2025-2026 NFL Season Thread

[NeonStreetMelt]

Originally Posted by Hindustani

NFL has been trying desperately to make CHIEFS america's team!

cant wait to see that "my home boy" crybaby on ESPN again tomorrow.

this is how you beat down a QB.

That 3rd quarter fumble was the most heartening play for me.

kinda reminded me of Brady's beat down twice by my NYG in two thrillers SBs

You proved yourself wrong by your own word use. Very different dynamics between this game and those games. Those games were thrillers, as you say, because they were competitive and decided in the 4th quarter. Despite all the pressure on Brady, he still put his team up late in BOTH games and his defenses couldn't hold, though his defenses limited both those Giants teams until the late game clinching drives the Giants had. Last night's game was over at halftime. Mahomes threw for less yards than Brady in those games, and most of Mahomes' passing yards came late in basically garbage time and were meaningless.
By the way, what happened to the Giants after 2012? Cause the Patriots went back and got 3 more rings, haven't seen the Giants much in the playoffs since. Good luck getting a QB to deal with this Eagles team the next 5-7+ years, the Giants selecting a QB ensures the Patriots will get the top WR, RB, or O lineman pick, as they rebuild faster than the Giants ever will. Brady was 6-3 career record against the Giants, including recording the only 16-0 perfect regular season in Giants own stadium. A team wins the SB every year but we'll likely never see another perfect even regular season.

Must've been fun watching ex-Giant Barkley help lead another NFC east team to a title. Last night's game was great, the Chiefs had been barely scraping by all year and were ripe to have their run ended...Eagles were just finally the team to show up and do it.

[NeonStreetMelt]

Originally Posted by Hindustani

wonder if they'll ever question him on spygate and deflategate ever.

the people NFL rewards is just pukeworthy.

Not too bright are you? Spygate itself was BS, and had no effect on Rams SB, it was a longtime thing in the league to try to read other teams signals, which they change all the time anyway. They only got in trouble due to vengeful ex coach Mangini for having a camera in a specific spot. Gronk wasn't even there till 2010 and had nothing to do with the deflation nonsense which also had no bearing on the Patriots whooping the Colts in that game and a literal physics professor whose not a Patriots fan debunked any wrongdoing by Brady or the Patriots. Why don't you complain about Ray Lewis being part of any NFL broadcasts or the Ravens featuring him as a hometown hero when it's known he was involved in a literal murder?

[R3P0]

Originally Posted by NeonStreetMelt

Not too bright are you? Spygate itself was BS, and had no effect on Rams SB, it was a longtime thing in the league to try to read other teams signals, which they change all the time anyway. They only got in trouble due to vengeful ex coach Mangini for having a camera in a specific spot. Gronk wasn't even there till 2010 and had nothing to do with the deflation nonsense which also had no bearing on the Patriots whooping the Colts in that game and a literal physics professor whose not a Patriots fan debunked any wrongdoing by Brady or the Patriots. Why don't you complain about Ray Lewis being part of any NFL broadcasts or the Ravens featuring him as a hometown hero when it's known he was involved in a literal murder?

Its called Hypocrisy

[bruceames]

I was rooting for the Chiefs, but found nothing to cheer for the whole game. On the bright side it does make the Redskin defeat look less embarrassing. True they got blown out by an even worse margin, but at least it was competitive up to the 4th quarter. Hopefully they can improve in the offseason.

[dcowboy7]

Eagles will host kickoff game so looking at their 8 home opponents...

giants/bears/raiders - no way
broncos - doubtful
rams/cowboys - maybe

i think it be lions or commanders.

[ronboster]

Originally Posted by bruceames

I was rooting for the Chiefs, but found nothing to cheer for the whole game. On the bright side it does make the Redskin defeat look less embarrassing. True they got blown out by an even worse margin, but at least it was competitive up to the 4th quarter. Hopefully they can improve in the offseason.

Worthy is a bright spot. I think the early injury to Rice forced the Chiefs hand and Worthy's requirement to quickly grow in the position.

Obviously, I'm not in the locker room, but listening to the players...Hopkins, Brown and Mahomes played key roles to helping Worthy turn into a #1 receiver.

I'm excited for next season with Worthy, Rice and Hollywood as part of our receiving core. Now it's up to Veach to get the pieces of the puzzle together to strengthen our OL (hate to see Trey Smith go, but we likely can't afford him). If the OL doesn't get fixed, all the great young receiving core will mean less (results).

[KManX89]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

I was told this was rigged and the chiefs are gonna win
I bet $100,000 on the chiefs moneyline
I want my money back.

Only once fans started chanting “ref you suck(?)” after that terrible OPI call that took away a 1st down deep in Chiefs territory did they start calling the game (fairly) down the middle. They probably were like “oh shit, these fans are gonna start throwing dildos at us or send our wives shit in the mail if we don’t stop giving the Chiefs calls for once.”

And that $100,000 loss was nothing compared to the guy who lost $1m on the Bills winning the AFCCG because of the refs.

Originally Posted by Bigdog

as I'm sure to Eagle fans last night's game was a 100.

Actually it was to (pretty much?) everybody outside of Missouri.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by KManX89

Only once fans started chanting “ref you suck(?)” after that terrible OPI call that took away a 1st down deep in Chiefs territory did they start calling the game (fairly) down the middle. They probably were like “oh shit, these fans are gonna start throwing dildos at us or send our wives shit in the mail if we don’t stop giving the Chiefs calls for once.”

And that $100,000 loss was nothing compared to the guy who lost $1m on the Bills winning the AFCCG because of the refs.



Actually it was to (pretty much?) everybody outside of Missouri.

There's no team in professional sports I actually hate besides the Iggles.

[JDub1]

Levi Stadium in San Fran will host the Super Bowl next year

[dcowboy7]

Originally Posted by JDub1

Levi Stadium in San Fran will host the Super Bowl next year

2027 LA
2028 ATL

Overnight tv rating has SB with 126 million viewers so most watched show ever.
Final rating out tomorrow but shouldnt be that much different.

[Agent Bond]

The Eagles showed up and The Chiefs didn't. It's that simple.

[drb999]

Originally Posted by Agent Bond

The Eagles showed up and The Chiefs didn't. It's that simple.

The Chiefs weren’t even in the same state as the Igles..

[Eye Candy]

https://clutchpoints.com/nfl-rumors-...ore-head-coach

While Mickey Loomis didn't come out and say it himself, rumors sputtered after the Super Bowl that the Saints preferred Washington Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury, per Grant Paulsen on X.

“From the Super Bowl week notebook: I was told by a rival team official the Saints job was Kliff Kingsbury's if he wanted it,” Paulsen wrote. “Was made clear to him that was the case. He preferred calling plays in DC and staying with Daniels over taking the gig.”

While some people might aspire to be a head coach in the future, Kingsbury's been down that road already. Unfortunately for him, Kingbury's first attempt at being a head coach at the NFL level didn't end so well.

After spending six seasons as the head coach for Texas Tech — three of which were with quarterback Patrick Mahomes — Kingsbury was hired by the Arizona Cardinals in 2019 to put them back on track.

With the No. 1 pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, Kingsbury and the Cardinals selected quarterback Kyler Murray, hoping to bring Arizona fruitful years of successful football. That isn't how his tenure would go in Arizona, as Kingsbury got fired after a 4-13 record in the 2022 season.

[Eye Candy]

Rich Eisen’s Advice for the Chiefs after Their Super Bowl LIX Beatdown Loss to the Eagles - YouTube

[ctujackbauer]

Originally Posted by Eye Candy

[Show spoiler]Rich Eisen’s Advice for the Chiefs after Their Super Bowl LIX Beatdown Loss to the Eagles - YouTube

Brady might be a legitimate shooting star/meteor strike of a qb winning Superbowls like he did in his 30's and 40's. I did find this one insightful in that Jalen Hurts is about as successful as Mahomes in his first 4 years as a starter.

[ctujackbauer]

Originally Posted by Bigdog

Man, what a garbage game, not taking anything away from the smashing that the Eagles put on the Chiefs as I'm sure to Eagle fans last night's game was a 100. The Rams vs. Patriots defensive battle was 10 times the game as this one was over mid 1st quarter, prob the worst game of these playoffs this season imo.

One thing with Mahomes is it will be interesting to see what happens with the coaching change we will be seeing soon. I tell you watching Andy last night, I don't see him doing this for too much longer. He looked old and worn out to me on that sideline last night. Heck the entire team looked that way, down by 24 midway through the 3rd and Mahomes is taking his time, slow rolling to the huddle and getting plays off. He completely looked like a guy that didn't want to be playing last night, kind of weird to me.

It may have been a blowout, but I sure didn't turn off the TV after the first quarter, or the rest of the game, knowing Mahomes and his comebacks.

It was kind of odd to see a beatdown, we haven't had a Superbowl like that since 49'ers vs Chargers. Falcons vs Patriots was a beatdown, until it wasn't and ended up as a wild comeback.

[traths]

Originally Posted by ctujackbauer

It may have been a blowout, but I sure didn't turn off the TV after the first quarter, or the rest of the game, knowing Mahomes and his comebacks.

It was kind of odd to see a beatdown, we haven't had a Superbowl like that since 49'ers vs Chargers. Falcons vs Patriots was a beatdown, until it wasn't and ended up as a wild comeback.

Seahawks/Broncos was a recent blowout in the Super Bowl.

[BLMN]

Originally Posted by JDub1

Levi Stadium in San Fran will host the Super Bowl next year

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

2027 LA
2028 ATL

Overnight tv rating has SB with 126 million viewers so most watched show ever.
Final rating out tomorrow but shouldnt be that much different.

Back to back SB in CA ?

[mwynn]

The Eagles learned from the Falcons mistake. Keep the foot on the gas until the outcome is not in doubt.

[dcowboy7]

Originally Posted by BLMN

Back to back SB in CA ?

Yep & LA will be the first for ABC since 2006.