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OK, just for grins, and before the game starts, I'll put down my 2025 picks.

AFC East: Buffalo Bills (1)
AFC West: Denver Broncos (2)
AFC North: Baltimore Ravens (3)
AFC South: Houston Texans (4)
AFC Wildcard: Cincinnati Bengals (5)
AFC Wildcard: Kansas City Chiefs (6)
AFC Wildcard: Los Angeles Chargers (7)

Broncos over Chargers
Ravens over Chiefs
Bengals over Texans

Bills over Bengals
Ravens over Broncos

Bills over Ravens

NFC North: YOUR DETROIT LIONS (1)
NFC East: Philadelphia Eagles (2)
NFC South: Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3) 
NFC West: San Francisco 49ers (4)
NFC Wildcard: Washington Commanders (5)
NFC Wildcard: Seattle Seahawks (6)
NFC Wildcard: Minnesota Vikings (7)

Eagles over Vikings
Bucs over Seahawks
Commanders over 49ers

Lions over Commanders
Eagles over Bucs

Lions over Eagles

Super Bowl LX is a Lake Erie Bros special, as far away from Lake Erie as one can get.

Lions over Bills, 39-37

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12 hours ago, MichiganCardinal said:

I would add Brian Schottenheimer. No one knows what Jerry is doing in Dallas, but when they go 7-10 or worse, he’s going to be a very confused old man who still won’t fire himself.

Jerry has actually been very slow to fire coaches in the past.   

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While I know my predictions in the other thread have Philly going 15-2 and being the 1-seed, it would not at all surprise me to see them implode this year, similar to how they did in 2023.

Nick Sirianni is not a very good coach. He's been a distraction at times in his tenure and he's never given me the vibes of someone being capable of corralling all of those personalities in the Philly locker room. They're obviously extremely talented, but if things go wrong, they have a chance to snowball.

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3 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said:

While I know my predictions in the other thread have Philly going 15-2 and being the 1-seed, it would not at all surprise me to see them implode this year, similar to how they did in 2023.

Nick Sirianni is not a very good coach. He's been a distraction at times in his tenure and he's never given me the vibes of someone being capable of corralling all of those personalities in the Philly locker room. They're obviously extremely talented, but if things go wrong, they have a chance to snowball.

They have been in the Super Bowl two years in a row.

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2 minutes ago, sagnam said:

They have been in the Super Bowl two years in a row.

It was Chiefs-49ers in 2023, when it should have/could have/would have been Chiefs-Lions.

Two years ago the Eagles started 10-1, finished 1-5, and went out with a whimper in the Wild Card against the Bucs.

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6 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said:

It was Chiefs-49ers in 2023, when it should have/could have/would have been Chiefs-Lions.

Two years ago the Eagles started 10-1, finished 1-5, and went out with a whimper in the Wild Card against the Bucs.

You are right. I have completely blocked out a year of football due to disappointment apparently. 2 out of 3 years. I think my point remains the same.

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4 minutes ago, Hongbit said:

Collingsworth is so ****ing annoying.  

The worst part of the rush push is that even if you stop them like the Cowboys did on the first attempt tonight, it’s such a messy play that it only takes one ref to give them the first down anyway. And Collingsworth will slobber all over the play.

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2 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said:

Eagles weren't very intimidating tonight, 

Tale of two halves. Eagles seemed like a different O in the 2nd half. Maybe out of gas with it being week one, or the delay, or maybe Dallas made all the right adjustments.

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8 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said:

Eagles weren't very intimidating tonight, but it's only week one.

Curious if Carter gets a game or two off for the spitting.

One at most. I think they'll take into consideration the fact that he was ejected before the opening kickoff.

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11 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Tale of two halves. Eagles seemed like a different O in the 2nd half. Maybe out of gas with it being week one, or the delay, or maybe Dallas made all the right adjustments.

Losing Dickerson definitely contributed. The run game went MIA after he left the game.

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1 minute ago, Sports_Freak said:

The NFL cracking down on taunting has me nervous. They want robots who show no emotion after making a huge play. 3rd down and 25? Here's a free 1st down. FanDuel gamblers running the NFL?

Only one I’m really worried about is Jamo. He’s shown that he can be influenced by an opponent into making mental errors.

I’d rather them crack down on taunting than celebrations. It’s at least a little less subjective.

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Celebrating is one thing...doing it in the face of an opposing player is another. On that taunting call against the Philly player who made the tackle..I dont think him flexing was the issue..the issue was he walked towards the downed player and flexed at/over him.  Had he put his back to the play and did the same thing while walking away, it probably isnt going to be called 

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5 minutes ago, Shinzaki said:

Celebrating is one thing...doing it in the face of an opposing player is another. On that taunting call against the Philly player who made the tackle..I dont think him flexing was the issue..the issue was he walked towards the downed player and flexed at/over him.  Had he put his back to the play and did the same thing while walking away, it probably isnt going to be called 

Agreed. Players need to be told to turn to their teammates and celebrate a great play. I remember a play from last year (or a year before?) when Jaymo dunked the ball over the goalposts after a TD in a tribute to Megatron. The team was penalized 15 yards on the kickoff. NFL...No Fun League 

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Yeah. It’s a fine line I think. Celebration should be allowed, but involving the opposing player will lead to escalation. Sort of like the Josh Norman/Odell game years ago that kept escalating.

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