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u$c is going to slaughter them.

he'll leave as soon as his kids leave and then claim everyone was racist for criticizing him.

its worse than you imagine. there are a ton of issues with this team. this is going to be a rebuilding year. although given how theyve run the offense and defense so far, i have bad feelings about the future. if those are the best players they can put on the field they have a serious problem in recruiting. if you can get ohio state at anything less than -20 right now, you should take it.

st brown and laporta were blanketed by backups. not a good game. give their track records, i'm more likely to attribute it to rust than a problem. although not having a legit X receiver threat could be an issue to watch moving forward. hopefully one of their recent pickups helps. as for the defensive ends getting pressure, THEY BETTER! theyre playing guys who are going to be out of the league in 3 weeks. they performed as expected and were only thwarted by stafford. to the points on the secondary being young, yes they are. that's going to be an issue all year, imo. i like the players, but it takes time to grow corners. on the brightside, at least its not cam sutton and kindle vildor.

its only one game and they won. the margins are close in the nfl and the fact they won a toss up game bodes well for the season. game two could look totally different. its a week to week league. just win baby.

the rams have talent. if the lions were missing sewell, decker, glasgow, arnold, davis, and st brown, you'd be saying this wasnt the real lions team. and you'd be right. but that's what the rams were missing. look, a win is a win, there will be games the lions are beat up and they lose because of it, but lets not think this was some great victory. they got carved up by stafford. the corners either couldnt play press enough to cover the receivers or they were super scared to get beat deep. either way, they got carved up like a turkey.

is this your first game thread? tp and mcs will be calling for campbell's firing by the second series of game two. HOW DARE YOU RUN ON SECOND AND EIGHT????? DAN CAMPBELL DOESNT CARE ABOUT THE FANS FIRE HIM!" happens every year like clockwork.

laporta and brown werent open, that's why they didnt get targetted. and when they threw to brown he either fell down or the ball was picked.

its better to be detroit today than green bay....or atlanta....or cincinnati. or carolina but theyre the worst team in the league. again.

i didnt think that was impressive. a win is a win in the nfl so we'll take it but it wasnt impressive. they had the same problems as last year: couldnt get to the qb and couldnt cover. that rams team was not a "playoff team." they lost both starting tackles, their starting guard, and then their backup tackle. plus nakua got hurt in the first half. stafford showed what a great qb he is. just like when he played for detroit he made chicken salad out of chicken ****... ...and lost. the offense was out of sync. goff didnt play particularly well and no one but jamo could get open. and the rams were playing without their starting corners too. perhaps they are rusty because they didnt play in the preseason? hope so. the rams front isnt that bad, so it was nice to see the lions all over them in the run game even if goff did get some pressure. the nfl is a week to week league. they have time to get a third receiver up and running from the practice squad. that should open things up a bit. turn the page and beat the bucs.

they dont have a qb. they have one good receiver and he's a tight end. their oline hasnt developed and theyre starting 3* nobodies for some reason. theyre going to be 7-5.

yup. moore will be gone in 4 years. maybe by then another jim harbaugh will fall in their laps? cause that's the only way they've been able to have any sustained success in the last 15 years.

lol. miss jim harbaugh yet?

Not a good trend for a small defenseman.

8 x 8.5

ok. DD's genius was identifying major league talent and dealing marginal minor league talent to get it. if harria can do that, they should be good to go next year. unfortunately there is still a ton of avila-detritus still around. it will take a while to get rid of that before they can become a great team again. that said, i still think they have a shot this year to make it, and that's with only one starting pitcher worth a darn. its been a masterful aj hinch performance this year.

they need to go 12-11 in their remaining games to not break the mets' record for 120 losses in a season. theyre more likely to lose 130 games. this has been the best white sox season i can remember in a very long time.

i feel like the system is much deeper and better off than it has been in a long time. keep singing lorenzen's and flaherty's to one year prove it deals and then trade them for prospects. that's how you build a system.

texas opens as a 7 point favorite. wow. how the mighty have fallen.

and they NEED receivers. they dont need running backs.

anyway, back to this year's michigan team. sure looks like they have some problems! oline was bad. will johnson was bad. the recievers were bad. the qbs cant throw downfield. wink called a really good game. they were blitzing all over the place and mostly successful when they did. the d ends looked good too. mullings looked good. edwards looked bad (huh, its almost like he had trouble identifying running lanes...who knew?). loveland looked great. guidice got replaced but settled down a bit in the second half. jyaire hill looked good to me. none of us are at practices, and maybe theyre hiding things before texas, but when your best oline recruits are benched in favor of low level guys, its usually not a good sign. and it wasnt good last night. none of that matters without a qb. and they dont have a qb (although orji looks like he could be denard-lite if they let him). looks like we'll be scouting the portal for qbs next year. we dont really know what fresno state will be. maybe they are a really good mid major team? likely not, but maybe. we'll find out what michigan is next saturday. if they play like they did today its not going to be pretty.

you let your dislike for him cloud your opinion of his ability. how did urban meyer do in the pros? nick saban? how about jim harbaugh? you cite andrew luck but make no mention of alex smith and colin kapernick? no coach wins without talent. how is bill belichick doing without tom brady?

jim harbaugh won a national championship, took a team to the super bowl in year 2 (with alex smith and colin kapernick as qb), and made STANFORD a powerhouse. i know you have something against him personally, but he's one of the best football coaches alive.

wait, there he is. getting roasted on what should have been a touchdown. welp, i'm going out for the night. hopefully the vibes change in the second half. go blue.

they play texas next week.