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I don’t see the relative benefit of a trade for a DB. If Arnold or Reed or BB or Kerby were done for the year, maybe, but we’ll get them all back. Even in a best case scenario after a trade where they’re so impactful you say they won you a game you should have lost in their absence, the cost-benefit of going 13-4 instead of 12-5 is just not significant. This isn’t the Tigers where they’re completely devoid of hitting talent. There’s plenty of talent. We will win football games. Just get healthy before January, that’s all that matters.

vs. Setting: 10/20/2025 7:00pm on ABC & ESPN Site: Ford Field in Detroit, MI Weather: Climate Controlled Opening Spread: Lions -5.5 All-Time Series Record: Lions lead, 33-30 Last Meeting: 09/15/2024, Buccaneers won 20-16 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-1) Head Coach: Todd Bowles (8th Season: 56-65) Projected Starting QB: Baker Mayfield (8th Season: 55-54) Last Game: 30-19 W vs. San Francisco 49ers (4-2) Looking Ahead to Week #8: Sunday @ New Orleans Saints (1-5) Your Detroit Lions (4-2) Head Coach: Dan Campbell (5th Season: 43-30-1) Projected Starting QB: Jared Goff (10th Season: 85-54-1) Last Game: 30-17 L @ Kansas City Chiefs (3-3) Looking Ahead to Week #8: BYE Elsewhere in the NFL Primetime: Steelers @ Bengals (TNF), Falcons @ 49ers (SNF), Texans @ Seahawks (10:00pm MNF) 9:30am: Rams @ Jaguars (in London, England) 1:00pm: Dolphins @ Browns, Saints @ Bears, Raiders @ Chiefs, Eagles @ Vikings, Panthers @ Jets, Patriots @ Titans 4:05/4:25pm: Giants @ Broncos, Colts @ Chargers, Packers @ Cardinals, Commanders @ Cowboys BYE: Ravens, Bills

Bills losing by two scores to a bad Falcons team makes me feel better about yesterday.

I don’t think John Harbaugh will be fired by the Ravens, I don’t think Sherone is going anywhere any time soon, and I don’t think John Harbaugh would be interested in the college game even if both those first two things happened. He would likely have his pick of NFL jobs if he left the Ravens, and I could see him taking a GM-type executive role somewhere before he returned to college. He’d probably be a really good GM. All that said, bringing him to Michigan would be a gamble. It sounds great on paper but he’s nearly 30 years removed from college football, and that was as a special teams coordinator at Cincinnati and Indiana. Far cry from today’s world of NIL recruitment and the institutional politics both within and outside of the school. It’s probably harder to be a college head coach right now than it is an NFL head coach. He would need to likely be in a similar role as Belichick is at UNC. I think John Harbaugh is a better person and coach than Belichick, and less chaotic than his brother, so it would have some likelihood of success (as opposed to Belichick), but I don’t think it would be as plug-and-play as it was with Jim, who was just five years removed from his time as head coach at Stanford when Michigan hired him.

I talk about it above, but I come at it from the perspective of having seen them live discussing it for 30 seconds, come to an agreement, separate, then come back together a second time and throw the flag. If they had thrown the flag the first time they talked I would have been suspicious. But to do it in the second huddle, I have no doubt it came from elsewhere. FWIW, Campbell agrees.

Why do we have rules if we aren’t going to follow them? NFL Rule 15-4(g) clearly states: “any aspect of a play not listed as reviewable in Section 3 of this Rule” is unreviewable. Nothing about motions, formations, or getting set is anywhere in Section 3. If it were, half the tush pushes could come back for the false start. Juwaan Taylor would get called for being in the backfield a lot more too. A parallel would be the Seahawks-Lions game from a decade ago with the batting out of the end zone. The official staring right at it inexplicably called it nothing. That’s not reviewable. They shouldn’t be calling down on that either. No matter the intentions and trying to get some obscure penalty right, the on-field officials should be absolutely constrained by the four corners of the rule book. That should be their Bible. That is how you keep everyone on a level playing field. They didn’t do that yesterday. To circumvent the rule, they just lied to us and claimed it was decided on the field when it so clearly wasn’t. Because it’s not like the NFL would ever release the audio from their communications! To me, that shows a complete lack of integrity that’s far worse than any missed call.

For context here was my view: IMG_0908 (1).mp4

This bit about nothing coming from upstairs defies what my eyes told me watching last night. It’s absolutely a lie. Just like they lied in Dallas. JG scored, I celebrated. Turned back to the field and saw the Referee and Down Judge talking. I said aloud, “oh here’s Dallas all over again!” They came to an understanding and separated, went to go spot the ball for the XP. I remember saying “okay we’re good!” Then while they’re back together, the second time, the Referee nods, abruptly walks away, and throws the flag.

KC is the worst logistical stadium I’ve been to, bar none.

Since the penalty was declined, the Chiefs will end the game with zero penalties. The Lions didn’t let it make a difference, but the NFL wasn’t going to let the Lions win.

I don’t believe the Chiefs are more talented than the Lions. Hope they take this as a wake up call.

Not good enough from the defense tonight. And I’m not talking about the replacements. The front absolutely has to be better than this.

They’re not allowed to let it matter but I am. This should be a six-point game.

Nope.

Who knows what the original call was, but Goff wanted the screen.

Goff can’t check into a ****ing screen on that. He’s one of the best QBs in the game but he needs to be better than that.

Piss poor effort out of the half. That’s on Shep.

The irony in that call coming from the box is that the box was noticeably silent when the on-field officials clearly screwed us over in Dallas.

An ACC official resigned this year after replay came down to review a play late and the ACC office told him he needed to overturn it anyway. If we have rules, they should be followed. The rules say that the seven mf-ers on the field who are paid tens of thousands are solely responsible for that call. That’s how it should be.

It’s just so hard to beat both a good NFL team and the officiating.

Those four points feel really important right now.

He was frustrated. Smacked his helmet when he was on the ground. Needed a lot of help off the field. I don’t think he comes back tonight.

Thats just it! They DID come together. Determined it was not a penalty. Then were told otherwise by their higher powers.

Chiefs were gifted 11 points last week and the Jags made it not matter. Gotta make these 4 plus whatever else gets made up not matter.

OPI isn’t applicable if the ball is caught within 1 yard of the LOS