MichiganCardinal

Lions fans continuing to outnumber KC fans at the bar 3:1

OTD ten years ago...

Going with the all whites. Picking up where we left off.

Most 0-2 teams are bad so the playoff stats make sense. I don’t think starting 0-2 would mean the Lions are bad though. I think it’s a real possibility that each of their first three opponents make the playoffs. If you can get out of that at 2-1, you’ve done a good job, and if you get out at 1-2 I think you’ve survived. The bye week will be a better benchmark than week three. If they’re 4-4 they’re in good position to ascend like they did last year. If they’re 5-3 (or better), they’re in really good shape. If they have a losing record into the bye, I’ll start to worry.

I do think there is some value to this. I’d rather my elite receiving option miss one game, use ten days to rest, and be 80% at the next game than have him be at 30% for 4-6 games as he slowly nurses it and re-injures it on a weekly basis.

And an update from Facebook…

Update from the St. Louis airport…. LOTS of Honolulu Blue and a small “let’s go Lions” chant.

Fire Holmes

I think this might be right. He might be "active" without being active.

Given Moseley’s lack of any meaningful preseason action, I would probably prefer Jacobs anyway, at least to give Moseley another 10 days to get his legs under him. Jacobs played well enough down the stretch last year. Certainly not shut down, but he held his own.

Fun fact of the day: Dan Campbell is 15-4 ATS as an underdog of 4+ points.

John Hussey’s officiating crew will have this game. He’s one of the better officials out there.

For me it’s all about the trenches. How does the healthy, full strength, Lions offensive line look against a Chiefs defensive line that is young and with question marks inside? How do Hutch, Harris, and Houston look against two new tackles for the Chiefs? Can Alim maintain the improvement seen at the end of last year, and who starts next to him? Second I want to see the rookies in their debuts. How does Gibbs look in space? Campbell’s job gets a lot easier if Kelce is out or limited, but how difficult is the transition to the NFL going to be for him? The KC receivers don’t scare me, but Mahomes can drop a ball into the tiniest of holes. How will Branch match that?

It’s Elon’s fault. When he went from Twitter to X a lot of software wasn’t prepared for it. It’ll take an update to this platform that probably isn’t even developed yet for them to embed. There’s a workaround that someone here mentioned but it’s a little complicated and multi-step.

I’m like a kid on Christmas Eve. Except instead of going to bed tonight I’m going to get on a plane to the North Pole and get to see first hand whether I get a ton of presents or coal. And one of Santa’s top coal producing elves is holding out for a better contract and another injured their knee yesterday.

In fairness, the cryptic tweets and childish removal of all things Lions by Buggs on his Twitter didn’t exactly scream “I’m the 49th best player on my team and I’m going to work hard to get better!”

Yep. I doubt he plays but even if he does the swelling isn’t going to magically disappear overnight.

Agreed. But I’m sure Buggs’ mind was elsewhere than workouts while on paternity leave, and understandably so. I doubt he was working out as extensively as those at voluntaries were, if at all.

Ragnow DNP but it sounds planned and routine due to his toe.

Captains are Goff, ASB, and Sewell on offense; Anzalone and Charles Harris on defense; and Reeves-Maybin on ST.

It's a phenomenal read. I stopped after a few paragraphs to share here and just finished. Impossible not to root for the guy after reading, it's basically a medical miracle he's still playing football. It's incredibly well written too, you feel like he's your friend or family member going through it and it exudes pathos in just how hard the last two years have been for him.

Credit to Justin Rogers for Sharing this on Twitter/X... Levi Onwuzurike opened up about his back injury, his life, and his struggles on and off the field... Really good read, would definitely recommend. I seriously tip my cap to him for even making this team, he's got that grit no doubt about it. Beyond Levi A little tidbit that made me face palm...

I haven't heard anything either, other than that he's healthy (which is more encouraging than any fluff piece out there could have provided)

I don't see #1 as petty discipline necessarily so much as it is means to the end of him falling down the depth chart that he is interpreting as punishment. Voluntarily workouts aren't meant to be hazing, they're meant to get your body into shape earlier. If three guys are all around the same talent level, and A and B went to voluntary workouts while C didn't, it would stand to reason that A and B would be further along in being prepared for the season come week one. I could see him being told he was going to be a healthy scratch simply because they saw a better chance to win with others at the position. If he was passed on the depth chart by guys like Levi and/or Benito Jones, who were at voluntary workouts, and Buggs asks why they are seen as better than him, he could be honestly told "they are working hard, they put in the extra minutes at voluntary workouts, and right here / right now, we think put us in a better position to win against Kansas City." ... To which Buggs would say, that's BS, I only wasn't there because my kid was being born.