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Nothing radical but they need to look themselves in the mirror and reassess. The execution has been poor this season, coaching highly questionable and they've been very soft up front. The schedule hasn't even been that bad, a lot of these teams like the Chiefs, Ravens and Eagles aren't as good as expected and the Bengals and Commanders didn't have their starting QBs. They've beaten two above .500 teams, the Bucs who aren't that good and the Bears early in the season when the Bears weren't nearly as good as they are now. It's a mediocre Lions team, far cry from the Superbowl contender of the last two seasons, a sizeable step back.

Meh, this season just never felt right. Still a chance for the playoffs but they need a hard reset this offseason, the coaching has been terrible, defense even worse and they look soft. Something is off with the group and it needs to get corrected.

The Pistons are in an advantageous position being 20-5, having a strong deep roster, young developing players and some good assets. It's not like they need to get all in now, they have a team that can be good for a long time if they play their cards right. Of course there's something to be said for competitive windows being shorter in the new second apron NBA but there's no real pressure to force a big trade now. With that said, I do think they will need to make a big trade at some point for that final piece, their Sheed trade so to speak, to put them in title contention but that time isn't yet IMO.

The Pistons are a better team when he gives the bench guys meaningful minutes and doesn't run Cade and the starters into the ground. Obviously Cade is going to get big minutes no matter what but the real strength of this team is its depth so when more guys are getting involved the Pistons are more dangerous. Something to monitor going forward because JB tends to become too reliant on the starters at times and there's some games when they get fatigued down the stretch and start clanking shots and turning the ball over. Regardless, it's a minor gripe. This is a 20-5 team and they're looking strong at the moment.

How don't the Pistons have another assets? They have everything a team needs to make a big trade like that, a wealth of young talent, control of all their 1sts, tradeable vet contracts to match salary and cap flexibility. The Pistons are set up as well as any team to make a big splash trade. Whether or not they have the willingness is another story.

Pistons kind of coming back to earth. 2-3 in their last 5 with two of the wins being close. Cade has been very uneven with his play and JB's love affair with LeVert might well be the Pistons undoing, what he sees in this guy that he wants him out there in the clutch I will never understand.

The bench is a problem because JB's rotations stink, so much LeVert, and he gives very little playing time to guys that were previously playing with lots of confidence. He's essentially coaching like Thibs, the starters are going to be burnt out by the time the playoffs come around. Cade 40 minutes, Duncan Robinson 35? It's too much. If he's only playing a lot of the bench guys a few token minutes they're never going to get in a rhythm and it's going to be a mess.

Did you read my posts? HE'S A ROOKIE 3rd round receiver who was touted as being raw coming out of college. The issue is your expectations, not the player. I'm going to give it more time before calling him a bust, I've seen enough talent in him with his 3 TD catches this season and that really tough other catch today to know that there's some talent to be harnessed.

He was for one game, are we judging his career on that? He's a rookie 3rd round receiver on a team deep with receiver options, he was never going to get many targets this season.

Teslaa made a couple of great catches in this game. He's a 3rd round pick on a team where he's the #3/#4 option, this isn't on him.

Season is on life support and I firmly believe that a lot of it is on coaching. Dan has made questionable decisions all season with the offense and the defense, even when getting healthier, has gotten worse and worse under Shep. This roster is too good, even with the offensive line questions, to be 7-5 IMO

What's wrong with him? He shouldn't be playing if he's not providing any value

I actually agree with you on this, Hutch has been really disappointing this season. Useless is a strong word but far from elite

The Vikings beat the Lions in Detroit lol

I don't see it. I have a hard time seeing them winning 2 out of 3 at the Rams, Vikings and Bears in the cold and that's assuming that they beat the Cowboys and Steelers at home.

Not the Amon-Ra of this year. Jamo would be a top 10 WR in the league if he had any semblance of hands.

11 to be exact. The first TD was not a TD, should have been a 4th down stop, and the false start clearly happened before the timeout so that's a FG instead of a TD.

It's not the talent level, it's the execution that's lacking. Regardless, 17-14 isn't a bad position to be in all things considered

Some terrible reffing but this Lions team just isn't that good, clearly not as good as the last two years. Who knows, they might still win this game, but there's lots of issues that are showing out this season.

JB's in game management is starting to rear its ugly head a bit and will even moreso against better teams. He's playing Cade too much, Cade has looked exhausted down the stretch as of late. Jenkins, the way he's been playing, is the ideal type of PG to lead a bench unit and he's largely been phased out and now Levert is getting those minutes for some reason which leads to lots of individual play by the bench. It was fun while it lasted seeing those guys playing team ball. Also, why is Duren guarding Brown down the stretch and not Ausar? Why is Levert out there down the stretch? Robinson is playing too much as well. It's a 15-3 team so all is good now but I'm seeing some concerning signs with JB's rotations which shouldn't be shocking because this is his pattern with Cleveland and in the Knicks series last year as well.

I don't think he's eligible to play until Dallas and the reports are that it likely won't be until the Rams game. I just hope it isn't too late when he returns. A loss today and the Lions have a pretty big uphill climb just to make the playoffs.

I can't believe Frank is back, it's like we were all wishing it into existence and it happened. Amazing It's too bad that he didn't come back sooner because I bet the Lions win the Vikings and Eagles games with him. Those games in particular the interior offensive line got exposed. This is like a Christmas gift at Thanksgiving. LFG!!!

That was a weird game, the entire team looked gassed in the second half and Cade looked like he couldn't breathe late in the 4th. Not sure why Jenkins only got 8 minutes or why Ivey didn't see the court in the 4th especially with the starters looking exhausted, he played the heck out of the starters for some reason. Anyway, a win is a win

Ok, that clarified it for me. I really appreciate the detailed explanation

Incredibly lucky win, lots of problems to fix.