only do select events like some NFL coverage and the home run derby, and maybe the draft.

That's too bad, the guy is terrible and needed to go years ago. He is a caricature of his old self at this point.

[ChadFL]

Whoa. So where was Belichick when this happened?

http://deadspin.com/thousands-of-nfl...-sk-1779827716

Thousands Of NFL Players' Medical Records Stolen From Skins Trainer

In late April, the NFL recently informed its players, a Skins athletic trainer’s car was broken into. The thief took a backpack, and inside that backpack was a cache of electronic and paper medical records for thousands of players, including NFL Combine attendees from the last 13 years. That would encompass the vast majority of NFL players, and for them, it’s a worrying breach of privacy; for the NFL, it’s potentially a costly violation of medical privacy laws.

Last month the league alerted the players’ union to the theft.

[fatediesel]

Originally Posted by Samus Aran

Supposedly Nick Foles is skipping OTAs to protest the drafting of Jared Goff.

The only reason Foles is still on the Rams is because his salary is guaranteed and the cap number to cut him is higher than the cap number to keep him. If his salary wasn't guaranteed the Rams would have cut him already, and it's likely he's either cut or traded by the end of training camp. No point in keeping a disgruntled player as your third string QB.

[dcowboy7]

If you go to a bar dont sit near aqib talib.

[Eye Candy]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

If you go to a strip club don't sit near aqib talib.

Fixed that 4 u.

Denver Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib was reportedly shot during a fight early Sunday at a Stemmons Corridor strip club.

A customer pulled a gun and shot one person about 2:45 a.m. inside the V Live club on Empire Central Drive near Interstate 35E, Dallas police said. Another person was wounded outside the club as the fight continued.

Those two victims were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The Police Department said in a written statement that detectives also had interviewed a gunshot victim at Medical City Dallas and were investigating to determine whether that person was involved in the incident at the club.

WFAA-TV (Channel 8) first reported that Talib was among the wounded and that he was driven to the hospital in his Rolls-Royce.

The Denver Broncos confirmed that Talib, 30, had suffered a gunshot wound to the lower right leg and that he was expected to make a full recovery.

Talib reportedly was undergoing treatment at Medical City, where he had been in the emergency room.

We’ve spoken with Aqib Talib, who is being treated at a Dallas hospital for a gunshot wound to his leg. He’s OK & we’re gathering more info.

— Patrick Smyth (@psmyth12) June 5, 2016

Talib, who graduated from Richardson ISD’s Berkner High School in 2005, was treated at Medical City Dallas Hospital, WFAA-TV (Channel 8) reported.

Talib made headlines last year at a downtown Dallas nightclub when he and his brother were alleged to have been involved in an altercation. An employee of the LUXX club told police that someone fired a shot in the air as he tried to break up a fight among three men.

In 2014, Dallas police apologized to Talib after they incorrectly reported that he was arrested for public intoxication at the Synn club in downtown Dallas. It was his older brother, Yaqub Talib, who was arrested.

Talib was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in 2011 after he and his mother were accused of shooting at his sister’s boyfriend during a domestic dispute in Garland. The charge was later dropped.

In 2009, Talib was jailed on charges of simple battery and resisting arrest without violence after he was accused of punching a taxi driver in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Talib’s team is scheduled to meet President Barack Obama during a ceremony Monday in Washington to celebrate the Denver Broncos’ Super Bowl 50 victory.

Last season, the NFL suspended Talib for one game after he forcefully poked an Indianapolis opponent in the eye after a play, a violation of safety rules.

In 2012, the league forced him to sit out four games for using Adderall without a prescription, a violation of the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances.

Before joining the Broncos in 2014, Talib played for the New England Patriots. From 2008 to 2012, he played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which drafted him out of the University of Kansas. He was a first-round draft pick and has been a three-time Pro Bowl pick.

[Moviefan1203]

Talib involved in an off the field incident again? Never saw that coming.

[rickah88]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/insider/story...6-depth-talent

[TitansFan4Life]

Originally Posted by rickah88

http://espn.go.com/nfl/insider/story...6-depth-talent

So were the Titans 30 or 31?

I don't spend money on ESPN Insider. Lol

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by TitansFan4Life

So were the Titans 30 or 31?

I don't spend money on ESPN Insider. Lol

Titans were 20th. I'm not really sure how they calculated the "starters who should be upgraded" stat. Quite a few teams had some head scratchers.

20. Tennessee Titans

Top five players: DT Jurrell Casey, TE Delanie Walker, S Da'Norris Searcy, LB Wesley Woodyard, OLB Brian Orakpo

Starters who should be upgraded: OG Chance Warmack, OT Jeremiah Poutasi, LB Avery Williamson, CB Brice McCain

The Titans are another team with fortunes largely tied to the development of young players. They passed up the opportunity to take the best player in the draft by trading out of the No. 1 spot to collect more picks, and instead picked offensive tackle Jack Conklin in the middle of the first round. Quarterback Marcus Mariota, wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham and rookie safety Kevin Byard, in particular, could be key players who determine how good this roster looks in the future, but at the moment there are too many unknown quantities to rank any higher.

The Titans' defense has had an injection of young talent, but they are subpar at cornerback. The defensive front needs support and is still too reliant on Casey.

[TheForce8686]

Originally Posted by TitansFan4Life

So were the Titans 30 or 31?

I don't spend money on ESPN Insider. Lol

I never visit Espn website because anything potentially interesting requires insider. There are infinite free sports websites so there is no need to pay for theirs.

[TitansFan4Life]

Originally Posted by rickah88

Titans were 20th. I'm not really sure how they calculated the "starters who should be upgraded" stat. Quite a few teams had some head scratchers.

20. Tennessee Titans

Top five players: DT Jurrell Casey, TE Delanie Walker, S Da'Norris Searcy, LB Wesley Woodyard, OLB Brian Orakpo

Starters who should be upgraded: OG Chance Warmack, OT Jeremiah Poutasi, LB Avery Williamson, CB Brice McCain

The Titans are another team with fortunes largely tied to the development of young players. They passed up the opportunity to take the best player in the draft by trading out of the No. 1 spot to collect more picks, and instead picked offensive tackle Jack Conklin in the middle of the first round. Quarterback Marcus Mariota, wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham and rookie safety Kevin Byard, in particular, could be key players who determine how good this roster looks in the future, but at the moment there are too many unknown quantities to rank any higher.

The Titans' defense has had an injection of young talent, but they are subpar at cornerback. The defensive front needs support and is still too reliant on Casey.

I'm beyond shocked they have us at 20th best roster. I wouldn't even put us there yet. I think by next year we will be better than that though. Just impossible to know right now.

[Batman1980]

Rams working on extensions for Fisher and Snead.

Source - http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/8363/jeff-fisher

[West E]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

Rams working on extensions for Fisher and Snead.

Source - http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/8363/jeff-fisher

Give the man enough 8-8 seasons and he'll finish with the most wins and the most losses in history. Maybe that's the goal.

[BizCat]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

Rams working on extensions for Fisher and Snead.

Source - http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/8363/jeff-fisher

I thought he would be a goner....

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by BizCat

I thought he would be a goner....

Probably want some stability in the early years of their relocated franchise.