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I don't see it as a real 2A thing. They were Trumpies, but a lot of people in Oxford are, and a lot of them would prefer a public hanging of these parents as opposed to this trial. On the FOX News angle, her kid murdered white school children in Oxford, not BLMers like Rittenhouse. She's no hero to anybody. [side bar, maybe this is why I stay out of the politics section......] I'm just not sure this is the way to go about it all. I feel like the problem is legislative and systemic. The fact they didn't break a single gun law is baffling to me, and it's not even fixable with a blue House, Senate, and Governor, because of federal blockades the second you breath the words "gun reform" near the Capitol. This case though.... I've worked in child welfare, I've been a foster parent, and I've worked with severely mentally ill kids before. I've seen first-hand how some of these kids can be sweet, seemingly "normal" teens in one minute, to terrors in the next. She wasn't perfect, she probably could have done more.... but involuntary manslaughter? That precedent scares me. She didn't pull the trigger. He was a fully functional - though mentally ill - 15-year-old who absolutely knew what he was doing that day. I will say though too that I really don't like the prosecutor in this case. Karen McDonald is slimy, and is gunning for political gain (no pun intended). I don't believe a word that comes out of her mouth. When she runs for whatever office she's going to run for, she may be the only candidate who could ever get me to vote for a Republican.

I thought I remembered this being a thread. Anyone following the Crumbley parent trial in Oakland County? It’s been a drama filled case so far against the mom and they’re just getting started.

That's it! They had the NFL on FOX intro playing in the background through it as well live, and it was goosebumps hearing them gear up for this first in a lifetime (NOT once in a lifetime) game.

Ben Johnson almost wasn't the play caller in 2022. I don't think Campbell announced that Johnson would be calling plays (as opposed to himself) until the lead-up to week one.

I can't imagine he accepts that position before he knows what Ben Johnson is doing. The timeline is the same, Engstrand can't take a job before the season is over either.

I wouldn't count out Dan Quinn from either of those jobs. He's gotten second interviews in both spots. I do think Ben Johnson should be considered the favorite for the Washington job, and Vegas agrees. He's -225 for Washington.

We now have more posts in this thread than the entire Lions-Panthers thread from this season. And there are still about 54 hours until kickoff.

I think I will feel like banishing to the Shadow Realm any posters who would dare bring up such a horrid scenario on the Friday before the NFC Championship Game. 😉

When I first got these Lions season tickets in 2021, I remember talking to people about a hypothetical NFC Championship Game at Ford Field. In a far off dream-like hypothetical kind of old man way, not a "really Jordan Love?? we were that close!!" kind of way... I remember saying that I would entertain possibly selling my really nice tickets for a ton of money and then buying some nose bleeds with part of the profits.... Having been within a game of it though this year? No way. Any sense of financial responsibility went out the window. I was overjoyed when the Lions were pulling money from my account for the divisional round. Who needs groceries when you can go to a Lions home playoff game?! In six years though? I might be back to my hypothetical solution. I kind of hope so, because it will mean the novelty has worn off some. We'll see. I do think baseball is a little different with it being up to 3 or 4 games, rather than one win-and-you're-in game.

The Karsch and Anderson intro this morning is getting me hyped up. I’m so excited.

Undefeated in the all whites, in games not officiated by Brad Allen

I believe they will do a light practice tomorrow, fly out tomorrow night or Saturday morning, and do a walkthrough on Saturday afternoon. Typically, Wednesdays are a warm-up day, seeing how injuries feel and such, Thursdays are their most “real” or hardest practice of the week, some continuation of that on Friday depending on the week and game plan, and then Saturday is a walkthrough.

I think Glenn will have close to a complete defense next season too, assuming he doesn’t get a gig. It will be interesting to see how much he can get out of them. Campbell will have developed more, Houston will be healthy (or we will be in August and told that he’s close), and I would suspect they would go get him a corner and more line help. It has the potential to be the best a Lions defense has been in quite sometime.

He just needs to not tackle Deebo, and then they'll call him clean.

I don't think Glenn has been given a very fair shake either, at least when compared to Ben Johnson. Glenn inherited one of the worst defenses of all time in 2021. As far as first and second day picks go, he's been given Levi Onwuzurike, Alim McNeill, Iffy Melifonwu, Hutch, Paschal, Kerby Joseph, Jack Campbell, Brian Branch, and Brodric Martin. On that list, the only "wow" player is Hutch. He's developed many of the others into serviceable players... Compare that to Ben Johnson though, who took over in 2022, with Jared Goff, a top 5-10 offensive line, and ASB, and has since added three "wow" players in Jamo, Gibbs, and LaPorta.

I was about to say your second paragraph as I read your first paragraph. I think Aaron Glenn fits that mold very well.

Yeah, it’s one thing to run a route and catch a ball in shorts with a bad shoulder. It’s another to run a route and get smacked by that dirty filthy no good meanie Kerby Joseph as the ball arrives.

Just the Commanders and Seahawks remain. Seattle interviewed Ben Johnson, but he wasn’t on their initial short list for second interviews. Johnson and Glenn were both interviewed by the Commies, and it sounds like both will get second interviews too. Do we allow ourselves to hope they both somehow slip through the cracks?

I'm not sure I would take that if I was Moore though. He's a qualified head coaching candidate as it stands today. I think Michigan needs him more than he needs Michigan. It's unrealistic for him to go 15-0 again. He's inheriting a program that cannot improve (at least on the field). Looking at the 2024 schedule, I wouldn't agree to anything less than four or five years if I were him. Let him be able to tell recruits on the trail that he will be here for their entire time at Michigan. And give him some grace this season (no torches and pitchforks to drive him out of town if he goes 9-3 with losses to Texas, Oregon, and Ohio State).

Maybe to the lay community. Vegas isn't stupid, obviously they're getting money on both sides at -7, so that's why it's the line. But the 49ers were 12-5 and won one close game in the playoffs, the Lions were 12-5 and won two close games in the playoffs (though never trailed in either game). The 49ers have been there before, but I don't know how much that really matters in a one game win-and-you're-in scenario. I think these teams are extremely similar.

I've heard that there is a lottery among season ticket holders for the opportunity to purchase Super Bowl tickets at "face value".... Not sure what they define that as. Either way, if the Lions win Sunday, I think I'll go to Vegas. I'm sure I'll find a spot at a bar with plenty of Lions fans around.

Might as well wait and grab the Super Bowl Champion gear at this point!

The Niners really rely on their run game and their pass rush. The Lions are exactly the team that can stop their run game and limit their pass rush, forcing them into uncomfortable positions. It’s why I think the spread is insane. It should be around Niners -3.