Motown Bombers

Mahomes had the opportunity to be a free agent and he chose to sign with the Chiefs. The thing is, the Rams couldn't just offer him a $700 million contract that the Chiefs had no hopes of matching.

The fact there is a lot more development and international work makes it even worse. Teams will do all the work of developing talent and then a team like the Dodgers will swoop in and over an enormous contract. The Tigers have benefited from this. The Marlins went and scouted and signed Cabrera and spent the 4-5 years developing him to only have to trade him at age 24 because they could never be able to sign him. Sure they won the World Series in 2003 but imagine that team with Cabrera and Giancarlo Stanton and Hanley Ramirez? We wait years for these prospects to develop, and if they do, they're likely gone. I don't worry about the Lions not being able to compete with other teams to keep their star players.

Big man, often injured, big contract, plays in Los Angeles, sounds like the Pistons are going to make a run at Anthony Davis.

Yeah those are all reasons why the NFL is better than MLB. The thing is, if you do draft a player like the Chiefs did with Mahomes, New York and Los Angeles can't give him a massive deferred contract. They can pay him the same as what the Chiefs pay him. The Chiefs are rewarded for drafting well. If the Royals had drafted a player of Ohtani's caliber and spent the time developing him, he would have been traded because the Royals would know they can't keep him. It matters in the context of the Lions because they are equal with other teams. It means the Lions have just as good of chance of being one of the dominant teams in the league as any other team. Parity is what makes the NFL better.

This is why the NFL is so much better than MLB. The best team in the NFL the past several years has been the Kansas City Chiefs who have the best player in the NFL under a long term contract. The New York Jets haven't made the playoffs in over 10 years, the Chargers only have one fan and nobody cares about the Rams, a team from Green Bay Wisconsin has had two hall of fame QB for 30 consecutive years, the top AFC contenders last year were from Cincinnati and Buffalo, a team from Tampa had the greatest player of all time sign with them and win a championship, and one of the leagues elite franchises is from Pittsburgh. If the NFL was like MLB, Mahomes would have signed a $700 deal with New York and Los Angeles, Brady would have never stayed in Foxborough as long as he did, and Aaron Rodgers would have been able to hold more teams hostage.

He's probably on the phone with Joe Barry. You let my guy go down field and win this game and maybe you don't end up hanging in a meat truck. On a side note, I can't believe 15 years later Joe Barry is still a defensive coordinator.

Refs knew if they let the Packers win that they would be next to Jimmy Hoffa under the endzone of the old Meadowlands.

This isn't going to be an easy game for Minnesota even with Burrow out.

If the Lions had beaten the Bears, they would have had a chance to clinch against Denver.

I hope Seattle's playoff hopes hinge somehow on Minnesota winning and the Lions beats Minnesota to eliminate Seattle. We did them bitches a favor last year and they didn't return it.

I don't think the Packers schedule is as easy as people make it. They have to play Tampa who is leading their division, they still play Minnesota whose fighting for the playoffs, and they still play the Bears who are an improved team.

The Bears are only one game out as well.

Same old Packers.

Can't believe the amount of cushion these Giants DBs give to the Packers receivers.

Do these wildcat plays ever work?

Everyone copying the Lions now.

Packers struggle against mobile QBs.

Special teams coach told them it's like looking into a solar eclipse.

Love with a couple turnovers and missing opening receivers. He can't play outdoors in the cold.

Imagine having the highest paid coach in the league and you're 2-21.

Goff doesn't seem like the type, but I would hold out if I got franchised and didn't get a new contract.

I think next year is the last year for Goff. There doesn't seem to be any real reports of mutual interest in an extension and I don't get drafting a backup QB in the 3rd round. That's a wasted pick if you think Goff is your future QB especially when the QB you drafted is 25.

3 years ago you said he would be a backup by now.

No, it's Goff's fault. When Goff is good it's because of Ben Johnson, Todd Gurley, Jonah Jackson, Sean McVay etc. When Goff is bad it is because of Goff.