MichiganCardinal

Breaking news from the other TV, the Pistons just lost to a sub-0.500 team playing with one hand tied behind their backs.

I think they’re trying. I think they just suck.

Oh Chauncey…..

Of course not. But I do think he’ll have his pick of jobs to some extent. He’s the hottest coordinator commodity out there. If he’s got offers from the Panthers and Chargers for instance I don’t think it’s crazy that he could use them against each other. Respectfully telling Tepper that his franchise is a dumpster fire and will take longer and more money for him to take the Panthers job. I was being hyperbolic about the 10/150.

I don’t think NFL salaries are even readily publicly available generally. It’s not like college where public universities are required to report. I feel like if it’s advantageous for the coach to report, they let it leak, otherwise it remains confidential.

It might dependent on the job. If the Panthers call, ten years / $150MM… if the Chargers call, well, let’s negotiate.

I don’t have the fancy stats, but from my eye test where the Vikings are really good is in manufacturing pressure. Goff will have to deliver it under pressure.

Is he any good? Talk trash if not.

I thought he had been a healthy scratch, but it sure looked like addition by subtraction in the backfield (when Anzalone wasn’t expected to drop 40 yards in coverage at least)

On the flip side, it seemed everyone outside of New York Jets HQ didn’t really understand the infatuation with Zach Wilson. I don’t remember anyone publicly going to bat for him.

I thought it was tater who liked Fields. I myself loved Lance, but thought the rest of that QB lot (including Lawrence) were overrated.

I think Sewell is a guy who people will look back in ten years and wonder how the hell he fell to #7.

A running back’s career doesn’t get much more privileged than Swift’s. Going from top five OL to top five OL. It would be interesting to see what he could do in Jonathan Taylor, Derrick Henry, or Breece Hall’s position.

I don’t remember that being said by the team, that would surprise me a bit. I do remember fans thinking that to be the case. It always felt like Swift would have a phenomenal debut to each season and then go onto a pitch count for the rest of the season, going between getting 5-10 carries and being inactive due to injury.

I agree with all of this. I think they were pretty smart about it. They knew any durable running back was going to have a good time behind our line. I think Jamaal had an intangible aspect to him as a vocal leader in the locker room, and when they had to move on, they looked for a guy who could maximize production with yards after contact. That was Montgomery.

My impression of that saga wasn't that the Lions didn't want to pay him, but that his agent wanted more money that the Lions initially offered, and the Lions weren't willing to enter into negotiations while the market passed them by and cornered them into having to sign Williams. So when their imposed deadline came and went for Williams' agent, they weren't going to stand around begging him to sign, they just went to the market and got someone better for about the same amount. From a POD article about it: In any event, I am positive Jamaal would be having a far better season here than he is having in New Orleans.

Swift has had 11 games with 15+ touches this year. He averaged about half that many in his three years with the Lions. Dude couldn't stay on the field, plus Gibbs is just better. I do feel a bit for Jamaal Williams though. He would having a similar season to Montgomery here if his agent hadn't screwed him during free agency.

Lions are 10-0 when they score more points than their opponent.

It feels like when they let Prater walk their attitude was that they didn't want to spend money on a kicker in 2021 and that they'd try a bunch of kickers and eventually find one that got the job done for cheap. Except that now we are in 2023 and eventually has not come to fruition.

None of them really worry me in the sense that I think we would lose... If the question is rephrased as "who do you think has the best chance to beat us" (which is what I suppose should worry us), I would pick teams like the Seahawks and Rams. They are both well coached teams (Seahawks more so than the Rams) with some amount of star power (Rams more so than the Seahawks) that will be prepared to capitalize on any mistakes we made. As with week two, if we lose the turnover battle by three to either of those teams, we're going to be in a dog fight, and we could lose... The Vikings and Packers are both fairly well coached, but don't have any real star power to speak of, which leads me to have less concern with either of them. Playing the Vikings three times in four weeks is not ideal, but I think that should be pretty clear by week 18 if it'll be the case, and we would see the Lions keeping things close to the chest in terms of looks... Neither the Saints or Falcons have good coaching or good players, so I would love to play either of them.

The goal there would be to kick a field goal as time expired. I don't think we take a knee in such a scenario. They probably run a standard two-minute offense, which is designed well to milk the clock anyway.

I like the revenge arc of beating Stafford then Patricia then Blandino’s party bus then Schwartz

I think the "Dallas is unbeatable at home" line is a bit overplayed. They're 7-0 in Jerry's World, yes, but that's come against the Jets, Patriots, Rams, Giants, Commanders, Seahawks, and Eagles. A combined record of 41-57. They should beat four of those teams blindfolded. Credit where it's due for the other three, but a good team against a 0.500 team should win more often than not at home. And divisional games between good teams are always expected to be competitive. Detroit will deserve to be the underdog but I wouldn't completely write them off.