2025 NFL Season Thread: Can Uncle Rico save the Broncos or will they be Nixed?
Greetings friends.
Those of you who know me know me as a Niners fan full of fantastical levels of vitriol and rage. I hav
Well, well, well...look who was finally right about Stafford being washed lol
The Athletic's Power Rankings - Week 18 - *top 12 only*
1 - SEA
2 - NE
3 - JAC
4 - SF
5 - DEN
6 - LAR
7 - HOU
8 - CHI
9 - PHI
10 - BUF
11 - LAC
12 - BAL
Ben Solak's All-Rookie Team
QB - Ward
RB - TreVeyon Henderson
WR - Tet, Egbuka, Burden III
TE - Fannin, Jr.
LT - Banks, Jr.
LG - Zabel
C - Jonah Monheim
RG - Tyler Booker
RT - Membou
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Edge - Carter, Jalon Walker
DT - Deone Walker, Elijah Roberts
LB - Schwesinger, Jihaad Campbell
CB - Will Johnson, Quincy Riley
Nickel - Jacob Parrish
Safety - Jonas Sanker, Emmanwori
Having Ward over Shough is pretty funny.
17 pass attempts prob not enough to qualify
and, generally, yes lol QBR
so there's this:
Drake Maye's statistical line in the Patriots' 42-10 victory over the Jets ranks first on a list of 13,687 QB performances since 2000, counting playoffs. Yes, it was against a horrendous Jets defense, but lots of quarterbacks have faced lots of horrendous defenses without reaching this level of efficiency.
With more touchdown passes (five) than incompletions (two), Maye averaged 1.28 EPA per pass play, the highest figure in TruMedia's data set, which dates to 2000 and includes those 13,687 performances when QBs participated in at least 20 pass plays.
^and Drake only played about 70% of the game.
Definitely lol QBR, but that Batch score has to be a glitch. There is no way that stat line is 99.9.
Chase became the only player in NFL history to have over 80 receptions, over 1,000 yards, and seven or more touchdowns in each of his first five seasons in the league.
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Green Bay's defense was not the first to let Derrick Henry rush for at least 200 yards. Henry has done it seven times in his career, more than any player in league history.
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The Bucs have lost four in a row by four points or fewer for the first time in franchise history.
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Joe Thuney, who earned an accounting degree from North Carolina State in less than three years, famously sandbagged the Wonderlic test as a college prospect, completing only 39 of the 50 questions. Why? Because an adviser told him NFL line coaches valued players who were smart, but not too smart (Thuney got all 39 correct before stopping).
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The Seahawks, like the Texans, have a championship defense and questions on offense. They rank 1-2 in combined EPA on defense and special teams this season. Neither ranks among the top half in offensive EPA per play, including lately (they are a combined 13-1 since Week 11 despite Houston ranking 23rd and Seattle 24th in offensive EPA per play over that span).
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Darnold owns the second-highest rate of batted passes this season (3.55 percent) behind only Trevor Lawrence (3.58 percent). Both had two batted Sunday. Lawrence has had 19 batted this season, compared to 16 for Darnold. Caleb Williams is the only other player above 3.0 percent (his rate jumps to No. 1 if we exclude plays outside the pocket, where batted passes are rare).
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE POWER RANKINGS - WEEK SEVENTEEN1. Seahawks (13-3)2. Rams (11-5)3. Pats (13-3)4. Bills (11-5)5. Broncos (13-3)6. Niners (12-4)7. Texans (11-5)8. Eagles (11-5)9. Jaguars (12-4)10. Bears (11-5)11. Chargers (11-5)12. Ravens (8-8)13. Packers (9-6-1)14. Steelers (9-7)15. Lions (8-8)16. Panthers (8-8)17. Bucs (7-9)18. Cowboys (7-7-1)19. Bengals (6-10)20. Vikin
Bears too high.
11. Bears
:p
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I'm pleased with the rankings. The two hardest teams to rank right now feel like Bills and Jags.
Eagles and Texans are linked, both have defensive units that can singlehandedly win games and offensive units that can singlehandedly cost games.
the Chiefs to offer a 1st rounder for Stefon Diggs in the offseason
Seems like a good project for Andrew Ried.
New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs has been charged with one count of felony strangulation or suffocation, and one count of misdemeanor assault and battery, according to Massachusetts court records. The charges were first reported by Boston 25 News. According to a police report, made public Tuesday by a judge and obtained by Boston media, a private chef who had been working for Diggs said he tried to choke her when they got in a fight earlier this month about money the chef believed she was owed.
On Tuesday, Diggs's name appeared on the daily list for Dedham District Court, prompting today's news reports. At the hearing, a lawyer for Diggs, Michael DiStefano, asked a judge to seal the police report, Boston 25 reported, and added that a financial settlement was already in the works. The judge, per Boston 25, said she would make a decision soon and she was true to her word.
Hours later, online court records said Judge Jeanmarie Carroll ruled to deny the request to seal, making the police report public. NBC Boston posted a full copy of the report's narrative. It said the chef went to a police station on Dec. 16 and, at first, she was emotional and hesitant to give a statement. When she did agree to talk to an officer, she initially declined to give Diggs's name, and wrote that due to his fame, "she was very hesitant to come forward with this."
The woman told police that she had been working as a private chef for Diggs in his Dedham home, starting in July. According to the chef, Diggs was supposed to pay her weekly, but he actually paid her monthly. On Dec. 2, they got in a fight over text messages about money the chef believed Diggs owed her. Back in early November, Diggs had told her that her work wasn't needed the week of Nov. 7–14, and she needed to vacate her room for guests. But he wasn't going to provide any money for her to get home, so she would have to stay with a friend, and he wasn't going to pay her for the lost work week [...] Because payments required a sign-off from Diggs, the chef confronted him directly about this. That night, Diggs came into her unlocked bedroom and talked about the money; the conversation made Diggs angry, and he "smacked her across the face," according to the chef
[...] She said that she tried to push him away. The male then tried to choke her using the crook of his elbow around her neck. She said that he was behind her with his arm wrapped around her. She said that she did feel like she had trouble breathing and that she felt like she could have blacked out. She said that as she tried to pry his arm way, he tightened his grip. At that point, the male threw her onto the bed. He said something to the effect of "Thought so". And then she told him that she still hasn't been paid. At that point, the male said "Lies" and walked out of the room.
[...] At first, the chef told police that she did not want any charges brought against Diggs. The officer and the chef talked again on Dec. 20, and the chef again said she did not want any charges filed. She just wanted the officer to tell Diggs to stop contacting her. [...] She said that earlier in the week she received a voice mail and text messages from a female that she believed to be DIGGS girlfriend. Based on these messages, [victim] believed that DIGGS somehow knew the police were contacted. The messages stated something to the effect of "you don't need to do all this. It's not that big of a deal"
[the girlfriend was not named in the police report, but Diggs's current girlfriend is the rapper Cardi B]
yeah seems like a pretty kool dude
easily understand how others might have differing opinions but in my mind Barry Sanders will always be the epitome of everything fun in watching a running back
Banner day for the Diggs brothers.
FRISCO, Texas — A blockbuster decision has been made by the Dallas Cowboys as they approach the end of their 2025 season. Trevon Diggs, the team's former All-Pro cornerback, has been waived by the organization in a move that ends a tumultuous final chapter between the two.
Diggs will be subject to the NFL waiver wire over the next 24 hours. If he goes unclaimed, he will be free to sign with any of the other 31 teams.
There's some clip, I forget from where, where a bunch of Vikings players get asked which teammate they would least like to date their sister, and Diggs was the overwhelming answer. It all lines up.
he's in the onset of Antonio Brown
NFL WRs are a different breed. But yeah, Diggs seems like a raging ass hole.
Accurate.
