Nate7474

Don’t tell him that we already see enough bad screen plays.

I'm just catching up but it looks like Minn is just throwing a gap blitzes and stacking close to the line of scrimmage. Goff and the offensive line are having a hard time figuring out protections.

I’d offer QO to Flaherty and Torres and try to resign Finnegan as well from last year’s team. I’m probably trading some players like Ibanez, Malloy and Jung even if it’s not for much just to clear space. As far as additions I’d like to bring in a 1 year SP and a lefty bullpen arm. The big acquisition I’m making is probably Bichette for 7-8 years near 200 million to play SS and 3B over his career here. The big question is Skubal and I’d probably trade him if you get the right offer but then you need another SP. I’d love to watch him another season but I don’t see anyway that he resigns here and to only get a draft pick back and still need to replace him would be tough.

Obviously Holmes has a great eye for talent but I do think there’s more to it when getting players to the Probowl. How many years did the Lions have top picks and very few probowlers. It seems to me that successful teams that bring in new players thru the draft have an easier time of developing players then the teams that might bring in more athletically gifted players to bad situations. The key is really developing an entire culture of winning and forcing players to get on board or move from the teams expectations. People talk about the parity of winning in the NFL but to me it seems like there’s a group of 7-10 organizations that are always drafting lower and always winning for decades it seems. Are the Lions going to become one of those? Who knows and the next few years are going to be very telling for that as our players get more expensive/less effective and need to be replaced. What Holmes and his staff along with Campbell have done in such a short time is truly remarkable. I look forward to seeing how they go about maintaining this momentum.

Ha! I’m still not even sure what he challenged.

He literally didn’t but that’s ok it doesn’t change my original opinion that a lot of his challenges are blatant that he is going to lose. Now I may watch more of him then other coaches giving me a recently bias because when looking up the stats on it since he’s been a head coach he is right at league average.

Actually he lost that challenge as well as he challenged if it was a catch. The nfl then did a spot review and gave the Lions back their timeout and challenge and that was called correctly on the field they wouldn’t have needed to challenge.

Whoever he trusts he needs a new one. He’s got to be the worst head coach at challenges since he became a coach.

Goff struggled against Bowles defense. Doesn’t see blitzes at all. Carbon copy to last year.

I see what you did there……..

Great job of blocking there by the whole offense on that run.

Honestly I would, but if you read his takes outside of the in game thread he does alright and knows the game. Just when the emotions go hot the bad takes start up.

I love how you state another penalty on them Lions but blame it on Morton. You just can’t help yourself but to blame the coaches. Blame a player just once without blaming a coach.

Give TB some credit here. They are a very good team as well and are making some plays.

Actually I disagree with you here, teams who kick FG in this league lose. You have to score TDs.