2023 NFL Thread

[SuperMario]

Well the one time the receiver dropped it but I still would have went for 3 putting them back up 3 scores. Ya beginning to realize Browns/Indians prolly not going to get to the promised land before I go toes up. Specially with the owner the slappie Hasflem

We missed our shot in 2016 with the Tribe. As long as the Haslems are owners, the football team is doomed. Even the devil wouldn't make a deal with them. 

[MrNubbz]

I'd laugh if it wasn't the TRUTH

[MikeDeTiger]

Hmm.....Ravens pulled a Texas/Cowboys and forgot to show up.  But man have the Chiefs looked different the last two weeks.  Love 'em or hate 'em, they know how to turn it on when they have to. 

49ers have such great players at multiple positions, but I can't escape the QB factor, Mahomes > Purdy.  Guess I'm picking the Chiefs.  

[ELA]

We missed our shot in 2016 with the Tribe. As long as the Haslems are owners, the football team is doomed. Even the devil wouldn't make a deal with them.

Man, the whole 90s was their time, but they were all offense.  The recent run seems to pull All Star pitchers out of the minors every year, but the offense is Ramirez, and a bunch of AAAA players.

If the team would just invest a little into the roster, everything else is in place.  Granted now they have to hope they find as a great a manager as the one who just retired

[Mdot21]

Hmm.....Ravens pulled a Texas/Cowboys and forgot to show up.  But man have the Chiefs looked different the last two weeks.  Love 'em or hate 'em, they know how to turn it on when they have to. 

49ers have such great players at multiple positions, but I can't escape the QB factor, Mahomes > Purdy.  Guess I'm picking the Chiefs. 

unfortunately have to agree.

Mahomes is too good. Just dominating the league and sucking out all the oxygen. At this point, if he's in a huge game- I just expect him to win. He's the new Brady. Except way more physically talented than Brady. Not betting against him in the playoffs. Unless he's playing Joe Burrow. Or Tom Brady. That's it.

[ELA]

Tom Brady's best attribute was how many systems he won in.  First as a ball control defensive led team.  Then a run first play action offense.  Then a team that stretched the field with Moss.  Then with precise timing routes with Welker and Gronk.

Mahomes seemed more like a fully actualized version of Aaron Rodgers.  Rodgers had all the arm talent in the world, and decent mobility, but never could adapt.  Mahomes seemed like a better version of that.  But he has a bunch of shitty receivers and a past his prime TE.  If he can win with this group, he goes from a better version of Rodgers to a worse version of Brady, with time to make up that gap.

[MikeDeTiger]

He's still so young.....suppose he wins again in a couple weeks to get his 3rd SB win....is it possible he could catch Brady's 7? 

It seems like a poor bet from a historic and statistical standpoint.  But then I watch him play, and I'm like, it seems like a bad bet not to bet on him doing it.  

[ELA]

Woah, Ben Johnson informs Seattle and Washington that he's returning to Detroit.  That's huge

I don't think every coach wants to be a head coach. The problem is you are sort of tied to your head coach, and if things go south, you could wind up fired. I kind of get the impression he doesn't want to be a HC, and Campbell might have the most job security of anyone in the league, so he has no reason to jump

[MaximumSam]

BTW, I also want to give Andy Reid the same props. My perception is he isn't really getting as much praise as everyone focuses on Mahomes. Fair enough. But he has been a coach since 1999 - 25 years. In that time, he has 14 first place finishes in his division, and 19 playoff appearances, and five Super Bowl appearances. He should go down as one of the best head coaches of all time.

[Mdot21]

He's still so young.....suppose he wins again in a couple weeks to get his 3rd SB win....is it possible he could catch Brady's 7? 

It seems like a poor bet from a historic and statistical standpoint.  But then I watch him play, and I'm like, it seems like a bad bet not to bet on him doing it. 

agreed. 

big thing for Mahomes will be to see what happens with Andy Reid and how the GM restocks the cupboards. Reid has been rumored to be retiring after this season. Mahomes is incredible- but Reid is a HUGE PART of why that offense is as good as it is. he's arguably the GOAT offensive coach in NFL history. 

Paceco is a pretty nice RB and Kelce is one of the GOAT TE's, but Kelce is past his prime and wonder how much he really has left in him of being elite. Other then those two, Chiefs have a whole lot of nothing in terms of skill talent right now. Mahomes is amazing, but every QB needs weapons. 

[Mdot21]

Woah, Ben Johnson informs Seattle and Washington that he's returning to Detroit.  That's huge

I don't think every coach wants to be a head coach. The problem is you are sort of tied to your head coach, and if things go south, you could wind up fired. I kind of get the impression he doesn't want to be a HC, and Campbell might have the most job security of anyone in the league, so he has no reason to jump

HUGE news for the Lions. They need to lock up Goff and shore up the defense in the draft and F/A, and Campbell needs to cut back on his river boat gambling in championship games and they may just yet make a Super Bowl or two before it's all said and done.

[Mdot21]

BTW, I also want to give Andy Reid the same props. My perception is he isn't really getting as much praise as everyone focuses on Mahomes. Fair enough. But he has been a coach since 1999 - 25 years. In that time, he has 14 first place finishes in his division, and 19 playoff appearances, and five Super Bowl appearances. He should go down as one of the best head coaches of all time.

there is no doubt about it. Andy Reid is one of the great coaches in NFL history, arguably the best offensive coach in the game ever- right up there with Bill Walsh imo. Probably better, as he took what Walsh created and just kept bringing it to the next level- decade after decade after decade. 

[ELA]

The fact that Bieniemy can't get a head coaching job tells me how much other teams know that's all Reid/Mahomes.

Hell, teams kept trying to pluck from the Patriots without ever learning it was 100% Brady/Belicheck, and just hiring loser after loser, so at least the NFL is learning

[FearlessF]

I wouldn't give them that much credit