lordstanley

Another chance to win the game with a 4th down stop, albeit much shorter.

Ha, Love almost did it again.

Damn, what a catch. That would have been game.

That “drive” wasn’t ideal.

Even a 5 minute FG drive. Hell, even a 2 minute FG drive or 5 minute scoreless drive. Packers aren’t going to score 3 TDs plus at least a couple of two-point conversions, in under a quarter. That’s why if I’m Green Bay I probably would have gone for it on 4th and long.

Cardinals up 15 on the Bears in the 4th and are in Chicago territory trying to make it a 3-score game. Update: Just did so. 27-9.

Great job by Fox.

Barring Lions fumbles on run plays or kicks, it will be almost impossible for Green Bay to come back in this. Would be nice to run off a few minutes here.

For a rookie, I think Brady is pretty good in the booth.

Agree. That’s a penalty, not a booting.

Fox even goes to commercial right in the middle of the halftime panel about to start chatting about whether to pull Love.

That might mean Willis in the 2nd half.

So no points after all of that.

Game-changing play.

Branch kicked out! Huge.

I'm getting that message a lot now, starting about a week ago.

For the 4th time this season, the Wings win and the Leafs lose on the same night.

Can the Wings hang on to the lead for a final 4:10?

Larkin ties it. Need a win tonight.

And now the challenge with no hope. “They just do not understand the rule”.

I finished Posnanski's book last month. Really enjoyed it. I'd say close to half the stories were either unfamiliar to me or else revealed nuggets or twists about incidents I thought I knew about.

Coming off a 4-5-1 month against many tough opponents, the Wings' record or position in the standings heading into November isn't a disaster but they need to play way, way better than they did the first 1/8 of the season, if they're capable. No better time to start that than with tonight's home game against a mediocre opponent.

That ... and talent. Which is why I'm not optimistic a new coach would make much of a difference, although probably worth a try if they don't turn it around in the next couple of weeks. I think the Wings only have 5 above average players on the roster at this point - Larkin, Raymond, Seider, DeBrincat and Kane. Only 5 home grown players of any value at all on the roster - Larkin, Raymond, Seider, Edvinsson and Kasper. Only 2 proven hits by Yzerman - Seider and Raymond, both of whom were top 6 picks overall.

Right. But I don’t think it was physical fatigue that stopped him from running to the bag. I think he was so relieved by seeing the routine ground ball after the intensity of 21 pitches that he had a brain cramp forgetting he had just a bit more work to do.