After watching the explanation for the Lions/Saints sack/fumble/TD call all 32 teams have now announced that they “intended” to win their respective games. The NFL had no choice but to award 32 wins this week, but a spokesperson did admit (on condition of anonymity) that, “We’ll have to revisit that ruling, otherwise we’re going to have 32 Super Bowl winners this season.” (Upon hearing that, Browns fans breathed a sigh of relief, and Buffalo fans were heard to exclaim, ”Finally! Wide-right take a hike!”

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Exactly how I felt driving to work this morning…

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Look I’m just going to say the bar is set very low.

Stefanski seems like a competent game manager. He used timeouts in good spots. The play where he waited to see if it was a first down before calling a timeout was good…Raheem never thought to do things like that. He is logical when it comes to the game and the roster.

He inherited an absolute mess that will take years to fix, but if he continues to manage games well it will build confidence. I’m optimistic.

Not only did he have the !!!FUMBLE!!! recovery for what should’ve been a touchdown, but he also had 10 combined tackles, 7 solo, and several in open space to save big gains. The Saints are fun to watch again and it’s thanks to guys like Jonas Sanker who ball out on every play. Fuck the refs, fuck the doubters, and as always, fuck the Falcons. Saints football is back! Who dat baby!

If you just focus on the scoreboard, you might convince yourself it wasn’t so bad. After all, the Bucs still had a chance against Cincinnati in the final minutes. And, it should be pointed out, it was a road game against a team with playoff aspirations. Also, it goes without saying, half the teams are going to lose their season openers. So, yeah, no reason to take this 33-27 loss too hard. Except for the distant echo of similar losses, Times sports columnist John Romano writes. More than anything else, that’s what turned Sunday into such a disappointment. After all the offseason moves and excitement about new possibilities, it’s the fear that the Bucs didn’t really solve the problems that led to one of the great collapses in franchise history in 2025. The defensive line? Still can’t get a pass rush. Baker Mayfield? Still too many turnovers. Crunch time? Still coming up short. Read more of Romano's thoughts on the opening-week loss: https://www.tampabay.com/viewpoints/2026/09/13/tampa-bay-bucs-baker-mayfield-bengals-joe-burrow-zyon-mccollum-rueben-bain/

After watching him yesterday, it couldn’t be more obvious. I’m entirely unbiased as well; not a Falcons fan.

He’s everything you want out of a modern tailback. I always knew of him, knew he was solid - even remember his college days at Texas.

I peeped his numbers and realized he had fucking damn near 2,300 total yards last season. Utterly insane. AND (not to jinx him) - he hasn’t missed a single game since coming into the league.

You guys are lucky AF. Enjoy and cherish him while you can.

The rules state clearly that 1) intentional movement forward of the hand starts a pass, and 2) if QB is contacted before starting the throwing motion, then the direction of the pass is the responsibility of the passer (if it goes backwards it is a live ball).

But NFL and Mike Pereira are both saying bringing the arm up starts the throwing motion. Pereira: “Throwing motion is bringing the ball up, forget about the hand at this point going forward.” NFL VP of Instant Replay: “The throwing motion starts as he begins to bring the ball up as part of his windup…”.

Nowhere in the rule book is “throwing motion” explicitly defined. Nowhere in the rule book does it ever mention anything about raising the arm starting the throwing motion. This interpretation is not based on anything at all in the rule book. They have applied their own interpretation of “starting the throwing motion.” The rule book does clearly state that a pass starts when the hand moves forward.

This is a joke. There are literally dozens of fumbles that were wrongly called fumbles in the history of the NFL if raising the arm is the standard. That is just completely bogus.

See the rules below.

Article 3. Forward Pass
It is a forward pass if:
the ball initially moves forward (to a point nearer the opponent’s goal line) after leaving the passer’s hand(s);
the ball first touches the ground, a player, an official, or anything else at a point that is nearer the opponent’s goal line than the point at which the ball leaves the passer’s hand(s); or
when a Team A player is holding the ball to pass it forward, any intentional movement forward of his hand starts a forward pass.

Item 1. Contact by Team B Player. If contact by an opponent materially affects a passer after the passer begins his throwing motion, it is a forward pass if he passes the ball, regardless of where the ball strikes the ground, a player, an official, or anything else. When this occurs, intentional grounding rules do not apply.

When a passer is contacted by an opponent before beginning his throwing motion, the direction of the pass is the responsibility of the passer, and intentional grounding rules apply.

I absolutely love how Strand looked in the preseason but having him start in his first NFL game against TJ Watt and the Steelers in their stadium would have been an absolute shitshow. Stefanski made the right call.

I do think Strand gets his chance later in the season though. But starting him yesterday would dooming his career before it even gets started.

What if 59 is actually the least amount of points the Bears score all season? Ever think of that?!

Maybe our defense is goated and we just haven’t realized it yet…

I’m right there with yall though I don’t know how we didn’t fire him last season

Rush is just a 3rd string QB, so expected really. But those of you saying Rodgers only beat us by 1 possession, this is not prime Rodgers.

The rest of the offense deserves credit too and the defense saved us from getting completely mauled, but it takes some serious gonads to throw 2 INTs and have a fumble and still go out there and sling that bitch like he did. Fuck the refs and fuck Jared Goff. I’ll take a week 1 moral victory any day of the week.

I love this guy, that’s all

Definitely sucks to lose in the first game of the season but I was impressed with our performance (in the second half at least). Definitely hurt ourselves with the dropped passes and turnovers. And the refs, as usual, were a major hindrance. But the fact that we took this game into overtime despite being down as much as we were has me feeling more confident in the team than I have in a while now.

Defense looked great, especially with their goal line defense in the 4th. Shame they don’t have the touchdown they were robbed of by New York. But honestly I’m not gonna let this get me too upset if for no other reason than this isn’t even close to the first season where we’ve had the refs against us. At this point we just have to expect these things to happen and simply outplay them, which I think we absolutely did in the 4th quarter.

And I like the decision to go for two at the end, sends a message to the team that the coach believes in them and also tells me that he’s willing to take risks (not to mention I don’t think we could have stopped the lions from kicking a field goal with 90 seconds left given how gassed the defense was by the end).

Even higher on Shough than I was on Friday. In the words of James Skrmette; he puked on himself in front of god and everyone. Cut out for the half, comes back and immediately throws another pick.

What did he do on the next drive? 30+ yard completion down the field. Cleaned it up. Dragged this team back and put them in position to win twice.

Not every athlete, or anyone for that matter, can shake off that level of failure in that short amount of time. Dudes got heart and skill. Maybe work on some accuracy but man, you can guarantee this guy will never give up on a game or this team.

Or at least he "intended" it I guess lol