RedRamage

Look, I was all about still holding back on Goff last year. I was worried about his home/away splits... I was concerned about his lack of mobility. But Goff has just led you to the freakin' NFC Championship (at least). Now is not the time to look at penny pinching. That doesn't mean I wouldn't try to get creative with Goff... back-end loaded deal... see if he'll take a little discount to stay with a team that believed in him and helped him rebuild himself... but I do NOT want to cut out on Goff. Hooker may be the answer in a few years but I do NOT want 2025 to be Hooker's debut.

I don't expect the Lions to win... but can they? Yes, definitely.

And yet NBC still gets the date of our first Championship wrong.

I think it's important to separate the two aspects to this: 1. Should you concede? 2. Having signaled to concede, should you go back on that? For question 1: I do NOT want my coach to give up. Yes it's highly unlikely, but unlikely does happen so they should try whatever is legal and in good sportsmanship to win. I would NOT be happy if Campbell just gave up with one TO left. Force the other guys to execute, hope for a miracle and see what happens. For question 2: If Campbell conceded the game (which again, I don't want him to) and then said: "Sike! I have my fingers crossed, now I'm calling the TO" I'd be embarrassed. That's bush league stuff in my humble opinion. (For the sake of argument we're going to ASSUME that Bowles did signal that he was conceding the game and that he would not use the TO. I don't know that this actually happened, I don't think there is a special signal that is understood by the NFL coaching world to mean this, but ASSUMING there is a signal for this, and assuming my coach gave that signal and THEN went back on it... that's poor sportsmanship.)

The Saints classless play aside, they do not have fake kneel-downs. Victory formation is a signal from the offense to the defense that we're not going to try to move the ball, so please don't slam into us for no reason and risk injuries to us or you. If you fake this it destroys that trust and means defense will charge through and people will get hurt. It's why what the Saints did was so despicable. Fake "spikes" are a different story.

This is different, imho. Assuming that this "code" exists, it's the same as Victory Formation. This is one team saying: "Okay, we voluntarily give up, so don't worry about draining every little second." The no-bunting to breakup a no-hitter is different because it's a rule imposed on the player. It's one team saying: "Okay, we're in this situation we want to preserve so you are not allowed to try this specific thing to stop us."

Patricia isn't signed beyond 2023 season, so he wasn't fired, but wasn't retained.

To me the fact that there are dynasties and more importantly anti-dynasties is proof that it isn't scripted. Mixing things up and making everyone has their turn in the sun keeps all fan bases engage and rabid. Having a team in the league that hasn't won it all in half a century-plus isn't smart.

Mahomes is like the spokes person for any product in NFL commercials. It's so annoying.

That would be interesting! I don't see it happening... I think both Detroit and KC are the under dogs so both winning is unlikely... but possible!

So surreal. Just two games next week, just four teams... and on of them is the Lions.

Even with of the big "Brock Party" play... I'm not too worried about Wright being out, but Jackson would suck.

Wow... that's amazing. I mean, there's (virtually) no chance of getting it, but... still... a blocked FG, returned for a TD... it could happen. I'd be more than a bit po'd if they just gave up without an effort.

As the resident promotor of the forgotten Michigan holiday Champions Day, this pissed me off: 1932?? 1932?!? come on NBC... get your crap together. The team wasn't even in Detroit in 1932. Ugh...

Anyone else on Youtube TV? Are you getting chopping signal?

That seems like a very technical nitpick... but as someone who like technical nitpicks, I'll allow it.

Clearly he should have done a two-hand touch below the waist or pulled the flag off his waist. This is the NFL... it's not a contact sport.

Did anyone say we had to cheer for Stafford?

Totally agree. Give him time to process the loss and I'm sure the answer will be much better.

A little bit... but Detroit wasn't doing anything offensively in the second half. Our drives here: 9 plays, 4:36, 44yards, FG 6 plays, 2:40, 13yards, Punt 3 plays, 0:52, 6 yards, Punt It's not unreasonable at all to think that their defense could hold and get the ball back to Stafford. 4th and 14 isn't impossible, but it also isn't easy and missing means you give the Lions a relatively short field and a relatively good chance of at least getting a FG, meaning you need a TD to win. Punt and force the Lions to a 3 and out with that much time left? There's a good chance you get into FG range to win it. I don't think it was necessarily a bad call to punt. Obviously it turned out bad, but I wouldn't call it a terrible decision at all.

Not that they really could have done anything about it, but was anyone else annoyed that we didn't get to see if the ball cleared the goal post?

Credit where it's due... I suspect you did.

Things more likely to happen: Trump declares he was wrong about everything. Aliens invade Disney stops suing people for copyright infringement I stop eating junk food.

You're forgetting Clark and Layne.

I remember a time when we traded FG for TDs... it's nice to see the script flipped!