RandyMarsh

Losing by 38 here, lost 40-3 to the Cowboys and hell even though they came back to win they were down 30+ to the Colts at one point. All of this in the past 6 weeks, so safe to say the Vikings aren't exactly rolling into the playoffs. Who ever catches them in the 1st round could be in for a relatively easy win. Watch it be the Bucs and Brady.

They may have been, I was just going off the fact that even if they lost they could still finish 8-9 which would tie them with us and the Seahawks(if they lose next week). I wasn't sure about how the tiebreakers worked though which is why I wasn't completely sure.

Actually come to think of it even if the Packers lost today they still wouldn't have been completely eliminated from the playoffs right(Unless the Seahawks won today and next week before our game in which case the Lions would be eliminated too anyway)? If so I guess it really didn't matter for the Lions sake what the Packers did today.

Yeah it would've made things a little easier next week with a Packers team already eliminated atleast theoretically but either way we still would have to beat them so it doesn't change things too drastically for us.

Looks like the Seahawks are up 14 with the ball in Jets territory late in 3rd. Considering the Jets don't exactly have an explosive offense I think that game is just about done so its looking like we are indeed pinning our hopes on the Rams next week.

lol, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say that he forgot/didn't realize that the Lions played the Packers in week 18 so there was no way both teams could lose but still kinda funny to see a coach realize that in a presser that his team may be eliminated.

I know the odds of this are astronomical but just out of curiosity what if both games next week end up in a tie so us, GB and Seattle all finish 8-8-1, who gets in? Also wouldn't effect the Lions but if GB wins to get 9-8 and Seattle wins who has the tiebreaker there?

For some reason I've always had a major hatred for the Jets, like I enjoy watching them lose more than probably any non NFC North team in football so even though I'm rooting for them to win today for the Lions sake if they lose and seeing their hopes get dashed is a nice consolation prize for me.

Yeah I'd say its definitely beneficial for the team to play earlier in the day, not only for the weather but the fans may not be as crazy as they would be at night but as a viewer I would love to watch the atmosphere of a prime time game like that.

Yep, that's why I don't particularly care for the comparisons between two teams based off common opponents, hell I guess even head to head for that matter. I don't put too much stock in that in terms of a predictive measure because for the most part the vast majority of the teams in the NFL are pretty evenly matched so if you catch a team on a good or bad day it can make a major difference in the outcome. That and of course getting some lucky breaks or calls from the officials.

If the Seahawks lose today and the Packers win does our game next week get flexed to SNF? It would be a win and your in for both teams right?

Anytime I see them I think of when I was in 8th grade. We played either SF or Dallas on MNF and destroyed them while sporting those, the next day in school some of us kids were half jokingly saying some of the same things like "Maybe they need to wear those every game" only for our buzzkill of a teacher to tell us the jerseys had nothing to do with them winning.

Cleveland up 14 with the ball with 2:04 left.

Don't think I ever seen a sack with not 1 but 2 holding penalties called on the offensive line.

Just saw that Hutch's 3 INTs is tied for the most by any DLineman in the Super Bowl era, not any rookie D-Lineman, D-Lineman period.

Not sure if that is going to be overturned cause I'm not even sure what constitutes a pass attempt. On that look they showed right before the break it appeared that Fields arm wasn't going forward but he tried to flick it forward with his hand/fingers, does that count as a pass attempt?

Goff with 3 TD passes and only 4 incompletions. Pretty damn good TD to incompletion ratio.

Don't say this lightly but that Swift run was Barryesque, looked like he was bottled up only for him to squirt out and quickly get back up to speed.

A "Dad joke" about a Dad, well done.

Nope, I saw yesterday the Lions youtube page put out a video of him touring the locker room and I was like "Who the F is that?" when I saw the video title. Didn't even bother to click on the video since I didn't know who he was anyway.

Aidan Hutchinson ball hawking DB.

I'd have to see a replay but at first glance that looked like a terrible spot, watching live it looked like Reynolds may have reached out to be atleast close to the 1st down, when they snapped it on the FG it appeared they marked it almost 2 full yards shy of the 1st.

Admittedly I haven't paid much attention to other team's systems and rosters the past year or so but I would have to imagine there aren't very many teams in worse shape top to bottom than us right now. That could change if we get some breakout guys and guys like Tork, Greene, Manning and Skubal(when he comes back) perform to expectations but as of now things look pretty bleak.

I agree they have no real strengths but I don't think they put too much resources in SP necessarily, probably no more than other teams though even though that is the general feelings. Yeah you can question the Jobe pick but outside of that I think you can justify using a 1st on Manning, Faedo and Mize. Faedo was considered a steal at the time we drafted him and somebody that would be hard to pass up on and Mize was the consensus number 1. Aside from that they've used plenty of early picks on bats but unfortunately they were either dumb picks to begin with(Rivera) or just haven't panned out atleast as of yet.