American Football Discussion

[seph]

Thank you Cardinals for putting Dem Boyz back on the milk carton.

[Frankie Crisp]

On 10/30/2026 at 3:35 PM, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:

Bears taking a big swing at winning a Superbowl and trading 2 first round picks and a fourth round pick for Jeffrey Simmons and a fifth round pick from the Titans. They can sign big name contracts while Caleb Williams is still on his rookie contract. Its a big swing, there are no bad teams in that division. 

Well if that was anything to go by, the trade was the right choice. Simmons was a beast and it was one of the performances of the season from any team so far.

The opening drive was a dream and Caleb got his usual shit in. Apart from that minor wobble at the start of the 4th, it was a masterclass. These boys are the real deal.

Mine and @HandsomeButchIII’s annual Superbowl night out might be a touch more stressful this season.

[Lion_of_the_Midlands]

17 minutes ago, Frankie Crisp said:

Well if that was anything to go by, the trade was the right choice. Simmons was a beast and it was one of the performances of the season from any team so far.

The opening drive was a dream and Caleb got his usual shit in. Apart from that minor wobble at the start of the 4th, it was a masterclass. These boys are the real deal.

Mine and @HandsomeButchIII’s annual Superbowl night out might be a touch more stressful this season.

The Bears have now beaten last years Superbowl teams on consecutive weeks. Simmons looked amazing and that's only his first week. The rumour mill online suggests we aren't done in the trade market yet either. Possibly looking for another edge rusher, though I don't know how much cap space we have at this point. 

[Devon Malcolm]

Really enjoyed the highlights this morning over my breakfast muffin. And thank you to the NFL for providing spoiler-free highlights, too.

D'Andre Swift has scored 10 TDs this season and has probably run for a combined 13 yards for them. Goal hanger.

[BigJag]

I'm not used to the Bears being this good. It's very difficult to not expect us to snatch defeat from victory. Why do we still lose to the Packers?

Simmons looked very impressive. How long has he been in the Bears system? Surely if he's a new addition he wouldn't have extensive knowledge of the playbook.

[HandsomeButchIII]

On 11/3/2026 at 9:28 AM, Frankie Crisp said:

Well if that was anything to go by, the trade was the right choice. Simmons was a beast and it was one of the performances of the season from any team so far.

The opening drive was a dream and Caleb got his usual shit in. Apart from that minor wobble at the start of the 4th, it was a masterclass. These boys are the real deal.

Mine and @HandsomeButchIII’s annual Superbowl night out might be a touch more stressful this season.

We spent last years kicking off on students for trying to sit at our table and half inch our chicken wings (Me and Crisp were on the right side of history for the record). If the Bears make the Superbowl and lose I'll phone the solicitors in advance. As I'll be locked up with you with the state of the NFC East.

 

That division has gone to fuck, but at least us Cowboys are somehow still 2nd in it. Let's hope we spunk the wildcard.

Edited Thursday at 04:01 AM by HandsomeButchIII

[Statto]

It’s November, and time for shit to get really real in college football as we head into the last 4 weeks of the regular season – and this week sure is is a doozy. We saw the first set of official Playoff rankings released on Tuesday, which as usual created absolutely no controversy of any kind…

One thing it did do was put one-time National Championship favourites Oregon (still unranked by the AP) at #23, which means we officially have 7 (SEVEN) ranked match-ups on a single Saturday, which is (I think) an all-time record.

#7 Texas @ #18 Missouri (5pm, Disney+)

#5 Alabama @ #14 LSU (8:30pm, Disney+)

#12 Ohio State @ #23 Oregon (8:30pm, you’ll only find this on DAZN [legitimately…])

#6 Kentucky @ #13 Tennessee (11;15pm, Disney+)

#2 Georgia @ #10 Ole Miss (12:30am, Disney+)

#1 Miami @ #11 Notre Dame (12:30am, Sky Sports NFL)

(I’d completely forgotten until now Sky still had Notre Dame home games rights!)

The 7^th matchup is the one I’d like to make my Disney+ pick of the week, as #9 BYU make the short hop of approximately 50 miles to face #3 Utah in the rivalry known as the HOLY WAR (5pm UK). Always an intense rivalry game (as intense as rivalries between Mormons can get anyway), this is maybe the biggest instance ever with both teams up in the top 10 and battling in the Big 12 championship and College Football Playoff race.

However… for reasons I can’t fathom it’s not listed on Disney+ right now – it’s an ABC (and therefore ESPN/Disney) game so really should be. The listings have been a bit spotty until day of at times, so I’d encourage you to just check in if you’re interested and you might find it there. If not… YouTube is probably your friend.

[BigJag]

Bears win again! Soldier Field looks amazing in the beauty shots. I woke up early and caught the last qtr live. The Bears made hard work of this game and the Defence kept them in hunt. The Bucs have a pretty glorious looking running attack. Very dynamic.

Edited yesterday at 11:14 AM by BigJag
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[Devon Malcolm]

You can't throw 3 interceptions in a quarter against anyone, that was really sloppy after a great start. I love Caleb and he threw well apart from that but he can't always make miracle plays. Bears need to stop getting picked off for one massive throw over the top every game as well.

But 7-2 in that mental NFC North so I'm not complaining, mainly because I'm a Bears fan and this is still new.

[tiger_rick]

1 hour ago, BigJag said:

Soldier Field looks amazing in the beauty shots.

Soldier Field is amazing. Incredibly sad that one of the few NFL stadiums with any character whatsoever is not long for the world - of NFL anyway.

Also, I like to end that story with "I saw a game at Soldier Field". Gets people jealous. No need to mention it was Chicago Fire, was a third full and is one of the worst soccer games I've ever seen. 

Chargers now 0-8. Starting to worry they might not make the play-offs this year. 

[BigJag]

Nowinski commenting on this head rattling hit on Burden last night. I've noticed RBs wearing oversized helmets this season. They must be to protect against concussions.

[Lion_of_the_Midlands]

48 minutes ago, BigJag said:

Nowinski commenting on this head rattling hit on Burden last night. I've noticed RBs wearing oversized helmets this season. They must be to protect against concussions.

Lots of people use the bigger helmets Jaggers. They started last year and is for concussion protection as you guessed 

[johnnyboy]

2 hours ago, BigJag said:

Nowinski commenting on this head rattling hit on Burden last night. I've noticed RBs wearing oversized helmets this season. They must be to protect against concussions.

 

2 hours ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:

Lots of people use the bigger helmets Jaggers. They started last year and is for concussion protection as you guessed 

Most, if not all, of the ones you're seeing now are Guardian caps.  They're a padded cover over the helmet, rather than a comically proportioned helmet.  The concept has been around for ages, but this type have only been allowed in games for the last few years.  In the olden days you had the odd player like Don Beebe with the shiny outer looking "double helmet" but they were not widespread like these newer Guardian caps.