2025-2026 Schedule Leaks/Rumors

[JP51]

15 hours ago, streetkings01 said:

The defense will be better next year…..due to additions and change in philosophy!

Let us pray... 

[billsfan89]

The schedule release is the most overhyped thing the NFL does and it annoys me for some reason. I get trying to plug something into the May calendar to keep the NFL in the news cycle but just announce the release during the draft and release it all in one day. It's just trying to get too much juice out of something that doesn't have a lot of meat on the bone. 

[billsfan89]

21 hours ago, DapperCam said:

I’m not saying Beane did a bad job. He is operating under cap constraints, and we are always picking at the end of the first round due to our success.
 

I’m just not understanding the notion that our defense will be much better than last year. Based on our additions I think it will be about the same as last year (which was kind of average league-wide, and below average compared to most of the playoff teams).

 

If the following happens, our defense will be excellent, but it depends on a lot of bets paying off.

 

1. Hairston steps into a starting boundary corner spot right away and plays well.

2. Bosa stays healthy all year and is a step up from the corpse of Von Miller.

3. Milano is healthy after a full offseason and is back to his Pro Bowl form.

4. Taron Johnson regains his previous All-Pro level of play.

5. Rousseau, Benford and Bernard don’t regress at all after securing the bag. Some guys just lose their hunger (see: Oliver, Ed).

6. Hoecht provides some nice pass rush, similar to Leonard Floyd when we signed him.

7. Benford doesn’t regress at all after multiple concussions.

8. The Safety position has some pairing stand out and play well. It can’t be Rapp and Hamlin as a pair again. Beane seems to be betting that some combination of Forrest, Bishop, Hancock and Rapp will work. That has yet to be seen.

9. Some combination of Carter, Sanders, Walker and Ogunjobi can outperform Daquan Jones.

 

Beane has done what he can with limited resources. Basically trying to put guys in positions where they can grow into a role. But it’s a big question mark to me.

"Some guys just lose their hunger (see: Oliver, Ed)."
 

Ed Oliver had his best season in 2023 after he got his big contract. In 2024 he had about a good a season as he has had outside of 2023 (Ed in 2024 dominated the Lions top tier O-line and had some other good games granted some bad ones but that's most non truly elite players). Not sure where you are getting the idea Ed got paid and cashed out.