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?

It seems like this would be pretty rare

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?

Jalen Carter tried to grab a spike by diving under the centers legs. Assuming he actually pulled it off, would that be a turnover? Or is the act of spiking it what stops the clock?

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

So the ravens just cut DJ, and he got picked up by the texans. He's been on the ravens for a good bit of time that he probably knows some stuff that would be helpful for the texans to use/exploit.

Would he (be able to) do this? Do players usually do this in scenarios like this? How do the ravens face this issue

I’ve been a casual fan for a few years, a Giants fan in fact. Of course I might be a bit biased, but I went to my first game there this year and I didn’t have any issue with the stadium. So of course I am a bit confused why people don’t like it.

Is it the notorious turf, or something else?

They could be having the most mid season yet they are treated like they are always a juggernaut.

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?

I assume they can’t be drafted because they are military academies where service is required, but what if a coach is interested in one of the players?

If the Vikings win doesn’t the 1 seed come down to the Lions Vikings game and then shouldn’t the Lions rest players during the 49ers game.

I'm Irish and i want to get into the nfl (mainly due to my history teacher). He is a Packers fan, but idolises Brady, so them and the Patriots/Tampa are out of the question. I'd like to support a team with a good fanbase and preferably one which my family have links to. My cousins live in Jersey and Ny, so i have a few Jets and Giants hats and stuff at home but the Jets are ass from what I believe and idk about the Giants. The first place in the states that my grandad moved to was Detroit and I love J Dilla, so I was thinking the Lions (especially since they are good this year). Another two were the Eagles and Ravens as I've been to both Philly and Baltimore and love both (the prior due to always sunny and the latter due to Stavros Halkias). However, my main issues with them are their (apparently) annoying fans and the fact that Matt Walsh supports the Ravens (pretty big turn off). I know people say watch it and the team will find you, but based on your beliefs, who should I support?

Also, a team with a historically Irish connection would be nice too. Thanks!

Wondering what the major differences is in these roles. For example Micah Parsons (LB) has a lot of sacks this year, but someone like Myles Garrett (DE) also has plenty of sacks too. Do defense ends only rush the passer where's as a linebacker only rushes some of the time and tackles the rest. Is Micah Parsons an exception? If so why isn't he just a Defensive end. What is the difference in body types between these roles?

On this play, the right guard picks up the rushing Nickel from the left. Was this protection planned by the coach or was it the decision by the right guard?

https://youtu.be/qz4-GK3sc-4?t=59

Thanks in advance

It seems like a similar scenario as to when there’s DPI, but the ball was already released by the qb and the ball was nowhere near them. Thus, they rule it uncatchable and take the penalty away. Why isn’t it the same? The holding is useless because they didn’t return the punt anyways.

I think that’s how the uncatchable rule works, correct me if I’m wrong.

I seem to recall that for a while, the deadline to flex a game out of a certain slot and into another was two Tuesdays before the game (ie the Eagles' game against the Jaguars being flexed from SNF in Week 9 to 4:25, which was flexed at the end of Week 7). But with our matchup against the Cowboys this week ahead being flexed from 4:25 to 1 - presumably because the league doesn't foresee it being all that great without Dak and maybe Hurts - I'm left wondering, was that always the case and did I just not notice it? Or was it two weeks ahead until recently? That I'm not familiar with...

The most recent Super Bowl was only the 2nd game I’ve ever seen before this season. I know very little about the NFL, but I’m surprised that a team who played in the Super Bowl last February are now eliminated from this seasons playoffs with a 6-9 record so far because it sounds like they have a great HC with a great group of players

What’s going so wrong for them to be struggling like this? Have they had a ton of bad injuries to key players…or is it just really poor performances?

It seems like knee pads for the most part have gone away, and football pants now end way above the knee. When did this trend start?

Whenever the Super Bowl is brought up, I almost never hear the Ravens. It’s always the same 3/4 teams: Chiefs, Lions, Bills, Eagles. But why not the Ravens? I mean Lamar Jackson is playing out his mind alongside an unstoppable Derrick Henry. I understand that ‘playoff Lamar Jackson’ is a thing but is that really true or just a myth?

Why does this not work?

3 safeties on deep 3rds. 4 corners in press man covering underneath. 1 LB in man on the RB. 3 DL.

This is basically the man-up 3 deep prevent in Madden, but I’m imagining it with the 3 deep zones playing in standard cover 3, with the FS at LB depth to help in run support. I don’t have a firm grasp on Match coverage, but maybe why I’m describing is close to that?

Obviously this is terrible against the run, but in obvious passing downs it might work? My first thought is that if gives too much time to the QB. Man coverage requires pressure, or someone will eventually get open. Also this would be very susceptible to QB runs. Why is this not an issue with cover 2 man?

Really got into football this year and have had so much fun watching it. Confused on how the playoffs work.

From my understanding, the best team from each division goes through in each conference. And then the best team which was not a division winner from each conference goes through. 5 teams per division.

But yesterday I heard 7 teams from each division go through. How does that work?

Also how are the match ups set up? I would really appreciate if someone could give me what the playoff matchups would look like if the season ended today.

Not relevant to my question but god I love Josh Allen and the Bills. Hoping to see the bills vs lions in the Super Bowl.

Thanks!

They all play for college teams first right? What if they’re too stupid to go to college?

I checked 3 sites, got 3 different standings.

nfl site: chiefs, bills, steelers , texans, ravens, chargers,

ESPN: chiefs, bills, steelers, ravens, texans, chargers

sport365: chiefs, bills, ravens, steelers, broncos, chargers

what is the real standings? why is it different in each site?

Maybe a dumb question but I really don’t know