It’s formally Week 1 of the 2025 school soccer season, which signifies that the following half-year goes to be the completely sickest factor that any of us have ever skilled. Buckle up, get some snacks and put together to take pleasure in all of it.
Whereas we’re all going to wash within the full scope of faculty soccer kicking off later this weekend, on the subject of the NFL we have now to attend just a bit bit longer. This week brings roster cutdowns and finalization of rosters and apply squads in anticipation of issues absolutely starting. You’ll be able to take into account it the final little bit of prep work within the examine corridor earlier than the check begins.
We right here at The Skinny Publish, Michael Peterson and RJ Ochoa, have lots of ideas on every thing happening that has introduced us up to now. Let’s cease losing time and get to it.
Is it unusual how a lot consideration the Browns quarterback room is getting?
On some degree it feels apparent and predictable. Shedeur Sanders is huge identify and his story across the draft was far and wide so it is sensible for individuals to have a excessive degree of curiosity about how all of that’s going. I can wrap my head round this.
However this entire factor feels prefer it has reached an insane degree. Kenny Pickett was traded away which takes care of a part of the dialogue, however does anybody legitimately suppose that any single determination (when it comes to who Cleveland may choose to start out) goes to show them right into a viable contender? Let’s be critical.
Once more, par for the course and all of that jazz, however I’m just a bit shocked on the depth surrounding that dialog.
I’m not shocked by the quantity of consideration the Browns quarterback room has been receiving as a result of the world is all about hype and as we all know all too properly as journalists within the sports activities world, clicks, views, and a spotlight are all king.
From final school soccer season, to the draft, all the best way up by way of Tuesday’s ultimate cuts, Shedeur Sanders has been on the forefront of all publications that need to maximize their visitors by way of using his identify.
As soon as the common season will get underway with him as one of many Browns’ backups to Flacco, we’ll lastly (possibly) be previous this period.
Was it good for the Bengals to place a lot cash into their quartet of Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, and Trey Hendrickson?
Paying your finest isn’t actually that unhealthy of a method. Nonetheless, the Bengals dropped the bag on their offense to maintain Burrow, Chase, and Higgins collectively after that unit completed as the highest passing offense within the league. Burrow led the league in yards, touchdowns, completions, and makes an attempt all whereas throwing simply 9 picks. Chase was additionally the triple crown winner as he led the NFL in receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns.
However even with all of that, the Bengals didn’t make the playoffs. The protection was merely that unhealthy, even with Trey Hendrickson recording 17.5 sacks. Now, Hendrickson is again after receiving a $14 million pay bump to his 2025 wage. Meaning there’s an IMMENSE quantity of cap house being spent on these 4. However the query stays: Was it the fitting factor to do?
The Bengals are selecting to run it again after making minimal adjustments to the workforce as an entire. They’ve added some rookies to the defensive aspect in edge rusher Shemar Stewart and linebacker Demetrius Knight, however is that going to essentially transfer the needle all that a lot?
As of now, I don’t see it panning out that approach.
You’ll by no means discover me considering that paying dudes who led to you a ton of success is something however good. Past simply considering and feeling this manner in a basic sense, these are gamers who occur to play an important positions within the sport. It’s super-wise.
I do know that the Bengals missed the playoffs final 12 months, however they’ve earned the good thing about the doubt in lots of methods. Particularly, this specific core has earned it. I really like investing in them and greater than something I really like the Bengals disproving the notion that they don’t pay anyone, even when it takes them some time to pay them.
It is a unbelievable transfer for Cincinnati.
Do you suppose it’s even type of an enormous deal that Micah Parsons was laying down in the course of the preseason sport final week?
For many who didn’t see… Micah Parsons had a second throughout final week’s preseason finale the place he was mendacity on a coach’s desk. This was in the course of the sport and on the sidelines and given who he’s and the Dallas Cowboys of all of it, it drew some consideration.
You had lots of hot-take individuals who have been saying that the transfer was disrespectful, however I simply have a tough time going there myself. I don’t suppose it was smart of Micah to try this however we see individuals act cavalier in the course of the preseason all the time. His stature and his workforce’s are elements right here and nonetheless I feel that we’re blowing all of it approach out of proportion.
I don’t suppose it’s an enormous deal in any respect and I’m really fairly shocked that it’s being made into such an enormous deal. Is that this not the workforce owned by Jerry Jones? The man who loves any and all type of consideration for his workforce, good or unhealthy? So now we’re to consider the road has lastly been crossed as a result of Parson took just a little snooze on the sideline?
It’s all nonsense. Now I do consider that if Parsons and the Cowboys have been on good phrases and proactively getting a deal accomplished that this may by no means have taken place, however that’s not the case and it’s not stunning Parsons considered one other method to carry consideration to this media circus.
Will we consider that is actually Travis Kelce’s final experience?
Within the days following the Chiefs’ defeat by the hands of the Eagles in Tremendous Bowl LIX, Kelce was constantly telling these round him that he “can’t exit like that,” referring to the notion that he wouldn’t really feel proper retiring after getting walloped within the largest sport of the 12 months.
So one factor we all know for positive is that Kelce goes to offer this upcoming season every thing he has in an try and get again to the Tremendous Bowl and go away it victorious. I’ve little question that if Kelce and the Chiefs win all of it this 12 months that he’s retiring, however is there’s any type of ending sans confetti that could possibly be “sufficient” for him?
At 36 years outdated, it positive doesn’t look like there’s a lot room for extra after this 12 months. However Kelce is the last word competitor and you realize he loves that profitable feeling. However he’s additionally received Taylor freakin’ Swift ready for him outdoors of soccer. Calling it a profession doesn’t appear all that loopy with that truth thrown in there.
And likewise actually as we’re typing this up, Kelce and Swift simply received engaged (it was introduced on Instagram).
CONGRATS TO THE HAPPY COUPLE!
On the finish of the day, my intestine says he may play in 2026. Possibly it’s as a result of I can’t think about an NFL or AFC West the place Kelce shouldn’t be part of it. Possibly it’s one thing else solely.
I absolutely thought that this 12 months was going to be the final one for Travis Kelce, despite the fact that I traded for him in my dynasty league of report. Typically it’s important to be prepared to take these sorts of photographs.
Whereas there’s sufficient on-field proof to assist that that is it for Travis the truth that he and Taylor Swift introduced their engagement (congrats!) on Tuesday actually provides to the concept 2025 is it, no?
Kelce is firmly the second-best tight finish to ever play the sport and I don’t know that he can actually catch Rob Gronkowski. He can not less than make the talk attention-grabbing I suppose, however he has greater than confirmed himself so I completely suppose this could possibly be his ultimate