Motown Bombers

The Vikings average 11.0 PPG in the second half and the Lions 10.7 PPG in the second half which is more than the Eagles and Dolphins for example.

Over halfway through the 3rd quarter and the defending AFC Champs haven't scored a point.

The 6-1 first place Vikings have scored 173 points, tied for most in the division with the Lions. The Vikings have given up 144 points. The Lions 225. 80 more points given up over 7 games. That's over 11 more points per game. Me thinks it's the defense.

A team with actual talent. Keep in mind the Lions started this season with the second youngest roster in the league. This is an inexperienced team that's playing a lot of fringe talent.

You also wanted to draft Connor Cook. It was more about Stafford hating.

You were mocked because Tua is not as good as Stafford. The Lions had a franchise QB who made players around him better. Tua is Goff. He's good enough to win with talent around him.

Funny how QBs look better when you put talent around them.

But he inherited a much better team. This would be more comparable to when Patricia was hired.

Point was sometimes bad teams have one off good seasons under a new coach and revert back to being who we thought they were.

Miami won 9 games last year and spent a ton of capital acquiring Hill so I'm not sure why McDaniel is being mentioned.

My guess is the unnamed is Swalwell

Jim Caldwell inherited a 7-9 Lions team and went 11-5 and made the playoffs. They proceeded to start the following season 1-7. As Rasheed Wallace once said, sometimes the sun shines on a dog's ass once in a while.

God I can't wait until the Giants and Jets come back to reality. It may have already started with the clunkers they put up.

Anzalone: You are correct, he was never good. Oruwariye: He really never was good, but he had a lot of interceptions last year. Harris: Was a 1st round bust and had one good year. I guess the coaching staff doesn't get credit for the one and only good year he had Elliot: He has a 65 PFF grade. In 2021 he was a 65 and in 2020 a 66 and in 2019 69 in limited snaps. Not seeing the regression. Barnes: Is actually better this year but still awful. Brockers: Is old and washed up. Probably also benefited playing along side Donald. Harris: See Anzalone

Lets not forget they got Okudah back who was the 3rd overall pick and playing well. Holmes also drafted Joseph who has showed promise in the secondary.

And they addressed the defense with their first pick. I still love the Williams pick.

"Fighting against tyranny without the option of surrender."

I'm guessing the conspiracy theorist in the thread yesterday won't be here today.

I don't think he expected the results to be different. Whether fans like it or not, they are still in rebuild mode. I expect them to be more aggressive in free agency this year.

I mean, Pleasant was probably next in line and if you think he's doing a poor job, why would you fire Glenn and promote Pleasant? I think it's highly likely Glenn is gone at the end of the season. Judging by Campbell's comments, it seems the defensive backs were not on the same page as the defensive gameplan.

It likely wouldn't because Miami wouldn't have run out the clock on the final possession. They would have went right down the field like they did all game. We can also say if the defense got one extra stop they would have won.

I keep thinking back to when those yahoos in Texas tried to run Harris bus off the road and Rubio dismissed it.