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You had me searching Twitter for an injury. Tell your internet to post faster. 😂

Anything you can do we can do better…. We can do anything better than you.

Cut Seibert Fire Campbell All the overreactions.

95,000,000 reasons it could be worse.

The Minnesota secondary minus Harrison Smith is a liability that I hope Goff will be able to pick apart. I have faith that St Brown/Hockenson/Chark will get open, if he can hit them in stride we will gash them more than once. It will likely be Josh Metellus’ first start. 1st Round Rookie Lewis Cine (Minny’s end of the JaMo trade) is said to be splitting time with him. He only played one snap last week in his NFL debut.

Prediction time. Detroit 34 Minnesota 30 I think Detroit’s offense continues what they’ve started. They’ll eventually be stymied this year I’m sure, but I don’t think it will be by Minnesota. The defense shows flashes again, but ultimately does just enough to not lose the game. MCDC gets his first road victory.

Have to think this was supposed to be Paschal. Hopefully we see him this year.

Have to think we are trending to no Jackson but yes Swift and Ragnow. Hopefully Hutch can get out there tomorrow.

Between ASB and Rodrigo, you have to tip your cap to Brad Holmes so far. Even if Levi and/or an early round pick this year turns out to be a bust, you can’t deny he and his team have a knack for finding the diamonds of day three.

If ASB can do what he’s doing through his career, his size won’t matter one bit. There are rules, and then there are freaky athletes that just plain defy them. I’m not ready to declare him the latter quite yet, but he’s not exactly a secret at this point, and he’s still driving defenses crazy.

Dan Miller deserves a winning product as much as any of us. He’s been there through it all. Cool to see behind the scenes.

I don't know if we need Goff to connect on 40+ yard passes to be successful. It would certainly help... If they successfully bottle up the run (which Washington tried to do) or start doubling ASB, and we can consistently connect on 10-15 yard patterns (which is something we saw)... that's still a recipe for success. So long as Goff can maintain a high level of accuracy with those throws, we'll be okay. The offense (to this point) has been too good to neuter by way of taking away a single element.

*saves quote to take out of context in a later game thread.

He was held to 6/48 against the Eagles. Can Okudah Island emerge? I think Okudah can rise to the challenge, but he might get gashed a couple of times.

It's a big game in the context of what's to come. Taking the season in quarters, a win would almost guarantee a winning first quarter (five games into the bye week), because I think at least one of Seattle and New England is a win. Minnesota is in an interesting spot, wedged between a short week from MNF and a trip to London. I think it should be a good game.

I tried something new with the pictures so that hopefully they haven't all vanished by mid-week. Lions by a billion.

vs. Setting: 09/25/2022 1:00pm EST on FOX Site: U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, MN Weather: Climate Controlled Opening Spread: Vikings -7.5 All-Time Series Record: Vikings lead, 79-40-2 Last Meeting: 12/05/2021, Lions won 29-27 Minnesota Vikings (1-1) Head Coach: Kevin O'Connell (1st Season: 1-1) Projected Starting QB: Kirk Cousins (11th Season: 60-60-2) Last Week: 24-7 L @ Philadelphia Eagles (2-0) Looking Ahead to Week #4: Sunday v. New Orleans Saints (1-1) in London Your Detroit Lions (1-1) Head Coach: Dan Campbell (2nd Season: 4-14-1) Projected Starting QB: Jared Goff (7th Season: 46-38-1) Last Week: 36-27 W v. Washington Commanders (1-1) Looking Ahead to Week #4: Sunday v. Seattle Seahawks (1-1) Elsewhere in the NFL Primetime: Steelers @ Browns (TNF), 49ers @ Broncos (SNF), Cowboys @ Giants (MNF) 1:00pm: Bills @ Dolphins, Bengals @ Jets, Raiders @ Titans, Saints @ Panthers, Ravens @ Patriots, Eagles @ Commanders, Chiefs @ Colts, Texans @ Bears 4:05/4:25pm: Jaguars @ Chargers, Rams @ Cardinals, Packers @ Buccaneers, Falcons @ Seahawks

Lots of good tape for the Lions. Vikings on a short week too. Careful of the trap though, the Vikings aren't bad.

The record is 5.5, set by the Ravens in 2020. Now get out of here with that negative energy and don't come back until we lose another game! 😉

You can see why LA wanted Stafford... you can also see how the right team could win a lot of games and go very far with Goff under center.

I would give equal credit to Ben Johnson for this.

As someone who said this team would go 9-8 and make the playoffs as a wildcard... I too would caution against getting too far ahead of ourselves. The NFL is a damn hard league to win in. You have to take it one game at a time. If our offense consistently plays like it has the first two games all season, and our defense consistently plays like it did in the first half yesterday, we will likely win the NFC North, and maybe even compete to win a playoff game. I don't think that's very likely though, at least this year. Could I envision a scenario right now where the stars align, the Lions start getting everyone back at the perfect time, a few breaks finally go our way, and they make a run similar to the Bengals last year? I could.... I could also envision a scenario where this injury bug that is plaguing our team continues to rear its head, to the point where we start to struggle at powering through. We have the youngest roster in the NFL. We are likely going to make some bone-headed mistakes, lose some games we could have won, and make us fans pull our hair out at times. That doesn't mean we aren't still trending in a really good direction. Right now, we have to focus on Minnesota. I don't think they're very good, and the -7.5 spread we are seeing is a complete overreaction based on their one victory over a Packers team that is still figuring things out offensively. If you can figure out a way to contain Jefferson while limiting the run, you'll neuter their offense. We should learn something about both them and us when they play Philadelphia tonight.

Love this. We ain't done yet.

If the ASU admin thought they were getting a coach any better than 26-20 plus an NCAA investigation, it’s about time they join the rest of the country.

Jimmy G should ask for his money back. 😂