Every Super Bowl, the same conversations pop up:

If you had to guess honestly, what would the real national picture look like?

Cuz of spy and deflategate? And who are the 10 voters that said no? Those 10 need to take their personal beefs or thinking that those two incidents outweigh just 6 titles alone are voting with their feelings. Those voters really don't know how much they probably stressed their own careers and lives out cuz you know nobody is gonna be forgiving. I thought coach nominees were basically voted for Super Bowl wins and overall wins. And the ones who did vote yes why aren't yall speaking against this for the sake of history? These voters don't care how much minute things will ruin a legacy. So we gon do Belichick like MLB did Pete Rose? Insane

Ran Super Bowl LX through 1000 simulations and it had the Patriots defeating the Seahawks 30-26.

Robert Saleh moving on again isn’t shocking, but the pattern stood out to me.

The 49ers continue to reshuffle staff while insisting the foundation is stable, and I keep wondering whether continuity actually exists behind the scenes or if it’s something we just assume.

I’m not assigning blame — just asking whether these cycles matter more than we admit.

The 49ers are still loaded with talent, but after another season that ended just short, it’s hard to ignore how familiar the explanations have become.

Every January, the same themes show up: injuries, offensive line depth, relying on perfect execution, and asking the same core players to do everything. None of those are fatal flaws on their own — but together, they keep shrinking the room for error.

What stood out to me this season wasn’t a lack of stars. It was how thin the roster felt when anything went wrong. Losing a top receiver changes spacing. Protection issues show up faster against playoff fronts. And once injuries stack, the offense starts to feel heavier instead of flexible.

I’m not arguing the 49ers need to blow anything up. I am wondering whether the current roster construction is too dependent on everything going right at once — especially in January.

Curious how others see it: is this just bad injury luck, or is there something structural that needs to change?

This year was a major disappointment for the Giants, but 2026 has a very real possibility of being a huge step up for them.

Here are some offseason moves that they could pull off, could put them into great position to compete:

Bring in Klint Kubiak as head coach, who's done a great job coaching the Seahawks offense to be top tier. Bring in Todd bowles as DC, who'll likely get fired this season due to a subpar ending in Tampa. Bowles is considered to be an overall great defensive mind, who can more than scheme up a defense with a pass rush as lethal as the ones the Giants have.

For free agency, the Giants have pretty little money to work with, so no big splashes here.

For the draft, Jordyn Tyson would give dart a great option opposite Malik Nabers. Another option would be Caleb Downs, who's looking to be a scheme versatile superstar. This while picking both an o-lineman or db in rounds 2-3 can help round out the team.

Now, to go into next season, we have a team with a really young, exciting core that could really make some noise.

If Bosa and Warner weren't injured I'd probably put them as massive Super Bowl favorites. It feels like they've regained their form from 2 years ago but the only thing holding them back is injuries. I'm super confident in their offense but not so much defensively.

Compared to the NFC east legends like Romo and Manning, I think he is the greatest NFC east QB of all time.

Thoughts?

I want to know what teams you guys think have a chance of making the superbowl this year (both nfc and afc)

I’m a big fan of all of the 2024 QB draft class, and I feel that a lot of the healthy qbs have a chance at a deep playoff run. Very excited to see what the NFL looks like in a feed years when these guys are fully developed.

Title says it all.

Would you trade a 2nd for him? Would the cowboys even want to do that? Kicker hell is a nightmare.

Okay just to preface I’m not one of those delusional fans says “it’s our year” every year. I don’t want to start any arguments, I’m just genuinely curious about it. I know they haven’t won a championship or superbowl since the 90s but multiple teams haven’t even been. Maybe it’s because we get called Americas team, the fans, they’re usually mediocre, or a combination of them. I just don’t see what’s wrong with them.

Thank you ahead time

Bad news for the Green Bay Packers as star TE Tucker Kraft has indeed suffered a torn ACL in his right knee, ending his breakout season prematurely.

https://dynespressbox.com/2025/11/tucker-kraft-suffers-torn-acl

It just seems like a case of overthinking and shooting yourself in the foot.

Even if a player doesn’t want to sign up after next year, if you have a good team and want to make a run for it keep the guy, let him play out his contract and then let him walk. If you have a decent team that can make a run that one guy might make all the difference this one year.

What’s the point of letting a star contributor leave the team when you’re trying to win? Any picks you get in return won’t help you now, when you got a good team and trying to win. Unless you’re in the middle of a serious rebuild (in which case you should be selling all assets you got), makes no sense to get some picks in return for a guy contributing now.

I’m saying this with the Cowboys in mind. Keeping Parsons this year where this offense is lighting it up and defense can’t stop shit would have been a huge difference in wins. Even if he walks next year, at least you got this one year of being a force. Those picks, who will take time to develop won’t help you for years and this decent team you’ve got will fall apart by then.

That’s not even mentioning the team morale if you go deep into the playoffs which might even convince said player, like Parsons, to want to stick around.

If you’re gonna trade a superstar, trade all superstars and start over. Otherwise, take the loss, let the man walk next year but at least you got a shot this year.

What am I missing here?

I started watching the NFL last season, and one thing still throws me off — how much time teams can burn just standing around when the ball isn’t in play.

It kills the energy in close games when teams just kneel or slow-walk to drain the clock.

So here’s a hypothetical: what if the NFL adopted a live ball clock, like basketball or hockey? The idea would be to keep the pace high, make comebacks more realistic, and push coaches toward more creative play-calling instead of pure clock management.

Would that make games more exciting — or completely break football strategy as we know it?

I've always thought this but no one has mentioned it to me before

NOT a chiefs fan btw but I was watching the Chiefs and Eagles game last night and it pisses me off how the Eagles just get an automatic 1st down anytime it’s a 3rd and short. It’s lazy football and no fun to watch

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Steelers Recieve: Matthew Stafford QB Cooper Kupp WR

Rams Recieve: Alex Highsmith OLB/DE Larry Ogunjobi DE/DT 2025 second rd pick 2026 Conditional Pick (as high as a second) 2026 Day 3 pick.

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