MichiganCardinal

If I need to make a statement that one of my 1822 posts here was stupid I’m ready and able. Only one though, not conceding any others. 😉

For a beat it sure felt like the Lions could take over this game. The D made a stop, they were driving, about to go up 7… and then the turnover happened and it’s been all Panthers since. Just can’t happen.

Odds of winning against the Bears and Packers!! Not odds of making the playoffs!

You’re not missing anything. It’s a gut thing that they were bound to lose and will play better off a loss than this magical streak continuing. Obviously their playoff odds are better with a win.

24-14 would feel a lot different getting the ball after half. Ragnow can’t make that mistake. As it stands I wouldn’t be surprised if this is another Bengals/Eagles blow out from last year, Patriots blow out from this yearZ

I still like the Lions odds against the Bears and Packers. Honestly I might like their odds more if they lose today. Washington will lose at least one to the Browns and Cowboys. They’re not good. Seahawks might lose both games against the Jets and Rams. They’ve fallen off a cliff. It’s not over with a loss.

RT moved early on that

If the Chiefs, 49ers, and Vikings win, nothing changes in terms of the playoff picture.

For the record, even if they lose, as looks likely, that doesn’t make them SOL. They’ve won 6/7 with one of the hardest schedules in the NFL. Expecting them to win 9/10 and 6 straight to finish was and is unrealistic. Nice if it happens, but still a lofty lofty goal. If you want to be mad about a game it remains the first Vikings game IMO

Carolina is not a good team. You can see it. They’ve played as the better team today so far. Not holding my breath on this one. It’s a young team and they were bound for a step back. Frustrating as hell though.

That was pitiful. No one was even over the center.

Not going to be surprised at all if the 3-7 points lost on the giveaway is the difference in this game. Just can’t happen.

He’s fucking Sam Darnold.

That’s how you lose games on the road in December

Blame the turf if you wish but those holes are the size of Dallas

tough choice at the local watering hole today between the Detroit Lions, an NFL Christmas Eve slate, …. Or Despicable Me 2?

TJ who??

Does Goff normally wear a glove in the cold weather? I don’t remember seeing one last week.

Not a good sign when you know what they’re going to do, they do exactly that, and they have immense success. Not a single throw on that drive.

So here’s a thought. Never do that again.

Boo

Lions 26 Panthers 20 OT

I’ve got a similar feeling about this game as I did the Jets game. Expectations are rising at perhaps an unfair rate. This is a very young team that was never expected to win 7/8 games in a given stretch this season. Yet, I feel like the “expectation” is that they win this game - even go 3-0 to finish - and people will be very upset if they lose. I will be disappointed if they lose, because I think it’s a game that they can win, but I’m also being realistic that this is an impressive stretch that may come with bumps in the road. Road games are hard to win in late December. This is practically playoff football for both of these teams. I do think we match up fairly well against Carolina in that we should be able to shut down their run game. I worry that Carolina is going to be ready to go to the pass game quickly though, and that Darnold will torch them just by making the quick simple throws that Wilson missed. Likewise, I worry we will struggle to move the ball in the air. If we can move it on the ground, we will be in business. But we scored 13 offensive points against the Jets, and 7 of those came on one 50+ yard play. Not going to predict this one yet. But I’m not as confident as I was when we played Jacksonville or Minnesota at home.

Whatever the over/under on how many of those words he actually wrote vs. people at OU wrote for him is… take the under. I’ve seen immature high school writing before, and that ain’t it. On the bright side for him, general douchery will fit right in no matter which school he chose from those options!

Never heard of the guy. Never meet the heroes you didn’t know exist I suppose.