lordstanley

Wings after 31 games: 2023-2024: 15-12-4=34 points. 5th in Atlantic. 11th in East. 1 point behind final Wild Card spot. 2022-2023: 13-11-7=33 points. 6th in Atlantic. 12th in East. 5 points behind final Wild Card spot. 2021-2023: 15-13-3=33 points. 4th in Atlantic. 8th in East. Held final Wild Card spot.

I'm taking a knee if Minnesota has no timeouts left. Barring some strange stuff happening to SF, the Lions are not going to get the #1 seed. For #2 and #3, the difference in opponents between #6 and #7 is not yet known and probably not meaningfully better or worse. So it's really about homefield for the 2nd weekend of playoff games. That's not a big enough carrot to risk losing the division and a 1st round home game and dropping to the #6 seed. I'd rather sew up the division and then hope Philly unexpectedly drops a game so that the Lions get #2 after all.

Dream scenario: - Lions win next 3 to get #2 seed. Behind SF #1, ahead of Philly #3, Dallas #5. - Lions, at home, win wildcard game against Rams or Hawks or Vikings or whomever - Lions, at home, beat Philly in conference semi. Dallas upsets SF in the other semi. - Lions, at home, beat Dallas to advance to Super Bowl - Lions beat Browns or Bills, two teams with their own history of heartbreak, to win Super Bowl

Next chance to clinch is just 3 days away. Rams host the Saints.

#2 seed is in play. Realize though that this pending win mag increase the chances of the Lions having to face the Hawks in the wildcard round.

Seahawks lead!

That’s more on Lock. The Seahawks eerent ready, likely wouldn’t have converted on 4th and short if they had to snap it. At least they got 3 out of it.

17-13 Eagles with 10 minutes to go. Still a winnable game for Seattle. I’m cheering for Seattle but it is kind of a no lose situation for Lions fans.

Two goals by DeBrincat were too little too late. Yuck. A 4-3 loss to Anaheim is a big problem.

Wings losing 4-1 at home to the #30 team in the league. It’s like the Larkin cross checking incident wrecked them

Husso hurt. It’s down to Reimer! Something happen to him and we may need to fetch Zamboni driver.

Wings have to dig depp, keep the season i track, as 4 games in 6 nights including trips to Winnipeg and Philly. Anaheim out to early 1-0 lead.

Larkin is back for tonight against Anaheim.

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.