RandyMarsh

On a side note about that Campbell HS pic,I'm hoping they had risers for the team pics, if not and they were all on the same level surface that coach behind Dan must be Shaq's size since I'm sure Dan was a tall kid and he towers over him.

I wonder what crack reporter made sure to ask that question?

I really liked Mac Jones, not for a team like the Lions were at the time but a team that had was more developed like the 49ers. I felt he had plus accuracy, decision making and ability to read defenses and could step in and right away. Kinda like Stroud did last year. Yep I whiffed on that one.... nothing new.

From what I can remember tp was the only one upset since we didn't take Fields or a "playmaker".

To this day I think my favorite thing from any of the draft videos was in that draft Sheila saying something to Dan and Holmes about drafting a receiver and they said something to the extent of "We have our eye on that guy there(points at board to presumably St. Brown) who we can get a little later." I love it cause for 1 it shows that Sheila had some knowledge about the team and knew one of our holes and was engaged enough to actually ask about it and for another it showed that she also knew to stay out of her lane and trusted the guys she hired to do their job.

Is that TP?

Vogt wins MOTY, I really don't care that much about awards especially this one but feel like AJ deserved it. Maybe I'm selling Vogt short since I didn't pay attention to the Guardians other than looking at their end game result but I find it hard to believe he actually managed the game as well Hinch did. Some teams overachieve due to a bunch of players having breakout seasons, little of which a manager is really responsible for but the Tigers on the other hand won in large part due to how Hinch used his players.

I also wouldn't have thrown a fit if they took Fields and at the time I did like him as a prospect but I still had hopes for Goff and wanted to give him a chance and I also just believe in building as much of the rest of your team as you can before drafting a young QB early. Really the only option that seemed plausible at the time that I didn't like was Waddle or Davonte Smith, I just didn't think either was the type of receiver you take that high when you had as many holes as we did, unlike Chase who I felt was a Calvin Johnson/Julio Jones generational type who warranted taking no matter your situation.

I think my number 1 choice that draft was Chase but Sewell 1B and I would've been fine with Surtain or Pitts. I liked Surtain cause I loved the idea of pairing him with Okudah and having 2 stud DBs, of course at the time I still had hopes for Jeff. Also like Slater as a backup option if the Lions wanted tackle and Sewell was gone but felt in that case they could've traded down. Pitts looks like that would've been a disaster so glad that didn't happen.

Speaking of the Cavs start, I was curious if or when the last time a team started 15-0 and it was the Warriors in 2016 going 24-0. I bring this up cause yeah I remember the Warriors dominating that year and winning 73 but I have no recollection of them starting 24-0. That's just insane!

Without looking at the all 22 film and breaking down every single play I think it's hard to say if a QB truly played a perfect game even if they don't throw an incompletion. I think to truly be perfect you would have to see if they missed any would be open receivers that were better options in favor of a lesser option. Like if you complete a 6 yard pass but missed a guy streaking wide open for a would be 70 yard TD. Sure you made the completion but the "perfect pass" would've been to hit the guy for the TD. Also on completions you'd have to check and make sure the ball placement was put in a spot to maximize the YAC and overall yards gained. Splitting hairs here but if you want to use the "perfect game" almost literally I think that's what you would need to do to quantify it. Basically look at every play and see if the play you made was the realistic best outcome on said play. I say realistic cause the best outcome would be a TD every time but every play and route isn't designed for that.

According to some of the fans on the Jets board Douglas actually wanted to draft Sewell in that draft but ownership overruled him in favor of getting a QB. Not sure how much truth there is to that but it wouldn't surprise me.

Speaking of completion percentages I was just looking at St. Brown's game log and during this 8 game win streak Goff is 51/54 when throwing to him for a preposterous 94.4 completion percentage. If memory serves me right atleast 1 of those misses was just an intentional throwaway at his feet in the Houston game as well.

JT Barrett is probably the closest thing to a pocket passer to get drafted early in recent memory and even he has more athletic ability and mobility than he was given credit for. He played with great WRs and had plus mental capabilities so he was one of the few great college QBs that didn't have to depend on just scrambling everywhere to produce big numbers.

I don't see it mainly for the 2nd reason you mentioned. In college you can get away with raw athletic ability and being a 1 read passer(see Justin Fields) so that is what teams will continue to recruit and start.

The problem with QB evaluation particularly coming out of college is it is hard to gauge the mental aspect that players bring to the table and their ability to properly read defenses when to audible who to throw to etc. and these are all things Goff excels at. Its much like in baseball where teams fall in love with the pitcher with the raw stuff but doesn't possess the command or "art of pitching", teams will take their chances and assume that either A. that stuff will be enough or B. they can teach those things and more often than not that doesn't end up being the case. Just one example of this with Goff that comes to mind is that long St. Brown TD against Minny, Goff audibled into that cause he read the defense properly which in turn led to an easy St. Brown TD. The pundits just look at the physical aspect and dont give a lot of credit to Goff since it was an "easy" throw but in reality it wouldn't have been an easy throw if the QB didn't properly diagnosis the play and check into it accordingly.

Currently the Lions rank 3rd ALL TIME in DVOA through this many games in the season. Not just an all time Lions team thus far but this has been a historically unbelievable start in NFL history.

I'm still not convinced Ben Johnson is leaving. Idk I'm probably reading too much into things but just going by his demeanor and the fact he has turned down jobs the past 2 off-seasons make me think that he may be fine staying in his spot, especially if we give him a raise. The fact is not everybody is cut out or desires to be the Captain of the ship, maybe Johnson is one of those guys.

Jacksonville has too much talent to be as bad as they are. Not that they are in the Lions, Chiefs or Ravens class but by talent alone they should atleast be a .500 team.

Find you somebody that admires you like Kevin Harlan admires good punts.

Jesus Sewell almost drove Montgomery and the Jags defenders into the 5th row!

Damn that was an impressive kick, I still would've went for it though if I was Jacksonville.

Just a random tidbit I was looking at but if he keeps up his current pace there is a chance Anthony Edwards will attempt more 3s by the end of November than Larry Bird ever did in a whole season.

lol I just signed up there yesterday, trying to find all the people I follow on twitter on there.

Birkett just tweeted that Carlton Davis broke his thumb in practice on Thursday. Says Davis doesn't think it will be a big deal and is going to play through it.