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Calm down, you aren’t a professional. You are on a message board like the rest of us.

I think the coaches are being stupid playing crappy players like Raymond and Kennedy over him and it’s indicative of a bigger issue. We hoard draft picks like they are prized possessions because the players we draft will help us win but then after spending all that draft capital we don’t even play the player. I like the fact that he caught a TD on 2 targets is some sort of vindication.

The Packes have a good defense. Why? Is it the DB’s? Nope. It’s the pass rush and LBs. We have the linebackers. We do not have the pass rush. I think we are multiple players away from having a good pass rush. Maybe with some zone blitzes mixed in we could loosen up the pass protections. Who knows? We are married to playing man to man and hoping for the opponent to make mistakes instead of just making plays ourselves.

Did you read the posts? He has been out snapped by Raymond all year. I am judging him based off not being better than Raymond. That’s a big deal, Raymond is not a very talented receiver. Maybe he will be used more next year! I can’t wait for next year to talk about all the players on the roster that will be valuable the year after.

And to be clear, he’s been out snapped by Reynolds all year and out targeted by Kennedy fresh off the practice squad today. That has nothing to do with being the whatever number option. That’s about not being able to beat out Reynolds or Kennedy to get on the field.

He’s the 3rd/4th option now? He should be the 2nd option at worst now.

We’ll watch film and get back to work.

Last complaint. An NFL defense starts and ends with it’s pass rush. We don’t have consistent pass rush. This has been an issue for years. The Eagles consistently have a good defense despite all that churn specifically because they aren’t married to draft and develop. You need a mix of draft, free agents, and trades to succeed.

Sticking to a philosophy helped break free of the loser mentality. That same stubbornness is now a liability. Deciding what kind of defense you are going to play despite not having the players to play that effectively is just dumb.

We are already back to the days of looking forward to the draft and the next season. No wonder we hang on to the draft picks. That’s our Super Bowl.

Kennedy off the practice squad gets double the targets of TeSlaa. I wanted him to succeed so bad, but it was obviously another bad trade and pick. Either you have it or you don’t as a WR.

Thank you Lions defense! Such an easy decision.

Never a doubt. lol

The draft is going to be lit with all the draft picks!

Can’t wait for the new Lions to start showing up in big games.

Was there ever a doubt? They were always going to get a 1st down.

I started Love in fantasy because even I know we have no pass rush and will die in man-to-man. There is no help coming. This is the team they are. Fun.

Watson’s catch was clearly a catch. He got firm control with a foot down then the next step was down: the third step was out of bounds. The WIcks TD was not a catch. The defender hit his hands causing the ball to switch hands. Even though he never bobbled it, he also didn’t choose to move the ball to the other hand which means he didn’t have full control.

Turning the game off after that BS timeout. Doesn’t matter anyway, this team is not prepared, but can’t stand to watch the poor officiating along with poor play.

Goff needs that TE in the flat or over the middle vs the LBs to open things up.

He learned too much from Hockenson. Such a stupid thing to do. I think that some of it is from defenders going low on TEs, impossible to get low enough to go shoulder-to-shoulder with someone diving at your legs. The reality is usually the defender doesn’t dive as expected and the hurdler ends up getting flipped on their head.

RE, Lions rushing yards. Gibbs had 15 carries for 219 yards. Monty had 5 for 18. It’s fair to ask how much of the 219 was Gibbs being the best player on the field, by a large margin. The Giants DL gets QB pressure because that makes headlines and money. Stopping the run is not what they are out there for. If the Lions are forced into obvious passing situations it’s legitimately scary. There is almost immediate pressure. i think that’s one of the reason they are so epically bad at 3rd and long. The line is banged up and struggling. They can still pull off plays, they are generally talented, but pass protection is a liability.

Carolina because the 49er ruined our Cinderella story.

So I left the house to them in control. Didn’t even check the score. This news makes me happy.

Can we talk about how Kafka likely handed the game away going for it on 4th and goal up 3 with a tick under 3 minutes to go? Not saying that Gibbs couldn’t have hit his HR in the 4th if they needed a TD instead of a FG, but at that time the Giants D was playing well enough to kick there.