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Using the Calculator on that page and using the oldest age allow (22 years old - Moseley is 27) the calculator shows between a 4.9% and 7.0% chance of tearing the other ACL within 6 years. That doesn't seem like an incredibly high chance to me.

Potsy Clark needs to be at the top of the list, as least as of right now. Buddy Parker and George Wilson should also be in the top 10.

As of today, Campbell has 21 wins. That ranks him 10th in terms of regular season wins in Lions coaching history. In case you're curious:

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 suspect part of this is the old: "Everyone driving slower than me is being way too cautious and everyone driving faster than me is a crazy idiot"-syndrome. I suspect part of this is that it's often easier to talk about negative things than positives. I suspect part of this is Lions fans being shell shocked by so many awful years that we're just waiting for the next bad thing. And I suspect part of this is that the Lions haven't played really well for the month or so. They've played well enough to win but they haven't dominated like I'd like to see. Maybe this is just normal for good teams? Maybe most games aren't blow outs even by really good teams and we (jaded Lions fans) just need to learn what it's like to be a fan of a good team?

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.

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.

I'm hoping that muddy conditions will make scrambling hard. Designed runs with predicted paths and lead blockers might still be an issue, but lots of quick cuts and sharp turns will hopefully be tricky.

I think ALL QBs suffer in bad weather. So yeah, Goff won't be as good in bad weather... but I don't think anymore so than most QBs. (Maybe QBs who's home stadium is outdoor in northern areas have a bit more experience and maybe they don't get effected by it as much... maybe.)

Ya know... I actually kinda hope that it's really bad weather that makes passing all but impossible. I think I trust our ground game better than their ground game. And if the passing threat of Fields is mostly eliminated then the we can focus more on stopping his ground attack.

I agree that it was the right call according to the rule, I'm just saying that I think the rule is dumb. I think the "kid gloves" approach to protecting QBs is getting silly. I understand why the NFL is doing it, I just don't like it.

And that penalty for the QB hit was BS. I hate how much they are protecting the QB these days. It's not that I want to see QBs (or any player) hurt, but defense are so hamstrung in terms of how they can touch QBs that it makes it hard to actually play.

So, I haven't read the whole thread yet, so forgive me if someone else already pointed this minor detail out... but: Holy crap but our defense is bad.

FWIW, that fluidity and explosiveness could come. As someone who's not too far removed from teaching his kids to drive I think there's some parallels there. When you're first learning to drive you're learning all the pieces and part and bits and bobs and thinking about all the aspects. This tends to make you drive "stiff." You don't ease to a stop, you brake suddenly. You don't ease into a turn, you turn sharply. You don't fluidly change lanes on the highway, you end up slowing down, whipping your head back and forth, then you jerk over when you make the decision to do so. Fast forward a couple of years when your much more instinctive as a driver... when you know how your car will respond, when you know where all the controls are without having to think about it. Everything is smoothly, more even and you're a much better, more confident, more accurate driver. This COULD happen with rookie players as well.

Hard to say for sure. I mean the whole appeal of a running QB is that it makes it harder for a defense so we should expect to running QBs to be harder to defend in general. That said, how much of the much harder for our defense to handle is due to poor scheme or inability to our players to execute correctly? The reality is that it's both, but which is a bigger issue? I'd lean towards scheme, but again I don't know for sure.

Fields had one of his best games ever, Goff had ones of his worst games ever, and we still won. I'm not saying that it'll be a cake walk when we face the Bear next, but Bears needed a LOT to go there way... and it did... and they still lost. So I'm more concerned that I was before yesterday, but I'm still assuming the Lions can and should win the game. That said... man this defense does NOT know how to handle a mobile QB. They just look silly against a guy who can run back there.

In my humble opinion, Goff had a horrible game. So what? Players have off games. I'm not going to use ONE game as evidence that a player should be benched/cut/whatever. I will say that Goff has looked more "human" lately, but I'm far from wanting to replace him.

This should make @buddha happy:

I too enjoy reading the thread later however I know that I'd be the same way in the thread if I posted during a game. I know my emotions are all over the place during a game. After I can being more cool and rational about it, but during the game I get a little crazy and I fully embrace that. To borrow from Vegas: What happens in the game day thread stays in the game day thread. It's okay to be a little crazy while watching.

What makes you think they'll be playing in the Wild Card round?

Eight yards of separation? What's the matter, are you expecting Tyreek to be injured?