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from the athletic today: The Lions are in the market for a quarterback... First things first, I don’t view this as a smokescreen. The Lions do, in fact, need a quarterback. A backup, at the very least. Nate Sudfeld is an unrestricted free agent, and the Lions should absolutely look to upgrade. They’ve been able to get away with lesser talents backing up Goff, but that shouldn’t be the case in 2023. The 49ers built a roster capable of winning a Super Bowl, only to take a beating in the NFC Championship Game with their fourth-string quarterback. Holmes said he didn’t want to be in a position to scramble for backup help like he did after the preseason last year. It’s time to address it.... Now, we could leave it there. Or we could discuss the future. There has to be a nuanced way to talk about the quarterback position without it serving as a shot at Goff. I really hope we can do that here. Goff played at a Pro Bowl level in 2022 and deserves a ton of credit for how he rose above a bad situation. He’s certainly capable of leading this team to the playoffs if he repeats the season he just had. Let’s make that clear. But anyone suggesting the Lions won’t think about drafting a quarterback simply because they have Goff in place is naive to how this process works. It would probably be more concerning if Holmes and his crew weren’t looking at quarterbacks. They get paid to explore every avenue, long-term and short, immediate need or not. Doesn’t mean they will, but it shouldn’t be ruled out until they’ve done their due diligence and feel comfortable moving forward with another position. With Detroit reportedly meeting with Anthony Richardson, it appears that’s what the Lions are doing. They have the rest of this month and next to determine where to go. If they decide to select one in the first round, perhaps as high as No. 6, they’d likely feel pretty good about their support system in place. You can make the case that Holmes has built the most QB-friendly situation of any team drafting in the top 10. An offensive line with three Pro Bowlers, Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams at wide receiver and a capable run game. With Goff under contract, a young QB would not feel pressured to start right away. The Lions would rather not be drafting this high again anytime soon, so there’s a case to be made for taking a QB early if a guy Holmes loves is there at No. 6.

i trust brad holmes' decision on that matter. if he takes richardson (or another qb), we'll know what he thinks about it. but i dont think his reasoning is - or should be - "we have jared goff so we cant take a great qb prospect." he is thinking about the long term future of the franchise as well as the near term success.

So, am I supposed to cheer & be happy today because two or three Republican senators decided to push back a little bit on Tucker’s retelling of the January 6 insurgency? Three or four out of … Out of what, 48 Republicans? And absolutely no Congress person Making any comment from the right side of the aisle about Carlson’s broadcast? What the holy hell, man? No sorry, …..I’m not happy at all. There are a whole list of people I really detest at the moment - Kevin McCarthy, …that squealing , little coward. And Tucker Carlson? You’re a traitor. Plain&simple. What in the world? I can’t believe I’m watching the end of my country happening right before my very eyes.

Tbf their economic plans are shit too

even if they took a qb in round 1 they'll probably sign another veteran qb backup.

drafting and developing a young qb would be great because you'd potentially be developing a great player at the most important position in football, and be able to do it wothout paying a ton of money for the player at that position. for every team but the saints apparently, you eventually have to pay the piper. ask the chiefs. but the chiefs are still really good because they drafted patrick mahomes, sat him for a year, and then took off. if richardson is that type of athlete, then its not unreasonable to draft him, sit him, develop him while he's cheap, and set your franchise up for a decade. risky for sure, but you have this manna from heaven as a gift from stafford, its perfectly plausible to use it to set up the future of your franchise rather than take a cb who you think might be plug and play.

Wait, doesn't Seattle need a backup QB? They can draft a QB to sit behind Smith and save cap space. Weird how Seattle doesn't need to think about drafting a QB when they signed a 32 year old with only one good year in his entire career.

i'm fine if they keep goff and extend him, i'm fine if they dont. i trust the current regime to do what's best for the franchise. besides, i dont think richardson is going to make it to #6, but i could be wrong. i didnt think willis would make it out of round one last year.

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I would go all in on Matt Gay. The Lions are the favorites to win the division. Now is the time you can spend money on a kicker. Matt Gay is also young. I want a reliable kicker if I'm trying to compete and win playoff games.

the other thing about QB's is that as long as their health holds, many tend to continue to get more effective with experience - their panic factor falls, recognition experience goes up, the coaching staff's familiarity leads to a better fit between the ask and capability. There are reasons to think that when you see a mid career QB start creating better outcomes that it's a real effect.

I think he would cost himself a lot of money by doing this. Playing for the Lions in 2023 is his best chance of putting up Pro Bowl numbers and maximizing his next contract, whether in Detroit or elsewhere. If the Lions traded him to Carolina, where he is working with a first-time offensive coordinator and throwing to DJ Moore and...... *crickets*, would he be better off than with Ben Johnson and this offense that's been assembled around him? If he was traded to Indy, would he have a better season with Jim Bob Cooter and Michael Pittman? There's a difference between betting on yourself and making a rash decision... I do think the Lions (if actually exploring a QB) should be very transparent with Goff about such a possibility. If he said that he would demand a trade upon drafting one in the first round, I would take that into account. Not to say I wouldn't still consider it (if it was already on the table that is), but I might be more hesitant about Richardson or Hooker, for instance. I also don't think that's his personality at all. I could be wrong.

Maybe we should!

he's trying to sell us on not investing in the best investment in 80 years.

You have no clue how the Ukrainians feel about their territory. And the Russian invaders. Which is why you don't understand this.

I’m not ready to say Goff is good enough. I’m not saying he’s not either. I need more time. I’ll be ready to say with much better clarity after this season.

Folks have been complaining about the "time changes" since they've been adopted. Maybe we just need to outlaw clocks

I think its going to back to a network model who wants to have 20 streaming services when you can get all them bundled together ?

But I want m MLB NOW

I don't think anybody has ever said he's not good enough after last season. My reasoning is I'd rather have someone who is a capable replacement if heaven forbid someone hits him the wrong way (see Drew Bledsoe, Joe Theisman, last year's 49ers) and upsets a promising season or to or three. Right now the Lions have no backup...and if you can sign promising guy on a rookie contract and sit him for a year or two good. You then have options come year three or four. I was always taught redundancy is a good thing.

The other problem with digital subchannels is that hardly anyone watches them, and also, DirecTV doesn't even feature them.

One of those kids probably was my great grandpa. We're talking Coal Miner's Daughter stuff with my lineage. I had an uncle that lived like that until the 80's. In the "hollar'. I hated going there as a kid, no electricity, no plumbing. Today? I'd love it.

This is a good idea. Do the teams fly production crew around now? I honestly don't know. I would think they might fly a truck director and maybe a high-level technician or two, but I would think they use local camera operators. What I think they would have to do (or maybe keep doing) is use separate local crews for each feed, so the visiting team truck director can direct camera shots that focus on their team, rather than accepting whatever the home team crew feeds their monitors.

Given that cost of a product is the result of demand far more than it is the result of the cost of the materials, I don't expect any change in price until they actually start losing subscribers.

to be fair though... kids like this probably built my Iphone.

Me too. It had a Mark Champion feel to it, which I prefer as a fan. With Champion as soon as you put the Lions game on you could tell who was winning. His audience were Sox fans. They had a chip on their shoulder. He played into that. I always thought if I were born in Chicago I would be a Sox fan.

I can see that.

Kelenic has had 3 long looks over 2 years and the jury is still out if he will hit. Same for Tork. Either he can or he cannot. But drafting CJ Cron 1/1 is really disappointing.

I'm not a big movies guy but I went on a bit of a stretch last week when I had the week off. Cocaine Bear: I don't watch news much at all, and I don't have cable, so I actually hadn't even heard of it until I decided on a whim to go to the theater and picked it out. Going in based off of the title, I expected it to be hot trash. Based on that expectation, I was pleasantly surprised. It was uniquely funny and the plot worked (for me), without taking its asinine premise too far over the top. 7/10. Close: Independent French film, with English subtitles. More up my alley for films I typically like and it did not disappoint. Without spoiling it, the filmmakers made a bold choice that pulled it away from more stereotypical coming-of-age films, and I think it paid off more often than not. My only critique is with the ending and specifics would spoil. 8.5/10. A Knock at the Cabin: Saw this with my girlfriend. Her choice. Did not like it. I don't like very many (possibly any) scary movies that rely on jump scares, because I can usually predict them coming and I don't get the cheap thrill out of it. It gets some points for being a novel plot, but it was just very meh for me. 4/10. Oscar Winning Shorts: Saw these with my friends. Overall I really liked it, and I loved the concept of watching five short films instead of one long film. ADHD approved! LOL. Some were better than others, but there was a reason they all won Oscars. 8/10.

Two movies I have watched semi-recently regarding substance abuse, drug addiction, and recovery. One was the Amazon original film Beautiful Boy, starring Steve Carrell and Timothy Chalamet. The other was Four Good Days starting Mila Kunis and Glenn Close. I enjoyed Beautiful Boy slightly more than Four Good Days but liked them both overall.

This is 100% true by virtue of Arod defensive contributions alone, but how weird is this?: After 20 yr careers they sport lifetime OPS and OBP within a single point of each other. (380/930:380/931)

i cant believe you just compared yzerman to al avila.

Whoa, hold on, easy on throwing shade. He made one more 3 than the rest of us morans did combined.

I met them both in Lakeland years ago, and they were both wonderful. They are missed.

Kids like this probably beat up your great-grandpa.