2025-2026 NFL Season Thread

[BizCat]

Clock management is terrible and he's taken Philly far but never won. I say he's overrated.

[BizCat]

Originally Posted by Tony208

Patriots didn't pick until 83 but got their 4th highest draft grade? Browns took best player in draft and only a B? What are they smoking?

Exactly why I think draft grades are dumb.

[Moviefan1203]

Originally Posted by BizCat

Clock management is terrible and he's taken Philly far but never won. I say he's overrated.

Big difference between overrated and terrible. He's found a lot of success in coaching.

[BizCat]

Originally Posted by Moviefan1203

Big difference between overrated and terrible. He's found a lot of success in coaching.

He might be a better scout or manager than coach. Oh well, we will see when he calls it quits.

[kidkash]

Yeah Andy Reid ain't to shabby I would say he's a good coach. Doesn't have a lot of losing seasons and I know he missed the big one but I mean a lot of coaches haven't won a super bowl. I bet a lot of teams would take andy in a heartbeat.

[Eye Candy]

Originally Posted by BizCat

Clock management is terrible and he's taken Philly far but never won. I say he's overrated.

I heard that!!!

[Samus Aran]

New story about Cutler. Supposedly he wanted to play for the Texans and they refused to return any of his calls.

[BizCat]

Originally Posted by Samus Aran

New story about Cutler. Supposedly he wanted to play for the Texans and they refused to return any of his calls.

[ChadFL]

I really don't get the Andy Reid hate. The guy is at worst an above average head coach. He came as close as you can get to winning a championship and has been a consistent winner in two cities. His job in KC speaks for itself.

Kansas City the two seasons pre-Andy-Reid: 9-23
Kansas City under Andy Reid: 43-21, 3 playoff appearances in 4 seasons. His offense also helped revitalize Alex Smith's up until then very average career.

Same deal with Philadelphia. It was a garbage franchise when he took it over and went 130-93 with him, including 9 playoff appearances in 13 seasons, 4 NFC title games and one Super Bowl appearance.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by Samus Aran

New story about Cutler. Supposedly he wanted to play for the Texans and they refused to return any of his calls.

[fatediesel]

Originally Posted by Tony208

Patriots didn't pick until 83 but got their 4th highest draft grade? Browns took best player in draft and only a B? What are they smoking?

When you grade the Patriots draft you have to look at the players they traded for in addition to who they drafted. Via draft pick trades they got an established #1 receiver in Brandin Cooks, Kony Ealy, Dwayne Allen, and Mike Gillislee. Those four players should all play major roles for the Patriots this season.

[RageATL]

Originally Posted by BizCat

Exactly why I think draft grades are dumb.

As are mocks.

[BizCat]

Originally Posted by RageATL

As are mocks.

True; mocks have been better in prior years. This year's was a crapshoot.

[kidkash]

Originally Posted by Samus Aran

New story about Cutler. Supposedly he wanted to play for the Texans and they refused to return any of his calls.

F cutler because he had the talent but no heart!

[Rblu-Dblu]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

When you grade the Patriots draft you have to look at the players they traded for in addition to who they drafted. Via draft pick trades they got an established #1 receiver in Brandin Cooks, Kony Ealy, Dwayne Allen, and Mike Gillislee. Those four players should all play major roles for the Patriots this season.

Weren't Allen and Gillislee free agent signings? You don't count players that were traded for in draft grades. You look at the value of the drafted players where they were taken. They had late picks but got decent value out of them, hence the A grade.

[West E]

Draft grades are fun to read but thats it. A lot of places gave us a B in 2014 and that was Mack and Carr. They'd go 1 and 2 if you redid that draft today. Every other time if we get an A the players end up busts (McClain) or vice versa. Grade this shit in 2020

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by West E

Draft grades are fun to read but thats it. A lot of places gave us a B in 2014 and that was Mack and Carr. They'd go 1 and 2 if you redid that draft today. Every other time if we get an A the players end up busts (McClain) or vice versa. Grade this shit in 2020

Both analysts and fans alike were extremely skeptical of Carr, for good reason. I really did think he'd be a bust.

[Rblu-Dblu]

Originally Posted by West E

Draft grades are fun to read but thats it. A lot of places gave us a B in 2014 and that was Mack and Carr. They'd go 1 and 2 if you redid that draft today. Every other time if we get an A the players end up busts (McClain) or vice versa. Grade this shit in 2020

This. I remember years ago the Steelers got an A+ grade in a draft because the only need they had at the time was receiver. They drafted Limus Sweed and I don't think that guy ever saw the field.

[fatediesel]

Originally Posted by Rblu-Dblu

Weren't Allen and Gillislee free agent signings? You don't count players that were traded for in draft grades. You look at the value of the drafted players where they were taken. They had late picks but got decent value out of them, hence the A grade.

The Patriots signed Gillislee as a restricted free agent and when the Bills didn't match the Bills got the Patriots 5th round pick. They traded for Allen from the Colts and gave up a 4th round pick (and received the Colts 6th round pick in addition to Allen). So while the Patriots only drafted 4 players they got 8 players with their draft picks (as well as some players that were on the team in 2016). Some analysts only grade drafts based on the players actually drafted but the reason Mel Kiper gave the Patriots an A and Pete Prisco of CBS Sports gave them a B was because of the players traded for with their picks in addition to the players actually drafted.

[kidkash]

Haha Drew Pearson Wikipedia list his 2017 NFL draft Savage Award. That's epic.