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Good pull by Khang. This sounds about right. I got chills when I got the text. Had to confirm it was actually RapSheet. I wish this had broken in the 10-2 hour so actual Lions fans could have discussed it on 97.1, instead of Valenti doing his normal “so what” schtick.

I think Skipper may get close to 100% of snaps as a sixth offensive lineman as well, allowing the tackle to help in the inside a little more.

Genuinely I doubt he had a full season in him physically. His foot is beyond surgical repair.

I’m hopeful that this means it was always in the cards, and not a sign that Glasgow is heading to IR. Campbell will need to go into his bag of tricks tomorrow with Awosika-Colon-Ratledge on the interior. That’s not a playoff caliber offensive line, even with an All Pro RT anchoring.

Reportedly the man got a couple bucks on Opening Day, emerged from the woods, and said “it’s time.”

It’s happening!!! Stay ****ing calm!!!

The better team wins games--rivalry or not--99/100 times. Last year was the 1/100. And if Ohio State doesn't miss two field goals, it's not. I'm pretty sure Ohio State is the better team, but I don't really know that. They beat Texas by 7 three months ago and have played mediocre to bad teams since. Michigan has lost two games to decent teams, and hasn't played dominant, confident football against bad teams in the same way Ohio State has. I expect Ohio State to win by ~10 on Saturday. But Michigan will have their chances. Who knows. It's not like the game matters anymore since you can just coast across the bottom feeders of the Big Ten and make the mega playoff anyway. I'm being facetious, but there's a nugget of truth in there. Ohio State doesn't win the National Championship after choking against Michigan in any year before 2024.

These are estimates, the Lions are only doing walkthroughs, but not a good report even by recent standards. Paschal's evaluation clock is up tomorrow, he has to either be activated or shut down for the season. Going from FP to NP in consecutive walkthroughs may indicate they are shutting him down. Also not looking good for Glasgow, Raymond, or Wright. Would like to see Arnold go FP tomorrow in indication that he's good for Thursday. Campbell already said Kerby was a no-go again this week, will make six straight. Next man up at TE would be TE4 Ross Dwelly. They have two TEs on the practice squad right now too, Anthony Firkser and Zach Horton. More likely they would roll with Skipper as a jumbo set OT again.

This NYT Article is a good math nerds take on what I was saying, if you can get around the pay wall. If the Lions go 3-3 to end the season 10-7, which is below what I think their floor should be, they have an above 95% chance to make the playoffs. It doesn't say, but I would guess 11-6 has got to be around 99%.

Tough business.

To counter that though, if they lose Thursday and ultimately finish 11-6, I'll be shocked if they don't make the playoffs. It's possible of course, but it would be the biggest snub since the 2008 Patriots who went 11-5, and that was in a six-seed playoff format. If they are 7-5 on Friday and can't at least beat the Cowboys, Steelers, Vikings, and Bears to finish 11-6, then they don't really deserve to be in the playoffs anyway. That is all to say, I think I like the Lions schedule the most of the three.

Looking at the remaining schedules, I like the Lions odds regardless, but I like them a lot more with a win on Thursday. Detroit: vPackers, vCowboys, @Rams, vSteelers, @Vikings, @Bears Barring a total collapse, which feels unlikely despite the teetering nature of the last few weeks, the Lions should finish no worse than 11-6. Green Bay: @Lions, vBears, @Broncos, @Bears, vRavens, @Vikings If the Packers can sweep the division and split the Broncos and Ravens, they deserve the division. I don't think Love has it in him though. Chicago: @Eagles, @Packers, vBrowns, vPackers, @Niners, vLions The Bears luck is likely to run out here soon, though I said the same of the Vikings last year. Like the Vikings this time last year, the Bears have a negative point differential. Cards on the table, I think the NFC North finishes: 1. Detroit Lions (12-5) (L @Rams) 2. Green Bay Packers (10-6-1) (Ls @Lions, @Bears, vRavens) 3. Chicago Bears (10-7) (Ls @Eagles, @Packers, @Niners, vLions) 4. Minnesota Vikings (6-11) In such a scenario, the Lions would have clinched the division in week 17 by nature of the common opponent tiebreaker with the Bears, because we beat the Ravens. Would probably be the #3 seed, looking at hosting San Francisco or Seattle in the wildcard round.

Compared to some of their historical futility, their Turkey Day record isn't actually that bad. They are 38-45-2 all-time. After a 2016 win against Minnesota, they were actually close to .500, at 37-38-2. Going way back to 2003 after Joey Herrington's thrilling victory over Brett Favre, they were actually 33-29-2. To answer your question that you didn't want to know the answer to though, they are 5-15 in the last twenty years. Losing 9 in a row from 2004-2012, and 7 in a row from 2017-2023 doesn't help.

I'm looking forward to his return too, but it feels like you might as well just hold him back until a true must-win, because he's only going to be good for maybe 40 snaps before getting injured again. Maybe this qualifies as a true must-win though.

Giant meteor.

TA cleared the first step of protocol, sounds like he might be available Thursday.

The Lions having to play overtime doesn't help, though at least the offensive line only needed to play one additional play.

Week 14 against Dallas will be on regular rest, since it's back to back Thursday nights. Then they'll get the nine days rest before playing the Rams. Regular week before the Steelers, then short turnaround again for Christmas in Minnesota. Then another long week before Chicago.

vs. Setting: 11/27/2025 1:00pm on FOX Site: Ford Field in Detroit, MI Weather: Climate Controlled Opening Spread: Lions -3 All-Time Series Record: Packers lead, 107-78-7 Last Meeting: 09/07/2025, Packers won 27-13 Green Bay Packers (7-3-1) Head Coach: Matt LaFleur (7th Season: 74-36-1) Projected Starting QB: Jordan Love (6th Season: 25-18-1) Last Week: 23-6 W vs. Minnesota Vikings (4-7) Looking Ahead to Week #14: Sunday vs. Chicago Bears (8-3) Your Detroit Lions (7-4) Head Coach: Dan Campbell (5th Season: 46-32-1) Projected Starting QB: Jared Goff (10th Season: 88-56-1) Last Game: 34-27 W in OT vs. New York Giants (2-10) Looking Ahead to Week #14: Thursday Night vs. Dallas Cowboys (5-5-1) Elsewhere in the NFL Thanksgiving: Chiefs @ Cowboys (4:30pm on CBS), Bengals @ Ravens (8:30pm on NBC) Black Friday: Bears @ Eagles (3:00pm on Prime) Primetime: Broncos @ Commanders (SNF), Giants @ Patriots (MNF) 1:00pm: Rams @ Panthers, 49ers @ Browns, Texans @ Colts, Saints @ Dolphins, Falcons @ Jets, Cardinals @ Buccaneers, Jaguars @ Titans 4:05/4:25pm: Raiders @ Chargers, Vikings @ Seahawks, Bills @ Steelers

Kind of a bizarre move with an interim head coach after doing a pretty decent job of limiting the damage on what can be one of the NFL’s most explosive offenses. But who knows what goes on behind the scenes.

At least after a walk off homer you don’t have to quickly scan all four umpires to make sure one of them didn’t call it a foul ball off his foot though.

A loss to the Giants would have been bad. Really bad. But these are the kinds of games that really good teams find ways to win, and that’s what the Lions did. You don’t complain when you get one of these, you shrug and move on. It was outrageously ugly, and the defense was atrocious at times. But they’ll get that cleaned up. It doesn’t help that they’re still missing Arnold and Joseph while Reed was getting his sea legs back under him from a pretty gnarly hamstring injury. Meanwhile the Giants played a pretty good game. They certainly weren’t a 2-9 team that had given up on the season. It was fairly mistake-free, and it helps when the trick plays cut your way. Still a lot of room to improve on the offense. Feels like Campbell is still figuring out the play calling, but I think he’s close to being full cylinders. ASB absolutely needs to figure it the f out. He needs to be Mr. Dependable, his drops single-handedly kill a drive. And multiple in a game is unacceptable. Generally I’m still optimistic on the outlook. No team in the NFC (or NFL really) has been dominant this year, though the Rams have been close. Get Mahagony back and if this OL can play to their potential down the stretch we have a chance to win some big games in January. We have the best offensive player in football on our team right now, and that alone counts for something.

You know…. I just finished reading the thread and I got different vibes. Far be it from me to Monday Morning QB though, must have been something you had to be there for.