It’s Heeeere. Your First Thursday Night Football Thread of of the 2025-26 Season

For Jerry Jones so loved his Ego that he gave up all his common sense so that Dallas haters could laugh all the season long. 

Oh look, here’s Jerry talking to the media yet again.

 

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I think we’ll get a true picture of just how dysfunctional Dallas is and how all this crap has really affected the players. The Hot-Takers are saying that them Cowboys are going 4-13 but I don’t think it’ll be that bad, what with the firepower they have in the passing game. And this is a passing league I’ve been told.

Look at me, getting ahead of myself. First and foremost, many thanks are owed to all the gerbils that kept the lights on during the offseason and second-most, welcome back those football fans that like our brand of cynicism and snarkiness. Let’s all do it again.

To The Game!

Cowboys/Eagles:

-No pressure Kenny Clark, all you have to do is single-handedly improve the running game, just like your new master said you would. Just wondering, how many snaps is he going to play, what with all of 5(?) practices under his belly? He himself said he’s been cramming, reading the play calls to get a handle on things. Does he play 60% of snaps? Does that sound about right?

-Oh yeah, that Philly running game-according to some cherry-picked metrics, was the best or 2nd best of all the teams. When last we saw Saquon he was ripping off 40 yarders and there’s no reason why he can’t again tonight. The question of whether he can stay healthy for two seasons in a row for the first time in his career is a question for another day.

-Speaking of, Quick! name the Cowboys backfield. Nope. Rico Dowdle is gone, replaced by the less than explosive Javonte Williams in the lead with Panthers castoff (how’d you like that on your football CV?) Miles Sanders. Some are talking up Jaydon Blue but that’s obligatory with rookies that have detritus in front of them in the pecking order.

-I’m a bit curious how the Cowpokes are going to defend A.J. and Devonta: cb Diggs is playing after rehabbing his knee all offseason and that’s a bit of a surprise. Taking on Brown might be too much of an ask, so does nickel guy DaRon Bland-outweighed by a good 30 pounds-take on the responsibility? Or should he stay with the smaller Devonta who has 6 TD’s in eight games vs Dallas? Pick yer poison.

-The last spread I saw was a Fellini-esque 8 1/2 which seems…generous…to the Cowboys. I think the wheels come off right out of the gate.

a man in a suit and hat is sitting in an old car

Enjoy the game folks and those that have been away, do say hello, won’t you?

 

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Spur

2nd Half. Please get a stop on Defense
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Horatio Cornblower

The only way this defense is stopping anyone is everyone on the Philly offense spits on the Dallas D at the same time.

Unsurprised

YOU CAN BET ON THAT AT DRAFTKINGS.COM!

Horatio Cornblower

WHAT OF FAN DUEL!? MY GOD MAN, WHAT OF FANDUEL.COM!?!?

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PASSION OF THE CHRIST 2: ELECTRIC CRUCIFIXIONALOO!

2027movies
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also…

“slop here! get ya slop here! get ya franchise and sequel slop here!!!”

Beerguyrob

“A Quiet Place III”? Emily Blunt better be sporting Jason Voorhees’ mask in this one.

Horatio Cornblower

The Quiet Place III: Shut The Fuck Up Already

ArmedandHammered

And get me a sammich!

WCS

This time, it’s personal.

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“This time, it’s for money!”

*creates catholic faith*

Unsurprised

Beerguyrob

… again.

Horatio Cornblower

As my father used* to say “How could 13 Jews let a business like that slip through their fingers?”

*he still says it, we just don’t let him out in public any more.

Gatoraids

hope the vidya game tie in comes out in time. DLC SEXY CHRIST SAVE ME

Unsurprised

If it’s still going to have the plot I last read about, I want to see what a 2025 movie where Mel Gibson has Jesus Christ go to Hell and kick some ass looks like.

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“soundtrack by mick gordon”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MunWSqTgQLs

Unsurprised

I also sincerely believe that Mel Gibson is the only actor alive (or maybe ever) who could channel the sheer amount of hatred and anger Dr. Doom has for Reed Richards and all who oppose him I need to see another one of these stupid things.

ArmedandHammered

What? A second remake of the Thomas Crown Affair? Goddamn Ice Age franchise been around longer than the actual ice age. Originality is dead.

Horatio Cornblower

The Hunt For Gollum?

What in the absolute fuck? Please tell me this is sarcasm.

ArmedandHammered

Police procedural. Actually there is lore concerning the elves hunt for Gollum and his eventual capture by the rangers.

ArmedandHammered

I think he is a captive, and at Rivendell when the meeting forming the Fellowship is held so that he can be interrogated by Gandalf and Elrond.

Unsurprised

If you do that, he will eventually reach that in water weight

Downfield Matriculator

Tangential comment: I am watching this game from a hotel bar in Durham, NC on what is apparently WRAL. They just ran an ad for an investigative news report on Bill Belichik and the funding supposedly pouring into the UNC football program. The tagline was “where is the money going?” To which I said out loud “not into the NIL fund, I guess” and made the dude next to me snort a bit of his craft cocktail through his nose. My work here is done, so probably gonna catch the second half from my room.

Horatio Cornblower

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ArmedandHammered

Visiting us for work? I’m in Raleigh.

Horatio Cornblower

If you’re a child in the front row of a baseball game begging other fans to give you a ball a player threw into the crowd your parents have raised you very, very poorly.

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Unsurprised

They failed when they took him to a baseball game.

Gatoraids

yes please no desiccated game like baseball now that season is in swing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfQ-Xg_MS3k

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Horatio Cornblower

Baseball is a sophisticated game of beauty and grace, you goddamn Philistines, now excuse me while I watch the umpires take 4 minutes to decide that a clearly caught fly ball was actually a dropped ball.

What Is Catch? is apparently universal.

Beerguyrob

Also, if you’re in the front row your parents can afford the $30 at the gift shop.

Beerguyrob

Home from school and ready get mah drank on.

HOW THE FUCK YOU DOIN’?

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Spur

you missed the spitting! There was a drive by spitting, no one died but Dak was grossed out

Beerguyrob

Aww man. All the cool shit happens when I’m not around.

Also, fantasy football.

Horatio Cornblower

Well.

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Beerguyrob

Can checks are best checks.

Pay cheques are best cheques.

Beerguyrob

It also triggered Matt Leinart’s crabs.

Spur

impressive, competent series from Dallas. Funny what getting rid of those lead pipes at the Star will do.

LemonJello

Was really hoping SHAN’KHLOR would make an appearance there.

ThePirateSloth

I’m low key mad that MOP – Ante Up, a long time favorite song of mine, is being used all over the place now.

Horatio Cornblower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bHJSOfi1cI

Bert hitting “Brownsville, home of the brave” so hard is just the best.

ThePirateSloth

It’s always been Ernie popping up on the “blam” and “get em” that gets me.

Horatio Cornblower

The whole thing is a masterpiece.

The blue guy tripping balls in the corner is also great.

Horatio Cornblower

“Terry, does this replay showing Nolan Smith smacking Dak Prescott right in the face seem like a blow to the head to you?”

“Yes it does”

“That’s why Terry’s the best in the business, folks!”

LemonJello

Refs gonna need to ice up after this game or those rotator cuffs will be done by week 8.

ThePirateSloth

oh fuck off Terry

WCS

BLEERGH FEASTS AFTER HIS SLUMBER

jjfozz

Yes Cris, that’s the only fucking option. Score every time you have the ball. Cause that happens all the goddamn time. Please go buy some oxy and overdose.

ArmedandHammered

And replace his Norcan with sulfuric acid.

Spur

So Dallas will need to score 50 points a game and pray for 3 turnovers to win. Great.

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dollar store cincy bungles

Redshirt

Hey, we are not the Cowboys! We…we…(cries hysterically)

Horatio Cornblower

Ain’t gonna be just this game, either.

Horatio Cornblower

It would help if he could play the Cowboys all 17 games.

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Spur

Philly Defense is ass. meaning Philly offense will have to be out there scoring….just like his time in New York.

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matt eberflus well on his way to be a coach for a D-III school that currently does not exist

Col. Duke LaCross

In retrospect, that giant, concrete-fresco “E” he had installed in his Lake Forest driveway, might’ve been a tad presumptive.

Unsurprised

“Empty”

WCS

Great defense, Jerrah. Impressive.

Horatio Cornblower

He’s tanking for Arch Manning.

WCS

Arch going back for a sophomore year would be the brain aneurysm that does it.

Horatio Cornblower

Oh please, oh please…

LemonJello

Apparently, these two teams just don’t like each other. Who knew?

ThePirateSloth

“I don’t Clark did this”

/as video shows Clark, indeed, doing it

Horatio Cornblower

Cris is in mid-season form already!

ThePirateSloth

*think

that should’ve been in there

ArmedandHammered

We understand, exposure to Cris has been shown to be debilitating by multiple clinical trials.

Horatio Cornblower

They’re gonna throw that sound guy out for the out-of-bounds hit on Hurts.

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welp, that 3rd down stop for a FG was the defensive quota for tonight

Horatio Cornblower

Flipping back to the Yankee game to hear Michael Kay say “same eyes, same eyelids” and

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Gumbygirl

Ugh, pash rush. Why won’t Collinsworth do us a favor and spontaneously combust?

ArmedandHammered

He is being selfish, isn’t he?

ThePirateSloth

Imagine having to play against this offensive line:

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ballsofsteelandfury

Gumbygirl, since you can’t get into your team, I’m helping you out. I switched your kicker that’s on IR for a live one.

Let me know if there are other moves you want to make.

Gumbygirl

Thank you, my darling dear! I’m going to call Yahoo to make sure they ackshully deleted me across all their platforms, like they claimed they were gonna. It said not to touch it for 30 days, else they would resubscribe me. Assholes ! If you would just fill in with whoevers on my bench in case of injury, that would be the tits! And send me a screenshot, I have no idea who I have. I’ll just ride my starters, until I can get back in.

BallsofLacrosseAndMapleSyrup

Good work balls

Horatio Cornblower

Just hit my move goal for the day by putting my phone in my pocket and walking down and up a flight of stairs to get a beer.

Who says you can’t reach the stars anymore?

herodotus450

I duct tape mine to the ceiling fan; getting in shape can be fun!

Gumbygirl

I don’t let my phone boss me around! I’ll take steps when I’m hungry enough.

jjfozz

Anyone remember these from the 70’s?

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Horatio Cornblower

I turned 11 in 1980, so unless you’re talking about something from Looney-Tunes or Hanna-Barbera the answer is probably no.

ArmedandHammered

Yes, for when you could not afford Kool-aid.

ArmedandHammered

Still had to have sugar though, really nasty without it.

Gumbygirl

Yes! Weren’t they a koolaid promotion?

ArmedandHammered

Different company, were a knock off or store brand type.

ArmedandHammered

Pillsbury Funny Face drink mix, image search, better than my memory.

Spur

Am liking the Lamb-Pickens combo.

WCS

“I pick lamb and what else?”

— Andy R., MO looking through the “All U Can Eat” section of the menu

Horatio Cornblower

“They were pushing almost equally” says Collinsworth, as the replay clearly shows Pickens with both hands in the air.

/ball was uncatchable; good no call, just not from what all snowball mouth had to say

fleshwound_NPG

a stop!?

Redshirt

That’s on me. I put $25 on Williams scoring a 3rd TD because the Eagles defense is playing like feathers.

Sorry everyone.

ArmedandHammered

You might have a problem.

Redshirt

Taunting on a no gain when your defense is being shredded? Sure, why not?!

WCS

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Redshirt

To be honest, he had that one coming. It may be the only Steeler-Bengal-Attempted-Murder that I understand.

Horatio Cornblower

I mean, it’s not like he spit on a guy…

WCS

BLLLERRRGHHH

ThePirateSloth

Looks like I missed out on the shared cultural experience of #SpittoonGate2025

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Redshirt

If this is a RickRoll or porn again, I’m going to be upset. That includes RickRoll Porn.

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nope, for once

Col. Duke LaCross

Redeemed. Thanks amigo!

Gatoraids

thanks Gnus you can use

Downfield Matriculator

Collinsworth noting that Jalen Carter is one of his favorite players is doubtless because of the copious quantities of saliva he can generate — Cris usually runs out of knob slobber mid-1st quarter

Horatio Cornblower

The Yankees just got a run on a bases-loaded pitch clock violation.

Man, if Jalen Carter hadn’t spit on Dak at the beginning of the game and gotten himself ejected, that might be the funniest thing I saw all night.

Gumbygirl

What the fuck is a pitch clock violation?

Horatio Cornblower

The pitcher has a certain amount of time to start his wind up or it’s a ball. Same for the batter: 8 seconds after the pitch to get your ass back in the box and ready to hit.

It’s cut like 12 minutes off an average game.

Redshirt

And years off pitchers’ careers. Oh, that’s future news.

Horatio Cornblower

I think that’s more everyone trying to throw 99 every pitch.

Gumbygirl

Huh, it sounds like a good idea. How on earth did MLB come up with it?

Horatio Cornblower

Blind squirrel, nut.

Gumbygirl

He’s no gentleman, sirrah!

ballsofsteelandfury

Boy, am I glad my FF opponents don’t have Jalen Hurts!

Gatoraids

glad mine have Barkely and Goedert

Mr. Ayo

Dammit, mine does. Stupid vodkaboyjohn.

Beerguyrob

I’m not even in the league!

Mr. Ayo

Oh wait, it’s Scotchy. You canucks all look alike.

Col. Duke LaCross

Both these offenses are running through the D like shit through a tin horn.

Spur

Dallas’s shit cost less.

ArmedandHammered

They should get Jalen to reboot those old Hertz car ads, the ones of OJ running through the airport.

Redshirt

I don’t think that’s something he wants to take a stab at.

ArmedandHammered

Nor his wife, probably.

jjfozz

That goes hand in glove with the resurgence of old advertising campaigns

ArmedandHammered

If it fits, it fits.

Horatio Cornblower

Man, thank god we got rid of that deadweight Micah Parsons and can keep Jalen Hurts contained with the guys we have, and by that I mean EXACLTY THE GODDAMN FUCKING OPPOSITE!!!

WCS

YYYYYEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

WCS

Jalen Hurts really isn’t as shitty as some make out to be.

WCS

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Horatio Cornblower

I see Dallas’s tackling is in mid-season form.

That season being 2024, when they couldn’t have knocked over Pippi Longstocking.

Redshirt

If only Dallas had a high quality DE to help stop the Eagles from responding to their touchdowns.

Downfield Matriculator

Or spy the QB, who is reasonably decent at the whole scrambling thing

Spur

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Gatoraids

WOOOO BOY LIKE COLLINSLURP SAID I GOT MONEY AND ADENOCHROME TO PLAY AND IM GOING TO LIVE FOREVER AND SEE MY NEXT 2 FIRST RND DRAFT PICKS DIE ON A SHIP TO ACQUIRE XENOMORPH PARSONS. YEEEHAWWWWWWWWWWWW

Redshirt

Well it wouldn’t be Football Season without my bets crashing and burning before my very eyes.

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

[nods sympathetically] – Shohei Ohtani

Downfield Matriculator

I am gonna need someone to post the WIP live stream link if this keeps up

Gatoraids

replay the Paul Finebaum call after the FSU Bama game and UI to switch accent to Mare of Easttown

jjfozz

I used to work with a guy that was really cool, great taste in music. Then he moved to New York and opened a bar and became a simpering pussy. Lately he’s been posting news about cricket and the team he’s following. These posts include technical terms and shit that no one can even fathom. Jesus dude, try harder and you’re gonna give yourself a hernia.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Hang on, have you asked if he’s been faking a British accent to impress (and subsequently bed) NY women? Because I feel like that would be a valid excuse.

jjfozz

I was going to visit him at his bar and then posted that stuff about cricket, and also that the bar televised live cricket matches, so yeah, no thanks.

Horatio Cornblower

Cricket would indicate to me he’s aiming for women from former British colonies in SE Asia.

Which is not a terrible idea at all.

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dammit iggles you’re letting dollar store marty ball beat you

DOLLAR STORE MARTY BALL

jjfozz

Life in my house is fucked

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ArmedandHammered

Your sons wrestle like that often?

jjfozz

Constantly

Spur

manly run from dallas!