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the Titans top three corners to start the year were out in week seven. Jamal Adams has since been cut because he quit on the team, Chidobe Awuzie is on IR and can’t return until next week, and L’Jarius Sneed didn’t practice at all last week. Their linebacking corps is good not great to start with. The run game will be tested because that defensive front is good. But ASB will be a man going up against boys in their secondary.

Feels like an overpay to be honest. Hopkins is 32 and only started three games for the Titans.

It’s also easy to forget that Darnold is younger than Joe Burrow. Only six months older than Hendon Hooker for that matter. The Jets probably took 15 years from his life, but it’s not unfathomable that this isn’t some flash in the pan resurgence that is sure to fade.

Yep. For pre-election interference and disenfranchisement, I worry about Georgia. But that damage is largely done. But actual straight faced **** you election theft? That screams Texas. Abbott will order election workers to stop counting in El Paso County (likely +300k for Harris), claiming without proof that there are tens of thousands of illegals voting there. Thus starts the extended legal battle and grass roots effort to delegitimize the whole thing. On the bright side, if it’s close enough in Texas that they have to cheat, she probably won’t need Texas.

I wonder how much of this is thanks to Dan Campbell’s aggressiveness. All but his first season were under Campbell. Most if not all NFL punters can send a punt 40+ yards. If you’re across midfield though, you don’t want to boom it, for obvious reasons. Which means punts from the opponents’ 40, which are fair caught at the 10, bring down both the net and gross punt distances. Under Campbell though, if you get across midfield and it’s 4th and <5, you ain’t punting. Punting is for the weak. So if you’re a punter under Campbell, the vast majority of your punts are coming from your own territory, where you can let it rip.

The Vikings trading for Stafford would be stupid. They only have a 1st and two 5ths in 2025, and Darnold looks better than Stafford.

What did those nerds ever do to you??

I mean, I'm nothing but a vote in an important state and I did my part. Harris definitely shouldn't sit around though, I agree with you there. I think she's doing the right thing by going into Texas and campaigning. Georgia didn't flip on its own, or overnight. The six battlegrounds are obviously important, but if you flip one Texas, it's effectively game over. You're only four electoral votes away at that point. Pick just one of the six. And candidly, if you flip Texas, you're probably winning all six anyway. From the 5000-foot view where I sit though, I'm skeptical it will flip quite yet. I'm also skeptical of the electoral integrity of the Texas infrastructure if it's close.

I'll believe TX is going to flip blue when it happens. Cruz is vulnerable though. He's so damn unlikeable.

Yep. A player today who did exactly what Jamo did would be suspended two games. So he should have two games in the bank!

Don’t they owe Jamo two games anyway? His gambling that got him suspended six games (later reduced to four) is now just a two-game suspension. They should just call it even.

Probably both the best OL and DL in football.

If I wasn't a season ticket holder, I'd probably be right there with you. I like being able to mix it up throughout the season, having a couple night games and Mondays mixed in. I have my 1pm kick routine that I love, but it's nice to mix it up over the course of a season. For that matter, every road game could be a 1 or 4 kick and I'd be good with that.

I think there are some terrible people in every fan base. No fan base is small enough to avoid it. There are definitely more bad people in some (Eagles, Raiders, Browns) than others (Bills, Jaguars). I tend to think that the Lions fall into the latter category, but I have rose-colored glasses on in that assessment. I've been to over 30 games at Ford Field in the last four years, from the blowouts in 2021 to the playoff wins last year, and the worst I have seen was two Lions fans getting into it after one called the other trash (spoiler alert: they were both trash). Even when I saw drunk Bucs fans at Hockeytown Cafe being obnoxious after the week two game, running around the party deck with a Bucs flag, people just ignored them or reminded them of the Divisional Round.

Compare that with 2022 Detroit: 16x Sunday 1pm, 1x SNF (flex)

Two games for PEDs?! For that few games it’s going to be something incredibly stupid I already know.

Lions are also already on SNF in week ten against the Texans. That would be back to back weeks.

This just happened in Georgia-Texas this weekend, but was even worse because they picked up the flag after like a five minute delay because Texas fans were throwing bottles on the field. Talk about positive reinforcement!

An SF defensive back needed to lay him out at the tail end of the run. It sounds bad and would start a fight, but that’s what he’s asking for running like that. I don’t think there’s a way to write this out of the rules. The boundary lines are what they are. Just need to let him get smoked at the edge of the boundary and not have it be a penalty. He’s a runner, he’ll be treated like one. And also a note for Adam Schefter - the “Magic of Mahomes” this year has more picks than TDs through seven weeks. Tied for the league lead in interceptions.

I don’t think Tennessee is good enough for this to be a trap game, even if the Lions did overlook them. There’s just no one of note on offense for them. They’ll try to run with Pollard but when that doesn’t work, because it never works against the Lions, they’ll be forced to throw with either Levis or Rudolph, and that’s a recipe for disaster (for them). Trap games come against 6-11 or 7-10 teams. Good enough to win most games, bad enough for it to not matter. Tennessee is closer to a 3-14 team. Just bad.

Technically true. The Lions were 3-4 against the Houston Oilers though.

NFL Week Eight Power Rankings Pre-MNF Kansas City Chiefs (6-0) Detroit Lions (5-1) Green Bay Packers (5-2) Buffalo Bills (5-2) Minnesota Vikings (5-1) Houston Texans (5-2) Baltimore Ravens (4-2) San Francisco 49ers (3-4) Pittsburgh Steelers (5-2) Philadelphia Eagles (4-2) Washington Commanders (5-2) Seattle Seahawks (4-3) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-2) Chicago Bears (4-2) Los Angeles Chargers (3-2) Atlanta Falcons (4-3) Cincinnati Bengals (3-4) Indianapolis Colts (4-3) Arizona Cardinals (2-4) Denver Broncos (4-3) Dallas Cowboys (2-4) Los Angeles Rams (2-4) New York Jets (2-5) New York Giants (2-5) Miami Dolphins (2-4) New Orleans Saints (2-5) Cleveland Browns (1-6) Las Vegas Raiders (2-5) Tennessee Titans (1-5) Jacksonville Jaguars (2-5) New England Patriots (1-6) Carolina Panthers (1-6) Lions have beaten 5, 12, 19, 21, and 22. Lost to 13. Have games against 29, 3, 6, 30, 18, 14, 3, 4, 14, 8, and 5 to go... Nobody said it's gonna be easy. They'll sure be battle tested by January.

Part of the equation too is who will be making the decision. It's probably fair to say Warde would not hire another Harbaugh. I think the general alumni/donor base would be fine with a Harbaugh, because Harbaughs are associated with winning. If we are replacing a non-winner, winning will be the most important characteristic of a hire. But who knows. Maybe Sherrone shocks the world and beats OSU in Columbus. That would save the season for him.

This is an insane stat.

Why do you feel that they have a smaller window than SF? Seems to me that Holmes & Campbell are just as good as Lynch & Shanahan... The core is in place and has largely been locked down. So long as the draft picks we have (even if we trade some away) continue to develop into serviceable players, this is sustainable for the foreseeable future.