1/5/2025 Week 18 - Around The NFL

[BuffaloBill]

Remember there is a separate playoff thread - Use this one to discuss week 18 NFL activity that is not about the Bills game or playoffs.

 

Happy posting.

 

Go Bills!!!!

 

 

[SoCal Deek]

Seems like a lot of rules. 😉

[ColoradoBills]

There are still a good number of "meaningful" games to be played today.

Teams still trying to get a playoff spot and seedings.

[BuffaloBill]

9 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

Seems like a lot of rules. 😉

 

Meant to trick you into warnings - very much like ticketing in a speed trap. SDS needs to collect warning fines to keep the lights on around here.

[MikePJ76]

Did u guys see the story that the vikings owner bought 2 million dollars worth of tickets for the game in detroit tonight and sold them to the vikings fans at a discount.

 

Seems kind of odd.  Why are lions ticket holders selling their tickets?   I don't understand season ticket holders. 

 

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2025/01/05/vikings-spend-nearly-2m-to-buy-tickets-for-sundays-game-in-detroit/77470728007/

[ColoradoBills]

6 minutes ago, BuffaloBill said:

 

Meant to trick you into warnings - very much like ticketing in a speed trap. SDS needs to collect warning fines to keep the lights on around here.

 

 

[TBBills Fan]

5 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:

Did u guys see the story that the vikings owner bought 2 million dollars worth of tickets for the game in detroit tonight and sold them to the vikings fans at a discount.

 

Seems kind of odd.  Why are lions ticket holders selling their tickets?   I don't understand season ticket holders. 

 

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2025/01/05/vikings-spend-nearly-2m-to-buy-tickets-for-sundays-game-in-detroit/77470728007/

Haha that's awesome of the vikings

[BuffaloBillyG]

21 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

Seems like a lot of rules. 😉

Wait until the playoffs and we are only allowed to speak in pig Latin 

[Steptide]

5 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Wait until the playoffs and we are only allowed to speak in pig Latin 

I am genuinely curious where the around the nfl thread rules stem from. Were people legit complaining? Go broncos! 

Edited Sunday at 05:21 PM by Steptide

[MikePJ76]

Jay Glazer just said the word around the league is that multiple teams are interested in trading for Vikings Head Coach Kevin O'Connell.

 

Apparently he has 1 year left on his deal and the team has not even approached him about an extension.

 

This is odd?  Are they going to trade him and promote Flores.  This is a really wild rumor honestly.  Why in the world would the vikings not rehire one of the best offensive coaches in the league?  Doesn't make much sense.  Maybe its his agent putting it out there today to pressure the vikings to give him a monster extension.

 

 

[RiotAct]

Go Broncos, and go Dolphins for good measure.

[That's No Moon]

22 minutes ago, TBBills Fan said:

Haha that's awesome of the vikings

If the prices are anything like they were for the Bills game 2M in tickets will accommodate a family of 4.

28 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:

Seems kind of odd.  Why are lions ticket holders selling their tickets?   I don't understand season ticket holders. 

Because brokers buy blocks of tickets with the intent of reselling all of them. They don't care who buys them. Happens in Buffalo too. Go look at a map of the available tickets for the WC game. Entire rows up for resale.

[MikePJ76]

3 minutes ago, That's No Moon said:

If the prices are anything like they were for the Bills game 2M in tickets will accommodate a family of 4.

Because brokers buy blocks of tickets with the intent of reselling all of them. They don't care who buys them. Happens in Buffalo too. Go look at a map of the available tickets for the WC game. Entire rows up for resale.

Yea I get that.  It is always surprising in cities like buffalo, detroit, minnesota etc...when they are winning.  

 

Buffalo will be just like every other city come 2026.  50% of the seats will be available every week because of people trying to recoup psl money.  Its going to suck.

Trey lance is starting today vs Washington and it sounds like this is an edict handed down from Jerry.  Locally they are speculating that this proves McCarthy is out because he thinks lance is terrible and didn't want him on the roster.  

 

 

[Sierra Foothills]

59 minutes ago, BuffaloBill said:

Remember there is a separate playoff thread - Use this one to discuss week 18 NFL activity that is not about the Bills game or playoffs.

 

Happy posting.

 

Go Bills!!!!

 

 

 

You're not the boss of me!

 

36 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:

Did u guys see the story that the vikings owner bought 2 million dollars worth of tickets for the game in detroit tonight and sold them to the vikings fans at a discount.

Seems kind of odd.  Why are lions ticket holders selling their tickets?   I don't understand season ticket holders. 

 

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2025/01/05/vikings-spend-nearly-2m-to-buy-tickets-for-sundays-game-in-detroit/77470728007/

 

For a lot of season ticket holders, it's a big chunk of their discretionary income.

 

Selling the tickets is a very common way of defraying some of the cost.

 

I don't agree with the practice and I've said before that the secondary market should allow a season ticket holder to sell to a "verified fan" of the home team. Surprised/disappointed that this easy option is not yet available.

 

[BearNorth]

37 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:

Did u guys see the story that the vikings owner bought 2 million dollars worth of tickets for the game in detroit tonight and sold them to the vikings fans at a discount.

 

Seems kind of odd.  Why are lions ticket holders selling their tickets?   I don't understand season ticket holders. 

 

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2025/01/05/vikings-spend-nearly-2m-to-buy-tickets-for-sundays-game-in-detroit/77470728007/

A lot of those tickets are corporate tickets, many corporate types are busy with year end closing, annual report, getting budgets up and running for the new year, coming back from ski vacations etc.  Sure whoever had tix that weren't being used was happy to find a buyer.

[Sierra Foothills]

At the risk of violating the "no playoff talk" rule and angering the gods, it needs to be pointed out that none of the NFC teams know what their final playoff seeding is.

 

That means that there are a lot of NFC games with "playoff relevance" as far as seedings go.

 

[BuffaloBillyG]

29 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:

Jay Glazer just said the word around the league is that multiple teams are interested in trading for Vikings Head Coach Kevin O'Connell.

 

Apparently he has 1 year left on his deal and the team has not even approached him about an extension.

 

This is odd?  Are they going to trade him and promote Flores.  This is a really wild rumor honestly.  Why in the world would the vikings not rehire one of the best offensive coaches in the league?  Doesn't make much sense.  Maybe its his agent putting it out there today to pressure the vikings to give him a monster extension.

 

 

I seriously doubt they trade him. But Schefter is reporting that teams are expected to call the Steelers about Tomlin and his potential availability as well.

 

I think this speaks to how the current crops of prospective head coaches are seen in league circles. Aside from the Crown Jewel of the OC from Detroit, the lost isn't great....which is why I can see Joe Brady getting a lot of interest. But there's a whole different thread for that.

 

And with Ben Johnson, only one team can get him...and he's spent the last two years pulling his name out of jobs. Some question as to if he even takes a HC gig this year.

Edited Sunday at 05:56 PM by BuffaloBillyG

[MikePJ76]

4 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

I seriously doubt they trade him. But Schefter is reporting that teams are expected to call the Steelers about Tomlin and his potential availability as well.

 

I think this speaks to how the current crops of prospective head coaches are seen in league circles. Aside from the Crown Jewel of the OC from Detroit, the lost isn't great....which is why I can see Joe Brady getting a lot of interest. But there's a whole different thread for that.

 

And with only one team can get him...and he's spent the last two years pulling his name out of jobs. Some question as to if he even takes a HC gig this year.

Florio said this morning that Ben Johnson is interested in the jags job and pederson is expected to be fired tomorrow.

 

I guess the catch is that Johnson wants to bring his own GM with him and that means Trent Baalke has to get fired too.

 

Seems like Aaron Glenn must be high on the list in New Orleans also.  

 

sidenote, who the hell would trade anything for Mike Tomlin?  Take him away from the stability of that organization and he seems like a guy that would really struggle.  He seems to have a hand in personnel and they miss on almost all their offensive players and the ones they hit on are mental cases.  Its crazy that a team would trade anything for him imo.  

[BuffaloBill]

1 hour ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Wait until the playoffs and we are only allowed to speak in pig Latin 

 

Good idea

[Bills!Win!]

I’m so glad the Atlanta black uniform is back. A lot of teams should go back to their late 90s looks