Well I mean really, if we're in worse shape than Detroit and Minnesota, that's not good news.
The #1 seeds are an exception because they play less games and play at home throughout the playoffs. I’ve got more Good news! Zero chance we see a #1 seed next week.Well, if we are so good, why did it take a blocked field goal to spare us from losing to the bears? We can do this game all day lol.
If that’s really the case, why bother having a regular season at all? Surely your body of work matters.
I mean, yes and no. Yes in the sense that it’s rare for every seed/ranking to remain unchanged throughout the playoffs, but… the top seeds still by and large are the ones that end up winning it all. Slightly more than 50% of super bowls have been won by the 1 seed. About 20% by the 2. The same largely holds true for conference championship appearances, and even into the divisional round. Of course there are Cinderella runs (and that’s what we hope for here) but the lion’s share of postseason success has gone to the top seeds by FAR (and how do they get those top seeds?)
I'm not sure I see overall improvement over how the team was playing at the end of last year. Our defense might be better. But last year we won our second games with the Vikings and Lions - this year we've been swept. We're 0-5 against the elite teams, but I feel like we should have/could have won at least ONE of those frigging games.
And it is not like we get a bye.
I think the Vikings are in another class of Cap as they need to sign or part ways with a QB, LT, RT and RB1.But we don't actually have a "money issue".
I'll agree that the numbers sound daunting, but we know the cap is going up in 2025. We're actually in very good shape compared to the rest of the league, but (admitedly) maybe not so much compared to our divisional rivals. According to Spotrac and "overthecap" , the Packers will have roughly $62-63M in cap space going into the season - which includes roughly $15 million in unspent cash that carries over from this year.
According to Spotrac, that's the 11th best cap situation in the NFL. Unfortunately, the 4th best is Chicago ($81M), Minnesota is 5th best ($78M), and Detroit is 8th with $69M.
I'm sure we can expect the GMs in Detroit and Minnesota to use that money wisely, and make themslves stronger, and Chicago... ah, hell, who knows. Poles will probably blow it all signing that punter to a 20 year deal at massive numbers.
The key players in Detroit and Minnesota are mostly older than our own, but not that much. So they'll probably be able to keep their core players together for at least a couple of years. The North is going to be a murderers' row for the foreseeable future.
2025 NFL Team Salary Cap Tracker
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RBs are cheap, even the good ones. I don’t know what their OL situation is but judging by how much we didn’t make Darnold uncomfortable on Sunday I can’t imagine they are in too rough of shape.
Normally you would say that.
What I’ve found with human nature over the tens of thousands of folks that have crossed my pathway.
You seem to be reading a lot of absolute statements in places that I didn’t make them.
I'm still not used to only one team per conference getting a bye. What makes me furious is that we had the bye and the #1 seed in 2020 and in 2021 and did not do a damn thing with it. So they couldn't get it done the easy way, I don't want to hear any crying that they have to win three games on the road now.
Hey, winning 3 on the road was the route to our LAST SB run. I'll take it.
Stopped reading right there brother. No need to be a pretentious putz. I'm not going to be insulted. Willis is a solid option based on what he has done with LaFleur's offense when given the chance. If you disagree, be that as it may and move on already.
He did a great job when called upon this year, but I’d guess he’d find that going up against the Eagles/Vikings/Bears is a little different than going up against the Colts and Titans.
You're right. I don't know why I was thinking he'd only been out for one year. It wouldn't work after this much time away from the game, no doubt about it.
Yes. But your constant sentiment of doubt in a variety of different arguments begins to lose its luster.
Of course you did, especially because I specifically apologized literally right there after that. You’re act as if your incapable of reading an entire post is insanely immature.
Well, I hope he doesn't use my plan. I once sent a beautiful woman Roses at work. Then when I picked her up for dinner, I brought her candy. I had stopped by my friends to have a drink first to keep my courage up. When I got there, she told me she almost canceled as she was allergic to Roses and was not feeling great. At dinner she started sneezing. She asked me if I had a dog. I honestly replied "No". I didn't reveal that my buddy did. While ordering she made it very clear to the waiter that she had a peanut allergy. The dinner conversation did not go well. Probably because I was distracted trying to figure out just how I was going to get the box of Reeses' back that I had wrapped up and given to her.
That Date sounds like an episode of “Seinfeld”.
There is no will, he has now had surgery as of a few days ago from what I’ve seen.
I read he might be able to play in the super bowl.
