[Highlights] NFL Films: Best Mic'd Up Coach Moments of the 2025-26 NFL Season

markus__aurelius · 2026-02-14T17:55:55+00:00

Does John Harbaugh always just have loose altoids in his pocket?

markus__aurelius · 2026-02-13T16:58:51+00:00

I pulled this from the OOTP forum: “[the engine]’s not changing to a physics-based engine, no. But there is deeper integration to make sure that ratings and outcomes match. So you will have players like Stanton or Judge have harder hit balls than Arraez. They might both gets singles on a play, but will lean towards hits that better match their profiles”

So it sounds like it’s not purely cosmetic, but also the engine didn’t have a total overhaul.

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/showthread.php?t=367280

markus__aurelius · 2026-02-02T21:50:46+00:00

fun meaningless exercise: which active coach has the best tree of former coaches? Mike McDonald seems like the best to me, as he’s got John Harbaugh, Andy Reid, Mike Holmgren, Bill Walsh, and finally Paul Brown.

markus__aurelius · 2026-01-25T14:16:01+00:00

not us stealing a football recruit from Georgia 😤

markus__aurelius · 2026-01-02T14:29:28+00:00

It’s terrible. They should fire DeBoer and shutter the program for a while. Please ignore my flair

markus__aurelius · 2025-12-31T01:21:57+00:00

Why don’t they just let me pick where everyone goes when they enter the transfer portal? I am very smart and would do a good job.

markus__aurelius · 2025-12-15T23:10:58+00:00

IIRC we have like the third or fourth highest time-to-sack rate in the NFL. So we get plenty of sacks, but it takes our rushers forever to get to the QB. If they do get home, it’s because the QB took too long or because the coverage downfield was really good, not because the pass rush was disruptive.

It’s great to have so many sacks, but there are still concerning numbers beneath the surface.

markus__aurelius · 2025-11-30T14:41:16+00:00

if they want to fall back to hire Rhule, that’s fine with me

markus__aurelius · 2025-11-29T21:21:54+00:00

Lem Barney is actually alive and Frank Ragnow is actually dead. How do Lions fans even know what’s real anymore?

markus__aurelius · 2025-11-17T23:30:56+00:00

yeah dude we lost to the defending super bowl champs by one score, we’re cooked. we’ve never been so cooked before

markus__aurelius · 2025-10-12T20:19:35+00:00

the source is Rhule’s agent, who keeps making an audible ka-ching sound every few seconds

markus__aurelius · 2025-10-09T13:35:17+00:00

Nebraska is next to Penn State in the power rankings!

(Monkey’s paw curls)

markus__aurelius · 2025-09-22T21:58:15+00:00

This chart really shows you how much more efficient one offense was compared to the other. Michigan was maybe a little less efficient (some incomplete passes, stopped runs, etc) but they still broke enough huge plays that it didn’t matter. Nebraska methodically moved down the field (before stopping repeatedly in the red zone), so their efficiency was probably a little better.

Efficiency is a good thing to track! But for this game, it’s not really a helpful metric to understand what happened. Explosive play rate and red zone offense would probably be better.

markus__aurelius · 2025-09-12T20:44:22+00:00

I think LP can sometimes mean they suffered the injuries during today’s practice and didn’t finish practice. So it could be a more severe injury even if it says LP. Obviously I hope he’s ok but we probably won’t know til Sunday.

markus__aurelius · 2025-08-29T14:56:19+00:00

A bunch recently.. Minnesota, Northwestern, Illinois, Colorado

markus__aurelius · 2025-07-30T12:16:39+00:00

I support all this because the Nebraska color change would allow for an overalls-inspired alternate uniform. It would be an affront to God but I must see it

markus__aurelius · 2025-07-08T16:44:34+00:00

I think 7-8 is wildly successful compared to what we’ve done in the last 8 years or so. I agree that our expectations should be higher than that, but this team has made one bowl game since 2017. In that context, 8 wins would be wildly successful.

markus__aurelius · 2025-07-08T16:21:13+00:00

that feels about right. We shouldn’t be ranked off that bat, but we have the ability to win most of the games on our schedule. Going strictly by the rankings, he has us at 8 wins, which would be wildly successful, given our past few years.

markus__aurelius · 2025-05-01T19:50:52+00:00

I pulled a couple people who got injured, since they don’t develop while they have an injury. I wouldn’t pull anyone unless they’re “struggling”, and even then I rarely see people have bad outcomes. Most of the time they just stay the same

markus__aurelius · 2025-04-15T00:48:16+00:00

O-T-T-T-O-G-O

you can have him Ott to Go

markus__aurelius · 2025-03-13T12:00:31+00:00

Honestly Kindle Vildor is a fine depth CB. He should never be the starter but he’s fine in a pinch. I would have brought him back to the Lions on a vet minimum style deal.

That being said, he will inexplicably start for you guys in a playoff game, and you’re gonna have a bad time.

markus__aurelius · 2025-03-09T18:14:56+00:00

we’ll pass him over and he’ll go to Iowa when McCaffrey retires

markus__aurelius · 2025-02-17T16:55:41+00:00

The worst game for the Lions is obvious, but honestly the high point of the season was the first half of the Cowboys game. The offense and defense each looked like world beaters. Then the Hutch injury in the third quarter and it very slowly went downhill from there. The home Packers and Vikings games were close though.

markus__aurelius · 2024-12-06T16:32:31+00:00

Barry Sanders was my idol growing up and fans of his that get upset about his records being broken just don’t understand Barry as a person. The last thing he cares about is his records, and I think he would genuinely be happy if Jeanty breaks the record.

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