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Was that the one where the receiver ran "behind the bench" after the catch?

I thought it was relatively well done, until I saw the fine print at the bottom: Coming Late 2024

But it was an "all-star" crew... it wasn't all his crew. I also didn't feel like there were a lot of penalties during the game. Just looked it up. I counted 10 penalties, two of which were declined. That doesn't seem terribly high. Edit to add: According to this site, team in 2022 averages between 4 (Falcons) and 6.94 (Cardinals) penalties per game, so 10 penalties in a 10 seems very average. (In case you're curious, Lions had 5.29 per game.)

I think having it in a central location is at least supposed to limit the danger of having ties to either team as well as not wanting to make referee friends look bad, so I don't mind having it reviewed in a central location. I also don't agree with the "human element" idea of officiating a game. The human element that I want to see is the players, not the enforcement of the rules. I don't want the enforcement to be subjective. I don't want a game to go to a situation where people think a potentially questionable holding call (ya know... just grabbing a random example) decided a game. I would be 100% on board with using whatever tech we have to ensure that calls get made correctly 100% of the time... ...as long as it doesn't interfere with the game too much. And of course that's the key. We can't run a play, then take 10 minutes to analyze each and every action to see if a rule was broken. The game can't have long breaks like that so we need to do the best we can in limited time. All of this said, I agree with the 90 second idea.

Was Cheffers even the one who threw the flag? Based on the QA with him later it sounded like a different ref threw it.

Yep. The catch/fumble vs. non-catch was a very hard one. I would say that that call is as close as you can get to possession vs. non-possession. I honest would have been fine with them calling it either way I guess it was so close. Personally I think I would have leaned towards it being a catch and fumble vs. incomplete but I'm not really upset that they went the other way. The same with the "double catch" along the sidelines. In this case I think I'd lean sorta towards it being a catch, but it was so close that I would have been fine with them calling it incomplete. It's worth noting that both of these two plays when in favor of Philly just for anyone out there thinking the refs were trying to push for a Chiefs win.

Here's my thoughts... fwiw... I don't think it was the most egregious of fouls, but I do think it was a foul. I do think that gets called 9 times out of 10 if it's seen by the refs. I don't know how much that did or didn't effect that play, but I do think it was a foul. I think any other game or any other point in this game it isn't talked about. It's just a normal call. I feel really bad that the game (more or less) ended on this call just because we watched two teams really have great games over all and stinks that a call is overshadowing the game. But I still believe that this was a foul and was legitimately flagged. On a side note: I'm always fully aware that if this was for or against the Lions I'm sure my opinion would be very different.

Granted, we're only seeing the highlights... but what I did like in that video was Porter was often looking back at the QB while running with a receiver.

I wonder if Denise had any input on the hiring of Jones.

My problem with this pick is that his first name is O'Cyrus... I'd be totally on board with this if his name was Osiris.

I would agree... looked him up on Wiki and he's got experience at many levels/positions. WR coach in both college and NFL, OC and "associate head coach" at Duke, Head Coach for two year at East Carolina (though not with good results), and RB for 2 years with the Colts.

I'll save this for future reference.

Bah... he wasn't fired. “Dre and [UNC] mutually agreed to part ways so that he could explore other opportunities in the coaching profession." Clearly Bly knew he was ready for the next step so... On a side note Quinn has no coaching experience from what I can tell. Has he expressed any interest in coaching? I've listened to his podcast a few times and he seems knowledgeable. Obviously that doesn't mean he would make a good coach, but if he expressed interested I'd be all for bringing him in at a lower level to see how he did.

Not really... we're just saying you made your point wrong. You should have said something more along the lines of: Goff's numbers in Detroit this year are better than any QB's numbers from Chicago ever. On a side note, given how much the league has changed, I wonder how modern records would stack up against previous years. I almost wish we had a converter like we do with the value of a dollar.... like a salary of $10,000 in 1950 would be the equivalent to over $123K in today's money. Given the changes in rules and strategies I don't think anyone questions that there is more passing today than in years past... not to mention that there are more games now too. Maybe if I'm bored sometime I'll put together a spreadsheet of total passing yards per year divided by the number of teams and then get a ratio of year to year. Obviously it would be very imperfect but might be a way to at least sorta compare different eras.

Yeah I couldn't quite believe it myself, but sure enough... one win at home, week 7. They had one stretch with 3 home games in a row (with a bye mixed in) and lost all three times. That could really demoralize a fan base!

This came up in my facebook feed. The person proposing it was looking for the Jets to draft a QB. It's an interesting idea... depending on who's on the board I would be tempted.

Dang but that's an ugly logo.

I'm saying with how bad the Bears OL and WR core are his stats would have been significantly lower. I'm not dumping on Goff, I'm dumping on the Bears offense.

So it could be a lateral move for Staley... he might be "just" the assistant HC and/or RB coach in Carolina.

No he wouldn't... because if Goff played this year on the Bears he wouldn't have nearly the same product he had with the Lions.

For the record, I agree with you on the last part for the reason stated. But, purely as hypothetical thought experiment... what if: 1.) Jared Goff announces his surprise retirement. 2.) Ben Johnson, Dan Campbell and the rest of the coach staff come up to you (playing the role of Brad Holmes) and say: "We know what's stopping Fields from being a better passer and we can, at the very least, make him a league average passer in 2023." Now... assuming that the coaching staff is telling the truth... do you do it? I mean in our silly scenario you're probably going to spend one of your first round pick on a QB anyway.

Here's the proposed trade: Now, looking JUST at the trade... nothing else... not looking at if the Bears would do it would the Lions actually be interested in Field as their QB... looking at just the assets being traded... it's intriguing. I was expecting some weird way over the top trade but this is "reasonable" I think for the Fields. If I was a team in a need for a QB and I felt that Fields would improve as a passer with a better team around him, I would probably be willing to spend that draft capital on him. BUT I'm not sure I believe that Fields will be a better passer and I don't believe that QB is a need for the Lions right now.

I hope not. Just like with BenJo, I hope he sticks around for another year at least to help with consistency.