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Just wait until he doesn't re-sign with the 49ers and becomes a free agent target!

I think there is a slight distinction to be made here between players who have sustained an injury and (perceived) value. Like I don't think Holmes is Billy Beane, asking how many injuries a guy has instead of his OBP. Rather, he is willing to be patient with a guy who others will pass on because of a lack of instant impact. He wasn't interested in Jamo because he had torn his ACL. He was interested because he was available at 9 when he was a top five talent (in Holmes' book). Similarly with Josh Paschal and James Mitchell in 2022, and with Hooker in the 3rd round this past draft. They weren't drafted because they were hurt, they were drafted because we saw a high talent dropping (yes due to injury) and were willing to wait out the recovery to potentially get what we saw as a 1st or 2nd round talent the following year. Levi too to an extent, clearly he thought the value was there, though his college record really couldn't have predicted the injury issues at the pro level, so I don't put that bust (at least to the extent it's injury related) on Holmes as much.

I think Holmes and Campbell would have the authority to do it if they wanted to... Though she may come with a history lesson if they approached her about it.

The lone game Ron Prince was the Lions interim coach will forever be one of my favorite random pieces of Lions ineptitude lore

I agree wholeheartedly about Schwartz. I liked him a lot and with a little maturity I think he'd have been a great coach in the right situation. I don't disagree about Caldwell being the best of the bad, but I still maintain that it was the right call to fire him when they did. Just because they replaced him with the worse half of Dumb & Dumber who happened to have a degree from RPI doesn't mean Caldwell was a good coach. The team was never motivated for the must-win games and was never going to win anything significant with him at the helm. He was our Marvin Lewis.

I just don’t think a dude who says he’s too good for the first 14 weeks of the season really fits the “first to arrive last to leave” mentality. I also doubt he’s excited about the prospect of returning to Detroit, he didn’t seem to love it in the first place. Miami probably makes sense, he enjoyed Florida last time.

I doubt he would be a “culture fit”, for better or worse.

If you ever attend a volleyball event featuring Nebraska, their fanbase will blow you away.

When Michigan scores on its opening drive, I've already decided to text all my MSU friends "wow scoring against Alabama in the playoff sure is easy, huh guys!?"

I haven't seen anything. Usually they don't announce it until pretty soon before the game. I'm not sure how far in ahead it's actually planned.

I think this is closer to what my list would look like. I think programs whose popularity don't ebb and flow with success is very important... which is a hard metric when you have programs like Alabama and Ohio State to account for. I might add Nebraska and Texas A&M to the top ten.

Boise State/UNLV, SMU/Tulane, Appalachian State/Troy, and Florida A&M/Prairie View A&M? That's like saying Bally is losing Tigers viewers to people watching the SeaWolves game.

Lions have not lost while wearing their all-white uniforms since December 26, 2021. Throwing that out there in case anyone from the Lions was planning ahead for a road playoff game.

I couldn't have said it better myself!! 😉

In fairness, the SECCG ran unopposed, it was the only football on in that 4pm time slot. Louisville/FSU was competing with Michigan/Iowa, which was always going to gain more viewers. Not saying that Florida State is a bigger brand than Alabama, it's not, but the deck was kind of stacked against them.

Houston was reportedly late December, if at all, per Campbell. He has been seen in Allen Park working with trainers though... CJGJ had a cryptic post on Instagram that seemed to maybe indicate he would return to practice before the first Minnesota game though Campbell has been more conservative in his estimate when asked. If the division is locked down and we don't have a collapse, I would expect them to not be rushed... Maybe return for a trial run in week 18 before the playoffs.

I don't think getting Moore would prevent them from getting Underwood, unless the money runs out (which, when you're the #1 team in the country, it shouldn't)... Cade was Class of 19 and JJ was Class of 21... Dante is Class of 23 and Bryce is Class of 25. The way recruiting is, pay them both and let them duel it out. Those who stay will be Champions, those who transfer can lead Iowa to the Cheez-it Bowl.

I think 36yo Bruce Irvin who is barely clinging to an NFL career showing up and immediately being a difference-maker speaks more to how inept the pieces around Hutchinson are. I don't think Irvin is anything special. I'm sure Young would have done well here too, but it's hard to get worse.

I think Irvin's success speaks more to how terrible Harris and the Okwaras have been more than it does to how Young would have done here.

With how bad our defense is likely to be for the next five games, we may catch teams by surprise if we return McNeill, Houston, and CJGJ all at once.

IR but not season ending, which is good.

That's when it's 5x1 for Hutch and he has a free shot. He'll trip over his own feet once and then whiff once before getting to the QB just after he releases the ball.

This d-line is screwed. Just put all five offensive linemen on Hutch and watch Harris still take seven seconds to get to the QB.

Hadn't seen this discussed yet, but it's pretty egregious. The NFL should revoke the dude's sideline credentials for at least the rest of the season, and probably issue a hefty fine on the Eagles as well. Absolutely no reason for him to be down there, and literally starting stuff with players on the other team? Succeeded too in getting an opposing player ejected. NFL needs to come down extremely hard on this.

It felt like he blitzed more than I ever remember when Winston entered the game. And it worked.