2025 NFL Regular Season Thread

@stevek said:
I'm looking forward to not watching the Super Bowl halftime show.

I only watch it dependant on who is performing. Probably skip it this year.
I also skip the pregame hoopla. Tune in half hour before game time.

@Steven59 said:
Gabriel starting for the Browns this Sunday in London.

Wow - a rookie making his first NFL start in a foreign place? I wonder if he's ever traveled overseas? Be interesting to see what happens.

Those Browns sure know what they're doing? 🤔

Recently heard at a NFL executives meeting:

"Things are going way too good. We need something to irritate our fan base again. Who's got a suggestion?"

"his songs are primarily in Spanish with very little English"

Well it is in California.....

Everyone was holding out hope for Taylor Swift, am I right?

LOL "Bad Bunny"

No idea who it is nor do I care, the Super Bowl. half time performance is not even in the realm of anything I've ever watched or let alone looked forward to watching

Half time show is to. go the bathroom, do a quick how do you do. on the man town and see if we got enough beer, food and if the trash is piling up or not.

Now you can believe it..........

"Browns rookie Dillon Gabriel named starting quarterback for Week 5"

@bgr said:

@stevek said:

@bgr said:

@stevek said:
I guess Dylan Mulvaney wasn't available.

Steve -

It seems that while Bad Bunny is not homosexual himself, he has supported LGBTQ(and whatever else I would need to add to not be in trouble with any group). As I understand it Dylan Mulvaney was the failed Bud Light experiment to capitalize on the "gender insanity" that was taking place... which backfired initially... but then made everyone laugh again thanks to Kid Rock.

I would recommend that you take care introducing these odd connections as it presents as reaction formation.

I do think everyone agrees that Bad Bunny is pretty terrible... at Music so I can only assume the NFL is pandering to a Latin audience, which makes sense given their plans to expand and with Mexico City being a likely target for NFL expansion.

Sigmund you're missing the point. I'd say at least 95% of NFL fans don't like this guy and will never like him. The question is why would NFL executives choose somebody like this for their biggest event halftime show?

BTW - potential NFL fans in foreign countries ain't gonna like this guy either. However for some inexplicable reason, the NFL executives, just like the Budweiser executives, think these types will enhance their business. It most obviously won't. It's stupid marketing beyond belief. Even a grade school NFL fan knows it.

I don't know if that's what it is, but if I had to come up with a hypothesis that is what makes the most sense to me. I generally have no interest in the half-time show anyways. I tuned in for Dr. Dre... saw 50 cent rapping upside down like a bat. You know. It is what it is.

As far as Freud goes... science has progressed. I'm not making a statement there, but why are you trying to connect those dots? Who is that for?

"Who is that for?"

You sound like one of those great philosophers from the 19th century. 😉

@Maywood said:
Yes, now I believe it but I can't believe it!!!

Said Flacco, among other things:
So now the team will turn to Gabriel, with Flacco embracing his role as a veteran backup.

“I think the best way to help him is continue to come to work with a good mindset every day and provide that positive energy and see what he needs on his end,” Flacco said. “Listen, he’s into it, man. He’s ready to go. I’m sure he’s super excited about this opportunity. You can tell he takes it seriously just by the way he studies and his intent in the meeting rooms and on the practice field.”

Good to hear Flacco is being supportive, I remember when that clown Ryan Fitzpatrick came out of a game and was pumping his fist for Tua when he went in only to cause drama the following week when Tua was named the starter

"I would imagine that in his long career Flacco has experienced about all an NFL QB can, but I don't know if he's been replaced mid-week by a rookie before

Reminds me of Rael........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdj6k_c2cSE

@Maywood said:
So Sheduer Sanders is apparently "butt hurt" about Dillon Gabriel getting the call to start for the Browns this week. As if that weren't enough, he remains 3rd on the QB depth chart. His response was to to give an interview which was sort of weird. He did some type of mime routine, when he was asked a question by reporters he moved his mouth/lips like he was speaking but made no sound.

He is really starting to show himself as a nut case who is being eaten up inside, almost like he's ready to explode in a temper tantrum. He should be careful.

Absolutely pathetic.

But no big surprise.

@perkdog said:

@Maywood said:
@perkdog, the strangeness of it is that earlier Joe Flacco had demonstrated what he SHOULD do and say. The two rookies provide a good contrast to the world outside of the Browns, one shows us how a professional acts and the other how a spoiled, somewhat entitled child acts.

100% agreed

Professionally speaking, Flacco and Gabriel have aced it, Sanders has flat out failed

That what happens when you have millions of dollars and act like youre better than everyone else which is why he fell so far in the draft. Even Travis Hunter has screamed at him on the sidelines in college. He spent his life with programs designed around him and theres a ton of talented teammates that didnt like him.

@bgr said:
He better show everyone when he gets his shot.

He did show everyone. The last pre-season Game when he was put in with the "scrubs" that were gonna get cut. He pouted like a little rich kid who didn't get his way and showed no desire to win. THAT is NOT an NFL QB mentality - that is a spoiled kid that got everything handed to him on a platter mentality.

@Steven59 said:
So did the "Experts" get together and decide how many crappy games they can schedule for Thursday Night?

Well if Purdy were playing it might be a better game

Ohhh wait.

Purdy is out and the Rams decided they didn't feel like playing tonight

"Purdy is out and the Rams decided they didn't feel like playing tonight"

The only reason any body cares about this game is the Gamblers and the guys that want to get away from their wives who are dating their best friends.

Well : Old man, cant move, throws interceptions

Younger man: Can run but still will probably throw interceptions!

@JoeBanzai said:
Will the Browns defensive front destroy Minnesota's injury decimated offensive line?

Not confident in a Vikings victory unless the defense comes up with a big game against the rookie QB.

Browns O line isn't very good either. But maybe with a mobile QB could make a difference.