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Yahoo
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Lions and Broncos guest announcers taunt Packers fans before making sixth-round picks at 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay
Green Bay brought the Midwest Nice to the football world this week as the host of the 2025 NFL Draft. Hey, how many other sites hand out free goodie bags at the airport? Many of the guest announcers recognized this niceness and hospitality on the draft stage throughout the week. Advertisement But a couple folks' team reps apparently didn't want to return the favor in the sixth round April 26. We're looking at you, Detroit Lions and Denver Broncos. Detroit Lions international fan taunts Packers fans First, it was Marius Dell, the Lions' international fan of the year. Waving a Lions flag that read 'Germany' across the bottom, Dell took to the stage to announce the team's pick of Boise State's Ahmed Hassanein with the 196th selection. 'What up, dog!' Dell yelled out to the crowd. 'Now, I want to hear all the Packers owners,' Dell challenged, clearly with a sarcastic tone. Then he referenced the Lions quarterback who helped beat the Packers twice last season. Advertisement 'Well, I honestly didn't hear Jared Goff,' he fired back. And while many guest announcers thanked Green Bay as the host site, Dell was only thanking the Lions. He also let everyone know that it's the Lions and not the Packers that have won the NFC North the last two years. 'I want to thank the Detroit Lions, the king of the North, having me this opportunity here,' he said. Dell wasn't the only one who threw shade at the Packers. It was the latest jab from the Lions at the Packers in recent days. The Lions' team president started the Green Bay bashing earlier this week. Nickel column: This weekend, let's remember Green Bay how it was then, and marvel at what it is now Kurt Tocci, content creator, reminds Packers fans of Broncos beating Green Bay in Super Bowl 32 About a half-hour later, a content creator announcing the pick for the Denver Broncos took it to another level in his 15 seconds of fame. Advertisement Wearing a Broncos jersey, Kurt Tocci set up his bit telling the crowd that folks in Green Bay 'are so nice.' 'Your hospitality is top-tier,' said Tocci, who has 1.6 million followers on YouTube. But it was all a setup. He then reminded the fine folks of Green Bay about the Broncos' 31-24 win over the Packers in Super Bowl XXXII in 1998 and brought up John Elway's rushing touchdown in the game. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Lions, Broncos announcers taunt Packers fans at NFL Draft in Green Bay
Yahoo
10-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Eagles' Saquon Barkley breaks NFL record for rushing yards in season including playoffs
NEW ORLEANS – Saquon Barkley's landmark season now has an added distinction. The Philadelphia Eagles' All-Pro running back and NFL's newly crowned Offensive Player of the Year broke Hall of Famer Terrell Davis' record for most rushing yards in a season – postseason included – Sunday during Super Bowl 59 against the Kansas City Chiefs. Barkley's 2-run in the second quarter moved him ahead of Davis, who ran for 2,476 yards in 19 games (three in the playoffs) for the 1998 Denver Broncos, who won Super Bowl 33. The Super Bowl is Barkley's 20th appearance of the 2024 campaign. Prior to this season, Davis had the top two full-season totals, producing 2,331 yards on the ground in 1997 (also in 19 games), when Denver won Super Bowl 32. He was the MVP of that game after rushing for a Super Sunday record three touchdowns among his 157 yards. Barkley, who has a record seven touchdown runs of at least 60 yards this season (playoffs included), rushed for 2,005 yards in 16 regular-season games, the ninth time in NFL history the 2,000 yard plateau was reached by a running back. He sat out Philadelphia's Week 18 game – the Eagles had nothing to gain in terms of playoff positioning in the regular-season finale – rather than trying to break Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson's single-season record of 2,105 yards, achieved over 16 games in 1984. Davis rushed for 2,008 yards in 1998. Barkley is also within striking distance of another mark. He need to gain 169 yards on the ground in the Super Bowl to break John Riggins' record for the most (610) in a single postseason. Riggins racked up his total over four games during the 1982 playoffs, which followed a season curtailed to nine games by a players strike. Overtaking Riggins would mean another record for Barkley, who's currently in a four-way tie with Davis (who did it twice) and Hall of Famer Barry Sanders with 14 games, postseason included, with at least 100 rushing yards in a single season. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Saquon Barkley record: Eagles RB breaks rushing mark at Super Bowl
USA Today
10-02-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Eagles' Saquon Barkley breaks NFL record for rushing yards in season including playoffs
Hear this story NEW ORLEANS – Saquon Barkley's landmark season now has an added distinction. The Philadelphia Eagles' All-Pro running back and NFL's newly crowned Offensive Player of the Year broke Hall of Famer Terrell Davis' record for most rushing yards in a season – postseason included – Sunday during Super Bowl 59 against the Kansas City Chiefs. Barkley's 2-run in the second quarter moved him ahead of Davis, who ran for 2,476 yards in 19 games (three in the playoffs) for the 1998 Denver Broncos, who won Super Bowl 33. The Super Bowl is Barkley's 20th appearance of the 2024 campaign. Prior to this season, Davis had the top two full-season totals, producing 2,331 yards on the ground in 1997 (also in 19 games), when Denver won Super Bowl 32. He was the MVP of that game after rushing for a Super Sunday record three touchdowns among his 157 yards. Barkley, who has a record seven touchdown runs of at least 60 yards this season (playoffs included), rushed for 2,005 yards in 16 regular-season games, the ninth time in NFL history the 2,000 yard plateau was reached by a running back. He sat out Philadelphia's Week 18 game – the Eagles had nothing to gain in terms of playoff positioning in the regular-season finale – rather than trying to break Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson's single-season record of 2,105 yards, achieved over 16 games in 1984. Davis rushed for 2,008 yards in 1998. All things Eagles: Latest Philadelphia Eagles news, schedule, roster, stats, injury updates and more. Barkley is also within striking distance of another mark. He need to gain 169 yards on the ground in the Super Bowl to break John Riggins' record for the most (610) in a single postseason. Riggins racked up his total over four games during the 1982 playoffs, which followed a season curtailed to nine games by a players strike. Overtaking Riggins would mean another record for Barkley, who's currently in a four-way tie with Davis (who did it twice) and Hall of Famer Barry Sanders with 14 games, postseason included, with at least 100 rushing yards in a single season.
New York Times
06-02-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
The correlation between close Super Bowl spreads and close games, plus other fascinating trends
Super Bowl 59 between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles has a close spread. The Chiefs are only favored by 1.5 points, which, in theory, should mean the game will be close. Is that how it plays out in reality, though? Let's take a look at the numbers. Including this year's game, 20 Super Bowls (33.9 percent) have had a point spread of 3 points or less. That's a somewhat arbitrary cutoff for the definition of a close spread, but that's what we're going with for this piece. A spread of 3.5 allows for a margin of victory of a field goal to cover for the underdog, so that is a noteworthy number. Advertisement Nine of the 19 previous games ended with a one-score margin of victory (47.4 percent). Of the other 39 games, 14 were decided by one score (35.6 percent). Overall, 23 Super Bowls have been decided by one score (39.7 percent). So, the short answer is yes, of course, games with closer spreads are more likely to result in close games, but that's not the most interesting discovery from this research. When tracking spreads of -3 or less, I found that most of those games have occurred in the last 15 years. Including this year's game, 11 of the last 15 Super Bowls have had what we're defining as a close spread. Whether it's the lack of truly dominant teams or conservative odds from sportsbooks, this notable trend has turned this into an era of Super Bowls without clear favorites. The last time a team was favored by at least a touchdown in a Super Bowl was 16 years ago when the Pittsburgh Steelers were -7 against the Arizona Cardinals. Pittsburgh won 27-23 and thus did not cover the spread. The last double-digit spread was the year before when the undefeated New England Patriots were favored by 12 points but infamously lost to the six-loss New York Giants. Bizarrely, the last three teams to be favored by double-digits in the Super Bowl ended up losing (Rams -14 vs. Patriots in Super Bowl 36 and Packers -11 vs. Broncos in Super Bowl 32). Super Bowls have had close spreads more often lately, but the relationship might be the inverse. Of the last 10 Super Bowls to have a spread of -3 or smaller, six finished with a margin of victory of one score. However, nine of the last 14 Super Bowls have been decided by one score. The stronger trend is that Super Bowls have been more competitive lately, regardless of the spread, and close Super Bowls have been a trend for a while. Dating back to Super Bowl 32, 16 of the last 27 have been decided by one score. Contrast that with the first 31 Super Bowls, which only had seven games decided by one score. Even the dynasty-era Patriots won their first five Super Bowls by one score. Advertisement If you know your NFL history, you're probably screaming about the salary cap, which came into existence for the 1994 season. It may have taken a few years for the cap to create parity across the league, but it's logical to think that the more competitive Super Bowls resulted from the salary cap removing super teams like the Cowboys and 49ers that were blowing teams away in the '80s and '90s. Leading up to the salary cap, Super Bowls were largely not competitive. Most of the '80s and '90s were dominated by the NFC. From Super Bowl 16 (which decided the champion from the 1981 season) until Super Bowl 31 (1996 season), the NFC went 15-1 against the AFC, and only three of those games were decided by one score. The average margin of victory in that period was 19.7 points. Yikes. The spreads eventually caught up to that trend. At the start of the dominant NFC era, Super Bowls 16, 17 and 18 all had spreads of 3 points or less. Super Bowl 19 had a 3.5-point spread. Only one of the next 12 Super Bowls had a spread of less than 6.5. Before that, the AFC dominated with 11 wins in the first 15 Super Bowls. Football was also lower-scoring then. The losing team failed to reach even 10 points in six of the first nine Super Bowls. The first time both teams reached 14 points was Super Bowl 10. Only four teams in the last 40 years have failed to reach 10 points. The average margin of victory in the 28 Super Bowls before the salary cap was 16.8. In the 30 Super Bowls since, it has been 10.5. As scoring increases, it would make sense for spreads and margins of victory to be wider because of higher variance in potential scores, but that has not been the case. The salary cap appears to be the driving force for more competitive games, and the spreads have simply caught up to that trend. (Photo credit: Chris Graythen / Getty Images)
