Time to Dynamically Kickoff the Season - NFL 2024/25

Might take a bit getting used to this:
https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/rules-changes/new-dynamic-kickoff-rule-explainer/

Thanks. I couldn't think of a title lol

The preseason is so boring.

I did get a ILNFL chuckle out of the fact that book that just came out on Rodgers was called "Out of the Darkness"...we may have a lurker.

well, I let my son draft my fantasy team this year. he was super excited about it. he's now running around the house yelling about how amazing his fantasy team is. it is in fact one of the worst fucking fantasy teams I've ever seen. turns out he only knows players from the highlights videos he watches on YouTube. fuck me

this is awesome and i want a thread dedicated to it and him

i wanted to supervise him but my wife was out so i had to put my daughter to bed. knew shit was gonna be bad when he came into the room to tell me he took Justin Tucker in the 3rd. I was like wtf I told you not to do that! and he says "hes the best kicker ever Dad! did you know he made a 66 yard field goal! the longest in NFL history!! did you?! I had to take him someone else was gonna get him!!"

game recognizing game

my first fantasy football experience was literally 40 years ago, when i spent three seasons finishing a distant second to my little league baseball coach, better known as steelers tattoo guy. dude was insane -- we drafted individual defensive players (andre tippett!) and he knew *everything*

i just bought street & smiths. nabbed jerry rice early. had joe morris and his 20 TD for the NYFG in 1986.

no offense but it sucks deeply if your kid can't translate his excitement into something rewarding that's not essentially gambling. and if he starts rooting against the packers because he's got some TE playing against them, that is the worst

the whole idea is just really appealing to him, I kinda knew once I explained the concept that it was something he could get obsessed with. just watching his eyes light up when I explained like "each player gets his own score, then you add them together and go against the other player", he was way into it. I knew I had to let him do it. he plays this baseball game on the Switch a lot which lets you draft a team and he spends more time doing that now than playing the actual game. its funny too since its one of those games where most of the players are fake but there are some real life HOFers in there. so when I'm doing it with him he's like "you look Robin Yount over Mighty Goat?? what is wrong with you!??"

the idea that he might have to root for one of his players against the Packers has not yet occurred to him, lol

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frogbs, you need to get him into ttrpgs instead. Fantasy sports is the worst.

I never did much fantasy sports. I some how did not get in the one my circle of college ‘bros’ did until last season and they have had it going since 96. Last season was the first league turnover they had had since 99. Nerds.

I did play fantasy baseball for a couple years on ILB. It’s way more work.

My thing that I did a ton back in the 80s was playing Statis Pro football that was put out by Sports Illustrated. I had the baseball game for a couple seasons too. I still have two of the football games both of which still had the Street and Smiths NFL previews for like 86, 87 & 88. Those are real fun to look at.

We did actual gambling some when I was a teenager. Those old school football cards where you would have the spread for the weeks games in ncaa and nfl. You e we would like pay $2 Bucks and pick 4 games off the card. Did ok on those. I grew up a bunch of pro sports following knuckleheads as a kid. Funny thing was my buddies dad was a cop that would take in the cards.

They were printed in Red Key In - A little dot in the map outside Muncie and as I understood these betting cards went to Detroit, Chicago etc in the area.

Grew up with…

Fuck. Pearsall shot in Union Square as a victim of an armed robbery over his Rolex. Supposedly fought back and perp was injured with his own gun. Heard Ricky walked himself to the ambulance (what a G), but is now in the hospital. Absolutely sucks

Per SFPD: 49ers Ricky Pearsall was shot through the chest in a robbery attempt over a Rolex. He was headed to a signing event on Geary & Market. There was a struggle for the gun. Both Ricky & the suspect were shot. Both parties stable at SF General Hospital.

— Sean Cunningham (@SeanCunningham) September 1, 2024

where is the lie

some background on what exactly the o'keefe media group is might have been useful, tho

ASHBURN, Va. -- The Washington Commanders have suspended an employee who made comments about the team's players being anti-gay, accused Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones of being racist and anti-gay and called NFL commissioner Roger Goodell a "$50 million puppet."

The team said it has suspended its vice president of content, Rael Enteen, who has been with the organization for four years, for comments he made to an undercover reporter for the O'Keefe Media Group.

According to a social media video from the media group, Enteen had met the reporter on the dating app Hinge and met with her twice at local restaurants.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41122997/commanders-suspend-vp-comments-players-jones-goodell

Snap

Enteen told the undercover reporter that "most of the fans are high-school-educated alcoholics" and called them "mouth breathers."

Enteen also told the reporter, whose name was not revealed and who can only be heard on the video, that his job is to sell hope. Three years ago, there were videos of pipes leaking. Fans said it smelled like sewage, but Enteen said he tweeted out that it was just water.

"That," he said, "is state-run media."

Damn, he ended up getting fired. What a unbelievable dick move. You really can’t trust anyone.

Bengals 8.5 over NE caught my eye. Vegas must think the PATs are really going to suck.

Cincy has not played well to start the season, so I got to wonder.

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— Kevin Finnerty (@timeimmemorial_) September 6, 2024

Not a fan of this new kick off format, plus starting on the 30 seems wrong as well. It used to be on the 20, 25 was okay.

yeah it just looks silly

oh geez Jordan Love looks like he suffered a real bad injury with 5 seconds left, god damn

As my starting QB in fantasy, I'm heartbroken.

Enteen sounds like he had a date in a 1 party state? There's no way he consented to being recorded, and I'm fairly certain it's illegal to use these types of recordings in 2 party states for reporting purposes? Or is that just as submitted evidence in a court of law? Either way, an absolute slimeball tactic.

For the record, everything he said is pretty on point haha

god the whole thing is just so irritating, for one losing your season in the last few seconds of garbage time, for two because the turf was clearly not great, Packers blew like 7 plays because someone slipped

I mean fine it maybe wasn't garbage time still just when you were about to say "at least no one got hurt"

why did they play in brazil

nfl proselytizing

Lol @ bengals

Total Bears win, last win where offense got under 150 yards the Chicago QB was Sexy Rexy. It is a sign of some type.

Hoping we can finally live in a world where no one thinks Daniel Jones is a starting NFL QB.

First game of the year and I'm already sick of the Cowboys. Glad I'm able to watch Raiders vs Chargers instead.

Deshaun Watson still fuckin sucks

two safeties in one quarter for denver

Aubrey just drilled a 66 yard field goal only to have it wiped off the board due to a delay of game. imagine losing your place in the history books because of that lol

Raiders dominated the first half, it's like Jim Harbaugh was unprepared for the NFL.

Two first downs in the first half and like 17 off-side penalties. Justin Herbert can help you right a lot of wrongs.

Who am I kidding, it was the Raiders being the Raiders.

I'm a Rams fan, so about to be up.

Good game so far, I'm not the only one watching am I? Or is this ILF norm?

I'm watchin now, kinda. Rams OL is totally busted up already? sheesh

I was so disgusted with the Browns’ performance I had was done with football for the rest of the day.

Watson contract really looking like one of the worst moves in professional sports history. Especially since it looks like Baker is gonna be the Bucs’ guy for a while.

Wow, not just Tyreek… Now Deshaun Watson was arrested while on his way to Cleveland Browns stadium. pic.twitter.com/6Ckwmlc0ic

— Zachary Smith (@ZacharySmithPGH) September 8, 2024

Speaking of the trash that Watson is, new sexual assault/rape allegations (from 2020, so unlikely to void his contract):

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/deshaun-watson-is-sued-for-sexual-assault-and-battrey

Genuinely might be the worst move I’ve ever seen a pro sports franchise make:

1) they gave away the picks that turned the Texans from the worst team in the league to a playoff team in one year

2) it also made them get rid of the closest thing they’ve had to a franchise quarterback in 30 years, only to see him become a franchise QB for a different team

3) he’s been legitimately awful, not only has he missed a ton of time (in part due to the suspension they knew was coming) but even when healthy he’s been Mark Sanchez-level, can’t throw deep, can’t really run either like he used to, seems destined for a bunch of 25-40 for 120 yards type games

4) it’s not like the Browns are hopeless, their defense is incredible, if the offense was league average they’d be a contender, as evidenced by the fact that Joe Flacco (who was retired!) took em to the playoffs last year

5) they blew decades of goodwill, their franchise has been so cursed and hapless people started rooting for them on principle, now they’re known as the team willing to blow up everything and pay big money for a serial sex offender

Just a total fucking disaster from every angle, really sorry for anyone who chooses to root for this team

Jimmy Haslam is a real one. Takes a truly special owner and player to make a Niner fan root for the Cowboys on the road against a perennial underdog.

i don't bet but a reigning conference champion, at home, against a 7-10 team with an old guy coming off achilles surgery being only 3-point favorites seems odd

Rodgers looked good on that one drive though the Niners refusal to cover Wilson may have helped

maybe i should bet (no i absolutely should not bet)

Kendrick was incredible & cute af w those grins to camera

go off king

Two more sacks in a row

the Seal one was pure nightmare fuel

A man performing during the Kendrick Lamar halftime concert at #SuperBowl LIX unfurled a Palestinian flag and was chased off stage and finally tackled and removed by security. #SBLIX #Palestine pic.twitter.com/sU8jl1eyE3

— Diya TV (@DiyaTV) February 10, 2025

flags fly forever, but . . . this is some legacy-tarnishing shit

Year

Lol, yeah

Well that’s what we said when the Pats were losing by 25 but uhhh that does not look to be in the cards tonight

Wow

Fucking lmaoooooo

Gotta feel good for all the Eagles fans out there, enjoy this you psychos

Lol

time for the refs to start awarding touchdowns, which is apparently a thing they can do

did anybody else just get a kanye ad?

down by 28; the math demands you go for two

It’s crazy this is Saquons worst game this season by some measure and yet

Eagles have it

need a compilation of every time this season a color commentator called steve spagnuolo a genius

49

Lol, 40

Fuck Brady

What the hell Is Brady talking about, starting at the bottom?

And the story even got worse

Sort of a boring game but an excellent outcome

congrats to former steelers/pitt panthers great kenny pickett

rooty for philly while Brady commentates was like an out of body experience

fun tho mostly.

i enjoyed watching mahomes get sacked over and over :D

*rooting

i want the neilsen ratings to tell me exactly how many people were *not* going to watch the super bowl until they learned that tom brady was in the booth. because

My wife's theory is that all these lame ads with celebrities or semi celebrities is mostly because the CMOs want an excuse to hang with famous people.

― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, February 9, 2025 8:11 PM

My wife's theory is that all these lame ads with celebrities or semi celebrities is mostly because the CMOs want an excuse to hang with famous people.

fly eagles fly

https://i.imgur.com/EXIBAm6.jpeg

this whole belichick thing is wild

The interview drama or the fact he's dating a woman more than 50 years younger?

it's odd that he's dating a woman 1/3 his age, but whatever, they're adults

it's bizarre that he's ceded control of his public image to her tho

Eh, it's a pretty timeless human desire, and I'm sure he knows "the deal" with her. Hope she gets what she can out of the it too.

look I find that kind of extreme age gap unsettling too but I think what makes it much creepier is that it's Bill Belichick a man who barely codes as human

it's nice to have a hot gf!

it's kind of embarrassing to pose for instagram pics where she is a mermaid and he is reeling her in onto the beach tho

Oh, is that how they met?

appreciate LT and phil simms refusing to unretire their numbers

fuck these kids

holding it down for cantankerous boomers

the boomers are actual NFL legends; let the rookies make their own way

agree

the ravens have released justin tucker

Damn, quite the fall from grace. Dude could have probably had a retirement tour.

Steelers trading Pickens to the Cowboys, honestly no clue what their plan is for this year, they're kind of sleepwalking themselves into a situation where signing Aaron Rodgers might actually be their best bet, though if that were in the cards you'd think they wouldn't get rid of the only dude they actually throw the ball to

they do have metcalf, but yeah. i think it was mostly about pickens being a head case they simply didn’t want to have around

It might benefit them to tank a bit and trade up for a QB next year

Tanier made a good point on a podcast with Matt Lombardo today, the real losers in this trade are the Giants. Now the 2025 NFC East pecking order is pretty firmly established and they’re on the bottom. Hope Dart works out for them!

Agreed on Steelers staring down a 4 win season though, praying for a great 2026 draft

Would be Tomlins first losing season right? For the Steelers sake you'd hope he swallows his pride and doesn't pull out a miracle 8-8 again