Interesting things to watch (outside of the building)

[PARAM]

1. The QB conundrum in Minnesota. Everybody says McCarthy sucks. Everybody knows Murray sucks. Carson Wentz is also in the building. Can it get any crazier? Kevin O'Connell has his hands full.

2. 10 new head coaches (including 4 retreads).

Mike LaFleur. He couldn't have picked a tougher division.
Mike McCarthy & Aaron Rodgers. Their last 2 years together in Green Bay, Rodgers had an 8-10-1 record. In 2017, Rodgers injured his shoulder in week 6 vs Minnesota while going 3-3 and McCarthy was fired the following season after going 4-7-1 through 13 weeks.
Todd Monken. Deshaun Watson or Sheduer Sanders? Cleveland continues to be the place that sells the most popcorn!!!
Jesse Minter. Mike MacDonald lite?
Kevin Stefanski. He goes from Deshaun/Shedeur to Penix/Tua.
John Harbaugh. Seems like a good coach who's message got stale. Wonder if it works in NY or changes?
Saleh. Fuck Saleh. I hope he's picking first in 2027.
Joe Brady. No pressure Joe. You don't have to average 12 wins like McDermott did with Josh Allen. You just have to make the Superbowl
Klint Kubiak. No pressure Clint. You just have to do better than Pete Carroll.
Jeff Hafley. Coincidence Malik Willis followed him to South Florida? A QB without concussion problems ought to go a long way.

3. How long before Mendoza unseats Cousins as QB1 in Vegas?
4. How long before Klubnik unseats Geno as QB1 in NY?
5. Who the hell is QB1 in Arizona?

6. Will the Seahawks have a SB hangover? Winning teams average 0.4 more wins and return to the postseason 70% of the time.

7. How will the Eagles do without AJ Brown? If they win, it bodes well for Hurts. If they don't, maybe all the crap about him has some juice.

8. Will the Kansas City Chiefs rebound?

9. Will Mike Vrabel rebound? There are lots of pretty NFL reports out there!!

10. Will Aaron Glenn, Brian Shottenheimer, Todd Bowles, Zac Taylor and Dan Quinn all make it through the season? Who is the odds on favorite to go first?

 

[LARAMSinFeb.]

Welp. Makes me appreciate being a Rams fan, for sure.

 

[Merlin]

Never though much of JJ. Seems like a great kid but if we were depending on him and the midget going into 2026 I'd be pissed.

Feels like the Ravens might have a rebuild ahead. Minter's an unknown, and they brought their OC over from Chicago so will their QB room fit what he wants to do.

Klubnik is fortunate that he'll have Reich as his OC but their QBs don't have much to throw to. If he's lucky Cooper Jr will develop quickly but teams can take one good weapon away. Maybe one of their TEs steps up but they still lack weapons.

Arizona needs to play Beck so they'll lose a ton of games and draft high. Though maybe they can achieve that with the other QBs just as well.

I was surprised looking at Pittsburgh's roster. McCarthy actually has a stronger team than I thought. He may end up in the playoffs if they can keep enough duct tape on Rodgers.

I don't see KC making a quick turnaround due to the strength of that division. Probably need another offseason.

Re: Vrabel the players probably could care less who he's fucking, as I'd imagine many of them have girls in different cities. Also the owner won't give a shit, since he's a massage perv.

 

[Loyal]

Never though much of JJ. Seems like a great kid but if we were depending on him and the midget going into 2026 I'd be pissed.

Feels like the Ravens might have a rebuild ahead. Minter's an unknown, and they brought their OC over from Chicago so will their QB room fit what he wants to do.

Klubnik is fortunate that he'll have Reich as his OC but their QBs don't have much to throw to. If he's lucky Cooper Jr will develop quickly but teams can take one good weapon away. Maybe one of their TEs steps up but they still lack weapons.

Arizona needs to play Beck so they'll lose a ton of games and draft high. Though maybe they can achieve that with the other QBs just as well.

I was surprised looking at Pittsburgh's roster. McCarthy actually has a stronger team than I thought. He may end up in the playoffs if they can keep enough duct tape on Rodgers.

I don't see KC making a quick turnaround due to the strength of that division. Probably need another offseason.

Re: Vrabel the players probably could care less who he's fucking, as I'd imagine many of them have girls in different cities. Also the owner won't give a shit, since he's a massage perv.

JJ and the Midget? Sounds like a 80's television show like I used watch.. ~ @Merlin

 

[den-the-coach]

JJ and the Midget? Sounds like a 80's television show like I used watch.. ~ @Merlin

 

[kurtfaulk]

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[PARAM]

Some interesting things to watch "inside the building" this year.

McVay needs 8 wins to become just the 46th head coach with 100 regular season wins.

Stafford needs 4352 passing yards to become the Rams all time leader
Stafford needs 14 TDs to become the Rams all time leader

Puka needs 1200 yards to move into 7th place all time
Puka needs 88 receptions to move into 7th place all time

 

[RamsOfCastamere]

Welp. Makes me appreciate being a Rams fan, for sure.

Not so fast! Will Puka go on a bender? Will we extend him or Byron Young, or trade for someone else?

 

[Rams8821]

#4) Day 1

 

[Memphis Ram]

The Cowboys could be a team to watch out for if their new DC has a Lovie Smith year type one impact.

 

[Merlin]

Lovie will certainly get full effort from them boys.

 

[ReekofRams]

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You’re showing your age. I know because I use to watch them.

 

[Memphis Ram]

Is the NFC West really the best division with the Cardinals in it?

The NFC North looks strong to me. If Kyler Murray holds up all 4 teams have the potential to get double digit wins.

 

[Flatlyner]

Is the NFC West really the best division with the Cardinals in it?

The NFC North looks strong to me. If Kyler Murray holds up all 4 teams have the potential to get double digit wins.

NFC as a whole is pretty juiced.

NFC west had 3 teams with 12 wins last year, there wasn't another division really even that close to equaling that.

Also, just going off of SB winner odds, 3 of the top 10 teams are in the NFC West. NFC North has one, at 9.

Yeah, the Cards bring us down a bit, but I think the other 3 teams make up for it in easily.

 

[Coliseum Ram]

Is the NFC West really the best division with the Cardinals in it?

The NFC North looks strong to me. If Kyler Murray holds up all 4 teams have the potential to get double digit wins.

The ONLY way to judge best division in Football the fairest and purest way is aggregate Division record.

How does a Division do when it goes out and plays OTHER Divisions.

This takes into account ALL teams in the Division. If there's a Division "patsy," ( Arizona) its accounted for, since the aggregate record is unaffected if 3 good teams beat up on 1 bad team in a Division. EACH of those games are 1 win, 1 loss for the Division collectively.


2025:

NFC West- 14 games over .500
NFC North- 9 games over .500

NFC West >>>> NFC North

 

[kurtfaulk]

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The only team that could beat a NFC West team in the playoffs last season was another NFC West team.

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[dpjax]

Ranking the worst team in each division

Vikings (Technically the Lions finished below them but…)
Giants (Harbaugh brings some much needed credibility)
Titans (Promising young core on offense)
Saints (Is Tyler Shough for real?)
Browns (They lost their best player but did get the biggest trash talker in the league)
Cardinals (In a contract dispute with Jacoby Brissett. Nuff said.)
Raiders (Raaaiiders)
Jets (The epitome of dysfunction)

 

[Memphis Ram]

@Flatlyner @Coliseum Ram

I was looking towards the upcoming 2026 season and looking at the current rosters.

Considering a prior season's results can be tricky or misleading when considering the following season.
For example, in 2024, the Lions, Vikings, & Packers had 15, 14, & 11 wins respectively, while the NFC West only had a couple 10 win teams.