UFL Daily News

UFL considering starting earlier on 2027 - perhaps as early as the bye week between the NFL conference championships and the Super Bowl.

Advantage - more eyes on the league + free agent opportunities.

Disadvantage - training in the cold.

Unspoken - navigating the NFL-friendly media networks.

Considerations for the UFL in changing the start of the league year for 2027 This week, UFL co-owner Mike Repole told St. Louis media that he “guarantees” the 2027 season will start earlier than the UFL has kicked off since its inception. In fact, a video of Repole’s comments was reposted by the… The post Considerations for the UFL in changing the start of the league year for 2027 first appeared on UFL News Hub.

#UFL Considerations for the UFL in changing the start of the league year for 2027

Battlehawks Shake Up Roster as Players Report to Training Camp After bringing back longtime Battlehawk Freedom Akinmoladun, St. Louis has continued to retool their roster as players begin to report to training camp. With players beginning to “check in”, the team announced the release of two players and the… The post Battlehawks Shake Up Roster as Players Report to Training Camp first appeared on UFL News Hub.

#UFL #FreedomAkinmoladun Battlehawks Shake Up Roster as Players Report to Training Camp

Across The League, Fan Events Successfully Rally Support for Upcoming 2026 UFL Season As the UFL gears up for its third season of play, the league has promoted fan rallies in team cities over the last few weekends. While the UFL has held similar rallies in years prior, the consensus among those… The post Across The League, Fan Events Successfully Rally Support for Upcoming 2026 UFL Season first appeared on UFL News Hub.

#UFL #ColeSchneider Across The League, Fan Events Successfully Rally Support for Upcoming 2026 UFL Season

Stallions Reveal Two New Uniforms for 2026 Season

www.theufl.com/videos/birmi...

Aviators Acquire Jenkins from DC in First Trade The Columbus Aviators announced today that the team has acquired nose tackle Patrick Jenkins from the DC Defenders in exchange for tight end Briley Moore.

www.theufl.com/news/columbu...

Jordan Kitna Joins The Orlando Storm As A Quarterbacks Coach Orlando Storm head coach Anthony Becht has added Jordan Kitna to serve as the quarterbacks coach for the Storm during the 2026 season. Jordan Kitna has been strongly influenced by his father, former NFL quarterback Jon Kitna, who coached… The post Jordan Kitna Joins The Orlando Storm As A Quarterbacks Coach first appeared on UFL News Hub.

#OrlandoStorm #UFL Jordan Kitna Joins The Orlando Storm As A Quarterbacks Coach

Check out how #UFL players, like Jake Bates and Jalen Redmond, fared in the NFL in 2025 with stats, PFF notes, and a look ahead to their 2026 seasons. @uflnewshub.com

I mean Sam Bradford and Sam Darnold do have similar career arcs!

If you want close to a "Boston pub" experience Sunday night if the Pats win, try Three Dogs Tavern or Historians Ale House. Both historically Patriots bars in the city 😁

For Monday recs (Pats win or lose): Blue Sparrow Coffee, then Dozens - get the breakfast burrito! Denver takes them seriously 🌯

Kemp
Home team flags
5.9/g playoffs vs 6.9/g for regular season

Away team flags
5.6/g playoffs vs 6.3/g regular season

Interestingly, though he's usually around the league average for flagging home teams each year, this year he's been MUCH more likely to flag home teams, +4.4% over league average!

I actually posted a long stats thread on ref tendencies when Ref Torbert came to Foxboro for the Chargers game 2 weeks back, simple version here:

Kemp is less volatile than Torbert's crew, he calls ~1 flag less on teams overall in the playoffs than in the regular season.

Pretty good pass D and average run D numbers on both teams since WK 10... My guess is this means both Vrabes and Payton sell out vs run and dare Stiddy and Maye to throw deep vs man. Not necessarily predicting DEN upset, but with NE CB Davis hurt Stiddy could be DGAF on explosive deep shots... 🤔

Cute 😻 Definitely there should be a weekly "Orla's thoughts" post! Like "What are her thoughts on BUF management? Well she also likes to push things off the counter to see what happens" 😹

Which SB matchup for the Pats do you prefer? Sure Seattle has looked good, but give me a couple Sam Darnold turnovers and the Pats can break a few plays. I would argue the Rams and Stafford's veteran playoff experience are actually the worse matchup for the Pats but curious about your perspective.

Only 3 years off from the playoffs actually... we had a great chaos year with rookie Wonderboy Jones and the "63 runs and only 3 passes" snow game win over Buffalo to make it to the playoffs in 2021.... But yes 2022-2024 was a dark period 😄

Moral of the story? Flags are going to come from Torbert. Be a disciplined and execution focused team so the score isn't close enough for a yellow cloth to appear that it's the one determining the outcome.

Looking forward to the in-game coverage tonight @christopherprice.bsky.social!!

The Pats offense was penalized on 7 drives in those 2 games and still scored 4 TDs on those 7 drives. Their defense was penalized 5 drives but only allowed 3/5 drives to end in a score.

He's called 2 Patriots playoff games - the 2018 season win over the Chargers but also the 2017 season win over the Titans. In both games the Pats averaged 38 points and their opponent averaged 21 points, while the Pats were penalized 6.5 times/game while opponents were penalized 7.5 times/game.

He's called 14 playoff games and the home team has an 8-6 record and fewer flags called on them (5.7 to 6.1 for visiting playoff teams).

...from a "refs/umps are tasked with a difficult if not impossible job to lend factual clarity to an emotional game" perspective, the stats tell a different story:

Torbert has called twenty-three January games and the home team has a 15-8 record, with fewer flags (5.4 to 5.9 for visiting teams).

His last called AFC vs AFC playoff game was the 2022 CIN/KC AFC Championship travesty- 14 flags(!) plus a full 10 seconds after the Chiefs had failed to convert a 3rd and long he called a late flag on CIN and KC won the game (and the SB). The temptation is just to say "he's flag happy!" but...

As a "refs are gonna screw the Pats" panic response: Torbert's last playoff game was the 2025 SB with 15 flags: we all remember the Chiefs being deluged under yellow cloths, but his crew actually called MORE flags on the Eagles (8 PHI flags -7 for KC).

3% of total teams (1/32) but 17% of AFC/NFC player of the week (6/36) isn't bad!

And the one that stayed the same winner (PHI) broke the 20 year streak of different division winners in the NFC East!

And @patriots.bsky.social really at 27th after week 4 and ending at #2! How expectations change... Thanks for sharing, y'all have been a great value add to my feed this season!

May your favorite team either win the Superb Owl or get a great draft pick, happy Week 18 playoff seeding watch time everyone!

@aaronschatz.com + @brykno.bsky.social - excellent follows for the "nerdy/data" side of the game, without overloading you, thanks guys!

And of course @thedrawplay.com for the absolute best drawn NFL comics and funniest "real time fan commentary" around. He loves his Giants even when they're bad!

@mikereiss.bsky.social - my first ever Patriots follow and best emotional connection to the game and players. You're the best Mike!

@patscap.bsky.social - Miguel is an absolute treasure trove of data including much more accurate Pats salary cap stats than the "official" records - follow him now!

Final feed recs from the 2025 NFL regular season - my favorite @bsky.app follows so far as an OG Bluesky member have been:

@christopherprice.bsky.social - best overall combination of informative posts, fan interaction, and Pats mailbag responsiveness! Thanks for all you do Chris!