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This is exactly what I was thinking. There must be another move coming. There is no way they gave him up to improve a garbage pick to a slightly less worthless pick.
Jeff Rizden seems convinced it’s Drake although I don’t think we would have needed to give away Diggs to create room for him tbh
I posted in the Ty Johnson thread, but what about a guy like Damian Harris? Pats aren't using him, could use a pick after dealing for Sanu, and Lions would get a long term partner for Kerryon.
It may not have been $$ they were trying to free up but draft pick ammo. Perhaps a 5th would and should be all they need.
Yes. They want too much. They want compensation similar to what the Jags got for Ramsey.
https://www.rotoworld.com/football/nfl/player/2604/darius-slay
That was really disappointing. Outsmarted themselves on that one. Spread them out and let your best playmakers do the work. Ugh....tough loss to swallow.
A true WTF moment when I saw the formation. I doubt anyone on Oakland thought they would run it, so the play fake was useless. Take Jones and Golladay off the field and throw to the 3rd string TE? Pure genius!
To me, this is what makes Stafford simply an above average QB. I doubt Brady, etc would allow that play to be called.
So Brady would have called a timeout and told them to put other players in? I don't remember if they even had a TO. This is silly trying to blame Stafford for the coaches terrible play call.
I agree the coaches made an awful call. I’m not sure what Stafford could have done beyond argue it- which he may have, we don’t know.
Yes this was on the coaches. Just like that botched timeout that came from the sideline a few games back.
Oakland called a TO to bail them out. They substituted out the WR's for the jumbo package. This is all on the coaching.
Maybe Gruden knew that Patricia would overthink it if he gave him the time, so Gruden called a timeout. Genius
If Stafford's out multiple weeks, the Lions shouldn't even have to try to tank. They'll simply be that bad. Minus some incredible surge from Jeff "not good enough to remain a Bengal" Driskel, they might (and it's a definite 'might') beat the Redskins but even getting past the Bucs or Broncos seems like dreaming. The situation does setup for Quinn/Patricia to potentially stay from missing their QB because of course it does. Never mind having a terrible D, an awful running game outside of Kerryon, and no depth.
The Lions fans have been long suffering, 50 years and more with little respite, other than maybe Sanders, Calvin Johnson, and Stafford. No results to speak of. That said they support their team year in and year out. Amazing fans. Easy to root for a perennial winner, easy to be a bandwagoner like many fans of a franchise I will not name, not so easy to stay loyal in the face of this. Great fans.
Yep. How bad the defence has been is one of the two incredibly confusing and frustrating points of this team and coaching staff. The other being the run game with so much money and draft capital invested in the Oline.
I agree but they never clean house correctly. Fire Millen but keep his right hand man Mayhew. Fire Mayhew and Lewand mid-season but keep the HC. That may be a first in NFL history that the president and GM were fired in the middle of a losing streak but the coach kept his job. Hire and new prez and GM but keep old HC.
I'm fine with Patty. He can at least win against teams with a winning record, with a roster that still needs work. That's probably as good as it's ever going to get for the Lions.
