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It’s a golden egg that Morton and Fipp decided to break

Morton has no idea what he’s doing.

Fipp and Morton. Lies at their feet.

Inexcusable effort by special teams today. Fipp needs to be so much better.

Fipp and Morton are both on my **** list. Inexcusable performance out of both units

The Lions haven’t lost a game due to coaching in a long time, but they’re on their way. Morton needs to figure it out. He’s getting embarrassed.

Only gripe I’ve had about a coordinator in five years. He doesn’t trust his talent.

Both of the personal fouls where we touched McCarthy have seemed weak from inside Ford Field

Yeah the logical link there is for Taylor-Britt. Makes more sense than the two players she named in her Tweet.

I wonder how many more days (months?) every additional Dodgers championship will devoid us of baseball during the incoming lockout. Cohen, Steinbrenner, and Middleton may be much better served by a surprise emergence next year than a three-peat, which seems quite possible.

For the sake of argument, say Hendrickson is healthy and would be great for the rest of the season. I still think the answer may very well be the first round pick. Holmes doesn’t miss on 1sts. Sewell, Hutch, Jamo, Gibbs, Campbell, Arnold, Williams. Obviously the jury is still out on the last two, but if we are talking a rental of a great Edge instead of a future LT? I don’t know. And it’s not like edge is a glaring need right now, like it was last year. Hutch plays 100% of snaps. Mohammed has done well. Davenport will be back at some point for some amount of games until he’s hurt again. Paschal should be back too… the relative benefit of a single player on an NFL team tends to be very small on a game by game basis, other than at the QB position. I talked about my opinion of windows earlier, but I don’t think it’s worth sacrificing a first round pick and a potential decade long contributor for a few months of a slight upgrade at one position.

Hahaha I was just teasing you about your two or three years-running love for Hendrickson. Logan Wilson would make no sense. If they make the move I will be happy that you are happy. 😆

Also, on a more serious Hendrickson note… he’s hurt. He has a hip injury and hasn’t been the same this year. I think he missed his first game in a few years last week. I’m not saying don’t do it. I believe in Holmes. But I don’t think he would be the explosive addition many would expect.

Tater is going to be so pissed when this team adds Logan Wilson.

The Vikings are well coached and will always give the Lions fits. But the talent disparity is clear. I think for the Vikings to make this close it would take JJ McCarthy, in his third start as a pro, coming out and looking like a stud worthy of the 10th overall pick. Then, it would also take the Lions offense having a dud game where they get sloppy with the ball. It's not impossible, but the Lions should be able to take care of business.

"Windows" are different in the NFL than they are in other sports. It's not like we have a rotation of aces and a lineup of bats that will need to be locked up on decade-long contracts that will either (a) cripple the team in seven years with mediocre performance we can't afford to cut or (b) cripple the team with replacement level players when they are all traded. In the NFL, it's all about winning 10-11+ games and being hot enough in January to win 3-4 in a row. A lot of that is talent, absolutely. But a lot of it is also just health and cohesion and everything working in synch at the right time. I think it's something this year's team understands on a fundamental level, and it's why a guy like Decker is taking an extra game off against an opponent like the Chiefs. I bet you he plays on Thanksgiving against the Packers. For as fun a run as 2023 was, I think 2022 could have been special in its own right if the refs didn't bungle the ending of the Seahawks-Rams game. That team was hot and they weren't going to just roll over against the 49ers in the wildcard round. Likewise, the Rams were hot in 2023 when they came into Ford Field. If a couple 4th downs went their way and they squeezed by us, it wouldn't have surprised me to see them go the distance as a 6-seed. As a final example, the Commanders were probably the least talented team on the NFC side last season. But they caught the Bucs on a walk-off field goal and then the defensively depleted Lions flat footed. Just like that, a game away from the Super Bowl. Football is just different. We can ride this wave a long time if the front office does it right, which they are.

No, but we are overdue for someone to announce that we control our own destiny.™

I can’t imagine it would even qualify as a surprise retirement now. Ragnow was 28, missed one game, and was second team All Pro. Decker is 32, has missed two games already this season, and doesn’t look like his old self when he is out there.

Started and finished The Pitt in about a week. Fantastic. Normally I watch the Emmy winners and don’t get why people are so enamored, but this one I get.

Me either, but to @gehringer_2 point, I don’t think these are individuals approaching LSU and saying “I will write you a blank check to fire your coach.” More likely, the Athletic Department is approaching the individuals they know who could do this and propose them being the impetus behind a new direction. To that end, those individuals are not likely be to be seriously swayed by the description of the ask. Whether it’s “we want $52MM to fire our coach” or “we want $52MM for a new hard sciences wing” — even to the extent they would, someone willing to spend $52MM to fire Kelly would probably be willing to spend $25MM on an indoor field house for non-revenue sports…. But maybe not $77MM to both fire Kelly and build that indoor field house. I generally don’t think a state university paying any(!) employee tens of millions to do nothing and go work elsewhere because they were deemed to be a bad hire in the first place is a bad use of funds, regardless of the spin used to sell the use of those funds after the fact.

This gives them some more financial certainty as well, should any attractive trades present themselves.

It shouldn't be understated the amount of impact good coaching can have towards turning high-level talent into superstars. Looking at Jacksonville, Trevor Lawrence was primed to be a superstar. Bad coaching seems to have killed his potential career trajectory. Maybe Hutch would have been just as game-wrecking in Duval, but I doubt it. Likewise, I'm willing to bet Travon Walker would have been a much more impactful here. All the same, I'm glad it worked out how it did.

Really good job locking up Hutch. That’s a fair deal.