NFL 2025
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@KiwiMurph said in NFL 2024:
Have to love a sport with all the camera angles you require
One of the many many reasons why this is the best sports league in the world
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Just looking at the BBC Write up of this..
They've gone for the obligatory Taylor Swift photo in the story, but managed to capture her with her blow up doll face on.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/american-football/articles/c20lj8njp55o
Glad to have it back. Means I can spend my Sunday nights watching all the highlights in between a live match with one of the best all time punditry teams put together. Jason Bell is awesome.
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Okay, this might be a better time to ask "What the fuck even is this sport ... what are the rules?" - than mid-SuperBowl.
At one point during Seahawks game, the opposition had a guy running up to Seahawks "in-goal", jump up, catch, and pass backwards to a teammate outside the in-goal.
ie: to my eye ... actively attempting to AVOID a touchdown. What was that all about?
Next play was Seahawks starting on 1m, fucking it up, and ceding a "safety" ... if that helps anybody find the play. -
I couldn't find it, but it's probably a punt - if the ball goes into the end zone (in goal) then it's a touchback and they start at the 20. The guy chasing the ball is called a 'gunner'. He's trying to either tackle the punt returner, or 'down' the ball as close to the end zone as possible. If he downs it at the 1, the drive starts at the 1. But if he steps into the end zone then it's a touchback and they go out to the 20, so you see the big dives etc.
You can't recover possession on a punt, unless the receiving team has touched the ball first, so a touchdown is generally impossible. If a punt is close to the end zone then you'll often see the punt returner get out of the way, allowing the ball to bounce and hoping it goes into the end zone for a touchback.
The other weird situation you'll sometimes see is a player deliberately knocking down an easy interception if it's 4th down. Since 4th is a turnover where the ball was spotted at the start of the play, a deep interception can be worse field position than an incomplete pass, so the defender will make a call on whether they think there's space for them to get more ground by returning or not.
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I couldn't find it, but it's probably a punt - if the ball goes into the end zone (in goal) then it's a touchback and they start at the 20. The guy chasing the ball is called a 'gunner'. He's trying to either tackle the punt returner, or 'down' the ball as close to the end zone as possible. If he downs it at the 1, the drive starts at the 1. But if he steps into the end zone then it's a touchback and they go out to the 20, so you see the big dives etc.
You can't recover possession on a punt, unless the receiving team has touched the ball first, so a touchdown is generally impossible. If a punt is close to the end zone then you'll often see the punt returner get out of the way, allowing the ball to bounce and hoping it goes into the end zone for a touchback.
The other weird situation you'll sometimes see is a player deliberately knocking down an easy interception if it's 4th down. Since 4th is a turnover where the ball was spotted at the start of the play, a deep interception can be worse field position than an incomplete pass, so the defender will make a call on whether they think there's space for them to get more ground by returning or not.
@Cyclops Cheers - yeah, reading up on the "Punt" on wikipedia just now... that would definitely explain it.
I didn't actually see whether the ball had been kicked or passed - just glanced up to see this odd behaviour... but it sounds like it must have been kicked/"punted".
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Another concussion for Tua Tagovailoa.
Dude needs to seriously consider retiring.
Good news for him is the contract he signed in the offseason means he is guaranteed at least $93M USD so he is financially set for life.
Not great for the Dolphins salary cap going forward.
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Was a terrible deal even just based on performance, the dolphins have been the ultimate flat track bullies the last couple of years and Tua's a big part of that.
Hope he's okay though - I believe it's 4 in 2 years. Not sure how a medical retirement influences the salary cap.
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I couldn't find a good breakdown of the rules for the retired list, but while I was looking I checked out Dak's new deal. Wow it is bad. His cap hit next year is 90m! Over a third of the total cap. They can push out about 36m to future years, so it's not as bad as it looks but that money then reduces flexibility in future years and makes it even tougher when this deal runs out if you've pushed cap hits into void years. Next year Micah Parsons will want a new deal too. The cap is forecast to rise pretty rapidly, so that might be enough to bail them out, but they're going to struggle to keep all their mid level talent and Dak just isn't good enough to carry the whole offence on his back.
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https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/41265207
Some teams will already be getting wood for the 2026 NFL draft with another Manning due to be eligible. Looks like a chip off the old block
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https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/41265207
Some teams will already be getting wood for the 2026 NFL draft with another Manning due to be eligible. Looks like a chip off the old block
@canefan i actually watched this game, it wasn't all good. But hard to deny the numbers.
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Big week one winners become big week 2 losers. Cowboys get hammered by the Saints. Niners go down to the Vikings (99 yard TD to Jefferson was sweet). Lions lose to the Bucs.
The Chiefs left it very late to get over the Bengals today. The Ravens lost again? To the Raiders? The Panthers may be the worst team of all time.
The Broncos still fucking suck.Offences are in general really struggling this year. Defenses have got much better, and they are sitting really deep. So everything is check downs, screen passes, and short catch and run plays. Fucking analytics. Take what they give you. boo, throw the fucking ball over the top and give us something to watch.
