MichiganCardinal

Instead of Pats assistants, they should hire Senior Defensive Assistants with head coaching experience from the Eagles..... Would be a shame if an NFC team hired a head coach from that position.......

If this is what this place is like at 6-2, I shudder to think what it would have historically been like at 0-11-1.

Ultimately, while Holmes has not been perfect, he hasn’t given us reason to doubt him. He’s masterfully turned complete garbage into gold in just over two years. I would rather us stand pat than add the wrong piece, and if that’s the way he saw it, so be it. I do think we are still good enough to beat any team on any given Sunday.

Herbert is plagued by bad coaching. I think he could be among the Burrow/Allen/Mahomes discussion if he was setup for success better.

Live by The Plan, die by The Plan.

It’s a 3rd going from the Niners to the Commies.

This is one I’ll worry will bite us in the ass for not doing ourselves.

Young to the Niners. Grr.

I’m terrified. /s

GM and HC know they can't sell another rebuild. They are supposed to be winning if they want to be employed next year. The next regime won't appreciate though I'm sure.

At the end of the day 6-2 is 6-2. No complaining about that. I would love to see it all come together like it did down the stretch last year. Let's play our best football when it counts the most.

vs. Setting: 11/05/2023, All Day Long Site: Living Rooms Across America Weather: Whatever the wife sets the thermostat to Opening Spread: Lions -1.5 All-Time Series Record: Bye leads, 39-18 Last Meeting: 10/16/2022, Lions won 3-2 Bye Week (5-3) Head Coach: Chris Kirkpatrick Projected Starting QB: J̶u̶s̶t̶i̶n̶ ̶T̶i̶m̶b̶e̶r̶l̶a̶k̶e̶ Joey Fatone(?) Last Week: 42-10 W @ Providence Steam Rollers (Exhibition) Looking Ahead to Week #10: Sunday v. Chiefs, Rams, Dolphins, and Eagles Your Detroit Lions (6-2) Head Coach: Dan Campbell (3rd Season: 18-23-1) Projected Starting QB: Jared Goff (8th Season: 60-47-1) Last Week: 26-14 W v. Las Vegas Raiders (3-5) Looking Ahead to Week #10: Sunday @ Los Angeles Chargers (3-4) Elsewhere in the NFL Primetime: Titans @ Steelers (TNF), Bills @ Bengals (SNF), Chargers @ Jets (MNF) 9:30am: Dolphins @ Chiefs (in Frankfurt, Germany) 1:00pm: Seahawks @ Ravens, Vikings @ Falcons, Cardinals @ Browns, Rams @ Packers, Bucs @ Texans, Commanders @ Patriots, Bears @ Saints 4:05/4:25pm: Colts @ Panthers, Giants @ Raiders, Cowboys @ Eagles BYE: Broncos, Jaguars, and 49ers Memory Lane "I think I got probably one of the biggest plays in the fourth quarter in the history of the NFL." - Matt Patricia "When you think of Detroit, you're not thinking of wine and cheese. You're closer to the bratwurst market up here... There's enough white-collar stuff up here, but even the white collars have dirt under their collars. That's the way it's supposed to be." - Matt Millen "Put in Shaun Hill!" - my drunk uncle at the slightest Lions inconvenience on every Thanksgiving from 2011-2013.

At the end of the day a win is a win. This sure felt like one that should have been 42-10 or so though. I sure would like to see what this team could really do. What’s our A-game? What does mistake free football look like from this squad? I think we saw a glimpse against the Packers, I want more of THAT. You can get away with doing turning the ball over three times against the Raiders. You can’t against the Seahawks, Cowboys, Niners, or Eagles. Ben Johnson isn’t one to get scorn from me often. I think he’s doing a good job in the position of professional scapegoat. Some of those calls were puzzling though. I’m not sure why we are getting cute against the Raiders on 2nd and 1 in the red zone when they can’t stop the run up the middle. We don’t need to empty the play book here, just make them stop you. Lets get healthy and get ready for LA.

Literally might be the worst play he’s had in two years.

That just can’t happen from Goff. Row 7 me said to throw it away before he threw the pick.

The dreaded run up the middle??

I’m not one to bitch about play calling but what are we doing. Stop getting cute, move the damn ball.

I want to see the injury report but I’m not as confident as I as a couple days ago if we’ll be missing ASB and three linemen. I still think our defense will bounce back in a big way, but I’m not as convinced in the offense.

I really think it's as simple as we brought our D-game or F-game while Baltimore brought their A-game. We have talked in weeks prior, against the Chiefs, Falcons, and Bucs particularly, about how we won despite playing our B-game or C-game. Baltimore probably played their C-game against Arizona, whose A-game still isn't good enough to beat half the league. It's an any given Sunday thing more so than pointing to any one reason.

Is the sky falling in SF yet?

I feel a little bad for Cousins. He gets a bad rap out there but you can’t deny he puts his heart and soul into the game. Probably was his last snap as a Viking too.

Made that big 4th down TFL in the Chiefs game.

Agreed. There is they should win this game, which I've felt against the Falcons and Panthers, and there is they will win this game. This is the first time this season I've felt the latter.

I don't remember the last time I was this confident coming into a game that the Lions would win. Everything from the last three years tells me this will be a convincing win. I was pretty confident last year against the Bears in Week 17, for similar reasons, but this Lions team is better than that team was, has done this before, and is playing an equally bad team. Surely I won't look back on this post in regret on Tuesday.

Meanwhile Tampa makes a 57-yarder early in the 2nd but then won’t try a 59-yarder with 19 seconds in the half. Make it make sense.