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Wrong. Look, I'll defend you, TP, in the game threads. I've said a million times: What happens during the game stays during the game. We're all a little crazy while the game is on and that's fine. But the whole point of the ignore function is so people can AVOID getting into little ticky-tack flame wars. If a person gets rubbed the wrong way by a specific person then use the ignore. That's way the feature is there.

Hire an editor to reduce the caps and exclamation points. You'll be fine beyond that. 😃

??. I think if there is any overall argument it's that origin questions are pretty pointless no matter what your theological perspective. The two questions: "Where did the big bang come from?"; and "Where did god come from?" are exactly equal and neither theology nor science can answer either. The bottom line is that there are unanswerable questions no matter what you do or don't choose to believe about them.

It's been a couple days but a great Leyland story from Sean Casey

"I woke up feeling the cheesiest!"

That’s why it’s called faith. If there was evidence then it would be called something else. Faith and reason are mutually exclusive and answer different questions and serve different purposes.

I was kind of hoping the Jets would fire Saleh so the Lions could hire him as defensive coordinator.

What is the deal with fans who want to see players and coaches publicly humiliated or “taught a lesson”? It’s bizarre.

Is Tolstoy posting here now? One of those posts was longer than War and Peace.

PS: I'm a CPA, not a writer... But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night...

The first tiebreaker would be division record. If the Lions beat the Bears and win one of two vs the Vikings, they would both be tied at 4-2 in the division. The Lions already won the tiebreaker in common games. The Packers lost to the Falcons and Raiders. Even accounting for a loss to Denver (which Green Bay lost to) the Lions own that tiebreaker. By beating the Vikings, they would be at 7 losses and eliminated.

For reasons they feel are important, the Tigers didn’t want Hinch to feel as though living he’s on the edge of a cliff. They wanted him to feel secure for the number of years they believe it will take to turn this completely around, so he will feel fully committed to its success, instead of being potentially a Rick Renteria-type doing the grunt work of managing the transition and then handing the team over to someone else perhaps more famous. And besides, if Hinch were to inexplicably fall apart in the next two years and go rouge with cheating or something and screw the whole thing up, the Tigers could simply fire him with years left on his contract, the way they did with Avila, although the chances of that happening are too small to see with the naked eye. I approve of the move.

You are new here, and will be forgiven some mistakes borne of inexperience. Your post here is unintentionally hilarious because you don't know that you are speaking to, probably, the pre-eminent engineer of this entire community...and you have called him out for being "skeptical of science". It's pretty funny but you will probably get a free pass this time.

I'm neither disappointed nor pleased. As some have pointed out it removes the lame duck aura, but other than that it doesn't make business sense. I am not aware that Hinch does much particular harm, or much particular good, same as any other manager.

In fairness, the SECCG ran unopposed, it was the only football on in that 4pm time slot. Louisville/FSU was competing with Michigan/Iowa, which was always going to gain more viewers. Not saying that Florida State is a bigger brand than Alabama, it's not, but the deck was kind of stacked against them.

Portrait of the Artist as a Lions Fan

cause i think he's a mercenary. that's three transfers in three years. the going gets tough and dante moore goes to get another bag. the larger "ugh" is that it means theyre not going to get bryce underwood. he'll take his bag from lsu.

War and Peace by Tater.

Just shoot me. Well, not me... you. 😉

Me doing zero to help decorate the Christmas tree (nothing) results in an unhappy wife (something). Does that count?

That is why I always go back to Athiesm is a type of religion based on "Theory". They have "faith" that someday sceince will prove it to be fact. Show me anywhere in science that nothing created something.

It's more the problem of the logical regression. In the current cosmology, the big bang is the beginning of time. You both can't but can't help ask "What came before." No matter how many levels you regress on that the question just re-appears again at the next level.

Hadn't seen this discussed yet, but it's pretty egregious. The NFL should revoke the dude's sideline credentials for at least the rest of the season, and probably issue a hefty fine on the Eagles as well. Absolutely no reason for him to be down there, and literally starting stuff with players on the other team? Succeeded too in getting an opposing player ejected. NFL needs to come down extremely hard on this.

Being held accountable for one’s actions and facing justice for criminal acts. In Speaker Johnson’s morally challenged world, those are considered retaliation. **** him, he doesn’t believe in our constitution.

It felt like he blitzed more than I ever remember when Winston entered the game. And it worked.

The law and order party tampers with evidence so they can get away with crimes - and this won't get more than 2 minutes of coverage.

The Eagles defense went from 8th last year to 24th this year and they just got smoked by the 49ers who actually had a healthy QB. The Eagles last year beat a weak Giants team and a 49ers without a healthy QB. I don't think they are as good as they are made out to be. I'm not sure the Lions beat them but they are a flawed team.

Maybe they knew upfront they would not get cooperation from Hinch, so they went directly to Beltran and the others. I doubt they would have tried that with either Leyland or Anderson. But then, the tech-oriented Astros front office would never have hired a Leyland or Anderson in the first place.

The Jets were too busy signing Rodgers' friends like Allen Lazard for $11MM (20 receptions for 290 yards) and Randall Cobb for $3MM (3 receptions for 20 yards) to think about signing a competent backup like Teddy Bridgewater for $3MM.

Because it's such an important position and because he's played pretty darn well I don't know if you can really go with anyone outside of Goff. I don't think I can really put anyone else as more important to the Lions success.

I agree with this to a point. I think there some of us, myself included, who need to sit back a bit and just enjoy the ride and be happy more often. I am elated they are 9-3, I truly am. I am elated that, barring a complete meltdown over the next 5 weeks, we are going to win the NFC North for only the second time in my entire life. I haven't had this much fun watching the Lions since the 2014 season and before that, since Barry, Herman Moore, Brett Perriman, and Robert Porcher were around. I do believe in what Brad Holmes and Dan Campbell are doing, most of the time. I have a few criticisms of decisions they have or have not made. Campbell sometimes is overly aggressive when I don't want him to be. He seems to give Aaron Glenn a pass at times for this defense when I feel Glenn should take more heat. He doesn't force schematic changes to the defense when I think there need to be some. He also agrees with Brad Holmes on some of the personnel decision that haven't worked out just yet (Levi, Paschal, Martin). But all in all, I am beyond happy with the state of this franchise. What needs to be understood though, and this is by no means a slight at you or anyone, is that when you get good, the bar has to be raised. With raised expectations comes raised criticisms. As well, a raised bar doesn't mean that all is well overall. A raised set of expectations means the things fans will critique and criticize is different than it was before. We criticized Russ Thomas, Darryl Rogers, Wayne Fontes (Winningest coach in Lions history), Bobby Ross, Matt Millen, Martin Mayhew, Bob Quinn, Matt Patricia for rightly being downright awful at times or throughout the entirety of their tenures here. Campbell, Holmes, and company in no way deserve the kind of heat and level of criticism that say Matt Millen got. One of the raised expectations that fans have is that we now not only win our division, but the expectation that we win the playoff game that we will host as well. On a side note, division winners should be granted a playoff birth. No one from the NFC South deserves to be in the playoffs this year as it stands now. So being the best of a very bad lot should not get you into the playoffs. Back on track though, winning a playoff game will be a key metric and measurement for this team and where we are truly at versus where we perceive we are at. You mentioned negative fans and posters above. I've been one of those negative fans and posters along with a few others, when it comes to Aaron Glenn and this defense specifically for the past two seasons. The long and short of it is that many of us don't believe this defense is good enough to win us a playoff game. In-fact, we believe it is a liability that will cost us a game. This defense, on the whole, is a liability, and hurts our chances to win a playoff game. You can't keep asking this offense to carry the team every single week and go punch for punch with an opposing offense. For example, if we had to play Seattle again, or any decent offense with an above average QB, which most all playoff teams have, it sure feels like we'd likely lose. Many fans have sat through years of one and done Lions teams in the playoffs and we want more than that. 1979, 1982, 1983, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2011, 2014, 2016 were all one and done Lions teams in the playoffs. The bar has been raised and many fans want more than that now. It doesn't matter if Brad Holmes, Dan Campbell, Ray Agnew, John Dorsey, Aaron Glenn, Sheila Ford, whoever in this organization thinks we are ahead of the schedule they originally had us on. What matters is our window to be a contending team for an NFC Championship and ultimately a Super Bowl is now open. In the NFL, your window doesn't stay open forever and you have to take advantage of the times it does open up. No, that doesn't mean you sell the farm like the Rams and go all in for one season. Though, I'd take a Super Bowl, even if it only meant one year of success. Shooting for anything less than a Super Bowl is a complacent, losers mentality. Right now, Aaron Glenn and this defense feel like a liability. It feels like they might be likely actively preventing us from winning a playoff game, let alone multiple playoff games, to be able to get to a Super Bowl. Some of the stats don't look all that bad on first glance. I believe we are 10th in defensive DVOA. We're also middle of the pack, not bottom tier, when it comes to total yards given up and yards per game. A big part of that is the very solid run defense that we have. Major props to Brad Holmes for the player acquisitions he's made to improve this run defense. Props to Aaron Glenn for the scheme and position he's put these guys in to be able to effectively stop the run as well. But counter to that we're 12th from the bottom in total passing yards, we're bottom 10 in total points scored against. We're bottom 5-10 in blitz rate, win rate, QB pressures/hurries, total sacks and sacks per game as well. This seconday looks like a sieve at times. He has Jerry Jacobs out there in man coverage, with no safety help. Asking any CB, let alone a second string guy like Jacobs, to hold coverage for longer than 5 seconds is a problem. He needs reliable safety help over the top out there and shouldn't be on a coverage island by himself. I also get it right, QB sacks and pressures don't paint a full picture and tell the full story about a team. Just look at a team like the Browns, great defense, mediocre offense, no QB, and a team that's on the downward trend. I'd rather be us, with our defense and a healthy QB, than them on the full decline with a QB out for the season. Sacks and pressures are defensive stops though. Sacks and pressures create turnovers and stop drives. Sacks and pressures force punts. Sacks and pressures mean you disrupt plays and provide support for your secondary and LB'ers in coverage. You can't expect any secondary, no matter the talent level, to hold coverage for 5-6-7+ seconds. Any CB or S is going to get burnt or won't be able to contain tight coverage for that amount of time. I believe, and I think there are others who do as well, that this defense is a liability to us winning in the playoffs. We believe this because of our inability to pressure opposing QB, our poor coverage at times, and the scheme Glenn is employing by generally, only rushing 4. Example, even though we won yesterday it felt extremely lucky. This defense got carved up in the second half. Yesterday, they allowed the Saints to march right back in and almost get the win. Had Derek Carr not gotten hurt and knocked out of the game, that sure feels like a loss for us. Jameis Winston is not an accurate or good QB. He had Chris Olave sitting in the middle of the field wide open and he didn't even look him off and make the throw late in the 4th quarter. That feels like a throw Carr would have made The other thing that gets me and some other fans is the Aubrey Pleasant situation from last year. I'm not trying to manufacture consensus when I say this, but we were told last year it was incorrect and flat out wrong believe that Aubrey Pleasant was a scapegoat for the poor defensive performance. That indeed, it was wrong to blame Aaron Glenn for most or any of this defense's problems and that it was largely Pleasant's fault. Things did get better for a time after Pleasant was let go, but it feels like we have regressed back down. I don't think our inability to get after the QB, to generate pressure, to cover mobile QBs, or to hold coverage for 5+ seconds was/is Aubrey Pleasant's fault. I think that is the fault of the personnel they have (which injuries play a role in) and the defensive coaching staff up to and including Aaron Glenn. In the end, the bar has been raised and there are different expectations from a year ago and from regimes of Lions teams past. I love where we are at as a franchise right now. I love Dan Campbell and Ben Johnson. I love Jared Goff, most weeks. I love Amon'Ra St. Brown, Sam Laporta, David Montgomery. Pennie Sewell, Frank Ragnow, Jonah Jackson. I love the players and weapons Brad Holmes has added on offense and what this coaching staff has done with them. Watching the Lions overall is incredibly fun. I do believe we are setup for years to come on offense. I do not feel that way yet about our defense. I do not feel that we yet have the right personnel and scheme to get us out of the first round of the playoffs. Maybe that all changes when James Houston comes back and we can generate more pass rush and pressure. Maybe it changes because some else steps up or Aaron Glenn makes adjustments. I'd really like to hope and think so. I'd really like to be proven wrong and for us to win a playoff game and make a run for it!

As it pertains to religion... If I were to write a novel, "Third Universe", I would write it under the assumptions that the "Universe" has no beginning, and no end, and is actually not the FIRST or the ONLY Universe... but that it is the Third Universe (made of "matter", in sequence) that has ever been in existence. Just to play with that...

Hopefully the Lions clinch early and they can throw Hooker out there in a game or two.

Hmm created.... 😅

I think Leyland would have quit. I understand that's easier for an old veteran mamager who is close to retirement. The hard part would be telling MLB about it, not so much because he'd be afraid of being blackballed, but more because he'd be throwing players under the bus. I won't call it "ratting" because that suggests that telling the truth is a bad thing.

Last comment on the topic then back to our regularly scheduled programming. There is only one set physical laws for the entire universe. There are no different rules for what goes on in a human brain vs what goes on in the roots of trees or the inside of stars or the egg in your frying pan. You appear to be arguing the brain plays by different rules. The only 'ghost' is consciousness itself and both physical scientists and psychologists are chasing it.

We aren't losing New Hamshire!

And removed from the Astros during the best stretch in their history.

2014. 11-5 under Caldwell, lost in the playoffs. 🙂

This is an amazing throw... this is one of those where I'm just in awe... like, how the heck did he get it in there? Goff certainly hasn't been perfect (what QB ever is?), but damn man. You keep throwing like that and I'll have a very hard time ever wanting to replace you.

You can, but you won't want to.

I do have to modify this a bit...I don't like the way he wears his hat. He jams it down tight on his head, the tops of his ears are sticking up above his hat band, and the top of his hat is clinging to his head. That isn't how you wear a baseball hat. You wear the band above the tops of your ears, and there is an air space between the top of your head and the inside of your hat. If I were to fire him for anything, it would be this.

Dumping Moss to hire Sparky was so unlike Jim Campbell....

Or the trash cans

The fact that they didn’t retire his number until after he died was a cheap shot in my opinion.

Following in the footsteps of the legend that is Rian Rayboughrn

The Eagles just gave up more points than the Lions did in an single game this year. They are teetering on a defensive implosion I tell you.

Ho. Lee. Crap.