NFL 2025 / 2026

I think we have a winner!

I believe that's Tori M. https://www.baltimoreravens.com/cheerleaders/roster/ 

Is the age you need to be to cheerleader 15?

The stand out to me is the perfect teeth. I'm jealous.

What's with the Stunt Team being listed under Cheerleaders? It's creeping me, I'm only somewhat liberated. Is that a Bawlmer thing? Those boys should have their page, come on, it's 2025, or 26.

On to minor details, the Ravens are #2 in many pre-season polls. That leaves little wiggle room regarding expectations. 

Alan, are you comfortable with that?

Have to say early season games usually disappoint but last night everyone came out spitting nails. Great way to start the season. Also love watching Cowboys vs. Eagles games because you can always be happy no matter what bad things happened to either team.

the chargers will choke in the last 1:37 seconds yet again...

Good start to the season when Dallas AND KC go down :)

Turtle, your team is well coached now, you have to get out of that old defeatist mentality.

Harbaugh knows how to win, and tonight was a classic Harbaugh win.

And yet, his & his staff's lacking were also on display tonight......

Everyone was bashing on the rookie playing in his very first game for running out of bounds at the end of the first half, but what are coaches for?

Somebody, starting with the head coach through the offensive coordinator to the veteran QB should have made sure the rookie was reminded in the huddle to not run out of bounds.

It's that little extra yet simple insight that Harbaugh lacks. It will eventually cost the Chargers (as it cost the 49ers) but until it does that guy knows how to grind out wins, and the Chargers are going to win a lot of games like tonight's.

Two good games to open the season, especially tonight's very well played game.

We were all reminded again how great that fucker Mahomes is. But tonight it wasn't quite enough.

Now we roll.

Good luck to all who care, and.............

GO NINERS!!!!!!!!!

Sheesh. Quite an opening week. A brutal grinder for my 49ers and a heartbreaker for Alan.

I hope the snacks were good Alan. That was a tough one, but it's only Week 1, overall your team looked real good.

My team needs a kicker, any of you good at kicking???

Lots of exciting football played so far, we're off to a good start!

(fucking kickers)

GO NINERS!!!!!!!!!

Maybe I just caught the better games, but it seemed like the best week 1 performances I can recall.

 "Game 1 and the Ravens are already in playoff form." They might have lost a squeaker, but they looked mighty good. Bills imo, have left fans disappointed many times since Allen has been QB, so they are due. I'm skeptical till they hoist the Lombardi Trophy.  It's just the first game. Certainly a kick in the sac for the Ravens. I question whether there is any motivation as a result as this has happened so many times.

While I expected the Niners to win. I was just listening during the first quarter when the Seahawks got called for hitting Purdy in the what could have been a difference maker call? The Seahawks' Radio announcers flat-out said "bad call". Lance-  In your unbiased opinion, how'd it look to you? The Niners paid a price for that one. Given how many changes the Seahawks made in the off-season, I am hopeful.

thanks lance, agreed.

wow ravens pulled a charger!

>>>Lance-  In your unbiased opinion, how'd it look to you<<<

Well, I may not be completely unbiased, but I do think the less penalties called the better the game, and when the 49ers get a gift I look closely at it because even when it benefits my team I hate ticky-tack penalties.

That said, I thought by modern rules it was a close but fair call. The contact happened well after Purdy had thrown the ball. The Seahawks player, who was MASSIVE, was chasing Purdy and took two or three running steps after Purdy threw the ball and slightly turned into him, gave him a glancing shoulder and subtle headbutt as he ran by. It didn't look like much but the guy was huge, Purdy had clearly thrown the ball, there was head to head contact and Purdy, who's NOT a big guy, went flying.

Roughing the QB rules aren't new and the Seahawks player could/should have easily avoided any contact. Ticky-tack? Probably, but it wasn't phantom or random contact during a play. If it had been a 49er who did it I would have been pissed at him more than the refs.

It turned out to be a big play in the game, but as always the 'hawks got some breaks too.

Overall, it looks like the Seahawks have room to grow on offense but it sure looks like their defense is getting back to elite status.

Fuckers.

As for the 49ers, they're good but top heavy. If/when their good players start getting hurt (Kittle and Jauan Jennings are already likely out for a while) there's a big drop off to the second stringers. But with Saleh back and some new young players the defense looks much better, so they should be interesting enough to pay attention to, but at least at the moment are not in the same class as the best teams. The NFC West is going to be a brawl this year.

GN!!!!!!!!!

Agree it's 2025. Don't touch the QB unless they have the ball. It's not complicated. 

Thank Lance. I wouldn't expect you to be completely unbiased. If the defender turned into him, that is unacceptable. 

I sure hate when injuries have a huge impact on a team, but it's going to happen. They can change the entire season, which really sucks.

It usually does work both ways to some degree. It's never going to be perfect. 

It all reminds me of Brady's take on how much the rules have evolved to protect QBs.

The rule is simple. Fairly applying it might be a different matter at times. One example is the rusher is high-tailing it to the QB, but he pump fakes it, the defensive player won't know it's a pump-fake and hits the brakes. IMO that is a shitty deal for defenders. 

>>>IMO that is a shitty deal for defenders. 

Sucks for defenders particularly when it comes to Mahomes who has weaponized the rule on all his runs. 

rooting for Darnold. home town HS QB. Hope he does ok in Seattle after a nice season in Minn

I like that Harbaugh. (The other one's OK too, but there are scars)

That's a brilliant, veteran professional NFL coach's answer.

Absolutely no way to counter it, or even make sense of it. It just shuts 'em up.

A great way to say, "We totally fucked it up. We'll try not to fuck it up next time. OK???"

It would be nice to hear a coach speak that baldly, but in it's way, that IS what he's saying, with a FUCK YOU somewhere in there as well.

It's not a video game out on that field, it's loosely organized madness, and unlike the rest of us, most of those actually involved in the league understand that.

Another good game tonight. A very good start to the season, with lots of good games...... hearts broken and hearts filled. There are teams looking good and teams hoping to look good, with established players and fascinating new players laying their claim.

They're all fucking amazing.

It's shaping up to be a very interesting season.

GO NINERS!!!!!!!!!

Ravens might need something like hypnosis? Maybe a trip to South America with Rodgers? 

>>>Sucks for defenders particularly when it comes to Mahomes who has weaponized the rule on all his runs. 

That's exactly why I now root against the Chiefs, along with all calls that went their way. I do like Mahomes and Andy, not sure how you can't like those guys. 

GO PACK GO!!!

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Go 9 ers