MichiganCardinal

For what it’s worth (as the soon to be unemployed kicker misses another free point), this is a game we’d have lost by 40 last year. There is improvement out there. Just squint your eyes and turn your head.

I promise they looked far worse many times in the Patricia era. I am pissed too, but I still have flashbacks of Fatty Matty’s defensive genius.

This is a game we will need to score 40+ points to win, and you don’t do that with that BS

Must be nice to have a reliable kicker

Yeah but I didn’t watch. 😁

I haven’t seen our defense so completely lost since the Eagles and Bengals games last year.

Let’s just ditch the kicker now and go for two from here out. Probably same probability of making it.

When I saw that flag I thought for sure it would be OPI based on how wide open he was.

The Aaron Glenn magic may be wearing off. That drive was all tape for the Seahawks. Bootleg bootleg bootleg.

Lions are 0-4 on the coin flip this year. One way to avoid anti-Campbell hate is to not allow yourself the choice.

“Doing well” in that position there means a lot more than winning games, but winning games does mean something, and he’s not doing it. The pure sports fans of the area and alumni base wanted him gone last year. Administration adores Shaw (he excels at everything about the job that isn’t winning games), and if you think NIL is behind at Michigan, it’s pre-historic at Stanford, so there is that explanation (though whose fault it is for being so behind is more nuanced and Shaw is definitely not blameless). I think it’s likely they “promote” him this offseason to a cushy Athletic Department gig and find someone who they think can win games for the sideline.

And Missouri Missouried. Managing to pull defeat from the jaws of victory in a way that would make the Lions proud.

Georgia on upset alert against Missouri midway through the 4th quarter.

I would still probably put money on Michigan or Ohio State -10

This game may be the 2022 Toilet Bowl. No playmakers left on offense for Detroit, and Seattle when healthy is probably a bottom three team in the league. I’ll say Detroit 27 Seattle 26 in a game no one will ultimately deserve to win.

Sums it up…

10 point lead on Iowa? Time to take care of the football and run out the clock.

In fairness to Flores, they added one of the most dynamic playmakers in all of football this past offseason, and were already coming off a 9-8 season. It would take a lot to convince me otherwise that this wasn't the case of two back-to-back concussions that the NFL could have prevented. If it came out that Tua lied to doctors on Sunday to get back in the game, that's one thing. I wouldn't blame the protocol at that point but rather Tua himself and the NFL culture. And would consider advocating for Tua himself to be suspended.

Dolphins have not looked good ever since firing Flores. I’d expect a massive investigation now, with a pre-determined outcome.

I don’t think the “ownership team” (Sheila/Rod Wood/Speilman) even plans to substantially begin evaluating Holmes and Campbell until following the 2023 season. Of course there are exceptions out there (a PR disaster, a grossly inadequate season) but in-game decisions are one thing to be evaluated at a point in time you can substantially review a body of work with a fair amount of talent, not knee-jerk in the week after questionable decisions were made. That’s not to say they don’t talk and review seasons. And it wouldn’t surprise me, particularly if in-game mismanagement “costs us a game” again this year, if it’s addressed by ownership with Campbell heading into 2023. I think there is a lot of faith in this regime though, and for good reason.

The injuries are what is driving this line. If we are missing ASB in addition to Swift, we may struggle to move the ball downfield.

Hackett was brought into Denver to court Aaron Rodgers. That didn’t work out, but they got the next best thing. They won’t put up with Hackett for long now that they’ve got the next best thing. “Russ, who do YOU want as your head coach?”

If you have a Hanson, Prater, et al., you are probably up 6 in that situation (not having hit the post on the field goal in the 1st quarter). In such a situation, a field goal becomes a much better option, because it puts you up two scores. If there is an Evan McPherson type they like - who they think can be the kicker for the next 15 years - in the 5th or 6th round, I wouldn’t be opposed to picking up one. It’s such a variable that can turn games like this one in either direction, and I think it’s slightly more valuable than more late round depth somewhere else.

I feel like if we have this type of game next year, I will be livid. We need to be getting to the point where we are the better team for 60 minutes. Not 40-50. Do I wish we hadn’t completely shat our pants? Of course. It’s a game we should have won. But I also understand that in full context, we are likely not going to be competing for championships this year. I’d rather we have the mistakes we experienced on Sunday happen this year than next, when I think (with some improvements) we can be competing for the NFC North, and beyond. This year, we still have a little time to learn and grow.

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