Jason_R

Have we ended up in some parallel universe where all of the surprising Lions news is good? I’m thrilled that he is staying but the skeptic in me assumes his agent got word that he was behind a lot of other guys. The Charlotte Observer reports that the Panthers have interviewed or requested to interview their interim coach Steve Wilks along with Sean Payton, Mike Kafka, Shane Steichen, Frank Reich, Kellen Moore, Ken Dorsey, and Jim Caldwell. I’m sure there is a lot of truth to what he said about the direction of the franchise but there are also a lot of equally hot candidates out there and a few wild cards. If he can put one more year of production on his resume — with Jaymo at 100% — his star will continue to rise.

I’ve been reading Campbell’s takes on Robinson too. He says seven NFL scouts claim that Robinson is the ONLY elite talent in the draft. (I’m not saying this is true, but he says it.) I would cringe if they pick a RB at six, but if they pick this RB at 18 and high five each other like when they got Sewell and Jaymo then LFG. I have seen a few mocks where Robinson lasts into the second round.

Didn’t he play under Lloyd Carr!?!

Hock has been Minnesota’s best player today.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35441956/nfl-officiating-scrutiny-seahawks-rams-controversy Seahawks-Rams game that knocked Lions out of contention was the "worst officiated game of the year."

cough Matt Patricia cough

FWIW I'm not saying Johnson shouldn't be interviewed or even hired. I can see why a GM or owner might think, "This guy got more out of Goff than Sean McVay." If McVay is your point of comparison, and Johnson compares favorably to him, I can see why you'd roll the dice, knowing that this is the only way to pry Johnson from Detroit. Sheila (probably under the influence of Spielman) took a different approach. She didn't hire a brainy coordinator to be head coach. Instead she hired someone with the personality and experience to lead men and represent the franchise. Maybe Johnson has that. Maybe he can develop it over time. And if he gets hired away I hope he succeeds. Anyway, even if he gets a job as an NFL head coach and fails at it, the going rate for a first time head coach is around four years/$5 million per, so he would walk away from his "failure" with $20 million.

Most fans don't watch the Lions. We watch the Lions and know they've turned a corner, so it didn't seem like an upset to us. It was more of a coming out party.

I agree and if I were an owner I would not hire him. It is hard to imagine a guy with one year of experience as a coordinator being prepared to be the face of a franchise. Related, Sheila didn’t hire DC because of his Xs and Os. Nobody ever said or thought DC was a hot coaching candidate. But he oozes leadership. He has been an incredible face for the Lions franchise.

DC is way smarter than he looks. If he turns the Lions into a Super Bowl winner his fame will transcend football.

Elite level athletes, and dawgs. Is Bijan Robinson a dawg? He is certainly en elite athlete and a three-down player. But if he got that dawg in him he might be a Lion with pick 18.

Don’t forget this front office traded up to pick a WR largely on the strength of his special teams tape. Yes Jaymo can fly, but Holmes said something like “He got that dawg in him.” So if someone ranks prospects by how much of that dawg they got in them, I’d like to see it.

Detroit: “All your Ja. Williams are belong to us.”

It’s not just the players, it’s that Brad Holmes has absolutely crushed two drafts. Legitimately eight starters/regular contributors in two drafts and five more who could turn into good players. If he continues to be able to draft starters in rounds 3 and after, there is no ceiling for this franchise. It really is astonishing the talent he has brought in, with another massive opportunity to draft this spring.

He will break Jamaal Williams’s TD record next season. 😉

I agree. Every team in the NFC playoff field is breathing a sigh of relief that Seattle got in and not Detroit or AA-rod.

With four INTs over two games.

Detroit’s rebuild is officially way ahead of schedule.

I can’t believe what I just saw! Edit: I was typing that before Collinsworth said it.

Why did they decline the penalty?

Have a nice off-season, Packers.

Twice the refs spotted us at the two inch line. Seriously?

Get lost chump. Punk move by Quay Walker.

Man that was beyond a stupid penalty. It was inexplicable. Like someone check his meds because it seems like he's hearing voices.

Lions ball.