lordstanley

Yes. And wouldn’t it be great to have CJ Gardner-Johnson available to test his health and shake rust off in a largely meaningless Week 18 game at home to Minnesota.

Yeah, I think 11 different results all have to happen for the Lions to miss the playoffs. Lions lose all 3, Seattle win all 4, Rams win all 3, and Minnesota loses to GB. If for simplicity you assume any one of those results is around 50/50, the odds of all 11 happening are approximately 1 in 10,000 I believe. Even the chances of winning the division are roughly as good as being up 3-0 in a best of seven playoff series. Lions have 4 cracks at winning the division (their own 3 games plus Minnesota-Green Bay). 3 of those 4 chances are road games though.

Away schedule was as tough this year. Chiefs-Bucs-Ravens-Chargers-Saints instead of Cardinals-Texans-Colts-Niners. Other four the same. 9 road games this year, 8 next year. Home comparable to next year. Falcons-Panthers-Raiders-Broncos this year instead of Rams-Jags-Titans-Bucs-Dolphins. Other four the same. 8 home games this year, 9 next year.

The 10-4 Cowboys have only had 4 games decided by under 20 points. Five wins of 30+ points. Beat Philly by 20. But lost by 32 to SF and now 21 to Buffalo. Not to mention double-digit loss to lowly Arizona.

All-time bad clock management by the Commanders. Down 28-14: they get 1st and goal at the Chargers’ 1 with 4:47 to go. 6 plays later, they hit the 2 minute warning with 2nd down at the 3. Update: on the 9th snap since getting it to the 1: they finally score the TD but now only 1:45 to go.

Spending time on a Sunday watching pretty much stress-free football the day after a big Lions win is neat. Yes, it is nice for some of these results to go the Lions ‘ way, but even when they don’t it’s not the end of the world

Wow, the Bears came as close as you can to a successful Hail Mary without succeeding.

Chicago’s own #1 pick is dropping lower into the 1st round because of their recent wins. Could get a 6th win today leading Cleveland, then play Arizona, Atlanta and Green Bay. So might not even be a top #10 pick. Heck, hang on today and they would have a legit playoff chance

They did! Go to the 21 minute mark for an exciting and controversial finish. As Paul Harvey used to say ..now you know the rest of the story.

Now we just need Jack Campbell to show improvement next season. Branch will be fine.

Lions-Broncos radio highlights with Dan Miller calls. Broncos-Lions Radio Highlights.m4a

Yep, Seattle will lose eventually, or other teams will, I’m not worried about a Lions playoff spot. I want Seattle to beat them tomorrow. I want TB to go into GB tomorrow and beat them. That would knock the Packers out of the division race. Lions could use their help against Minnesota in 2 weeks if the Lions don’t take care of business themselves next week.

Heck, they could almost go in victory formation. 3 knees takes 2 minutes off the clock. No need to throw. As it is, they still burned 1:20 amd didn’t turn it over, so acceptable.

5 for 5 since the beginning of the 2nd quarter.

Gibbs! An extra point away from making it a 4-possession game.

Instead of NextGen stats I would have liked to have seen the real-time play.

I did not. Was wondering the same.

3 points only is a big win for the Lions there. Likely will be a 3-score game headed to the 4th. Should be able to eat up clock with their running game.

Gibbs! Juking and jiving!

Big 3rd and 9 here.

That was a terrible PI to take in double coverage. Nice grab on the TD by the Bronco, I was relaxed after ball left Wilson’s hand because I thought he had no chance at it.

Asking Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders alum whether they can still do a jump split. The number on the jerseys designates the year they were on t he squad. https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM6MtsdFB/

Once the Lions went up 14-0 I switched over to the Wings to devote my attention to the final 8 minutes of their game. Maybe I was daydreaming about the Lions game, but it seemed minutes went by in the Wings game without anything happening. Did threaten in the final minute but a tripping penalty with 15 seconds to go snuffed that out.