2025-2026 NFL Season Thread

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by StereoMike

Exactly. People act like the draft is a sure thing and the higher the pick, the better the player will be. There's not even a clear #1 this year and drafting anywhere in the top 10 will not make any difference. Teams have different needs and like different players.

Nobodies acting like that. Just using hindsight on good players

I'll ask you this who will care in 10 years that in 2011 you beat Buffalo twice, the Redskins and KC (I sure won't)? Where had you lost you'd probably have RG3 and someone capable of being remembered like Dan Marino.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

And like that the Eagles don't go out with a bang. But a sad pathetic whimper AND DIE. Time for them to clean house after this horrendous season. And last few years. If they keep Reid they must hate Eagle fans.

Not that I care though.

[ZooTv]

Scary to think how good the Colts are going to be next year.

[Moviefan1203]

Originally Posted by Alexias_dad

Nice pass from luck!

Luck's rookie year has been incredible. It's hard to fathom the yardage he has racked up behind that line and running game.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by Moviefan1203

Luck's rookie year has been incredible. It's hard to fathom the yardage he has racked up behind that line and running game.

Yeah just has HOF WR putting in work along with 39th ranked Donnie Avery. And he gets sacked almost 2% less per attempt than RG3.

[iam1bearcat]

Originally Posted by supersix4

Nobodies acting like that. Just using hindsight on good players

I'll ask you this who will care in 10 years that in 2011 you beat Buffalo twice, the Redskins and KC (I sure won't)? Where had you lost you'd probably have RG3 and someone capable of being remembered like Dan Marino.

wait, you do realize that Marino never won the top prize right? bad reference!

[Terjyn]

Originally Posted by Moviefan1203

Luck's rookie year has been incredible. It's hard to fathom the yardage he has racked up behind that line and running game.

And he's already getting elite QB bs calls against him.

Incidentally, that last pass interference call is why I despise the NFL "At the spot of the foul" pass interference version. When it's questionable or just flat wrong, it is WAY too big of a penalty. It's fine when it's correct, but it's not correct nearly enough.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

wait, you do realize that Marino never won the top prize right? bad reference!

Uhh what does that have to do with being a legendary player? Marino is still a QB god.

[ZooTv]

Biggest possession of the season right here for the Bears.

[StereoMike]

Originally Posted by supersix4

Nobodies acting like that. Just using hindsight on good players

I'll ask you this who will care in 10 years that in 2011 you beat Buffalo twice, the Redskins and KC (I sure won't)? Where had you lost you'd probably have RG3 and someone capable of being remembered like Dan Marino.

You act like as a fan, you can control something, change the outcome of a game. The only thing I can control is the love for my team.

So you're saying that at the end of the season, I should go back to every win and tell myself: "Damn, I should have rooted against my team in week 8".

How dumb is that.

[iam1bearcat]

Originally Posted by Moviefan1203

Luck's rookie year has been incredible. It's hard to fathom the yardage he has racked up behind that line and running game.

what sucks and i hope they fix, is that they don't keep this team how it was when they had Manning. year in and year out - lack of O-Line (most times, Manning just gets the ball out fast) and lack of solid, worrisome running game. why? because they had Manning and they (coaches, GM) always seemed to think Manning could just carry the load (and he did).

but give Luck a running game and improved O-Line and this team / franchise can have an even better 12 year run than the Colts had with Manning. Luck will still get his yards and TD's, but you have to protect your assets and build around them!

I'll never understand how the Colts couldn't build better around Manning they never really had to worry about the WR's, QB or DE's and yet, still couldn't fill in the rest of the pieces with a major playmaker

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by StereoMike

You act like as a fan, you can control something, change the outcome of a game. The only thing I can control is the love for my team.

So you're saying that at the end of the season, I should go back to every win and tell myself: "Damn, I should have rooted against my team in week 8".

How dumb is that.

Noooooo. I'm just saying what does it matter if you win or lose when advancing to the playoffs is out of reach.

[iam1bearcat]

Originally Posted by supersix4

Uhh what does that have to do with being a legendary player? Marino is still a QB god.

well, to be honest, your whole statement was foolishness. like Mike says below, you're looking at it as looking back, not in the moment. yeah, you could get a QB "god", or that same player could turn into Jamarcus Russell.

what should coaches say, "well guys, we're 4-8, going nowhere and have four games left. let's cash it in so we can maybe get a great player in the draft!" that's stupid imo.

[iam1bearcat]

Originally Posted by supersix4

Noooooo. I'm just saying what does it matter if you win or lose when advancing to the playoffs is out of reach.

1. that's what players and coaches are paid millions to do - WIN
2. attitude and franchise culture
3. that would make almost all games after week 11 irrelevant and not worth watching, might as well cancel all games once the seeds are decided / playoff teams are selected
4. to see what you have on your team for future years. if players would have your approach - cut them immediately, and see what you have. maybe a needle in a haystack approach for the next big thing in the league.
5. beat a division rival, which should always matter

and about a billion other reasons.

by the way, you should become a sports writer, i'd LOVE to hear / see coaches react to you asking them this question

[StereoMike]

We have this debate every year. I'm just sick of fans who stop rooting for their teams when they're eliminated from the playoffs. I'm sick of fairweather fans who only cheer on their teams when they win. They don't deserve to be called fans.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

well, to be honest, your whole statement was foolishness. like Mike says below, you're looking at it as looking back, not in the moment. yeah, you could get a QB "god", or that same player could turn into Jamarcus Russell.

what should coaches say, "well guys, we're 4-8, going nowhere and have four games left. let's cash it in so we can maybe get a great player in the draft!" that's stupid imo.

Thats the point in the draft the higher up you are the supposedly better player you get So if your 0-7 and out of the playoffs why would you root for your team to get a worse player based on games that nobody (not even fans) will care about.


Way to imply I said that... I said as a fan it doesn't matter lol

Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

by the way, you should become a sports writer, i'd LOVE to hear / see coaches react to you asking them this question

lol where were you able to transition whats been said to players and coaches feeling that way I need some of that pot.

[iam1bearcat]

Originally Posted by supersix4

Noooooo. I'm just saying what does it matter if you win or lose when advancing to the playoffs is out of reach.

here's a good question: your team was 3-6 and Shanatan cashed in the season as he thought playoffs were out of the reach (as i'm sure all of us did). what should he have done? taken out the entire starting defense? rest RGIII for next year?

[Moviefan1203]

Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

what sucks and i hope they fix, is that they don't keep this team how it was when they had Manning. year in and year out - lack of O-Line (most times, Manning just gets the ball out fast) and lack of solid, worrisome running game. why? because they had Manning and they (coaches, GM) always seemed to think Manning could just carry the load (and he did).

but give Luck a running game and improved O-Line and this team / franchise can have an even better 12 year run than the Colts had with Manning. Luck will still get his yards and TD's, but you have to protect your assets and build around them!

I'll never understand how the Colts couldn't build better around Manning they never really had to worry about the WR's, QB or DE's and yet, still couldn't fill in the rest of the pieces with a major playmaker

Should he stay healthy, I think Luck's career stats are going to be astronomical. The team around him isn't that good, but with a couple more strong drafts, look the hell out.

[iam1bearcat]

Originally Posted by supersix4

Thats the point in the draft the higher up you are the supposedly better player you get So if your 0-7 and out of the playoffs why would you root for your team to get a worse player based on games that nobody (not even fans) will care about.


Way to imply I said that... I said as a fan it doesn't matter lol




lol where were you able to transition whats been said to players and coaches feeling that way I need some of that pot.

teams do dumb things in draft and draft position doesn't mean anything.

Weeden was drafted when? and Russell Wilson?

doesn't matter if you go 0-16 and have the #1 pick, teams can still do and make idiotic drafting choices. and the player you may be able to get (or "should" get) may not even fit in your system!

these people get paid millions to play games to win. if they stop doing that, the league will suffer.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Let's go Bears!