buddha

staying healthy is a prerequisite for any team to be successful, not just the lions. i would also add that i'm still concerned about goff's limitations and the other team's ability to exploit them (see the pats and cowboys games last year). a really good running game should help there, but expecting him to go 17-0 td/int ratio like he did in the second half of the season is unrealistic. other concerns would be a lack of a proven deep threat at receiver. i know everyone loves the potential of jaymo, but he hasnt done anything yet. the league hasnt had a chance to see what he cant do (other than follow the league's gambling rules). they're a team without star players on defense and still have a hole at run stuffing DT, imo. with that said, EVERY team has holes. the lions are well positioned to win a division that appears weak on paper. 10 wins should be the only acceptable outcome barring injuries. 11-12 is possible too. heck, the viqueens won 13 games last year and they sucked.

Detroit Lions Over/under: 9.5 Mike Clay's projection: 8 Prediction: Under 9.5 wins. I know people are excited about the trajectory of this team, and it is justified. The Lions have a lot of young talent on this team; however, they are still the Lions -- a franchise that has little experience or success realizing its potential over the years. Should they really be the division favorites? I'm not so sure. Their draft process was flawed. WR Jameson Williams is suspended the first six games of the season. I will not be betting into the narrative that this team is the best in the division. -- Fulghum

nfc north: lions 11-6 packers 9-8 bears: 7-10 vikings: 6-11

this is what happens when you rely on chris paul in the playoffs. he is always hurt. always.

jerami grant is out there. signing him would not surprise me.

bye bye jersey

titans release is really funny. bears is ok. not great.

10 or 11 wins.

were going to spend all our cap space on draymond and dillon brooks, arent we?

spo is not an old man. i wonder if there is some succession plan whereby he moves up to the front office at some point? if not, quinn would probably be wise to cash in.

i think his parents did him no favors.

i can jump over the pierre south dakota phone book. anything larger than that i have trouble with.

this wont be the last of those...

cause its rigged!!!!

wings pick plus bruins pick plus edvinsson to winnipeg for connor. islanders pick plus a second this year to ottawa for debrincat. sign severson. boom! 7th seed! whoo hoo!

pronman has the wings taking ryan leonard, rw usmnt. who is he? not bedard. i could see them trade this pick for a proven player. i'll bring up conner again because of all the rumors about winnipeg tearing it down. it'll cost this year's pick, one of next year's pick plus some prospects.

the red wings didnt "tear it down." they just sucked. the blackhawks traded everything that wasnt nailed down, the wings had nothing to trade because that's how horrible kenny left the team. the hawks could have been as good as the wings this year. they had decent players. but they traded ALL of them in an attempt to lose. the wings didnt do that.

wait til the bulls get wembanyama.

give the blackhawks credit. they tore it down and got rewarded for it. the wings went the opposite way and got the #9 pick and are in purgatory we'll see which method works out in the long run.

typical nhl.

yup. but we know the pistons will pick 5th and the wings 11th... 😞

sure, but the saints arent going to be that good. they'll lose some of those road games just because theyre on the road. they'll lose some of those home games because theyre playing better teams. 9-8 or 8-9.

we'll take matthews and marner.