NFL Thread

[bluegirl147]

1 minute ago, Carey said:

100%.  It feels like the league is stopping at nothing to have a guy & an NFL franchise trump the dynasty that preceded it.

It's vexatious to be honest; the NFL would love to have the Chiefs finish as a better, more epic dynasty than the Patriots.  That may be due to the antics of the latter, which FWIW, was enabled by?  The NFL themselves!

Most fans don't want to see dynasties. And I say this as a fan who's team was one of the original dynasties.  It is not fun to watch year after the year the same team always going to the SB. And when that team is clearly getting favorable calls it only makes it worse. It's not like KC as been some powerhouse team this year.  A lot of their wins could have easily been loses.  According to Fox Sports their offense ranking was 16th. Their defense was ranked 9th. As of right now they are favored to beat to Buffalo but lose to Philly in the SB. Thank god for small favors I guess.

[Carey]

I wouldn't have a big issue with it if other teams won within all of the winning the Chiefs have done.  It doesn't help that they'll probably win beating the same teams too.  How would they perform against a Washington or a Detroit (probably beating both anyway).  Or how will they do against teams within their own division like Los Angeles or Denver (still surviving but it's division football).

At least New England routed their opponents.  As mentioned, I would be okay if other teams won once in a while.  Even other teams pulled through during the Pats dynasty (Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, GMEN, Denver, and Philadelphia).

IMO, it shows how gullible the league is.  They'd love to have an NFL 3-peat since MLB and the NBA have one.  Yet, they'd never turn the NFL into a players league.  No way the owners would even allow players, coaches, GMs, etc to be the star/moving force like the NBA does today.

BTW, I actually admire that (the league should not be a players league).  I'm not a fan trying to emulate something else & profiting off of it but still retaining the power & revenue.  Not that it'll have me quitting the sport as a fan but it's not great for the league if the same thing happens over & over again.  Especially with the seasons being longer than ever before (and that's expected to get even longer in the near future).  Other people might stop watching, but fortunately Taylor Swift "entered the chat" and that more than makes up for the fans that bolted!

Like everything else, this dynasty will end and the Chiefs will turn back to the awful version just like the Patriots.  Andy Reid isn't going to be coaching forever!

[bluegirl147]

2 minutes ago, Carey said:

Like everything else, this dynasty will end and the Chiefs will turn back to the awful version just like the Patriots.  Andy Reid isn't going to be coaching forever!

And if you believe Patrick Mahomes he won't be playing forever.  He has said he wants to leave when he is still  young enough to enjoy his kids. And Kelce has Hollywood waiting for him.

[Carey]

2 minutes ago, bluegirl147 said:

And if you believe Patrick Mahomes he won't be playing forever.  He has said he wants to leave when he is still  young enough to enjoy his kids. And Kelce has Hollywood waiting for him.

Kelce is done with another SB win.  They I can hear his boasting when the Chiefs fail next year (saying he wasn't there, that's why they lost!).

The only thing left for Mahomes is his definition of young.  If he retires next month, he will be Canton-bound in 2030.  New England would have bragging rights saying that New England won for 20 years (I supposed).  KC might do more in much less time.  I don't think Patrick cares about winning for 20 years.  Hopefully, and fortunately family is first, and that's awesome.  Congrats to the latest edition.  As mentioned, that's it for Patrick & Brittany.  Great that it's complete and neither one have hit the 30s yet

[Moose135]

On 1/18/2025 at 4:32 PM, Crashcourse said:

Well, some lady just murdered the Star-Spangled Banner at the Texans/Chiefs game.  

I just watched the replay of it. It wasn't bad. Maybe not the best ever, but I thought she did a good job on it.

[bluegirl147]

8 minutes ago, Carey said:

Kelce is done with another SB win.  They I can hear his boasting when the Chiefs fail next year (saying he wasn't there, that's why they lost!).

Him and his brother (and his mother) all bug me.  They just all seem to be everywhere.

Peyton and Eli don't bother me.  I hated Peyton as a QB but as a pitch man it's all good. And I have always had a soft spot for Eli mostly because he beat the Pats twice in the SB.

[Carey]

6 minutes ago, bluegirl147 said:

Him and his brother (and his mother) all bug me.  They just all seem to be everywhere.

Peyton and Eli don't bother me.  I hated Peyton as a QB but as a pitch man it's all good. And I have always had a soft spot for Eli mostly because he beat the Pats twice in the SB.

It's basically modern day Kardashians.  Or Kardashians that (doesn't) come(s) with noise cancelling headphones

[Crashcourse]

49 minutes ago, Moose135 said:

I just watched the replay of it. It wasn't bad. Maybe not the best ever, but I thought she did a good job on it.

Different ears. 😆

[merylinkid]

For those saying the Refs favor the Chiefs:

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/officials-missed-obvious-pulling-of-runner-near-goal-line-by-bills

The bills have been getting away with a blatantly illegal and dangerous move all year.

[meowmommy]

59 minutes ago, Carey said:

It's basically modern day Kardashians.  Or Kardashians that (doesn't) come(s) with noise cancelling headphones

Important point for me is that, overexposed as they are, the Kelces and the Mannings aren’t merely famous for being famous.

I never liked Peyton when he was a Colt.  It wasn’t until SB XLII, with multiple shots of Peyton in the box unabashedly cheering on Eli and the Giants, that I started to soften a little bit.  And his United Way mockumercial on SNL is still one of the funniest things I’ve ever watched.

[Carey]

Whether I like it or not, bad calls happen all of the time.  All I can say is to have that Tennis mentality (which isn't really required in the other 5 major sports).  That's win by at least more than the minimum & leave no doubt.

To this day, I still support Suggs being rather unhappy during the post Halftime Show mishap 12 years ago when his team was on track to end things earlier than they did.

[mojoween]

Meanwhile, Joe Montana is sitting at home watching the replay of Jim Burt taking his head off that resurfaces every year during the playoffs and is like “these Johnny-Come-Latelys couldn’t handle what I had to”.

[Carey]

Not to hate on Patrick Mahomes, but I think he's definitely struggle in that era.  The Chiefs didn't even get into the Endzone during one of their Super Bowls

 

Edited.  Not sure how letters sorta vanish around the time between post prep and the publish of it

Edited Monday at 06:12 PM by Carey
On & One aren't the same thing

[roamyn]

4 hours ago, bluegirl147 said:

Him and his brother (and his mother) all bug me.  They just all seem to be everywhere.

I like them, of course they're Clevelanders and born in my hometown.

However I do think they are overexposed. 

3 hours ago, Carey said:

basically modern day Kardashians.  Or Kardashians that (doesn't) come(s) with noise cancelling headphones

I'm sorry but there's no way you can compare them.  The Kelce brothers have TALENT.

[Marley]

31 minutes ago, roamyn said:

I like them, of course they're Clevelanders and born in my hometown.

However I do think they are overexposed. 

I'm sorry but there's no way you can compare them.  The Kelce brothers have TALENT.

I agree I like them too & they are nothing like the Kardashians. I can agree too they are prob a tad overexposed but they seem like nice genuine ppl to me.

[Carey]

Okay, yeah that was harsh calling them "NFL Kardashians" of the 2020s.  The similarity is that they're on television a lot.  So there's that.

Plus, I'd drink with them before several others.  To be fair & as far as I know, they haven't violated the law or committed a federal crime.  There are a ton of worse people in the league than both Jason and Travis.

[Bastet]

The only off-field thing I've seen them in is Jason's documentary.  I was glad to see Jason being a reasonably involved father, even during the season.  And I appreciated how honestly he spoke about the beating his body had taken, and at what point it was no longer worth it; he and his wife talked about his retirement in terms of him potentially not being able to get up and down to play with them if he kept on with that beating, while acknowledging his drive to play as long as he could (both for love of the game, and for the money).

[Carey]

Ben Johnson As Bears Head Coach

[baldryanr]

18 hours ago, mojoween said:

Meanwhile, Joe Montana is sitting at home watching the replay of Jim Burt taking his head off that resurfaces every year during the playoffs and is like “these Johnny-Come-Latelys couldn’t handle what I had to”.

The Leonard Marshall hit was even worse - if someone did that to Mahomes they'd toss the guy in jail.

[Carey]

14 hours ago, baldryanr said:

The Leonard Marshall hit was even worse - if someone did that to Mahomes they'd toss the guy in jail.

If he was lucky.

[Carey]

I had about 5 to 10 minutes to "waste" so I looked at a webpage I often use to track head coach & general manager movement.  From there comes the Aaron Glenn & Jets reunion.

Upon going to ESPN as well as the main NFL website to read more about that and other stuff, I learn that Jacksonville has let their general manager go.  Which is fair enough; funny thing was that they were just talking about that on HERD today (and how the guy has been a disaster while not being a fan of Jim in San Francisco).

[roamyn]

I can't wait to see Rex Ryan on Sunday's Game Day!  HA HA HA.

I'm not a fan of his, he's a loud mouth braggart.  And his shameless begging the Jets job was embarrassing.

The Jaguars finally fired GM Baalke.  Apparently they were set on Liam Coen for HC and he withdrew.

[Fukui San]

Glenn should hire Ryan as his defensive coordinator.  

[merylinkid]

14 hours ago, roamyn said:

Apparently they were set on Liam Coen for HC and he withdrew.

I wouldn't work with Trent Baalke either.   Baalke wants control of the roster and credit for all success even though what actually happens on the field has nothing to do with him.  

[twoods]

I just can’t with ESPN. I saw a headline that said “Allen or Mahomes- Who needs this win more?” and I swear I blacked out in rage. 

[roamyn]

1 hour ago, twoods said:

I just can’t with ESPN. I saw a headline that said “Allen or Mahomes- Who needs this win more?” and I swear I blacked out in rage. 

Seriously?!  

[Carey]

Whatever makes ESPN "comfortable" I suppose.