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ELA

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Re: 2025 NFL Thread
« Reply #896 on: January 20, 2026, 04:20:42 PM »
You didn't say everywhere else in the NFL

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Re: 2025 NFL Thread
« Reply #897 on: January 20, 2026, 04:43:49 PM »
NFL thread.

I wouldn't talk about the Steelers in the B1G Hoops Thread.

Somebody here might.
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Re: 2025 NFL Thread
« Reply #898 on: January 21, 2026, 10:50:04 AM »
I keep meaning to ask, what's with the comically large helmets I see on NFL guys?  

I think the first time I noticed it was on the Packer's Romeo Doubs, but I've seen 1 or 2 guys on most teams wearing it.  They look like big-headed aliens.  

It appears to be soft, like some sort of padding, presumably to offer extra protection, I guess?  Never heard any explanation for it.....I just started seeing it.  
 

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Re: 2025 NFL Thread
« Reply #899 on: January 21, 2026, 10:55:21 AM »
I keep meaning to ask, what's with the comically large helmets I see on NFL guys? 

I think the first time I noticed it was on the Packer's Romeo Doubs, but I've seen 1 or 2 guys on most teams wearing it.  They look like big-headed aliens. 

It appears to be soft, like some sort of padding, presumably to offer extra protection, I guess?  Never heard any explanation for it.....I just started seeing it. 
That's exactly it. It's a padded shell on top of the standard helmet. Supposed to offer more protection from head injuries. 

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Re: 2025 NFL Thread
« Reply #900 on: January 21, 2026, 10:57:59 AM »
it's the solution to the end of tackle football that utee predicted was coming

also offered to NCAA players
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Re: 2025 NFL Thread
« Reply #901 on: January 21, 2026, 11:03:17 AM »
it's the solution to the end of tackle football that utee predicted was coming

also offered to NCAA players
Oh it's still coming.  Our society has too many damn lawyers for it not to happen.

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« Reply #902 on: January 21, 2026, 11:13:41 AM »
heck, we have too many damn lawyers here ;)
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« Reply #903 on: January 21, 2026, 11:18:29 AM »
heck, we have too many damn lawyers here ;)
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« Reply #904 on: January 21, 2026, 11:20:25 AM »
Overruled.

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Re: 2025 NFL Thread
« Reply #905 on: January 23, 2026, 08:54:42 AM »
"Courage; Generosity; Fairness; Honor; In these are the true awards of manly sport."

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Re: 2025 NFL Thread
« Reply #906 on: January 23, 2026, 11:51:16 AM »
Interesting, but why start at 1970? Superbowl era is longer than that. All-time:

10) Arizona Cardinals
9) Detroit Lions
8) Los Angeles Rams
7) San Francisco 49ers
6) Washington Commanders
5) Philadelphia Eagles
4) Pittsburgh Steelers
3) New York Giants
2) Chicago Bears
1) Green Bay Packers

Taking into account the teams' longevity and instead looking at all-time win percentage:

10) Pittsburgh Steelers
9) San Francisco 49ers
8) Miami Dolphins
7) Minnesota Vikings
6) Kansas City Chiefs
5) Chicago Bears
4) New England Patriots
3) Baltimore Ravens (suspect because this considers their first season 1996, and we all know they were transported and rebranded from the Cleveland Browns, who the NFL ranks at #17 for winning percentage, but their pre-1996 rate was .583, which is higher than any team on this list; including the Cleveland years, they might be #1) 
2) Dallas Cowboys
1) Green Bay Packers (because I highlighted Cleveland and 1996, curiously, among active teams, the Packers were #9 in 1996; the Raiders were #1, followed by the Dolphins, the Cowboys, the Bears, then the Browns)

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Re: 2025 NFL Thread
« Reply #907 on: January 23, 2026, 11:57:57 AM »
Interesting, but why start at 1970? Superbowl era is longer than that. All-time:
First year of the NFL-AFL merger, right?

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Re: 2025 NFL Thread
« Reply #908 on: January 23, 2026, 12:17:54 PM »
Sounds right.

 

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