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NFL 2025: A new era dawns?

BlueStuff

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It's an odd juxtaposition of feeling in that, at first glance, a lot of the main contenders look... not all that different from last year. All this is preliminary before the draft, but to me, it looks like the same teams that were great last year will likely be ready to roll again bar a few newcomers. And yet - I can't help but feel like one of those much-vaunted AFC QBs is finally going to break through while the youngest stars take huge steps forward around the NFL. Do you agree? Will Allen, Lamar, or Burrow be playing in Super Bowl 60? Will the likes of Daniels, Stroud, and Nix make the leap? Is it time for Caleb Williams and Drake Maye to shine with stronger rosters and exciting new HCs? Will Carroll's impact on the Raiders prove immediate? Do Harbaugh's Chargers take the same trajectory as his previous 49ers era?

Or are we destined for CHIEFS VS EAGLES - PART III? :shifty:
 
Aaron Rodgers visited with the Steelers today; presumably will also visit the Giants. He’d give either a short-term boost - but at what cost? This guy is not someone you want in your locker room.
 
Jameis Winston 2 years, $8 million to the Giants. Seems like that would close the door on Rodgers and Wilson since they're probably drafting someone and that would make Winston the mentor/stopgap.
 
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Aragorn said:
Jameis Winston 2 years, $8 million to the Giants. Seems like that would close the door on Rodgers and Wilson since they're probably drafting someone and that would make Winston the mentor/stopgap.
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It’ll be interesting to see if the Giants can develop a QB.
 
BlueStuff said:
Aaron Rodgers visited with the Steelers today; presumably will also visit the Giants. He’d give either a short-term boost - but at what cost? This guy is not someone you want in your locker room.
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The guy was washed up 2 years ago. The only thing he might boost is ticket sales, and I doubt he even does that.
 
Ar-Pharazon said:
The guy was washed up 2 years ago. The only thing he might boost is ticket sales, and I doubt he even does that.
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With the Giants, he’d be an improvement on Jones and Tommy Cutlets. With the Steelers, he’d at least have coaching and a modicum of weapons.
 
Does this mean they're not taking a first round QB? Or if they are they're willing to make him the third-stringer for the first year to learn? It would seem like a waste of salary cap to get both Wilson and Winston and then cut one of them before the season starts. But then again, the two of them combined are like a third the cost of a higher end QB.
 
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Does this mean they're not taking a first round QB?
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Probably not. Daboll and Schoen have to win this year, so I’d be surprised if they used the no. 3 pick on a QB.

They might save their jobs, but the Giants will be back in the same spot next draft.
 
I really hope the Purdy deal gets done before the draft. Please don't have any offseason drama 49ers. You already give up a lot of players in free agency.
 
Texans are fixin' to go 20-0 for a couple of years. :p

That is when they find an offensive line. Texans are looking, so far at least before the draft, to be having a very strong defense this year. The type of defense that wins you championships. But alas the Texans offense won't be up to it. Texans will win the AFC South again, for what that matters, make it to the divisional round again and most likely lose again.

I'll say this, if the Texans somehow, probably involving magic at this point, fix their offensive line, they'll be hard to beat.
 
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I'll say this, if the Texans somehow, probably involving magic at this point, fix their offensive line, they'll be hard to beat.
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If they don't ruin CJ Stroud first. Starting to remind me a bit of the Rams and Jim Everett.
 
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Or David Carr, the Texans ruined him. LOL
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Jim Everett was the first QB that I really remember a team ruining. By the end of his Rams stint, he was just falling down to keep from getting hit.
 
BillJ said:
If they don't ruin CJ Stroud first. Starting to remind me a bit of the Rams and Jim Everett.
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I remember the exact moment it started.

1989 NFC Championship game against the 49ers. We had beaten them at Candlestick earlier in the season (I was there!). I had very high hopes, until…

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We went on to suck for 10 years…

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BillJ said:
Jim Everett was the first QB that I really remember a team ruining. By the end of his Rams stint, he was just falling down to keep from getting hit.
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I honestly don't know why the oline has been so historically bad for the Texans, but it has been. Except for a few years when Gary Kubiak ran the team, the Texans have always had pretty pathetic offensive lines. I think it's a curse of some type.
 
Former RB LeShon Johnson is charged in a federal dogfighting case after 190 dogs were seized from him last year. Johnson played for the Packers, Cardinals and Giants in the 90s.
 
The Bears ran Justin Fields all over the damn place in 2022 He got close to breaking the QB rushing record, but still got sacked 55 times. It proved beyond a shadow of doubt that you can't win if all you got is a running (for his life) QB.

I hope the 3/5 new O-line can protect Caleb this year (68 sacks in 2024).
 
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