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Bears GDT will be posted after their game tomorrow night, so we can keep this pity party going for another 24 hours or so.

Bucs was worse, but that was for different reasons than just playing badly. I agree with your points generally.

It might sound crazy after this game, but I think I like the Lions' odds to make it to New Orleans better than the Bills. Lions still have the inside track to the first-round bye, which might be huge with these injuries. If they finish the season 3-0 (and I think they will), their path is probably a Packers or Vikings Divisional Round Game (after going 2-0 against those teams in the regular season), and then either an 8th divisional game on the season, or an Eagles NFCCG. The run defense will absolutely need to figure their **** out by that point (especially against Saquon), but I don't think today makes those any less of winnable games. If anything, as has been said, the injuries are worse than the loss itself if we indeed can't get guys like Alim and CDIII back for that game. Meanwhile, the Bills are losing sight of any possible first-round bye, and their path will likely look something like Chargers-Steelers/Ravens-Chiefs. The Bills have given up 86 friggin' points in the last two weeks, but have come out of it 1-1, because Josh Allen is playing out of his mind. Now, maybe he can continue that. He's the clear frontrunner for MVP. But it's hard to just expect your offense to score 45 points every week. And with that defense possibly playing Herbert, Lamar, and Mahomes in three consecutive weeks? I could easily see a 45-42 heartbreaking loss in there. The Lions' defense will bounce back. Since Campbell and Glenn took over, they always have, even in the darkest days.

Last week in the Vikings-Cardinals game the announcers quoted the Vikings DC as saying that he doesn’t run a man defense every week because he doesn’t think it’s sustainable. I think this kind of output gives some truth to that.

It will be like the 41-10 game two years ago coming out of the Carolina game. It will not be close.

I would put money on Lions -21.

I don’t think the Lions lose another game before at least February.

Hell of a kick by Bates. That’s as close as you’ll come in 2024.

1:05 and two timeouts is game over.

484 yards and five TDs for Goff and the defense couldn’t stop a THING,

You CANNOT call that timeout there. Unacceptable.

No offense in the league is going to win a game when your defense plays as poorly as this was today. It falls on Glenn, but it’s a top to bottom failure.

It is asking a lot, but you’re down 10 (soon to be 13) with 2:45 left. It’s going to take a lot.

No. You score without calling a timeout, you onside kick, and if you don’t get it back, you use them on the hopeful three-and-out. Otherwise you’re required to recover the onside kick.

“They are who we thought they were - and we let ‘em off the hook!”

Josh Allen is the puppet master and the Lions defense is the puppet.

I will say, if he doesn’t go for an onside kick here, then the first one makes no sense. But I’m perfectly okay with another onside kick.

I think there is very little chance the Bills score less than 7 on any given drive. The defense is bad and Josh Allen is your MVP.

They expedited the inevitable. This defense could not stop a car in neutral.

I hope they do put up 50. Glenn and the defense should be embarrassed moving forward.

It was the right call to onside kick. Stop bothering with the defense.

This game reminds me of the 2023 Ravens, 2023 Packers, and 2022 Panthers game, all at once.

I wouldn’t be at all shocked if it’s KC over Buffalo in the playoffs. Until Buffalo shows it can win when it matters.

If Jameson Williams does was Dalton Kincaid did after that catch, it’s a 15-yard penalty.

14 points in 17 minutes is doable, if the defense can put up a stop. Get a takeaway. Something!