How do you like the moves your team has made so far?
5 thoughts on “2025 NFL Offseason/2026 Pre-Season”
Raiders
With regard to Klint Kubiak, I’m more on the positive side, especially with the move to get Linderbaum(?) at C. Kubiak mentioned that the C is the most important position, in terms of the zone scheme (or at least that’s what I recall; and he may have been referring primarily to the most important OL position for zone blocking).
I also like the Kirk Cousins signing.
The bigger concern I have has to do with Brady’s involvement–namely, is he a) meddling in ways he shouldn’t and/or b) does he have the knowledge to do well as an executive. Additionally, is he “dabbling” as a quasi-GM/president? A part of me wishes he either take a full-time executive roll, or keep greater distance from the team.
Seahawks
I’m concerned about the loss of Kenneth Walker and his eventual replacement. I haven’t seen him a lot, but I’m meh on Emanuel Wilson, the Packer FA they signed. (Same with Najee Harris, as a potential RB they bring in.)
But Brian Fleury, the new OC, is the bigger question mark. If he’s really good–if he can get the entire offense to execute the zone-blocking system really well–similar to the Shanahans or Gary Kubiak–I’d be less worried about the RB position. But this is asking a lot, and I doubt he’ll be that good.
Fleury is a Shanahan disciple. Yet he was last a tight end’s coach. I wonder if a tight end coach ever jumped up to become an offensive coordinator.
Other than defensive coordinator Parker, which we touched on prior, Dallas’ two biggest acquisitions are Jalen Thompson, safety from Arizona and Rashan Gary, defensive end from the Packers. Cowboy insiders seem really happy with Thompson. I think generally speaking the Cowboys were more active in this free agency then in the past.
As far as the draft, I’m hoping the Cowboys trade back at least one of their first-round picks and maybe even both depending on how it plays out. Insiders got the Cowboys picking an interior linebacker, which can be done later in the first round or the second. If Sonny Stiles, interior linebacker at OSU, is on the board when Dallas picks at 12, I’m thinking most want the Cowboys to pick him.
Oh Ben Johnson. But he went from TE coach to OC, while staying with the Lions. In this case Fleury went from TE coach to OC while switching teams. I feel like that’s a big difference. These coaches must all know each other pretty well, so maybe it’s not that big a stretch. But from the outside looking in, there are questions on how one knows a TE coach can be an OC.
Osa Odighizuwa was a very good player. But he didn’t do well last year, but really nobody did on Dallas’ defense. I hope he does well with the Niners. He’s seemed like a great guy on top of being a good player.
To me, the bigger factor is the level of demand/interest in Fleury from other teams. I think he was interviewed for the Patriots HC job (or maybe OC for them, I can’t recall), but my sense is that he wasn’t really a hot commodity. To me, that’s a bigger concern. Along similar lines, the hot commodities were already taken by the time the Hawks went looking for candidates. So Fleury might have been the best option, relative to a small pool of relatively lackluster candidates.
He’s seemed like a great guy on top of being a good player.
That may be, but I’m hoping he doesn’t do so well.
Raiders
With regard to Klint Kubiak, I’m more on the positive side, especially with the move to get Linderbaum(?) at C. Kubiak mentioned that the C is the most important position, in terms of the zone scheme (or at least that’s what I recall; and he may have been referring primarily to the most important OL position for zone blocking).
I also like the Kirk Cousins signing.
The bigger concern I have has to do with Brady’s involvement–namely, is he a) meddling in ways he shouldn’t and/or b) does he have the knowledge to do well as an executive. Additionally, is he “dabbling” as a quasi-GM/president? A part of me wishes he either take a full-time executive roll, or keep greater distance from the team.
Seahawks
I’m concerned about the loss of Kenneth Walker and his eventual replacement. I haven’t seen him a lot, but I’m meh on Emanuel Wilson, the Packer FA they signed. (Same with Najee Harris, as a potential RB they bring in.)
But Brian Fleury, the new OC, is the bigger question mark. If he’s really good–if he can get the entire offense to execute the zone-blocking system really well–similar to the Shanahans or Gary Kubiak–I’d be less worried about the RB position. But this is asking a lot, and I doubt he’ll be that good.
Fleury is a Shanahan disciple. Yet he was last a tight end’s coach. I wonder if a tight end coach ever jumped up to become an offensive coordinator.
Other than defensive coordinator Parker, which we touched on prior, Dallas’ two biggest acquisitions are Jalen Thompson, safety from Arizona and Rashan Gary, defensive end from the Packers. Cowboy insiders seem really happy with Thompson. I think generally speaking the Cowboys were more active in this free agency then in the past.
As far as the draft, I’m hoping the Cowboys trade back at least one of their first-round picks and maybe even both depending on how it plays out. Insiders got the Cowboys picking an interior linebacker, which can be done later in the first round or the second. If Sonny Stiles, interior linebacker at OSU, is on the board when Dallas picks at 12, I’m thinking most want the Cowboys to pick him.
Ben Johnson is only one that comes to mind. Maybe Mike Tice, but I think he was a TE, and not sure if he coached TEs.
How do you feel about the Cowboys trading that DT to the Niners? He seemed like a solid player.
Oh Ben Johnson. But he went from TE coach to OC, while staying with the Lions. In this case Fleury went from TE coach to OC while switching teams. I feel like that’s a big difference. These coaches must all know each other pretty well, so maybe it’s not that big a stretch. But from the outside looking in, there are questions on how one knows a TE coach can be an OC.
Osa Odighizuwa was a very good player. But he didn’t do well last year, but really nobody did on Dallas’ defense. I hope he does well with the Niners. He’s seemed like a great guy on top of being a good player.
To me, the bigger factor is the level of demand/interest in Fleury from other teams. I think he was interviewed for the Patriots HC job (or maybe OC for them, I can’t recall), but my sense is that he wasn’t really a hot commodity. To me, that’s a bigger concern. Along similar lines, the hot commodities were already taken by the time the Hawks went looking for candidates. So Fleury might have been the best option, relative to a small pool of relatively lackluster candidates.
That may be, but I’m hoping he doesn’t do so well.