NFL 2025-2026 Thread

travlerajm said:
This playoffs is still giving me flashbacks of 12 years ago, where a California nfc west heavyweight traveled to the nfc north tundra in divisional round and then went north to play division rival for the heavyweight championship belt, before easily dispatching an overrated afc team in the Super Bowl.

That year, the nfc title came down to the wire with the Richard Sherman tip sealing it. Could see it coming down to the wire again.
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That 49ers/Seahawks game was a thriller. The 49ers that year were quite tough. They went to Green Bay and squeaked out a tough win in the bitter cold weather(wind chill was way below zero). It was amazing how the Seahawks completely stomped the Broncos in the Super Bowl. That Seattle team was an ATG team.
 
Pheasant said:
That 49ers/Seahawks game was a thriller. The 49ers that year were quite tough. They went to Green Bay and squeaked out a tough win in the bitter cold weather(wind chill was way below zero). It was amazing how the Seahawks completely stomped the Broncos in the Super Bowl. That Seattle team was an ATG team.
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The thing that gives me fan confidence is that this Seahawks team is constructed eerily similar to the 2013 team.

Dominant elite defense. Solid trench play. QB with elite arm talent but questionable ability to read D, who’s not asked to throw too much.
 
travlerajm said:
The thing that gives me fan confidence is that this Seahawks team is constructed eerily similar to the 2013 team.

Dominant elite defense. Solid trench play. QB with elite arm talent but questionable ability to read D, who’s not asked to throw too much.
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Their defense is awesome. And this conference championship will really test them.

Quite honestly, this conference championship feels like a Super Bowl. Denver is missing their starting QB. I expect New England to win that game. I don’t think that the Patriots can beat the Rams or Seahawks
 
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Some were critical of his choice to kick in OT instead of electing to receive and cite it as a contributing factor to his firing. Although he would likely have been out anyway with any loss.

www.usatoday.com

Bills fire head coach Sean McDermott after NFL playoff loss to Broncos

The Bills' season was ended by Denver in the divisional round, ending another chance at a Super Bowl run for QB Josh Allen.
www.usatoday.com

In both overtime thrillers during the Divisional Round ,the teams that won the coin toss made the exact same unconventional choice: they elected to kick.

This decision backfired in both instances, leading to intense criticism of the coaches for not taking the ball first under the current rules.

1. Chicago Bears vs. L.A. Rams
  • The Toss: The Bears won the toss and, despite the "third possession" risk, elected to kick off.
  • The Outcome: Chicago’s defense actually did its job, forcing a quick Rams three-and-out. However, on the ensuing Bears possession, Caleb Williams threw a deep interception to Kam Curl.
  • The Result: Because the game was now in sudden death (after both teams had their guaranteed first possession), the Rams only needed a field goal to win. Harrison Mevis nailed a 42-yarder to send the Rams to the NFC Championship.
2. Buffalo Bills vs. Denver Broncos
  • The Toss: The Bills won the toss and also elected to kick off.
  • The Outcome: Similar to the Bears game, neither team scored on their initial mandatory possessions.
  • The Result: The game moved into the third possession (sudden death), which went to Denver because they had kicked off to start OT. The Broncos drove down and won 33-30 on a field goal by Wil Lutz.
Why the Choice Was Controversial

By kicking off, both the Bears and Bills gave their opponents the chance to have two possessions while they only had one. Analysts noted that this "information advantage" (knowing what you need to score) is less valuable than the "third possession advantage" of sudden death.

The decision was so heavily criticized in Buffalo that some suggested it contributed to head coach Sean McDermott potentially losing his job.
 
Better_Call_Raul said:
In both overtime thrillers during the Divisional Round ,the teams that won the coin toss made the exact same unconventional choice: they elected to kick.
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The only time you might possibly elect to kick is if you have a dominating defense, which does not apply to the Bills.

If you win the OT toss, you need to elect to receive first and put the ball in the hands of Josh Allen. Period.

"Informational Advantage" my foot!
 
Better_Call_Raul said:
The only time you might possibly elect to kick is if you have a dominating defense, which does not apply to the Bills.

If you win the OT toss, you need to elect to receive first and put the ball in the hands of Josh Allen. Period.

"Informational Advantage" my foot!
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In the Rams-Seahawks week 15 thriller that went to OT, the Seahawks won the toss and elected to kick.

In that case, both offenses were unstoppable in OT.
The Rams received the kick and scored a touchdown quickly, then kicked an extra point to go up 7.

The Seahawks responded by easily driving down the field and scoring a TD to pull within 1. They made the no-brainer decision to go for 2, and won 38-37.

Afterward, they said that this was the first case of a team winning in OT on a 2-point conversion. This suggests that it is an uncommon thing to happen, despite the decision to kick seemingly like the right decision in this case.

I believe the stats show that kicking teams win OT close to 50% of time. So the right decision isn’t obvious.
 
travlerajm said:
In the Rams-Seahawks week 15 thriller that went to OT, the Seahawks won the toss and elected to kick.

In that case, both offenses were unstoppable in OT.
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Very odd that the Seahawks defense utterly embarrassed the 49ers offense for two straight games. Did not give up a TD.
Which Seahawks defense will show up next week vs Rams? Will it be another shootout? Or a low scoring game?
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Better_Call_Raul said:
Very odd that the Seahawks defense utterly embarrassed the 49ers offense for two straight games. Did not give up a TD.
Which Seahawks defense will show up next week vs Rams? Will it be another shootout? Or a low scoring game?
:unsure:
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If you remove the OT shootout outlier, in the other 12 games since Oct 12, Seahawks D have averaged 12.8 points allowed per game.
 
travlerajm said:
If you remove the OT shootout outlier, in the other 12 games since Oct 12, Seahawks D have averaged 12.8 points allowed per game.
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The total is 47.5. Both defenses are certainly capable of dominating.
Rams defense made some huge stops late in the game.
The Seattle QB Darnold may potentially be shaky in his first championship game.
The under is looking very attractive here.
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One of the most brutal defensive stops ever seen.
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Curl makes the game-saving INT in OT.
But he barely holds on to it. Bobbles it a few times. Rams lose if he can't hold on to this INT.
That's how close this game was.
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Better_Call_Raul said:
The total is 47.5. Both defenses are certainly capable of dominating.
Rams defense made some huge stops late in the game.
The Seattle QB Darnold may potentially be shaky in his first championship game.
The under is looking very attractive here.
:unsure:

One of the most brutal defensive stops ever seen.
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Don't forget also the unfortunate Charbonnet injury. KW is better at certain things but Seattle's offense loses a lot without his reliability as the second option.
 
optic yellow said:
Don't forget also the unfortunate Charbonnet injury. KW is better at certain things but Seattle's offense loses a lot without his reliability as the second option.
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K9 my boy. Should have won Heisman his year at Michigan State considering the rest of the team was JUCO tier.

Was at the game live when he had 23 carries for 197 yards 5 TD's against Michigan.

He carried Seattle in the 38-37 game earlier this year too. Something like 9 yards a carry.
 
Federer and Del Potro said:
K9 my boy. Should have won Heisman his year at Michigan State considering the rest of the team was JUCO tier.

Was at the game live when he had 23 carries for 197 yards 5 TD's against Michigan.

He carried Seattle in the 38-37 game earlier this year too. Something like 9 yards a carry.
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Seahawks O-line was a mess in run blocking first half of year, but they seem to be figuring it out last several games. K9 will need to be the man with Charbonnet gone.

Seahawks also been trending toward calling more quick timing throws where they can rely on Sam’s arm talent to throw laser darts before the D can disrupt it with blitz packages, so he doesn’t have to process, as processing never been his strength.
 
travlerajm said:
Seahawks O-line was a mess in run blocking first half of year, but they seem to be figuring it out last several games. K9 will need to be the man with Charbonnet gone.

Seahawks also been trending toward calling more quick timing throws where they can rely on Sam’s arm talent to throw laser darts before the D can disrupt it with blitz packages, so he doesn’t have to process, as processing never been his strength.
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Agreed, seems like the one game the Seahawks offense will actually need to put up points. They could probably beat Denver/New England putting up 17 if need be.
 
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NE-3.5, 43.5
 
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