2025 Preseason Action - Week 1

[Mike FF Today 732]

Kicking things off tonight!

Thursday, Aug. 7

Indianapolis Colts at Baltimore Ravens, 7 p.m. ET
Cincinnati Bengals at Philadelphia Eagles, 7:30 p.m. ET
Las Vegas Raiders at Seattle Seahawks, 10 p.m. ET

Friday, Aug. 8

Detroit Lions at Atlanta Falcons, 7 p.m. ET
Cleveland Browns at Carolina Panthers, 7 p.m. ET
Washington Commanders at New England Patriots, 7:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, Aug. 9

New York Giants at Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m. ET
Houston Texans at Minnesota Vikings, 4 p.m. ET
Dallas Cowboys at Los Angeles Rams, 7 p.m. ET
Pittsburgh Steelers at Jacksonville Jaguars, 7 p.m. ET
Tennessee Titans at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 7:30 p.m. ET
New York Jets at Green Bay Packers, 8 p.m. ET
Kansas City Chiefs at Arizona Cardinals, 8 p.m. ET
Denver Broncos at San Francisco 49ers, 8:30 p.m. ET

Sunday, Aug. 10

Miami Dolphins at Chicago Bears, 1 p.m. ET
New Orleans Saints at Los Angeles Chargers, 4 p.m. ET

[Mike FF Today 732]

Going to get some Travis Hunter 2-way action this weekend. 

 

[Mike FF Today 732]

Meanwhile, the Steelers will be sitting their starters...

 

[Mike FF Today 732]

Anthony Richardson hurt on a sack. Replaced by Daniel Jones. Looks like an arm or hand issue.

 

[jrokh 608]

Tyler Warren looks like the real deal...

[Mike FF Today 732]

6 minutes ago, jrokh said:

Tyler Warren looks like the real deal...

I'm definitely light on him right now in Best Ball. 

[nobody 2,706]

1 hour ago, Mike FF Today said:

Anthony Richardson hurt on a sack. Replaced by Daniel Jones. Looks like an arm or hand issue.

 

Just saw this on DVR.  Completely unblocked DE and flattened.

[RareN64Dream 21]

Tory Horton, WR, Seattle Seahawks looks like he is pretty good. Seahawks back up defense looks pretty solid too; they got like 3 interceptions and blocked a FG, extra point vs Raiders.

[Mike FF Today 732]

Sounds like Richardson could be back at practice on Saturday. Dislocated pinky finger on throwing hand...

 

[Mike FF Today 732]

QB Shedeur Sanders gets the start tonight and will play with backups.

[Nomad99 765]

100yd kick return for the Patriots Rook

[Mike FF Today 732]

Nice professional 30-yard catch by Tetairoa McMillan. Panthers start with McMillan, Legette and Thielen at wideout. Legette ejected early.

[jrokh 608]

Tet McMillan looks like he doesn't need a ton of separation to get chunk catches, but he was still getting it regardless...

[Mike FF Today 732]

 

[nobody 2,706]

On 8/8/2025 at 4:50 PM, jrokh said:

Tet McMillan looks like he doesn't need a ton of separation to get chunk catches, but he was still getting it regardless...

5 targets... 2 catches 43 yards

First catch was good.  This was the 29 yarder.  Nice throw by young.  Tet was blanketed but used his body to shield the defender and young dropped it in a bucket.

Second catch was just a standard in cut against the softest coverage you'll ever see for 14 yards.  Standard catch every receiver in the league makes.

Third was an interesting one.  He had man at about the 5.  He got open on a slant (or we can call it a post) for a potential td, but he took so long selling the corner route to get open, he was late and the ball was on him before he found it and went off his hands.  No big deal as long as young adjusts to that timing... Or tet gets faster.

4th, tet does a good job finding a little bit of room in a pretty well played zone, but it was a boot cutting off half the field and no one on defense bit so every single defender was in the area.  Tet did let it get into his body like he was worried about the hit.  Honestly I can't blame him though.  He could've really got lit up.  I suppose it would be great if he caught it, but that was a tough spot and defender jarred it loose before he could bring it in.

5th was a 3rd and 3 in the 2 minute drill.  Man with a little token press coverage.  Tet takes a million years making moves, and Dalton throws it up to probably where he should be, but Tet never got past the backup DB to even get into his go route.

A generous read is a great catch and some timing stuff they can fix.  

A harsher read, you could call it two drops, never got separation except on the super soft coverage, and his big one was because of the great throw by Young more than a great route by Tet.

I thought it was an okay outing save that last target which was a horrible rep by Tet.  If he can't beat a backup DB in press, he's in trouble.  It's clear that the QBs are expecting him to get to his spots faster, but that might be something they can work on.

[Mike FF Today 732]

Mostly backups playing for Dallas tonight...

 

[nobody 2,706]

Catching up on the broncos 49ers game.  RJ Harvey getting crazy amount of work.  He looks decent.  Trying to bounce too many plays.  It's working against the backups but I think he's going to have a rude awakening when the starters are in there.

[nobody 2,706]

Well, I think I can put my Corey Kiner dream to rest.  10 carries 45 yards.  It was okay.  Offensive line didn't do him any favors, but he also didn't look dynamic in space at all which I guess I should've known given his athletic testing. 

I fell in love with his elite contact balance, but you don't climb up from 5th string with okay.  See you on the practice squad Corey!

[TBayXXXVII 2,571]

Guess we found out that the Jags only player worth drafting at value is their kicker.

[polecatt 479]

Cowboys have apparently been very impressed with rookie RB Phil Mafah, a 7th rd pick out of Clemson after preseason game 1.

 

[weepaws 3,220]

Cowboys rb situation is one that needs to be avoided imo.