2025-2026 NFL Season Thread

[fatediesel]

Originally Posted by walruswarrior

You're a little late to the party lol. It's probably why they signed Sudfeld.

Originally Posted by nolfoc

ha I just got home and saw it, weird that the issue came out today and the Jets signed Sudfeld a few days ago.. the Jets organization was probably giving Winslow PEDs and knew he would get caught eventually.. cheaters

The Jets have known about the Winslow suspension for weeks. Winslow and the team would have been informed of the positive test when it occurred and it had to go through the appeals process before the suspension was announced, so the team knew the specifics of the suspension and that it was unlikely to be overturned so they knew they needed to get another tight end.

[Galactus]

Originally Posted by Tony208

they set bail for the baby killer at 750k wtf? should've been denied

If I were AP I'd bail him out and the rest.... use your imagination.

[walruswarrior]

The 750K was most likely for the original charges. The bail will be rescinded and either no bail or a much higher one will be set for the murder charges.

[R3P0]

WOW this AP story just gets worse and worse, another senseless tragedy that could have been avoided had the law done its ****ing job

The man accused in the beating death of Adrian Peterson’s 2-year-old son had previously been accused of abusing a 3-year-old.

The Argus Leader reports that Joseph Robert Patterson had previously been given a suspended sentence on two domestic abuse cases, one involving an assault on a woman he was previously involved with, and another involving an assault on that woman’s child.

Patterson was given a one-year jail term for each of those two charges, but the jail time was suspended on the condition he attend domestic violence counseling.

Now Patterson is charged with aggravated assault on an infant in the beating of Peterson’s son. Additional charges are possible now that Peterson’s son has died.

[Tony208]

^ life in prison at least imo

[Brady_2_Moss]

Sounds like a model citizen....

[walruswarrior]

Can it be 1:00 already

[Brady_2_Moss]

last time i wasn't this confident in a pats game they won....maybe they will win but i don't think so. Get the Saints out of the way and then they go 3-0

[Britbuffguy]

Does it bother anyone else how the media is over playing AP in this death. Everything that happened with the scumbag killing the kid is awful.

But nearly all reports say AP was basically a dead beat dad in this case, having next to nothing to do with the kid...he may have just recently even found out about him.

I haven't seen AP milk this out, but the media is making AP out to be a father of the year when he was anything but.

Sounds like so many are willing to give him a pass cause he's a huge football player....


maybe it's just me cause when I was 6 months old my dad hit the road for years and years, and I just don't respect dudes that do that to their children.

Just my opinion.

[Britbuffguy]

Originally Posted by sycro

If it helps any, it's a different child.

He probably spent more time with this kid than his own son!

[Tony208]

Originally Posted by Britbuffguy

But nearly all reports say AP was basically a dead beat dad in this case, having next to nothing to do with the kid...he may have just recently even found out about him.

i agree with some of what you're saying but how can you be a deadbeat dad to a child you didn't know you had

[walruswarrior]

Originally Posted by Britbuffguy

Does it bother anyone else how the media is over playing AP in this death. Everything that happened with the scumbag killing the kid is awful.

But nearly all reports say AP was basically a dead beat dad in this case, having next to nothing to do with the kid...he may have just recently even found out about him.

I haven't seen AP milk this out, but the media is making AP out to be a father of the year when he was anything but.

Sounds like so many are willing to give him a pass cause he's a huge football player....


maybe it's just me cause when I was 6 months old my dad hit the road for years and years, and I just don't respect dudes that do that to their children.

Just my opinion.

Not really because it seems like he just found out about the child. Not sure if that is true, but if it is then there's no reason to really get on his case about it.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by R3P0

WOW this AP story just gets worse and worse, another senseless tragedy that could have been avoided had the law done its ****ing job

I can't believe that guy got zero jail time for two domestic abuse convictions. Hopefully this time they get it right and he's never outside prison walls again.

[bhampton]

Originally Posted by Britbuffguy

He probably spent more time with this kid than his own son!

We read stuff and fill in the blanks with our imagination.

My understanding is AP did not have custody and only recently was informed he may be the biological father. The child was not part of his life. It's no less horrible but it's not the news the media wants it to be.

I know that I know nearly nothing about the case but I do know that this kid wasn't been carried down the stairs everyday for cereal by AP... not that type of relationship.

I'm trying to avoid the story and commenting about it but the confusion people have the the way the news tries to warp the details bothers me.

-Brian

[Moviefan1203]

Let's go Buffalo!!!

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[nolfoc]

I hope tomorrow we can get back to discussing football

[Moviefan1203]

Source - http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/...gland-patriots

Tight end Rob Gronkowski's continued absence from the New England Patriots' lineup has escalated tension among teammates who have begun questioning him about why he's not playing and left some wondering if he intends to play at all this season, according to multiple sources.

"There's curiosity and resentment, and he's creating it by going out and kicking ass during the week and then he doesn't show up on game day and help the team win," one source said.

Rob Gronkowski's continued absence from games has created resentment among some of his Patriots teammates, with some wondering if he will play at all this season, sources said.

Gronkowski is expected to miss his sixth game Sunday because of multiple offseason surgeries on his fractured left forearm. He has not been cleared by third-party physician Dr. James Andrews, whose involvement suggests trust issues exist between the team and player over his medical condition and readiness to play.

Gronkowski first had surgery last season, returned with a metal plate in his arm and fractured the same forearm in the playoffs, then required two more surgeries while enduring an infection that complicated the healing process.

He might be concerned that another similar injury could threaten his NFL career.

Teammates, coaches and other members of the organization have watched Gronkowski practice fully for weeks -- this week he was described as dominant while playing the role as New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham while taking 50 reps a day on the scout team -- and yet he has not been available on a game day.

Teammates and coaches have seen him run patterns, catch passes, use his arm to pass protect, run block and to separate from defenders at the line of scrimmage, and they doubt a doctor would allow so much contact if there remained serious concern about the health of his forearm.

They are having difficulty reconciling seeing Gronkowski perform like that and then not take the field with them for the games.

"If he's not playing in games, he damn sure should not be doing what he is in practice," said the same source who mentioned resentment.

With the Patriots entering Sunday's game against the high-scoring Saints off a defeat to the Bengals in which New England scored the fewest points of the Tom Brady Era, teammates have begun to express their frustration directly to Gronkowski. Sources say the Patriots locker room has become increasingly uncomfortable for the tight end.

There are people in the organization who question whether Gronkowski intends to ever play this season.

"Whatever is holding him back now isn't going to be healed in two weeks, because there's nothing wrong with the arm," the source said.

The Patriots opted to keep Gronkowski on their 53-man roster rather than place him on the physically-unable-to-perform list so he could play before Week 7.

Now that apparently won't happen, meaning coach Bill Belichick failed to get full value out of Gronkowski's roster spot, although the player has been eligible to practice -- and his performance while doing so has questions swirling in the Patriots' locker room.

[sycro]

Originally Posted by Britbuffguy

He probably spent more time with this kid than his own son!

That is his son, AP Jr, with his current fiancée.

And how is he a deadbeat dad if he didn't know about the kid?

[bhampton]

Could Gronk just be sidelined to prevent possible injury?... Just waiting till they think they need him most?...

I would argue that was last week maybe if I was Brady... end of streak ... end of undefeated status...I guess it's ultimately better to let those go though and maybe even just squeak into playoffs and still have the best players available.

edit - I do miss Wilfork ... he was one reason I watched football... him and Raji.

-Brian

[sycro]

Originally Posted by bhampton

Could Gronk just be sidelined to prevent possible injury?... Just waiting till they think they need him most?...

I would argue that was last week maybe if I was Brady... end of streak ... end of undefeated status...I guess it's ultimately better to let those go though and maybe even just squeak into playoffs and still have the best players available.

-Brian

Patriots aren't holding him out; his dad and Dr Andrews are.