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Up the middle with the QB3 doesn’t exactly scream offensive guru

How is it that every team in this division can get so lucky?! Green Bay gets a bite at the apple after a fluke fumble, Minnesota now gets a pick six wiped off the board because of an offsides.

How many fireworks did they set off in the break? So much smoke.

Ben Johnson should be taking notes on whatever Cincinnati has been doing since the last drive of the 3rd quarter. They’ve cracked the code.

Cincinnati ain’t dead yet. Down 17-10 in the 4th, just scored the first TD against Minnesota’s defense in like three games. I hope a team hires Brian Flores this offseason.

Hope he gets a chance to go out on top with a win over his old team in week 18. Especially if they’re playing for the 7-seed and we have nothing to play for.

Lions 34 Broncos 10 A return to identity.

Just postmarking this one. 😉

Absolutely. You can look pre-Brady at his five years in Cleveland from 1991-1995 too, where he only had one winning season (and the lone Brady-less playoff win), which was immediately followed by a 5-11 season and him getting fired. He couldn't gain sustainable traction in that rebuild either.... Then 5-11 in year one in New England, before Brady finally gets the starting gig early in 2001 and *bam* they're Super Bowl champions.

I don't think it's a coincidence all of his assistants have sucked. I think he's a Matt Patricia d-bag of a coach who won the greatest lottery ticket of all time by stumbling into Tom Brady... He could have realized it too and retired on top when Brady left, forever tying the two together. But his arrogance was too big to admit that it could have possibly been more than him, which led to this. Belichick's record with Brady at QB: 219-64 (0.774), 30-11 in the playoffs, six rings Belichick's record with literally anyone else at QB: 82-98 (0.456), 1-2 in the playoffs, no rings

I’m eagerly awaiting the expedited SEC investigation into this behavior.

The problem hasn’t been money, it’s been that the NFL hasn’t wanted him back. It will take the right ownership to make it work.

He really needs to retire. He should have retired last year….. or the year before that. His style of coaching only works when you’re winning. When you’re not, players will give up on him and not want to go to any city he’s in.

I think even if just on an intangible scale, this is huge. He is just such a vocal leader on that defense. That's not even considering how badly our secondary needs someone with an ounce of instincts.

Now that I'm (almost) over being pissed about a loss to the Bears, I do think this has the capacity to be a get-right game for the Lions. We matchup well against the Broncos, even the improved Broncos of the last two months or so. We should be able to return to the bread and butter that made us so good late last year, ramming the ball down their throat and take advantage of their linebackers with the Goff-LaPorta and Goff-ASB connections over the middle. Their corners are good at stopping the deep ball and containing vertical receivers, but that's not typically a part of our arsenal anyway. Meanwhile, we are basically the opposite on defense. Helpless to stop the deep ball, but very good at stopping the run and decent at stopping the short passing attack. That matches up well too, as Wilson is probably not going to be the guy who chucks it deep to beat Jacobs. I think Sutton will put up numbers in the intermediate passing game, but otherwise we will hold them in check. Despite our frustrations of late, it's worth mentioning that we haven't lost back-to-back games since October of 2022. Continue to keep the turnovers in check (I only really count the fumble last game, the two picks were both effectively punts) and I like our chances.

Newton's stats after yelling "I'm BAAAACK" into a camera: 0-5, 66/122 for 676 yards, 3 TD, 5 INT, 10 sacks.

He should have been out after embarrassing himself in the handshake line against Wisconsin.

That's an embarrassing loss if you're Miami. Tyreek got the slightest bit hobbled and they completely lost their offensive identity.

Bad football, but somehow competitive. Bread and butter of NFL football.

I like Mike McDaniels, but he has been a liability as offensive play caller today for Miami.

I'm still holding out hope that week 18 is inconsequential and the starters won't play. Teddy for a half, Hooker makes his debut for a half.... And we still win, because f*** the Vikings.

We should have made a magic number thread weeks ago, like we had for the Tigers of yesteryear.

NFC North Power Rankings from Week 14 1. Bears 2. Lions 3. Packers 4. Vikings

Take care of the ball and chip chip chip it in