Mr.TaterSalad

Presumably, with at least some input from Glenn, they chose to bring back Charles Harris, Romeo Okwara, Isiah Buggs along the front 4. They chose to make Charles Harris a cornerstone of their pass rush. They chose not to make any meaningful upgrades along their defensive line this offseason and thought the personnel they had was satisfactory. They chose to pass on Tyree Wilson, Jalen Carter, Jordan Davis, Nolen Smith, etc. They chose to use a top 20 pick on a player with low positional value, after they chose to resign Alex Anzalone to a nice contract. They chose to spend a 2nd round pick on Levi and Josh Paschal, and a 3rd round pick on Melifonwu. Again, I would presume Glenn had input on these personnel moves.

Am I hoping they win as a fa, of course. Do I think they will, probably not at this point. Aaron Glenn needs to do something to restore confidence in this defense.

Agreed on the Falcons winning. My confidence in this defense is shaken right now. They have the worst pass rush in the league and it is only going to get worse with Houston not in there. This coaching staff's faith in Charles Harris is something to behold. The guy offers nothing right now, continues to get no pressure on the QB, and yet continues to get used as an every down DE. I want to see them bring 5 today, if they feel they have the personnel to do it. We're also really going to test today whether or not our run defense is as good as advertised from the last two weeks. They did a good job limiting both Isiah Pacheco and KWIII the past two weeks. Bijan (we could have had him) might just be one of the top RBs in the league already. He's going to put this defensive line to the test early and often. Let's hope we don't get abused and this improve run D is for real. The secondary, which is supposed to be Glenn's forte, is all out of sync right now. If they continue to play Jerry Jacobs deep and off the defender, he will continue to get burned. They need to let him play in tighter coverage and be a bit more aggressive, not get killed in a softer zone coverage in space. I hope we see a lot more of Gibbs in today's running game as well. You don't draft a RB in the first round if he isn't going to be your workhorse. Gibbs needs 20+ touches between running and receiving. He needs to be utilize in the vein of an Alvin Kamara and thus far the coaching staff has worked him in to positions as opposed to just putting him out there to be the guy.

I wish sportsbooks allowed you to bet on which rookie RB would be most likely to drop a pass that could have turned into a TD or big play.

The longest second ever.

Notre Dame had **** playcalling a couple of drives ago and didn't tick enough time off the clock with two passing plays.

What a game between Ohio State and Notre Dame. What a nailbiting finish.

Atlanta has only had 2 scoring drives this year that were 70 yards or more. So most of their scoring drives have been on a shortened or shorter field. If they aren't a team that drives the length of the field to score it seems to me like punting and backing them up deep in their own territory is better strategy then being super aggressive and going for it all the time.

Going to see Willie tonight out at Pine Knob.

Now that the Tigers GM was formally in the Blackhawks front office, does this increase our chances of being able to trade for Connor Bedard? Maybe have Bedard get traded to Olympia Entertainment or Ilitch Holdings?

Can Olympia Entertainment trade for the rights of Connor Bedard and have him play for the Wings now?

Holy Efffffff what a powerful and sobering ad by Kentucky Governor Andy Bashear against his MAGA opponent Attorney General Daniel Cameron.

Turf toe can keep players out for a game or several in a row.

St. Brown is now missing practice and is day-to-day with an undisclosed injury.

Yes, this is what I was referencing above. Although, I was thinking we had all three time outs left and a little less time was on the clock. But it still speaks to the point that Campbell let a good 20-30 seconds unnecessarily run off the clock and if we did only run 5 plays before the FG, that further showcases he wasn't playing to win. He Lloyd Carr'd it and got conservative when it mattered most in the game instead of playing for the win.

Damn man, can't we ever just have nice things for once!!! This secondary is banged up as it is and didn't play that well last week. To lose potentially our best player in the unit really sucks.

That was such an awful injury for Chubb. Thoughts and best wishes go out to Nick Chubb. I hope that's not a career ending injury, but it looked like his knee cap exploded almost. Really tough to watch so don't look for highlights if you are squeamish. On another note, Deshaun Watson looks awful. He has not gotten his mind refocused into football and committing costly, stupid persona l fouls and costing his team chunks of yardage with flags. He also looks way off target throwing to his receivers and shows poor timing on routes their running. So glad the Lions never traded for him. Just too bad he's on my fantasy team in a keeper league.

It looked like it bent backwards like the Willis McGahee injury years ago at Miami. It bent backwards it looked like.

I don't think allowing 20+ seconds to run off the clock is good clock management. You can play for the tie if you're under 30-35 seconds or so overall. They were still in place to play for the win with a minute plus and I think they just ceded that and decided to play for a tie. They didn't even attempt a win. They could have used one time out prior to allowing 20 seconds or so run off the clock.

With all full pack of timeouts, him letting 30 seconds or so run off the lock was poor clock management in my book. Don't you feel like he played safe for OT in the end?

I've debated jumping into the fray of the clock management conversation or not. My initial reaction was actually not to roast or even criticize Campbell for it at the end of the game. As a fan, I've often let my emotions and frustrations cloud my opinion making during and immediately after the game. So I've sat around and thought about this since yesterday. I can't help but feel letdown by Campbell being such an aggressive coach, only to get conservative and play for overtime when it mattered most. Campbell had 3 timeouts remaining in the final 1:20 or whatever it was. His play calling and decision making there showed he was playing for OT. By letting 30 seconds run off the clock before calling a play, not using a timeout to save time, but then using a timeout on the next was poor clock management. Playing for a 50/50 coin toss to get the ball in overtime, as opposed to being your usual aggressive self and playing for the TD and a win, was poor clock management. Don't be aggressive all game long just to get conservative in the end and not play for the TD and the win.

Any interest in Leonard Fournette if Montgomery is out for an extended period of time?

If they lose this game I think all of Detroit the surround Southeast Michigan area will be right back on the SOL bandwagon. I'll be curious to see how this defense, specifically their front 4-7, responds playing this week against their third straight mobile QB. Will McNeill, Levi, Okwara, or Cominsky step up to help out Hutch? Will Atlanta's OLine just double team Hutch and neutralize our ability to get pressure if no one else steps up? Not having any pass rush whatsoever and only rushing 3 or 4 is one of the things, among many others, that killed Patricia's defensive scheme. I'm not saying Glenn is Patricia when it comes to being a defensive coach, but the lack of blitzing and the packages he's sending, continually rushing only a base 4, gives me concern.

Ian Rapoport X'ed out that James Houston is out 6-8 weeks with a fractured ankle. Our already thin, non-existent pass rush, with Josh Paschal out, just got dinged up even more.