Football season is here!!!

[DarthPenguin]

5 hours ago, KarateKen said:

NFL Honors have been announced, and the MVP goes to Rams QB Matthew Stafford.  Coach of the Year is Mike Vrabel of the Patriots, and Walter Payton Man of the Year is Travis Kelcie of the Chiefs.  All this on the same day the NFL announced a game between the Rams and 49ers will take place next season in Australia. Many fans are upset about that, but the league has a desire to expand the game outside the USA, and international games will become more common as the NFL continues to aim for a global audience. 

Garrett also got DPoY. Was the closest MVP race in years (since the Manning and McNair tie). It always reminds me of why i prefer the football awards which are for "best player" with teams results contributing rather than "most valuable player" which i think is often a lot harder to quantify. Realistically Michael Jordan should have 10-12 MVPs since people talk about it as best player etc.. With it being most valuable i (admittedly i am a biased Bills fan here) would give it to Josh Allen a lot more than he has received as that team would crater without him. Best player this season though is slightly different and i think fine for Stafford!

[sensei8]

I love how the NFL is in the business of being quite random across the board?!?

[bushido_man96]

On 2/6/2026 at 4:02 AM, DarthPenguin said:

Yeah it really is a farce tbh. I am not a fan of the way the baseball one has played out (airbrushing out some of the best players in history in Bonds, A-Rod, Clemens etc. when other self admitted cheaters from the past are in has always seemed wrong to me) but at least they have been upfront that these issues would impact candidacy. No-one mentioned things like this in advance so it shouldn't make a difference tbh. Much as i dislike the Patriots both Belichick and Brady should be clear unanimous first ballet hall of famers. If not then the bar is so high that no other player / coach can currently clear it (maybe Mahomes gets to 8 SB wins and that becomes the bar but i doubt it will happen).

If they said upfront that these issues would be considered then fair enough, but this just looks awful. Certain individuals should just require no thought tbh: worst case there are 6 great candidates all hall worthy at the one time and one has to lose out due to the 5 max rule, but Brady doesn't lose to anyone on accomplishments, neither does Belichick (other than the career wins to Shula) so they get in anyway and another great waits a year.

I heard a voter on a podcast talk about the situation, and it sounds like one of the reasons is because there are people in front of Belichick that could end up being left out of the HOF if they would have voted Bill in instead this go around.  It sounds like there is quite a bit of nuance to it.  What it sounds like might be to blame is the restrictions that have been put on the HOF nomination and election system, aside from how some individual voters may have felt about Belichick personally.

[sensei8]

Here we are!! Super Bowl LX Sunday!!

ESPN Analyst has this game as such:

Seahawks 60.0%
Patriots 40.0%

Both teams have a 14-3 record this season!! I don’t see how they came up with that prediction. I’m hoping for a close battle on both sides of the ball and not a one-sided fight. 

Seahawks 21 and Patriots 20.

Because I lost a bet to my friend, Dwight, I pick Seahawks for the win. I hope not because if the Seahawks win, I have to call the Seahawks and not the Buzzards for 2 years…aaaarrrrggggghhhhhhhhh!!

I got all of my Super Bowl food and snacks ready. My wife, Linda, and our son, Nathan, and myself are as ready as we can be.

Speaking of food. I read a Fox 8 article that spoke about a Super Bowl Hamburger that feeds 4 people…it’s the $180 LX Hammer Burger…if it’s split 4 ways, that’s $45 each!! It weighs a whopping 3.5 pounds.

Can’t wait to see all of the commercials and my wife can’t wait to watch the Kitty Bowl and Puppy Bowl!

[KarateKen]

If the Patriots win, they will be the first team to win seven Super Bowls (Steelers also have six).  If they lose hey will be the first team to lose six Super Bowls (Broncos also have five).  Either way we will see a first tonight! 

[sensei8]

Congrats to the Seahawks for winning the Super Bowl LX in a super way.

Seahawks 29

Patriots 13

I’m not going to bore you with who did this and who did that and who didn’t do this or didn’t do that because there’s nothing to really highlight, imho. 

Seahawks dominated the game from the start thanks mainly to their defense. I’m thoroughly impressed with Walker across the board.

Patriots didn’t score until late in the game but by then, it was too little too late. Seahawks sacked Maye’s 7 times to Patriots with 1 sack.

3:09 remaining in the 2nd quarter!! That’s when the 1st flag occurred on Patriots #66 for False Start…right after the commentators were talking about there was no flags yet.

Game, for me was boring because of its one-sided theme. About the most boring Super Bowl I’ve ever watched.

Bad Bunny halftime show was, well, ok. I was shocked when halfway through the halftime show Lady Gaga sung 1 number, for me, that was strange to see Lady Gaga play second fiddle to Bad Bunny, but that’s my opinion.

Ist half highlights: NONE

What the 2nd half needed: To wake up the sleeping Patriots.

Until next Super Bowl….

GO COWBOYS!!

 

 

 

[KarateKen]

Patriots become the first team in history to lose six Super Bowls, dropping them to 6-6 in their 12 appearances.  The Seahawks win their second, improving to 2-2 in their four Super Bowl games, and getting even with the Patriots from the first matchup.  

Game was low scoring early on, Seattle was ahead 9-0 at halftime and their defense had a lot of pressure on Maye all game.  Both teams put up some points in the 4th, but the Seahawks get it done 29-13 and are winners of SB 60.  That is a wrap on this NFL season.  Soon we will be seeing free agents, then the draft, ect, before we start it all over again in the fall.  

 

[sensei8]

Btw,, as a note from Super Bowl 60…

No TD’s until the 4th quarter. 

Also, “First MVP as a Running Back in Years: Kenneth Walker III became the first running back to win the Super Bowl MVP award since Terrell Davis in Super Bowl 32, highlighting a significant achievement for the position.”

GO COWBOYS!!

Edited 13 hours ago by sensei8

[sensei8]

Well… 

My wife should be smiling ear to ear now because the Raiders have a new Head Coach…

Klint Kubiak!! 

His team just won the Super Bowl as the Seahawks OC. When asked about being the Raiders HC he said this…

"You guys know l'm going to Las Vegas, I'm fired up about it," Kubiak said. ... "Hell yeah, I'm going. Of course I'm going."

We will see if that makes any difference for the Raiders next season. I mean, Raiders had the iconic HC Pete Carroll as their HC but the Raiders only won 3 games.

Takes a team and not one person.

Imho, the Raiders need a better QB and Offensive Line. The Raiders can start by getting rid of Geno Smith.

Geno’s 2025 performance was not impressive at all; 19 TD’s against 17 interceptions, and afraid of leaving the pocket. Raiders have the #1 pick in the 2026 draft, Smith is a salary cap casualty, with $18.5 million in potential salary cap savings if he is cut. Sell, sell, sell, sell; trade him or kick him to the curb/bench.

Edited 6 hours ago by sensei8