NFL Thread 2024-2025

[Dan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1880803166184522015

 

[phats22]

and a nice little U of I shout out from the commentators too!

 

[UCantHideYer]

Fun to watch a playoff game where 6.8% of the starters are Fighting Illini. More fun still would be checking out how low the 247 high school rankings of these guys were. I‘d miss an offensive slug fest though to chase that down.

 

[UCantHideYer]

Allegretti 847, Quan 1495, Kerby 1602
2nd String Johnny Newton 1043

 

[IlliniFaninHoosierLand]

As the spread talk continues in the MSU pregame thread, how about this brutality if you got it at 9.5? Thankfully for me, I stay away from spreads in the NFL higher than 7.5. My player props cooked though. Surgical really.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1880775235756315118

SVP was in the house of part of the ESPN pre- and post-game show and you know that's gonna appear on bad beats on Monday.

 

[Ryllini]

Detroit is way too gimmicky. At some point you have to be able to grind.

 

[Waterski Al]

Great to watch the NFL and seeing Illini all over the field making plays. More coming soon to an NFL team near you…

 

[RabidDawgClassic]

 

[SuperMetroid]

Watching the entire NFC North crash and burn in embarrassing fashion was pretty fun ngl

 

[Illiniaaron]

Watching the entire NFC North crash and burn in embarrassing fashion was pretty fun ngl

So much for it being such a great division.

 

[JSpence]

There's a noon game scheduled in Ann Arbor tomorrow. ... are they still going to play after a tragedy like this?

 

[AZILL]

I REALLY wanted the Lions to win this game... Was hoping for a Lions/Bills Super Bowl, as I wanted some new blood in there. I don't really even watch the NFL anymore except for during the playoffs.

 

[Dan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1880832804071887342

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1880832804071887342

https://twitter.com/x/status/1880821659634208970

 

[IlliniFaninHoosierLand]

Detroit is way too gimmicky. At some point you have to be able to grind.

Their offense wasn't the issue last night. All the injuries on defense finally caught up with them.

 

[rjeffreys]

Their offense wasn't the issue last night. All the injuries on defense finally caught up with them.

Oh me thinks Goeff blew it...

 

[Mr. Tibbs]

Oh me thinks Goeff blew it...

yup
can’t throw 3 ints and expect to win that playoff game. The opponent is too tough in the playoffs

 

[OrangeBlue98]

I REALLY wanted the Lions to win this game... Was hoping for a Lions/Bills Super Bowl, as I wanted some new blood in there. I don't really even watch the NFL anymore except for during the playoffs.

Unfortunately, I have a bad feeling we'll see another Chiefs/Eagles Super Bowl. I don't have anything particularly negative against either team, it's just that in a league that's supposed to be all about parity we are starting to see only a small number of teams with real chances to make the Super Bowl every year.

 

[BretMyBeachHouse]

I guess with the Philly win we're guaranteed an Illini in the super bowl.

 

[Ryllini]

Their offense wasn't the issue last night. All the injuries on defense finally caught up with them.

They can score, but eventually you have to be able to grind. They couldn’t, got gimmicky 1 too many times and it backfired.

 

[IlliniFaninHoosierLand]

They can score, but eventually you have to be able to grind. They couldn’t, got gimmicky 1 too many times and it backfired.

Pretty sure when they were holding leads late in games, they had two running backs that they could use to grind out victories.

 

[Carter Waller]

Detroit is way too gimmicky. At some point you have to be able to grind.

Jahmyr Gibbs seems like an authentic NFL back.

 

[KingWolf11]

Detroit is way too gimmicky. At some point you have to be able to grind.

Sign me up for being too gimmicky and scoring over 30 points every game. Injuries decimated their defense.

Bears need Ben Johnson and bad.

 

[Ryllini]

Jahmyr Gibbs seems like an authentic NFL back.

Bingo. So why stop giving him the ball and slow it down a bit again when your defense is bleeding and QB can’t read a defense?

 

[Carter Waller]

Bingo. So why stop giving him the ball and slow it down a bit again when your defense is bleeding and QB can’t read a defense?

Perhaps the defense dictated taking Gibbs away and making Goff beat them.