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Terrion Arnold, Craig Reynolds, Kerby Joseph, Quinton Jefferson, Tom Kennedy, and Mekhi Wingo are inactive for the Lions. TeSlaa and Amik are both good to go.

You would think that if Campbell wanted to call plays though, he already would be. He had the opportunity when he hired Anthony Lynn, when he hired Ben Johnson, and when he hired John Morton. He hasn't, until forced to. Maybe that will change, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a mutual parting of ways this offseason.

The Lions have no business not winning this division. It’s going to be really frustrating if they lose tonight and are a game back on the Bears. The Bears are not good, but are squeaking by game after game, taking advantage of their 4th place schedule. The Packers are not good, Jordan Love does not look like an NFL QB. The Vikings are not good, JJ McCarthy is not a real NFL QB.

Packers and Bears win despite their best efforts to lose.

All I’ve learned from the 1pm games is that we should have beat Green Bay and we should have blown out Minnesota.

Giants are making the Packers defense losing the will to live. Giants lead by 1.

A second review that should have stood but goes in the Packers favor.

Blandino & Booth: not enough to overturn Ref immediately: overturns.

Packers fumble the ball twice in one play. Giants ball with 30 seconds to go in the first half.

Two missed extra points in Giants-Packers. Tied at 13.

Agreed. The division sure seems to be there for the Lions’ taking, as opposed to last year where they had to fight and claw every week.

I guess. But how “real” are the Bears? I guess by week 11, that doesn’t matter. Just let the rest of the division beat itself up.

I don’t know who to root for in Vikings-Bears.

I think this was a given. It’s hard to unring that bell.

There's definitely some truth to this, but I think it's overly simplistic to ignore that the system is setup to allow this league to exist in its current format. If the NCAA and intercollegiate athletics on the whole disappeared tomorrow, something would take its place as a developmental league for 18-21-year-old football athletes who aren't ready for the NFL but who are extremely talented. There is clearly a market for Saturday football in the fall, and I think would be successful--absent college football. As the transfer portal expands and money exchanges more hands though, the loyalty has to decrease commensurately. These kids aren't picking hats off a table anymore to commit to the school they want to go to, they're just weighing the biggest bag of cash.

I can’t speak for the Pistons, but the Lions pulling out a tush push would be on brand.

I've mellowed a little with the injury report. I still think they ought to win this game. I think Philly is a basket case ready to blow. They're talented, but there are too many personalities and they're too poorly coached. If the Lions play their A game, they'll win. That said, I will no longer say they should win this game in the same way they should beat the Giants or should have beat the Vikings.

If they do, we will know who to blame.

NFL Power Rankings Week #11 1. Los Angeles Rams (7-2) 2. Philadelphia Eagles (7-2) 3. Kansas City Chiefs (5-4) 4. Detroit Lions (6-3) 5. Seattle Seahawks (7-2) 6. Buffalo Bills (6-3) 7. Indianapolis Colts (8-2) 8. Baltimore Ravens (4-5) 9. Denver Broncos (8-2) 10. New England Patriots (8-2) 11. Los Angeles Chargers (7-3) 12. Green Bay Packers (5-3-1) 13. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-3) 14. San Francisco 49ers (6-4) 15. Minnesota Vikings (4-5) 16. Chicago Bears (6-3) 17. Dallas Cowboys (3-5-1) 18. Pittsburgh Steelers (5-4) 19. Jacksonville Jaguars (5-4) 20. Houston Texans (4-5) 21. Arizona Cardinals (3-6) 22. Carolina Panthers (5-5) 23. Atlanta Falcons (3-6) 24. Cleveland Browns (2-7) 25. Cincinnati Bengals (3-6) 26. New York Giants (2-8) 27. Las Vegas Raiders (2-7) 28. Washington Commanders (3-6) 29. Miami Dolphins (3-7) 30. New York Jets (2-7) 31. New Orleans Saints (2-8) 32. Tennessee Titans (1-8)

I agree. It's not like they'll start Kyle Allen or rest Hutch. I don't think Kafka is going to be that bad as an interim coach either, he has been discussed as a head coach possibility in the past and will try to give them a reason to seriously consider him. Maybe they can win one for the gipper this week against the Packers. I could just see them being smart about guys with durability issues. If they have a good idea Decker would struggle to go on three days rest for Thanksgiving and you have to choose Giants or Packers, I'd rather have him healthy on Thanksgiving. Likewise I doubt we see the return of Davenport against the Giants. If we only get him for one or two more games this year before he's hurt again, might as well make them count. Otherwise it's business as usual.

Thanksgiving is two weeks from today and they still haven't announced who's performing at halftime. If it's Eminem instead of the normal rushed garbage, I might just have to stay in my seat for it.

That Lions-Packers game was totally different though. If they had been going blow for blow on offense with a seriously depleted defense, I understand that move. It was also 4/1 and tied when Campbell did it. He trusted his offensive line to get him a yard. I was 50/50 on Campbell doing it in that situation. I’m totally opposed to Sirianni doing it in his situation. And the play call he gave it makes it even worse. YMMV.

AJ Brown probably thought he was a decoy route, because he should have just been a decoy route. It was a stupid play. The obvious move was to punt it and make the Love-led, weapons-less, offensive line-depleted Packers drive 60 yards in <30 seconds. Instead they threw an extremely low-percentage pass and made them drive 25 yards in like 35 seconds. It was seriously boneheaded. Lucky for Philly (and the rest of the NFC North), they only drove 20.

Looking ahead a bit I expect they give some guys like Decker the week off against the Giants. Short week after that with a huge game against the Packers on Thursday. And they shouldn’t need a full effort to beat the interim coached G-men