2025-2026 NFL Season Thread

[MaCruz]

I'm looking forward to the game at Lambeau Field. Going to be another Ice Bowl

[dcowboy7]

Originally Posted by Tony208

I hate hate hate playoff reseeding talk

Rivalries are good for football and it is good that a division game means more than a non division game

without the human element sports is just a repetitive exercise

diminish seahawks/niners or packers/bears just so some team that lost their division can still have a home playoff game? GTFO

Im not sure why it would diminish them ?

Teams would still fight to win the division because that would still gaurantee a playoff spot it just wouldnt gaurantee a home game.

I dont like reseeding though i would keep as is.

[rdm5777]

My predictions for the weekend:

KC, Cin, GB, & Phi

SF should beat GB but I just have a feeling GB will take this game.



Other random thoughts:

Cutler contract is 2 years too long.

I'm fine with reseeding if there is a 2 win margin between division winner and wildcard team.

[Navster]

Originally Posted by Brady_2_Moss

-30 windchill in green bay for the game.....who would want to sit in that?



no chance SF even comes close to winning that

Originally Posted by Navster

$50 Niners win...

So I guess thats a no on the bet? Never heard back

[fatediesel]

Originally Posted by rdm5777

Other random thoughts:
Cutler contract is 2 years too long.

In reality Cutler's contract is a three-year, $54 million deal with four one-year options. After the third year the deal has no remaining guaranteed money and since the deal doesn't have a signing bonus they could cut him at any time and not take a salary cap hit.

It's a little odd that they would pay him $22.5 million his first season because usually the point of a long-term deal is to less the initial cap impact and that's a big cap hit. Most of the time these deals are structured with large signing bonuses and small initial base salaries to spread the cap hit over multiple years. However, right now the Bears are about $30 million under next year's cap, and that should grow as they'll either cut or restructure Julius Peppers' contract, so they could afford to front-load the deal.

[Moviefan1203]

Originally Posted by Navster

So I guess thats a no on the bet? Never heard back

So you want to bet, eh?

[MaCruz]

Originally Posted by Navster

So I guess thats a no on the bet? Never heard back

Damn big money!!!

[Show spoiler]

[Batman1980]

Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 12m

A group of Packers' corporate partners, led by Associated Bank, bought remaining tickets for Sunday's game. Sellout, no blackout.

Source - Twitter

[Tok]

Originally Posted by rdm5777

My predictions for the weekend:

KC, Cin, GB, & Phi

SF should beat GB but I just have a feeling GB will take this game.



Other random thoughts:

Cutler contract is 2 years too long.

I'm fine with reseeding if there is a 2 win margin between division winner and wildcard team.

GB would have finished much better than 8-7-1 if the team was healthy. Both the 9ers and Pack have changed since opening day. Capers job may be on the line too if the GB defense is embarrassed like they have been in the last 2 games with Frisco.

[The Lizard King]

The Ten coldest games in NFL history...

http://www.nfl.com/photoessays/09000d5d824da7dd

I'm sure one or two of those games will be displaced after this weekend.

TLK

[fatediesel]

The Bengals have announced their game has sold out, largely thanks to Kroger and Procter & Gamble buying a large number of tickets. There will officially be no blackouts this weekend.

[Agent Bond]

Hulk Hogan gives New England Patriots a Shout Out. - YouTube

Of course, Hulk Hogan would endorse The Patriots because he is a real American!

[burner xxx]

you cant mess with the hulkamanaic, brother!

patriots are my new superbowl pick

[Terjyn]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

Im not sure why it would diminish them ?

Teams would still fight to win the division because that would still gaurantee a playoff spot it just wouldnt gaurantee a home game.

I dont like reseeding though i would keep as is.

Schedules are way too unbalanced as-is to reseed based on record IMO.

I do find the concept of eliminating divisions and having each team play 15 conference games, playing each team once, and then one inter-conference game an interesting concept though.

[dcowboy7]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

Schedules are way too unbalanced as-is to reseed based on record IMO.

I do find the concept of eliminating divisions and having each team play 15 conference games, playing each team once, and then one inter-conference game an interesting concept though.

Dont like that though cause like tony said you lose rivalrys....cowboys/giants would mean the same then as cowboys/cards.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

Dont like that though cause like tony said you lose rivalrys....cowboys/giants would mean the same then as cowboys/cards.

You don't remember the days when the Cardinals and Cowboys was actually a fierce rivalry?

[dcowboy7]

Originally Posted by Darth Anakin

You don't remember the days when the Cardinals and Cowboys was actually a fierce rivalry?

If youre going back to some qb named something Hart then no.

[Tony208]

they reseed and what becomes of those division games late in the season? they mean less

add playoff reseeding to the list of knee jerk moves being considered

who the hell is spearheading this crap anyway? must be the guys who can't play on the road and needs to play at home, they need to shut up and go on the road to win the SB like some of the recent SB winners

your record gets you in to the playoffs and winning the division gets a home game, why upset that balance?

if you want to talk about unfair, a first round bye is way more helpful than having the first game at home



it's amazing that seahawks and niners fans going down each other's throats this week and they're not even playing each other, niners are playing GB

[Lehnhart]

Can't sleep!

[dcowboy7]

Originally Posted by Tony208

they reseed and what becomes of those division games late in the season? they mean less

You lost me ?

Like this year packers/bears week 17 even if there was reseeding the winner of that game would make the playoffs while the loser is out.

Its still a playoff elimination game.

How does reseeding make that division game mean less ?