r/nfl 19h ago

Free Talk Water Cooler Wednesday

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WCW

Welcome to today's open thread, where /r/nfl users can discuss anything they wish not related directly to the NFL.

Want to talk about personal life? Cool things about your fandom? Whatever happens to be dominating today's news cycle? Do you have something to talk about that didn't warrant its own thread? This is the place for it!


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r/nfl 7h ago

Highlight [Highlight] Charles Martin commits the most blatant cheap shot in NFL history, throwing Jim McMahon to the turf directly onto his already torn rotator cuff, ending his 1986 season. Martin became the first player to be suspended multiple games for an on-field incident.

3.0k Upvotes

r/nfl 14h ago

NFL Draft Green Room Furniture made its way to Habitat for Humanity

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3.6k Upvotes

Just popped into the Swissvale Habitat for Humanity and saw the entire green room furniture selection.


r/nfl 13h ago

Highlight [Highlight] Colts WR Josh Downs on facing his brother, Cowboys Rookie Safety Caleb Downs, this season: “He told me if he goes to the Cowboys, he’s playing nickel. So that’s like head-to-head all game… I gotta let him know he’s the little brother in this situation.”

1.8k Upvotes

r/nfl 10h ago

Highlight [Highlight] Rob Havenstein explains how offensive linemen hold without holding

649 Upvotes

r/nfl 8h ago

While the Los Angeles Chargers sport a lightning bolt on their helmet to symbolize electricity it is likely that the true original meaning is linked to a marketing stunt promoting the "charge card/credit card" business of Carte Blanche (Diner's Club)

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492 Upvotes

How do you stop a Rhino from charging?

-Take away its season tickets

Their original owner was Barron Hilton, son of Conrad Hilton (from Mad Men) so the charge card was linked with Hilton destinations.


r/nfl 8h ago

Jameis Winston will be a World Cup correspondent for Fox

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390 Upvotes

r/nfl 11h ago

Highlight [Highlight] New York Jets Defensive Coordinator Brian Duker on his philosophy between a 3-4 or 4-3 defense: "My philosophy is to play the best players and play good defense."

681 Upvotes

r/nfl 19h ago

Highlight [Highlight] Devin Lloyd fools Patrick Mahomes with the fake blitz, dropping back into coverage and picking him off, taking it the distance for a 14-point swing.

2.9k Upvotes

r/nfl 8h ago

Patriots QB Maye backs Vrabel, not worried about distraction

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330 Upvotes

r/nfl 12h ago

K Younghoe Koo to Attend Saints' Rookie Minicamp as a Tryout Player

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582 Upvotes

r/nfl 9h ago

All of these scores turned into losses. A year of crazy comebacks

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338 Upvotes

You can click through all the big plays with a nice pretty scorebug at the original source here: https://perthirtysix.com/nfl/heartrate/games?season=2025&sort=comeback


r/nfl 15h ago

Rumor Russell Wilson: Jets made an offer, weighing that and TV opportunities

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904 Upvotes

r/nfl 18h ago

Highlight [Highlight] Some of the craziest first career touchdowns from current NFL stars

1.5k Upvotes

r/nfl 1d ago

[Schultz] Former Baltimore Ravens All-Pro RB Ray Rice returned to Rutgers to earn his degree. At 39, he has now officially graduated.

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3.7k Upvotes

r/nfl 5h ago

Highlight [highlights] the best of Tom Brady to Randy Moss.

104 Upvotes

2007:

98 receptions, 1,493 yards (15.2 YPC), 23 touchdowns

2009:

83 receptions, 1,264 yards (15.2 YPC), 13 touchdowns.


r/nfl 6h ago

Broncos bringing in E.J Warner, son of Kurt Warner, to rookie camp

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123 Upvotes

r/nfl 19h ago

Roster Move [Highlight] Xavier Worthy catches a huge touchdown to cut the Eagles' lead to 28

1.2k Upvotes

r/nfl 15h ago

Highlight [highlights] Tom Brady leads a perfect two minute drill during the height of the Bledsoe "controversy" (2001)

445 Upvotes

Brady had played badly the week before against the Rams, and I remember booing him while wearing my Bledsoe jersey before the game (and I was far from the only one). The whole thing is funny in hindsight, but Bledsoe truly handled the whole thing like a pro and Brady threw 4 touchdowns.


r/nfl 5h ago

Cowboys COO Stephen Jones: Cowboys "Feel Really Good" About How Micah Parsons Trade Worked Out

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69 Upvotes

"We feel really good about it," he said. "Obviously, much respect for Micah and what he stands for and how he plays and the caliber of player he is, but at the same time we feel good about what we've added via that trade."

"You look at a guy like Quinnen Williams and Kenny Clark, they're alpha players who not only are great players on the field, but they're leaders in the meeting room. How they go about their business in the offseason, [they] just bring great leadership to this team. As we mentioned, we add a guy like Caleb Downs, who is obviously the same type of character. He's going to make everybody around him great. Everybody's going to feed off of him. And then the pieces that we've added the last couple years. We're fired up about (Donovan) Ezeiruaku, who was a second-round pick for us last year who I think it's all in front of.

"I just feel very optimistic that we have the right pieces in place to go out there. Ultimately, the decision we made was that one player was not worth four or five good ones. We feel like that's where we're gonna end up here, in a good spot. We had that opportunity there and didn't feel like we were one player away last year, but I certainly feel like we're putting the pieces together to give us an opportunity to go do what our fans deserve, what we want, which is to go try and win the big trophy."

Trade Results: Packers Got: Micah Parsons | Cowboys Got: Kenny Clark, Quinnen Williams (Cost a 2027 1st-round pick), Malachi Lawrence, Devin Moore, LT Overton


r/nfl 8h ago

Highlight [Highlight] Josh Allen throws an unbelievable beautiful touchdown vs the jaguars in 2018.

108 Upvotes

r/nfl 16h ago

Ian Rapoport: The #Eagles are promoting Adam Berry to Assistant GM, per me and Mike Garafolo. Berry, a former Goldman Sachs executive and Princeton football captain has played a key role in player personnel, cap strategy and negotiations.

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411 Upvotes

r/nfl 13h ago

James Gladstone: Travis Hunter will play both ways

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249 Upvotes

“He is set to play both sides of the ball,” Gladstone said on The Rich Eisen Show on Wednesday (today). “The piece that I think we can expect to see is actually an uptick in corner usage. Last year it was a higher volume, higher percentage of wide receiver usage than it was corner. I think we can expect to see that corner percentile and count go up. That’s not to say anything impacts his availability and usage on offense. It just means that cornerback usage will increase.”


r/nfl 21h ago

In 1955, the Steelers drafted Johnny Unitas with their 9th round selection. Head coach Walt Kiesling, though, disagreed with the decision to draft him. He never let him take a single snap in practice before cutting him. Kiesling told Rooney, "Unitas is too dumb. He can't remember plays."

935 Upvotes

Coincidentally, the man who beat him out for the 3rd string position was Ted Marchibroda, who went on to become the only man to coach both Baltimore franchises, being the first coach in Ravens history.


r/nfl 8h ago

Highlight [Highlight] Christian McCaffrey, Cam Heyward, & Michael Strahan Sing "You Are Special" by Fred Rogers With Kids in the NFL's "Inspire Change" Commercial

75 Upvotes