NFL (2025 Season)

[hobsini2]

I am resurrecting the Against the Spread Pool on Facebook if anyone is interested in joining. It is a free pool for fun and bragging rights. Here's the rules:

You pick the spread winner and you get a fixed amount of points based on the type of game and when it is played.

Spreads:
1. Game spreads are set by Draft Kings by Tuesday evening. If the game does not have a spread by then, I will use either ESPN or CBS Sportsline to get a spread.
2.  You pick the winner of the game based on the spread. For example, Dallas at Philadelphia is currently Philly by -6.5. If you pick Philadelphia, the Eagles need to win by 7 points to win. If you pick Dallas, they get 6 points to play with even if they lose the game.

Game Values based on type:
Division games - 3 points
Conference games - 2 points
Non-Conference games - 1 point

Play day/time values (Times are central):
Sunday at Noon and 3:00 PM - face value (single)
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday all day & Sunday 715 PM - double value
Saturday and Monday all day - triple value
International games - double value

The most points a game can be worth is 9 points, Divisional on Monday Night.

3. Pool champion is determined by the number of points earned. If there is a tie, number of weeks won is first followed by overall win loss record.
4. Deadline for picks:
Picks need to be in by 1 hour before the first game of the day. For example, all Sunday games need to be in by 11:00 AM Central Time to count.
This still allows people to make picks for the week even if they miss the Thursday deadline.
5.  There is no fee for the pool. I am doing my best to keep it free and fun.

If you are interested, let me know and click on the link for the group.
https://www.facebook.com/share/g/19BdXC3K85/

[ZLoth]

YouTube: NFL Rules Changes for the 2025 Season

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[JayhawkCO]

Whoa. Parsons traded to the Packers.

[Henry]

Seven more days to kickoff...

[Great Lakes Roads]

Whoa. Parsons traded to the Packers.

*laughs as a Steelers fan*

[Bobby5280]

Micah Parsons is arguably the best defensive player in the NFL. Since he's going to Green Bay it's making me wonder if the Cowboys could deliberately tank the 2025 season in order to tear down, re-build with more draft picks, etc.

I think Cowboys are cursed as long as Jerry Jones owns the team. It's the Jimmy Johnson curse. They haven't won a Super Bowl since they had a team built by Johnson (Barry Switzer got that ring on Johnson's coat tails).

[SEWIGuy]

Jones is just a terrible owner. His desire to be the center of attention and pretend he's a GM who knows something about football, has held the Cowboys back for three decades now.

[hobsini2]

2 1st road picks, which likely will be mid to late 20s if we don't win the Super Bowl, and an agin Kenny Clark for Micah Parsons?

Done!

Thanks Jerry!

[thenetwork]

Jones is just a terrible owner. His desire to be the center of attention and pretend he's a GM who knows something about football, has held the Cowboys back for three decades now.

I still don't get how Jones and the Cowboys organization can continue to coerce the major NFL sports channels into making them the marquee "national" game damn near every week where the whole country has to watch their game.

They claim to be "Americas Team"...
I am an American...
They are NOT my team...
They Suck!!!

Same goes for Wheel of Fortune's claim of being "America's Game".

[SEWIGuy]

Because they have a large fanbase, perhaps the largest in the NFL, and it is spread throughout the country.

[tchafe1978]

From Packers fans everywhere, thanks for the gift, Jerry and the Cowboys!

[mgk920]

I strongly suspect that the popularity of the Packers will be making major gains in NE Illinois over the coming years, too.

BTW, the Cowboys are Mexico's team.

 

Mike

[Max Rockatansky]

As far as I know my wife's family in Jalisco follows the Rams.  Seems it is just the favored team for about 90% of her extended family.  It isn't too unusual to see clothing for all sorts of teams in the Guadalajara area.

[Bobby5280]

The Dallas Cowboys do have a big fan base. The team is based in a giant-sized TV viewing market; DFW is the 4th biggest metro in the nation and if growth trends continue it will surpass Chicago to be the 3rd largest metro within the next 10-20 years. The Cowboys do have lots of fans across the rest of Texas and in neighboring states that have no pro football team (Oklahoma, New Mexico). They arguably have the most well-known brand out of any NFL team, despite not having the most Super Bowl titles or NFL Championship titles prior to the Super Bowl era.

I think the Cowboys organization is taking all of that for granted. There is growing ill-will toward the team. They have not won a Super Bowl in going on 30 years. I think the New England Patriots are more deserving of that "America's Team" nickname than anyone else, considering they're called the "Patriots" and they've won the most Super Bowl titles.

Aside from the Cowboys' title drought, the other thing souring people on the Cowboys is they price-gouge the shit out of you if you dare see a game live at "Jerry's World." The tickets, parking fees, a plastic cup of beer and everything else is priced sky high. People have been paying these ridiculous prices and may continue to do so through this season. But if the team can't get its shit together and start winning attendance is going to start dropping. Any NFL coach worth a damn has to think very carefully about taking a coaching job with the Cowboys, due to Jerry Jones' reputation for meddling.

I also wonder what the average age is of a Cowboys fan. I'm middle aged and can still remember watching TV broadcasts of Super Bowls that were won by the Cowboys. Anyone person in their 20's or younger has zero memory of that. Why would anyone that age get vested in following the Cowboys if they don't live near the DFW metro?

Here in Oklahoma we have a lot of football fans who don't give a damn about the Cowboys. They'll either follow the two big NCAA football teams (OU and Oklahoma State) or they'll follow other NFL teams. Here in Lawton we have a good number of Kansas City Chiefs fans since Hall-of-Famer Will Shields attended Lawton High. Any town with a large military population will have fans following a wide variety of teams.

Anyway, this gravy train of ticket and merchandise sales the Cowboys are riding could eventually jump the tracks.

[hobsini2]

Week 1 Lines are out.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VSQbboi-Ytx20PcyUoW3cKg_WXjATfOm25N9b0fQ7Is/edit?usp=sharing

If anyone wants in the against the spread pool, let me know. It is completely free.