2025 NFL Season Thread

[Cobra Mgr]

Just over one week til opening KO.

Rashee Rice suspended the 1st 6 games of the season. Which means he will not be available til the KC plays Vegas Oct 19th. The Chiefs schedule is very "top-heavy". He'll miss the season opener vs the Chargers, the SB rematch vs Philly, plus the Lions & Ravens. I could very much see KC getting off to a slow start.

Panthers trade Adam Thielen to the Vikes for an exchange of better picks in the '26 & '27 draft. This isn't big news. But as a Panther watcher, I felt it would have been smart to keep either Thielen or Hunter Renfrow cause the WR's need a veteran leader. But they have sent both packing. Evidently in favor of youth & cost. In camp, WR was the deepest unit for Carolina. Of course, that was arguably vs their weakest unit, the defensive secondary. As of now, a shaky Bryce Young will go into battle w/3 rookies & 2 in their 2nd year among his wideouts.

[Cobra Mgr]

My predictions.........going 4 something different............

The March for Arch (worst listed 1st)

Saints
Browns
Giants
Titans
Colts
Dolphins
Cardinals
Jaguars
Cowboys
Vegas
Panthers
Seahawks
Jets
Vikings
Steelers
Bears
Patriots
Falcons

Div winners
Eagles
Packers
Bucs
Niners

Bills
Ravens
Broncos
Texans

Wild Cards
Commanders
Lions
Rams

Chiefs
Bengals
Chargers

1st Round

Commanders over Niners
Packers over Lions
Bucs over Rams

Chiefs over Texans
Bengals over Broncos
Ravens over Chargers

Conf semis

Commanders over Eagles
Bucs over Packers

Bills over Bengals
Chiefs over Ravens

Conf Championships

Bucs over Commanders
Bills over Chiefs

Super Bowl

Bills over Bucs

[monkeyman576]

Bills have to prove themselves to me before I pick them for anything

[Cobra Mgr]

Rank the starting QB's...........My list from 1-32

Joe Burrow
Patrick Mahomes
Lamar Jackson
Josh Allen
Baker Mayfield

Jalen Hurts
Jayden Daniels
Justin Herbert
Jared Goff
Matthew Stafford

Bo Nix
Jordan Love
Dak Prescott
Brock Purdy
CJ Stroud

Kyler Murray
Tua Tagovailoa
Aaron Rodgers
Geno Smith
Sam Darnold

Russell Wilson
Caleb Williams
Trevor Lawrence
Bryce Young
Drake Maye

Joe Flacco
Michael Penix Jr
Justin Fields
Daniel Jones
JJ McCarthy

Cam Ward
Spencer Rattler

[Cobra Mgr]

Originally Posted by monkeyman576

Bills have to prove themselves to me before I pick them for anything

Agreed. So do the Ravens. But picking KC again is borrrrrrrrrriiiiinnnggggggggg

[Cobra Mgr]

NFL debuting "rivalry" uniform series. Starting this season w/the AFC East & NFC West.

Bills


Patriots


Jets


Dolphins


Niners


Rams


Seahawks


Cardinals

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by Cobra Mgr

My predictions.........going 4 something different............

The March for Arch (worst listed 1st)

Saints
Browns
Giants
Titans
Colts
Dolphins
Cardinals
Jaguars
Cowboys
Vegas
Panthers
Seahawks
Jets
Vikings
Steelers
Bears
Patriots
Falcons

Div winners
Eagles
Packers
Bucs
Niners

Bills
Ravens
Broncos
Texans

Wild Cards
Commanders
Lions
Rams

Chiefs
Bengals
Chargers

1st Round

Commanders over Niners
Packers over Lions
Bucs over Rams

Chiefs over Texans
Bengals over Broncos
Ravens over Chargers

Conf semis

Commanders over Eagles
Bucs over Packers

Bills over Bengals
Chiefs over Ravens

Conf Championships

Bucs over Commanders
Bills over Chiefs

Super Bowl

Bills over Bucs

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[Cobra Mgr]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

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I love it. Hope others post their best guesses. I always think it is fun to look back & see how "smart" we were.

[CONN CHRIS]

Micah Parsons traded for picks. Nuts. Hope those two first-rounders turn into something great, you let a generational talent go Jerry.

[Amazin69]

And remember, those are PACKERS picks. It's not as though they traded him to the Jets.

[Cobra Mgr]

Good deal 4 both. IDK why U would have 3 players getting paid near the top for their positions & still not make the post season. Only contenders should be doing that. This gives Dallas salary room & some assets to build a post season team.

[low]

What an amazing day. Gone with aging and overrated Clark and in with one of the best players in the league.

LFG!

[Ragnar]

As a Cowboys fan, I'm not exactly happy about losing Micah. But I am glad they didn't pay him borderline QB money.

What the Cowboys should have done is extend Parsons after 3 years when the high end rate for DE was 35M per year. But the Cowboys never willingly pay their first round picks after 3 years.

[Cobra Mgr]

Poor Dallas.......................

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by Ragnar

As a Cowboys fan, I'm not exactly happy about losing Micah. But I am glad they didn't pay him borderline QB money.

What the Cowboys should have done is extend Parsons after 3 years when the high end rate for DE was 35M per year. But the Cowboys never willingly pay their first round picks after 3 years.

No offense to you or other Cowboys fans, but Jerry Jones makes my lips curl into a sneer. Read this; it's just the latest reason why:

Micah Parsons traded from Cowboys to Packers: What Jerry Jones said at his press conference

Here, let me jerry-pick a few cherries for you:

• "Jerry Jones spent much of the offseason talking about -- but not to -- Micah Parsons, and many of those talks proved unproductive."
  
• "Jones disclosed that he had talked to Parsons plenty but that he wasn't worried about talking to an agent and in fact he didn't even know the name of Parsons' agent." Real respect.
  
• "[Parsons] no longer wanted to negotiate without an agent, he didn't want to be on a team that took shots at him for being injured (which Jones did in July)."
  
• "Jones said many times over the course of the offseason that he had no plans to trade Parsons. Then Thursday came."
  
• "In his press conference after the trade, Jones even smiled and thanked the media for writing up the headline that he hadn't planned to trade Parsons, as it was part of his negotiation tactics."
  
• "Even though he called him 'Michael' on multiple occasions, Jerry Jones repeated several times that there were no bad feelings between himself and Parsons, and that he even talked with Parsons' mother for an extended period during a preseason game." How heartwarming.

Yecchh. I usually like to include a photo with my posts, but not of that toad face. Instead, here's MICAH Parsons. Good for him and the Packers!



Whenever I see a Cowboys game to be telecast, I have a huge incentive to tune in and root for the Cowboys to lose. Not because of Dallas, or the Cowboys, or their fans, but because of Jerry Jones. Get him to sell the team!

[monkeyman576]

If the Pack attack win the super bowl i am going to laugh. (as a Seahawks fan who hates the Cowboys)

[David Watts]

Based on the clips I heard from Jerry's press conference, he really pulled a fast one on the Packers by trading them an unknown Michael Parsons for Clark and 2 first round draft picks.

[Ragnar]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

No offense to you or other Cowboys fans, but Jerry Jones makes my lips curl into a sneer. Read this; it's just the latest reason why:

Micah Parsons traded from Cowboys to Packers: What Jerry Jones said at his press conference

Here, let me jerry-pick a few cherries for you:

• "Jerry Jones spent much of the offseason talking about -- but not to -- Micah Parsons, and many of those talks proved unproductive."
  
• "Jones disclosed that he had talked to Parsons plenty but that he wasn't worried about talking to an agent and in fact he didn't even know the name of Parsons' agent." Real respect.
  
• "[Parsons] no longer wanted to negotiate without an agent, he didn't want to be on a team that took shots at him for being injured (which Jones did in July)."
  
• "Jones said many times over the course of the offseason that he had no plans to trade Parsons. Then Thursday came."
  
• "In his press conference after the trade, Jones even smiled and thanked the media for writing up the headline that he hadn't planned to trade Parsons, as it was part of his negotiation tactics."
  
• "Even though he called him 'Michael' on multiple occasions, Jerry Jones repeated several times that there were no bad feelings between himself and Parsons, and that he even talked with Parsons' mother for an extended period during a preseason game." How heartwarming.

Yecchh. I usually like to include a photo with my posts, but not of that toad face. Instead, here's MICAH Parsons. Good for him and the Packers!

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Whenever I see a Cowboys game to be telecast, I have a huge incentive to tune in and root for the Cowboys to lose. Not because of Dallas, or the Cowboys, or their fans, but because of Jerry Jones. Get him to sell the team!

Jerry and Micah clearly had a conversation on some of the contract details before sending it off to the agent. The agent dismissed it. The situation sours over time. The agent comes back one last time to try to get a deal done, and asks for 47M per year.

To Jerry, that was an insult based on what they mutually agreed to previously. Jerry in turn trades Parsons basically overnight, and for poor compensation, returning the insult by saying, we can't get you out of here fast enough.

IMO, Parsons didn't want to stay with the Cowboys. Being a Cowboy makes you a lot more money than being a Packer. Just the state taxes alone take a big chunk of the small difference he got from the Packers.

[Cobra Mgr]

I can't blame Micah. Jerry Jones took him for a idiot. He thought Parsons was naive & not savvy enough to know how to handle business. JJ got mad that Parsons wasn't a fool. Micah got mad @ JJ for taking him for a fool. Things soured from there. In the long run, just focusing on the talent of Parsons & the trade, I think Dallas made out fine. But in the long run, focusing on how JJ tried to circumvent a player's agent, he just made it tougher for himself in future negotiations w/current players & future FA's. Agents are going to make sure their clients are wary of JJ sneaky attempts and some will even take this personal.

[Cobra Mgr]

Originally Posted by David Watts

Based on the clips I heard from Jerry's press conference, he really pulled a fast one on the Packers by trading them an unknown Michael Parsons for Clark and 2 first round draft picks.

Exactly what you'd expect to hear from a narc.