Jason_R

The players themselves said that discipline cost them. Hutch went offside on 4th and 13 and cost them a touchdown. He also apparently called his own stunt on another. The defense does not trust one another right now, the staff doesn't trust them, and the players don't trust the staff. There is more going on there than the public humiliation of AG would accomplish. My real question is why did Johnson/Goff keep trying to force the ball to ARSB and Laporta in the middle of the field when the Bears were clearly focusing on them?

It is interesting to see how teams who are used to getting calls go their way react when the calls don’t go their way. Queue up “First Time?” meme.

How do you know he’s not talking to the coordinators?

I need to push a little bit more. I’m just gonna need to be a little more irritable, which I can do that. --Detroit coach Dan Campbell, after the Lions lost their second of the last three at Chicago Sunday.

https://www.mlive.com/lions/2023/12/emotional-aidan-hutchinson-disgusted-at-crucial-penalty-in-loss-thats-on-me.html They are all pushing too hard.

ARSB: 9 targets, 3 receptions, 21 yards. (Two drops?) Laporta: 6 targets, 2 receptions, 23 yards. Took away Goff’s security blankets and he couldn’t get anything done.

Here’s the defense saying as much. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2023/12/10/detroit-lions-defense-has-officially-lost-our-confidence-and-swagger/71874273007/

He choked again. Sometimes his 4th down attempts are well timed to put pressure on the opponent. Sometimes they are when he feels pressure. Today's was the latter. It doesn't seem like anyone trusts anyone else right now. Everyone is pressing, and it all goes back to the Baltimore game when they could not do a thing to stop the Ravens. Well, they haven't been able to do much to stop anyone else since. I suspect that's what Campbell was talking about today when he blamed execution.

I haven't heard anyone say the Lions are better than SF or Philly. I have hoped they might end up with a better record than SF or Philly since those teams both had first place schedules and have tougher divisional opponents than Detroit. At the start of the season I had the Lions winning 11 games. With four games remaining, they are still on track to win 11. (I know there is a lot of handwringing, but I don't see them losing even one game to Minnesota, which struggled to muster three points against the Raiders today.) I don't see them being a threat to Dallas, but Denver is a tossup.

You just can’t come out every week and let the opposing team ram the ball down your throat. AG’s seat should be pretty hot right now. Jared Goff’s too. You can’t keep getting outplayed, badly, by QBs on their rookie contract.

Oh Goff.

Who jumped?

What a hit.

Turrible.

You gotta take what you get.

JRM. Defensive MVP today?

“Holding. Offense. Take your pick.”

Oh Goff.

😂 On further review that was a bad snap.

Can’t trust him for the long FGs… and now not for PAT?

🤷🏻‍♂️

Maybe that stop saved AG from getting fired at halftime.

Defense can’t stop mobile QB. Check. MCDC making aggressive calls out of pure anxiety. Check. Goff turning the ball over. Check. Recipe for no success.

I don’t know what kind of crap I’m seeing right now.

And if he doesn’t produce today he is not even guaranteed another chance this season.