2025-2026 NFL Season Thread

[sycro]

Originally Posted by Michael Bay Fan

Okay, cause I hear them call him that all the time and I'm like okay.

As a freshman at GT, he got nicknamed Spiderman after this catch:

Calvin Johnson - "The Catch" - YouTube

And just for good measure, one for the Clemson fans...

[Show spoiler]

2004 GT-Clemson Muffed Punt and Calvin Johnson TD - YouTube

[Tony208]

Brady on pace for 42 passing TD 4 rushing TD and only 5 total turnovers
AP just under pace for 2,000 rushing

I think Brady or Peterson should be mvp
Vikings finishing with a winning record or even a wild card would help Peterson's case a lot

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by Tony208

Brady on pace for 42 passing TD 4 rushing TD and only 5 total turnovers
AP just under pace for 2,000 rushing

I think Brady or Peterson should be mvp
Vikings finishing with a winning record or even a wild card would help Peterson's case a lot

Pleaseeeeee Rg3 should get Roy and MVP... Would love to see Brady do that behind this line

Rg3

[Navster]

Safe to say we'll probably see the Patriots in the Super Bowl again this year...

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Michael Bay Fan

Okay, cause I hear them call him that all the time and I'm like okay.

Never knew it was because of Roy, figured it was because he's absolutely huge and also very tough.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Originally Posted by Navster

Safe to say we'll probably see the Patriots in the Super Bowl again this year...

And then again they can lose to the Giants.

[sycro]

Originally Posted by Navster

Safe to say we'll probably see the Patriots in the Super Bowl again this year...

As long as they don't have to face the Cardinals (yes, I know they aren't in the AFC)

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by Tony208

Brady on pace for 42 passing TD 4 rushing TD and only 5 total turnovers
AP just under pace for 2,000 rushing

I think Brady or Peterson should be mvp
Vikings finishing with a winning record or even a wild card would help Peterson's case a lot

I'll bet Peterson wins Offensive POY and Peyton Manning of Tom Brady wins MVP. The people who vote on those awards seem to like giving MVP to a QB and OPOY a RB.

Coming into tonight Peterson led the NFL in rushing yards by a 334 yard margin. That has to be one of the biggest differences between the #1 and #2 rusher in a season in NFL history. The fact that Peterson is averaging 6.0 yards per carry is equally remarkable.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

I'll bet Peterson wins Offensive POY and Peyton Manning of Tom Brady wins MVP. The people who vote on those awards seem to like giving MVP to a QB and OPOY a RB.

Coming into tonight Peterson led the NFL in rushing yards by a 334 yard margin. That has to be one of the biggest differences between the #1 and #2 rusher in a season in NFL history. The fact that Peterson is averaging 6.0 yards per carry is equally remarkable.

True his team sucks and the qb is awful so he should get way more consideration...

[iam1bearcat]

Originally Posted by sycro

People often score TDs without their team gaining yards.

"The Bus" was best at this, mostly at the end of his career though of course: 10 carries, -4 yards, 3 TD's

[iam1bearcat]

Originally Posted by supersix4

Also most have never recovered.

i'd say Fitzgerald broke the curse. that's a hell of a year for a "cursed" player to have. most WR's would kill for that many yards, catches and TD's.

[iam1bearcat]

this may be the closest year for all awards in quite some time:

MVP (Brady, Peterson, RGIII, Manning
Off. Rookie otY (Luck, RGIII, Wilson, Martin)
Def. Rookie otY (GB safety - can't think of his name, um, some others as well i'm sure lol)
Off. PotY (C. Johnson, RGIII, Brady, Ryan, Luck)
Def. PotY (Watt, Von Miller)
Comeback PotY (Peterson, Manning)

does the Associated Press vote on ALL awards or just some / MVP?

also, could a player win numerous / almost all awards for one year, or is there a limit? (i.e. RGIII winning MVP, Off. RotY, Off PotY)

[Moviefan1203]

The Patriots were damn impressive last night. I couldn't believe the way they completely man handled one of the NFL's best teams.

[fatediesel]

Paul Tagliabue vacated all player suspensions for the Saints bounty case. His ruling was written in a way so both sides can claim they won the case by saying the bounty existed but largely blaming the coaches, who do not have a union or any legal recourse.

Tagliabue, however, found that the players' conduct was detrimental to the league. He says they participated in a performance pool that rewarded key plays -- including hard tackles -- that could justify fines.

But the former commissioner said Tuesday that "this entire case has been contaminated by the coaches and others in the Saints' organization."

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/87...unty-penalties

[Batman1980]

A source tells ESPN that Dez Bryant (finger) "is going to play" Sunday "unless the doctors say he medically can't do it."
The Cowboys have placed Bryant in an unfair position. He'll likely be medically able to play through the injury, but will be risking permanent damage to his fractured finger by doing so. Of course, Dez doesn't want to let the franchise down, so he's insisting that he "wants to play," possibly with a splint as protection. Desperate owners looking to protect themselves while Bryant mulls the decision can add Dwayne Harris.

Source - http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story/...-injury-source

[supersix4]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-sh...7707--nfl.html

A* Hole... I hope he goes to jail after reading that

"As I was on the access road, I approached the aftermath of what was obviously a horrible, tragic incident. When I first pulled up to the scene, there was a little bit of a flame coming from the flipped vehicle, like in the engine area. Just a very small flame and I wasn't too overly concerned for that. I jumped out of my vehicle and ran up to make sure that everyone was okay. As I got closer to the scene, there was a gentleman, which I later found out was Josh Brent, that was standing off to the right side of the wreckage, kind of pacing back and forth, you know, walking around.

"I asked him if he was okay, I said 'Is everyone okay?', 'Are you alright?', and he responded to me, he said that he was fine.

"The person that was in the other vehicle stepped out of her car and she said 'I've already called 9-1-1, they're on the way'. And I was like, I'm so relieved that, you know, single-car collision, no injuries, fine...But it took no time at all for this fire to really get engaged. It became very hot, very bright, very big and then I started to hear screams coming from inside the vehicle and it was a man's voice saying 'Help me', you know, 'Help, somebody help me'. And I turned and looked at the gentleman in the black pants (Brent), and I said 'Is there a passenger? Is there somebody in the car?'. And he said 'Yeah'. And I told him 'Well, get him out of the car'.

"Josh looked at me and he said 'He won't get out of the car'. And I said 'Well, you can't just leave him in there and let him die. You've got to help him. Go get him'. And I commanded him several times and Josh looked at me, and he again said 'He won't get out of the car'. And I told him 'You can't stand here and watch him die. You've got to get him out'."

McWilliams returned to her vehicle to retrieve her phone and when she returned, Brent had pulled the passenger (Brown) from the fiery wreck.

"He (Brown) was laying in the middle of the lane, very still. He had his arms were outstretched, almost in the shape of a 'T'. And he was moving his arms just a little bit, he was moving his head just a little bit. So I was like 'Okay, he's not dead, he's alive'. You know, I felt some sense of relief. The fire was getting bigger, glass was starting to shatter. I don't know where Josh went at this point, because he just disappeared into the darkness behind the vehicle.

"I didn't know Jerry in life. I never heard of him, I didn't know who he was," McWilliams added. "But I want people to understand that Josh Brent is not a hero. I keep hearing reports of how he was there to pull his friend from the fire, but he had to be coerced and pushed and begged and pleaded to get his friend out of the fire. And when he pulled him out, he just left him in the street. He didn't tell him 'Hang in there, help is on the way'. Nothing. He just left him there and I want the magnitude of that to be understood."

[sycro]

Originally Posted by supersix4

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-sh...7707--nfl.html

A* Hole... I hope he goes to jail after reading that

You didn't already?

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by sycro

You didn't already?

I mean I guess I did lol, I just hate him more now, because prior to reading that the only redeeming quality this guy had was he tried to save his buddy, but apparently he couldn't even do that!

[Waboman]

Originally Posted by supersix4

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-sh...7707--nfl.html

A* Hole... I hope he goes to jail after reading that

OMG! What a dick.

[Tony208]

The guy was drunk and just in a car crash, hardly in the right mind. You should judge his actions leading up to getting in the car.