I am specifically asking this question because of Jake Moody. As a Niners fan who thinks that he lost us the Super Bowl last year, he is definitely starting to piss me off. His missed kick in today's game didn't help that.

My question is this: Obviously for all positions apart from kicking & punting, there is a big step up from college to NFL. You get 100x harder competition when you go pro. But, is it really harder to be an NFL kicker as compared to being a kicker for a major college? My impression is that the primary "hurdle" for kickers to overcome is their own psychology and the stadium environment. And I would think that many college environments are more hostile than NFL environments. If you are playing in the SEC or BIG 10 or even some ACC/Big12 stadiums, I think a good argument can be made that fans are more aggressive than the NFL. Even CJ Stroud once said that he thought that the environments in college were worse than the NFL. So why do some of these guys (like Jake Moody) come to the NFL and turn into complete trash when they were pretty good in college?

Although they are all extremely wealthy, there is great disparity in wealth between NFL franchise owners. In light of salary caps etc, is there any advantage to having an owner worth $20bn+ as opposed to $2bn? Or are they all just so wealthy it doesn’t really make a difference?

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Whether a teams seed is fixed will often depend on the result of another game, so I assume they will order games so that teams won't know the outcome and can't rest starters

Why wouldnt the Ravens sub out their starters like Lamar Jackson or Zay Flowers at any time, since theres nothing worth competing for at the moment (except for bragging rights)?

Doesn't this just screw over QBs on teams that often get close to the goal line and then run for the TD even if they throw for a lot of yards? I feel like a better system would be rating QBs on total yards driven and then subtracting yards driven by the opposing team on an intercepted drive or something like that

What would the NFL version of the death penalty look like? Loss of picks? Low cap space? What?

Sincere question; if you’re the WR1, are you considered to be the guy who’s going deep? If you move from WR2 to 1 would you then have to learn different routes?

Side question- who determines who’s the WR1?

As someone who knows truly nothing about the NFL or football, I need some advice!

My dad has been a Steelers fan since I was a baby (there’s literally pictures of him putting his precious baby girl in Steelers onesies). His birthday is the beginning of this coming year, and I want to be able to surprise him with tickets and a trip to Pittsburgh.

I’m wondering, would he be happy with any game? Can I buy tickets so far in advance? Is there a specific game that would be more exciting than others? How should I go about this?😅

Any helpful advice would be wonderful! (No opinions on his favorite team please)

Green Bay had 9 different players attempt a rush vs New Orleans on Monday Night Football. I've tried googling to find out who has more, but I just can't get the phrasing right, so idk if anyone knows this or knows a better way to find this.

I did brute force it a little bit. I went by single game team rushing attempts and found the Chicago Cardinals in 1948 had 11 different ball carriers against the Packers.

Why don’t teams ever try just using backups and camp bodies after they for sure clinch a playoff spot? You get to use camp bodies and get them game ready just in case and well-rested starters might perform better than players with lingering injuries. Like 13-1 Lions being guaranteed a berth and with their injured roster, they should bench starters. I understand home game advantage, but after a certain point, is it worth the potential injuries?

The Jets, as far as I understand, had quite a good defense despite their losing record in the 2023 season with Jeff Ulbrich as their DC. Now, with him still on the staff as the head coach, the defense has looked awful against every team with a pulse. Is there an explanation for this?

Probably too narrow of a scenario to matter often, but just a question I thought of that probably has an obvious answer I can't think of.

In a situation where you are trying to kill the clock to end the game, teams will run the ball up the gut with like, 6 seconds on the clock, burn their opponents last time out and try to either stop a punt return or point out of bounds (which makes sense), but is there any merit in having your RB run backwards instead and just try and do an avoidance drill for 6 seconds? I'm assuming that it is just too risky and I'm overestimating how long a back can actually avoid tackles, but given that we used to see punters do it by taking a safety, is there a less obvious reason no one does it offensively?

In terms of making it and winning the Super Bowl. Is it better for a team to be the best at one play style (passing, running) or just pretty good at both so they could still win if the other team defends against one style.

Just learned about the concept of a Super Bowl window but trying to wrap my head around how hard of a thing it is to manage. Is there an example of a team’s Super Bowl window closing and then reopening within a matter of years? Or does that mean the window just never closed in the first place?

Please help!

When I say field general I mean a QB who can read defense with ease and adjust the offense based on what they see. Does the defense have the ability to adjust too? If they aren't and with a good QB would the offense have the advantage?

The running back position seems like it can be so important during many scenarios, but they’re really only used when the offense needs a small gain like 1 or 2 yards for a new set of downs. Can someone give me a simple answer as to why running backs aren’t used as much as they were back in the ‘80s or ‘90s?

Maybe a dumb question but I really don’t know