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My wife (11 weeks today) has been learning about the Lions the last few years, and ran across a podcast that was making jokes about the curse of Bobby Layne.
"Hold on.The curse started when Bobby Layne was traded against his will? So wouldn't it be broken now? We traded Stafford when he asked - he got his Super Bowl ring - it's over."
| Position | Player | Player | Player | Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K | Austin Seibert | |||
| H | Jack Fox | |||
| P | Jack Fox | |||
| LS | Scott Daly | |||
| PR | Kalif Raymond | Amon-Ra St. Brown | ||
| KR | Kalif Raymond | Amon-Ra St. Brown |
| Player | Position | Injury | Wed | Thu | Fri | Game Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Kraemer | G | Back | DNP | DNP | DNP | Out |
| Levi Onwuzurike | DT | Back | DNP | DNP | DNP | Out |
| Ifeatu Melifonwu | SAF | Hamstring | LP | LP | LP | Doubtful |
| Julian Okwara | LB | Hamstring | LP | LP | LP | Questionable |
| Frank Ragnow | C | Groin | LP | DNP | LP | Questionable |
| Chris Board | LB | Knee | LP | FP | FP | (-) |
| John Cominsky | DE | Illness | DNP | FP | FP | (-) |
| Austin Seibert | K | Right Groin | LP | FP | FP | (-) |
| Player | Position | Injury | Wed | Thu | Fri | Game Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Barnett | DE | Ribs | LP | FP | FP | (-) |
| Javon Hargrave | NT | Toe | LP | FP | FP | (-) |
| Miles Sanders | RB | Hamstring | FP | FP | FP | (-) |
| Josiah Scott | CB | Hamstring | LP | LP | FP | (-) |
I'll take that stat line all day. Thanks.
Campbell decisions as head coach were at best questionable regarding clock mgt and the onside kick.
True. A loss is never a good thing but they hung in there like usual.
Campbell defending his clock mgt saying that he didn't want to upset the offense's flow before the two minute warning. Lions were stopped though on that play and scored after the two minute warning. If you have faith in your offense, you run the clock down as much as you can before scoring in this situation.
Not sure if it means much, but the Lions were one point dogs to Washington before this game but are now two point favorites. This is after Detroit lost and Washington won.
Damn, that's quite the 5am post lol.Not sure if it means much, but the Lions were one point dogs to Washington before this game but are now two point favorites. This is after Detroit lost and Washington won.
America's team, man. Hard Knocks hopium.
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Lot of mistakes yesterday by players and coaches. Rodrigo missed a couple tackles, Chark, ARSB & Josh Reynolds with critical drops, Will Harris still can't cover. Accountability needs to be addressed; Alex Anzalone and Tracy Walker cannot be leaders if they are gonna lose their composure when the game is on the line. Monumentally stupid personal fouls and they let their teammates down.
the nobody cares the ref missed this one play of the week
Next play after the Josh Reynolds drop. Everyone focused on the dropped shotgun snap, Eagles twist jared's head around on the sack. Ref is 6 feet away, no call. DET VS EVERYBODY
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MCDC has a lot of good qualities as a HC. In game decisions do not appear to be a strength. Hyper aggressive, too much so at times (onside kick, gave them a short field.) Very bad at clock management. 1st half, Detroit called a pair of timeouts which only helped the Eagles to preserve clock as they marched down the field. Pure greed- bruh you don't have a defense that allows you to coach that way - they had given no evidence they would hold the Eagles there. 2nd half, called a timeout early on a first down for the Eagles, baffling. 'nuffced, we all see it.
Ben Johnson was way too predictable in his first half playcalling. He looked like the MCDC puppet out there, bringing in the jumbo extra OT package in and consistently running on first down. Come on, DC. Trust your guy. He's one of the great young minds in the game, get out of the way.
That said - let's not nitpick MCDC so much we miss the bigger picture. He has tremendous buy in from his players right now, great motivator. Love what he is about. No coach is perfect. Andy Reid is a master at building staffs, a really good administrator, plus an offensive genius. He sucks at clock management. Not saying we shouldn't hold Campbell's feet to the fire, but no HC is perfect in every aspect. Hopefully he learns from this, grows and matures as a decision maker in game.
Not sure who on that staff is the guy who is going to pull him aside though? Duce is the assistant HC but he's even more emotional than DC. Maybe needs an old sage in the background whispering in his ear. Honestly, I feel like Campbell is the kind of guy that does things collaboratively and he would take the criticism to heart. He knew he wasn't ready after the Miami interim gig - that five years being Payton's assistant HC helped him become a better coach.
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Initial impression is Okudoh played OK, that's encouraging. Couple pass breakups, good day v the run led to a career high 10 tackles. If we have any hope of playing good D this year, he and Amari have to be solid.
Swift ran decisively, fighting hard through contact, broke 6 tackles. He's shown he can make people miss the last two years, I feel like this year he's added some new elements to his arsenal.
BAD day for Logan Stenberg, obviously there is a reason he had only played four offensive snaps in two years. Yikes. But the unit played very well. Look at Jonah pulling out here for the convoy on Swift's fourth down TD run. Brock Wright (lined up left wing) fires into #43, just destroys him. That's some awesome blocking. Saw Ragnow get out on a couple screens. Best unit on the team is the OL.
Eagles had 216 yards rushing, 5.1 YPC. Hurts gives the whole league fits in the run game. We made all 3 of their backs look like studs;m there are fundamental problems with the run D. Good OL over there in Philly but we got manhandled.
The only sack of the game was a safety blitz. Partly that's Hurts being elusive, we did chase him out of the pocket a few times. We don't have an amazing back 7 so have to be disruptive. If the NASCAR package or whatever they want to try isn't working. then dial up more blitzes. Preferably BEFORE the 4th quarter. Hutch didn't get home even once, no QB hits.
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We just did not come close to matching their intensity when the game was in doubt. I liked the fight to the end mentality but they dug too big of a hole. When the Eagles were taking shots and being aggressive, we had no answers. PHI started out 8/11 on 3rd down and were pacing for a 600 yard day until we figured anything out. Did the D play that much better in the 4th, or was that just bc Sirianni started managing to the clock? Felt a bit like Shanahan in the opener last year, they let the foot off the gas a bit. Same lack of initial intensity on the offensive side - great opening drive, and then three consecutive 3 and outs. Goff isn't just playing to be the Detroit QB, this is his audition for being a career starter or future backup. He's headed the way of Dalton, Foles, Garoppolo, Minshew rn.
We're on to Washington. Losing sucks, but overall some encouraging things came out of this frustrating loss.
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My 44 jersey arrives tomorrow. It's sold out on NFL.com and the Lions official site, unless you want the **** Lebeau 44.
young man is going places
Damn, that's quite the 5am post lol.Not sure if it means much, but the Lions were one point dogs to Washington before this game but are now two point favorites. This is after Detroit lost and Washington won.
America's team, man. Hard Knocks hopium.
***************
Lot of mistakes yesterday by players and coaches. Rodrigo missed a couple tackles, Chark, ARSB & Josh Reynolds with critical drops, Will Harris still can't cover. Accountability needs to be addressed; Alex Anzalone and Tracy Walker cannot be leaders if they are gonna lose their composure when the game is on the line. Monumentally stupid personal fouls and they let their teammates down.
the nobody cares the ref missed this one play of the week
Next play after the Josh Reynolds drop. Everyone focused on the dropped shotgun snap, Eagles twist jared's head around on the sack. Ref is 6 feet away, no call. DET VS EVERYBODY
***************
MCDC has a lot of good qualities as a HC. In game decisions do not appear to be a strength. Hyper aggressive, too much so at times (onside kick, gave them a short field.) Very bad at clock management. 1st half, Detroit called a pair of timeouts which only helped the Eagles to preserve clock as they marched down the field. Pure greed- bruh you don't have a defense that allows you to coach that way - they had given no evidence they would hold the Eagles there. 2nd half, called a timeout early on a first down for the Eagles, baffling. 'nuffced, we all see it.
Ben Johnson was way too predictable in his first half playcalling. He looked like the MCDC puppet out there, bringing in the jumbo extra OT package in and consistently running on first down. Come on, DC. Trust your guy. He's one of the great young minds in the game, get out of the way.
That said - let's not nitpick MCDC so much we miss the bigger picture. He has tremendous buy in from his players right now, great motivator. Love what he is about. No coach is perfect. Andy Reid is a master at building staffs, a really good administrator, plus an offensive genius. He sucks at clock management. Not saying we shouldn't hold Campbell's feet to the fire, but no HC is perfect in every aspect. Hopefully he learns from this, grows and matures as a decision maker in game.
Not sure who on that staff is the guy who is going to pull him aside though? Duce is the assistant HC but he's even more emotional than DC. Maybe needs an old sage in the background whispering in his ear. Honestly, I feel like Campbell is the kind of guy that does things collaboratively and he would take the criticism to heart. He knew he wasn't ready after the Miami interim gig - that five years being Payton's assistant HC helped him become a better coach.
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Initial impression is Okudoh played OK, that's encouraging. Couple pass breakups, good day v the run led to a career high 10 tackles. If we have any hope of playing good D this year, he and Amari have to be solid.
Swift ran decisively, fighting hard through contact, broke 6 tackles. He's shown he can make people miss the last two years, I feel like this year he's added some new elements to his arsenal.
BAD day for Logan Stenberg, obviously there is a reason he had only played four offensive snaps in two years. Yikes. But the unit played very well. Look at Jonah pulling out here for the convoy on Swift's fourth down TD run. Brock Wright (lined up left wing) fires into #43, just destroys him. That's some awesome blocking. Saw Ragnow get out on a couple screens. Best unit on the team is the OL.
Eagles had 216 yards rushing, 5.1 YPC. Hurts gives the whole league fits in the run game. We made all 3 of their backs look like studs;m there are fundamental problems with the run D. Good OL over there in Philly but we got manhandled.
The only sack of the game was a safety blitz. Partly that's Hurts being elusive, we did chase him out of the pocket a few times. We don't have an amazing back 7 so have to be disruptive. If the NASCAR package or whatever they want to try isn't working. then dial up more blitzes. Preferably BEFORE the 4th quarter. Hutch didn't get home even once, no QB hits.
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We just did not come close to matching their intensity when the game was in doubt. I liked the fight to the end mentality but they dug too big of a hole. When the Eagles were taking shots and being aggressive, we had no answers. PHI started out 8/11 on 3rd down and were pacing for a 600 yard day until we figured anything out. Did the D play that much better in the 4th, or was that just bc Sirianni started managing to the clock? Felt a bit like Shanahan in the opener last year, they let the foot off the gas a bit. Same lack of initial intensity on the offensive side - great opening drive, and then three consecutive 3 and outs. Goff isn't just playing to be the Detroit QB, this is his audition for being a career starter or future backup. He's headed the way of Dalton, Foles, Garoppolo, Minshew rn.
We're on to Washington. Losing sucks, but overall some encouraging things came out of this frustrating loss.
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My 44 jersey arrives tomorrow. It's sold out on NFL.com and the Lions official site, unless you want the **** Lebeau 44.
young man is going places
I really hope you guys don't get let down by that loss, the lions brought energy and the crowd seemed next level. Beat up on Washington for us next week!
Damn, Looking at your schedule, it's extremely winnable.
Non-Division games:
Commanders
Seahawks
Patriots
Cowboys (without Dak)
Giants
Bills
Jags
Jets
Panthers
Besides the Bills, those are all winnable games. Still think they finish with 8 or 9 wins this year.
started yesterday.
Ya, it's just good to see some excitement around that team. Even though they're not a contender, selling out there and having people really pumped on them is a great start. Hopefully the fans show up just as loud next week and Hutch tosses Carson around a bit.
I didn't hate the onside kick. Our defense was getting killed for most of the game, and I bet that the success rate for "surprise" onside kicks is a lot higher than 20%.
