RedRamage

I don't remember anyone acting like Glenn is a genius. Most of us understand that he hasn't been given the same level of talent as the offense, but at the same time I don't think any of us are ready to call him genius or laud him as a great coordinator.

I'm just thrilled that it's the very end of January before we even starting looking at draft stuff.

That's very offensive.

Another bonus here... I'd heard at least one talking head say that he thought Ben Johnson would be taking Hank Fraley with him to Washington. With Ben staying that would seem to mean that Hank is staying as well.

Do we know position yet? Are we before or after the Ravens?

He was mostly non-existent. I wasn't watching him closely so I dunno how much he was doubled teamed or not. He did have a couple of passed batted down I think. Not a great showing for him but again I don't know how much the offense game planned to eliminate him.

I 100% agree. Goff could have been better, but he was more than good enough. The receivers need to catch those balls. And I agree that we need to remember that the 49ers are a good team. There is a reason they were the 1-seed. There's a reason they've been to the NFC Championship three years in a row. This is a very, very good team and the Lions hung with them quite well. Honestly if you'd have said to me before the game that the Lions would lose, but just be 3-points I would have said: "That sounds exactly right... maybe even a little better than what I would have thought." It's just heart breaking that they were ahead by so much and then lost.

Well Goff didn't have his best game ever. A number of his passes were a bit outside making it harder for the receivers to catch, so I wouldn't say his above criticism. That said, Goff was NOT the reason the Lions lost... not by a long shot. The Lions would be stupid to move on from Goff now and anyone who says they should based on this game is being idiotic.

I think that's too simplistic. It's not just a question of how confident Campbell is or isn't in Badgley, there's also the question of 7 vs. 3 points. Even if they get the FG if 49ers turn around and get 7 points, that's still a losing proposition. And yeah I know we technically only lost by 3 points, but how the teams would have played out the rest of the game would have changed radically with a different score.

I think the flag was thrown because it sorta looked like Offensive Pass Interference. This is when the receiver interferes with the defender being able to make an interception. However, on the replay it seems like to me both players were playing the ball... that is they were going trying to make a catch on the ball. I think it was the right call to pick up the flag. Now, I would have loved to see the call stand because it would have helped the Lions, but I don't think there was interference there. There was a play earlier in the game where I thought there was definitely OPI, but not on this one.

It's almost like Campbell knew that the defense (which has been questionable all year) wasn't going to hold a great team like the 49ers down for long... It's almost like he knew that needed TDs, not FGs to win it.

Watching Lions games at the end of January... that's a new experience. Great season Lions, thank you for the memories. Let's look forward to 2024 season. When do Pitchers and Catchers report?

He absolutely should NOT be above criticism. But I think it's also very wrong to assign the blame completely on the 4th down calls. The contributed, yes. But they weren't the only reason. And if a overly aggressive coach "only" get the Lions to the NFC Championship game... well, that's more than has happened here in a long time. Look how the defense folded in the second half. We know that this defense is questionable... we know that there are big holes in the secondary. Campbell knew they won't be able to keep a team as good as the 49ers down for long so he knew that the offense needed to score TDs.

Well, then I expect to not see you around next season because Campbell is surely going to be here next year. He's done what no other coach has done in Detroit in more than half a century. Top 4 team in the NFL. That's nothing to be ashamed of.

On the good news side, Jaymo coming up big in a few spots. That's nice to see.

That was a bad one. Very bad.

Dang if... if only they have kicked the FG Williams would have caught that.

Seriously? I mean I wanted the FG too. But are you really arguing that the going for it on 4th lead to and fluke long pass? That it lead to Gibbs fumbling? That it lead to a mistake by the Specials Teams? I mean come on. That's a total break with reality.

Reynolds.... Goodness.

Ouch.

Ugh... right call to pick up the flag, but dang....

I'd prefer teh FG.

Goff has not been on for the deep balls this game.

But what if we scored the points going into the half??

How was that not pass interference?