RedRamage

You're at least 5.88% right.

Love being able to root for both of these guys. Hutch in particular seems like the Lions' version of Cabrara when it comes to fans. He just seems to really love the game and want to what he can to please the fans.

Another thing I just noticed while watching highlights: The play just before the fake punt was a pretty good play for Goff. All receivers were covered, he rolled out, even retreated to the end zone to buy time, then found Jones coming back to him. If he throw incomplete or just throws it away or even tries to gain a few yards with his feet, then it's 4th and 7... Campbell probably doesn't fake and no TD drive.

That is correct, and it honestly sucks for him because that wasn't his fault at all. That was right in the receivers hands. I'm not complaining of course... but it stinks that he gets an INT when he did everything right. I almost feel like there should be an earned INT stat sorta like earned runs in baseball. That might be too subjective of a stat though because you could ALWAYS nitpick little things that the QB coulda-shoulda-woulda done differently or you could say stuff like: Well, the receiver ran the wrong route, so if he goes where he was supposed to that's not an INT.

No, they lost twice at home in 2020, twice in 2021, and once last year.

Lions with the best record in the NFL... at least for the next couple of days.

I've got a very mixed reaction to Goff this morning. On one hand I thought he too often locked on to the #1 read and the defense say that and got into his throwing lanes. Too many balls batted at the line of scrimmage. But on the other hand... he had some AMAZING throws where the ball lead the receiver perfectly into a spot... threading the needle between defenders. This throw in particular is just stunning:

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While this is true, remember the Lions are missing a key player in Jamo and the Refs sure helped the Chiefs OL a lot this game.

So you're saying it'll be a different game when they meet in the SB?

Oh dude, thx! I nearly missed that.

Holy heck they did it! Holy crap...

On a purely side note... is there any business that Mahommes isn't in a commercial for?

It's really rather ridiculous.

Branch comes up lame.

I hate to be a "Blame the refs" guy, but there's been some super obvious fouls by the Chiefs that just aren't being called.

Too much red... way too much red.

I dunno if I can pick one... I mean, I'll be excited to see what Gibbs can do. I want to see if LaPorta ends up being worth the pick. I want to see what Campbell can do to help against the run and the pass. And I want to see what Branch brings to the table. If I had to rank 'em, it'd probably be like this: 1. Gibbs 2. Branch 3. Campbell 4. LaPorta

I dunno... I can't think one. Maybe if there was a "Win and your in" game in the past? But even those where never with a team that I think any fan felt positive about being able to make a run in the playoffs. I will say that I don't think the hype is about this game as much as it is about the season starting. I sorta expect to lose honestly, but if the Lions can at least look like they belong on the field I'll be happy okay with the results.

Four things I'm going to be paying attention to: 1. Goff - Was 2023 Goff the real Goff or was 2022 the real Goff? 2. Running Game - J.Williams was great last year. Was that because of him or the OL/scheme? 3. Secondary - With a lot of new faces back there, will they perform well? 4. DL - Can they cause pressure without over pursuing against a very elusive QB?

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Yeah, I'd agree with this: I'd prefer to win against a full strength KC team vs. win against a weakened KC team. However, I'd prefer to win vs. lose and a weakened KC team makes winning more likely. There's always going to asterisks for any game. If the Lions lose was it because Jamo wasn't on the field? Or maybe Hutchinson had a bad cold or refs blew a major call? If the Lions win and KC was at full strength was it because Jones wasn't up to speed yet? Or maybe Mahomes stubbed his toe bad in practice or they just looked past the Lions? Or maybe the refs blew a major call and it went in favor of the Lions for a change? If the Lions beat KC because Jones doesn't play and Kelce is a bit gimpy... I'm still going to celebrate and consider it a great win. If KC wins I doubt any fan will look at it and go: "Well, sure, but the Lions didn't have Jamo and Mosley wasn't at 100%, plus ARSB was a little dinged up still from preseason so it wasn't a real test."

I think this is what had people speculating so much... and everyone who did also acknowledged that it was massive speculation. The scrubbing of the Lions from social media sure made people think he wasn't going to be on the team. So if he wasn't going to be on the team, why was he still on the team? The logical conclusion was that a trade was in the works. But if so, why was it taking so long when the player had been informed? The logical conclusion was that it was with the Chiefs. The Chiefs had a player who was holding out... the Lions had a need at that position... the Lions could be sending back a (lesser) player of the same position as the Chiefs would want some depth there... and the trade won't happen until after the game. It all fit. It all made sense. It was all wrong, but it made more sense than that a player that seemingly wanted to be in Detroit was throwing a tantrum because he was being pushed down the depth chart.