Roughing the passer on Mahomes...they've all got that shit down to a perfected art form
-
New here? Register here now for access to all the forums, download game torrents, private messages, polls, Sportsbook, etc. Plus, stay connected and follow BP on Instagram @buckeyeplanet and Facebook.
- Thread starter crazybuckfan40
- Start date
-
- Tags
- nfl
Former Dolphins, Colts, and Bills (and U of Illinois) CB Vontae Davis was found dead at the age of 35. Awful.
www.espn.com
Ex-NFL CB Vontae Davis found dead at age 35
Former NFL cornerback Vontae Davis was found dead Monday at a residence in South Florida. He was 35 years old.
Upvote
0
ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Goodell mulls 18-game regular-season slate
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is mulling a future with 18 regular-season games, a Presidents Day weekend Super Bowl Sunday and a significant increase in international games.
Roger Goodell mulls 18-game slate, Presidents Day weekend Super Bowl
Specifically, Goodell said he would embrace a schedule featuring 18 regular-season games and two preseason contests, a significant shift from the current 17 regular-season and three preseason games that was implemented in 2021."I think we're good at 17 now," Goodell said. "But, listen, we're looking at how we continue. I'm not a fan of the preseason." Then, gesturing toward a group of fans assembled nearby, Goodell said, "And I don't think these guys like it either." He continued: "The reality is, I'd rather replace a preseason game with a regular-season game any day. That's just picking quality. If we get to 18 and 2, that's not an unreasonable thing."
Adding an additional regular-season game could, theoretically, result in a second bye week being added, which would lengthen the regular season. But Goodell would welcome that, he said, as he envisions a Presidents Day weekend built around the Super Bowl on Sunday night.
"And then you have Monday off," Goodell said.
Upvote
0
ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Netflix to Air Christmas Day NFL Games
Netflix has reached a three-year agreement with the NFL to show Christmas Day games starting this season, the platform announced on Wednesday morning. Both of t
www.si.com
Netflix to Air Christmas Day NFL Games
Streaming services are having a moment.Netflix has reached a three-year agreement with the NFL to show Christmas Day games starting this season, the platform announced on Wednesday morning. Both of the NFL's Dec. 25 contests will air exclusively on Netflix in 2024 and they'll carry at least one game in both 2025 and 2026. The confirmation comes after a report from Bloomberg this morning suggested the deal was set to be announced.
Bloomberg reports that the price tag for such a privilege clocks in at just under $150 million. This is the first time Netflix has ever shown live sports on this level and the first time football will be featured. But they have been dipping their toes into those waters in recent years with the Quarterback series.
.
.
.
The NFL has previously announced two other streaming exclusives this year — a Week 1 game on Peacock and a wildcard playoff game that will be on Amazon.
Just sayin':
Upvote
0
ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Australia among places NFL scouting for games
Australia is among the countries the NFL is scouting as potential hosts for regular-season games for the 2025 season and beyond.
Australia among countries NFL scouting as host for games
Australia is among the countries the NFL is scouting as potential hosts for regular-season games for the 2025 season and beyond.Peter O'Reilly, the NFL's head of international affairs, said Tuesday at the league's spring meetings that Australia is among the markets being discussed. The league recently announced an NFL Academy will open in September on the Gold Coast in Australia.
"Australia is among a set, and it's not a small set of markets, that we're looking at," O'Reilly said.
O'Reilly noted Australia has a strong NFL fan base and media partners and that both the Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Rams have global market rights there.
He updated NFL owners on the countries league officials are looking at as potential hosts. The NFL announced in February before the Super Bowl that the 2025 season's international slate of games will feature a game at Real Madrid's iconic Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
.
.
.
continued
Do you really think that the NFL will eventually expand to having teams from non-US cities?
Upvote
0
ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Pick is in: Pittsburgh to host NFL draft in 2026
Pittsburgh will host the 2026 NFL draft, the league announced at its spring meetings Wednesday.
NFL announces Pittsburgh to host draft in 2026
The NFL draft is heading to the Steel City.Pittsburgh will host the 2026 NFL draft, the league announced at its spring meetings Wednesday, marking the first time the city has hosted the draft since the event moved out of New York City in 2015.
Steelers team president and CEO Art Rooney II said the plan is to stage the draft outside Acrisure Stadium on the North Shore of the city.
Upvote
0
With the new kickoff rule, I expect LBs or a safety to do the kick offs... The 'kicker' is now a tackling position and no team is going to risk their kicker in that situation
Upvote
0
NFL Network showing the Eric Dickerson story a d is phenomenal. Easy to forget just how amazing he was because of the SMU crap, that actually happened 4 or 5 years after he left, and he rarely gets menthol as the best.
Upvote
0
ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
NFL ordered to pay $4.7B in 'Sunday Ticket' case
A jury ruled Thursday that the NFL violated antitrust laws in distributing out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on a premium subscription service and has awarded more than $4.7 billion in damages.
Jury rules NFL violated antitrust laws in 'Sunday Ticket' case
A jury in U.S. District Court ordered the NFL to pay more than $4.7 billion in damages Thursday after ruling that the league violated antitrust laws in distributing out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on a premium subscription service.The jury awarded $4.7 billion in damages to the residential class and $96 million in damages to the commercial class. Since damages can be tripled under federal antitrust laws, the NFL could end up being liable for $14.39 billion.
The lawsuit covered 2.4 million residential subscribers and 48,000 businesses in the United States who paid for the package of out-of-market games from the 2011 through 2022 seasons on DirecTV. The lawsuit claimed the league broke antitrust laws by selling its package of Sunday games at an inflated price. The subscribers also say the league restricted competition by offering "Sunday Ticket" only on a satellite provider.
The NFL said in a statement that it will appeal the verdict.
"We are disappointed with the jury's verdict today in the NFL Sunday Ticket class action lawsuit. We continue to believe that our media distribution strategy, which features all NFL games broadcast on free over-the-air television in the markets of the participating teams and national distribution of our most popular games, supplemented by many additional choices including RedZone, Sunday Ticket and NFL+, is by far the most fan friendly distribution model in all of sports and entertainment," the league said.
"We will certainly contest this decision as we believe that the class action claims in this case are baseless and without merit. We thank the jury for their time and service and for the guidance and oversight from Judge [Philip] Gutierrez throughout the trial."
Post-trial motions will be heard July 31, including one to set aside the verdict. If the verdict isn't set aside, the NFL will appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court.
Should the NFL end up paying damages, it could cost each of the 32 teams approximately $449.6 million.
The trial lasted three weeks and featured testimony from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
"Justice was done. The verdict upholds protection for the consumers in our class. It was a great day for consumers," plaintiffs attorney Bill Carmody said.
During his closing remarks, Carmody showed an April 2017 NFL memo that showed the league was exploring a world without "Sunday Ticket" in 2017, where cable channels would air Sunday afternoon out-of-market games not shown on Fox or CBS.
.
.
.
continued
Upvote
0
ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
NFL in talks with this big-name artist to headline halftime of first-ever Brazil game in 2024, per report
Nothing official has been announced to date
www.cbssports.com
NFL in talks with this big-name artist to headline halftime of first-ever Brazil game in 2024, per report
Nothing official has been announced to date
The NFL will make history when it hosts its first-ever South American regular-season game in September, with the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers set to square off in Brazil. One of the country's most recognized celebrities could be part of the festivities, according to Brazil's RedeTV!, with the NFL in "advanced negotiations" to feature pop star Anitta as the halftime performer for Week 1's overseas contest.
An eight-time nominee at the Latin Grammy Awards, Anitta is one of Brazil's most accomplished singer/songwriters, fresh off her first U.S. Grammy nomination in 2023. Previously dubbed by the Wall Street Journal as an "ambassador of Brazilian music," she has cited American stars such as Beyonce, Rihanna and Mariah Carey as some of her chief influences, and received global recognition for trilingual albums.
"There's a lot of interest in the NFL [in Brazil]," league executive Peter O'Reilly told ESPN earlier this offseason. "I mean, we saw it. We did a Super Bowl viewing party last year down in Brazil, and it was packed, and the energy is there. ... You've got some classic soccer clubs around the world who are really interested in hosting the NFL and building a relationship with the NFL."
Just sayin': Does anyone actually think that the NFL will have a team in Europe, South America, and/or Mexico in your lifetime?
My response is NO, but then I'm 75.
Upvote
0