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Worst coach I've ever seen on a Pistons sideline and there's some strong candidates. Chaney, Kuester, Frank etc. Thank God that Gores realized his mistake and footed the bill of the buyout because the Pistons couldn't afford for him to wreck another development year.

That might have been the biggest win of the Cade Era, as sad as that is. Beasley was a huge pickup, don't know if they can re-sign him or if they should but he's amazing value at that dollar figure.

The tank is on

Umm, what?

Yeah, sorry guys. I forgot that the Green Bay game is on Thursday. Really dumb schedule and bad timing for the Lions.

That ending was more SOL than the SOL ever was. I'm speechless. 10 days to heal up and man do the Lions ever need that extra time to heal up

You let teams hang around and this is what happens but lol at this @TP_Fan meltdown. Can you imagine being a fan like that? Must be so miserable

This is a 35-0 game disguised as 16-0. Reminds me a lot of the Raiders game last year

The 1991 Redskins are arguably the most underrated team of all time. An all time great team that gets lost in the shuffle because it was a one year wonder. Rypien morphed into Joe Montana for just one year in an otherwise mediocre career, we Lions fans know that team well sadly.

This is going to be a tougher matchup than people think and not only because of the injuries. The Bears always present a tough matchup for the Lions, although this Lions team is next level, and you better believe that they will treat this as their Superbowl so this COULD be the type of game that bites the Lions. I don't expect them to lose but I don't think this as much a gimme as Vegas thinks it is.

Well, Cade Cunningham is sort of a big missing piece for the Pistons. The Raptors had their best player on the court. Regardless, Ivey REALLY loves Jesus Christ and REALLY wants us all to know it so that's the most important thing.

It's not necessarily about Holland's defense, it's about how poor Jackson's was.

Way too early to say what he is. I think Holland is a better defender already than Josh ever was but, yeah, you could see some similarities you just have to hope that Holland grows his game unlike Jackson who never did. On another note, is Ausar playing? With the defense crumbling as of late they sure could use him in the lineup.

The Lions are playing at a historically high level, this is '07 Pats level dominance with lots of key injuries on the defensive side. The Lions were the worst franchise in the league just 3 years ago, it's insane the turnaround these guys have engineered in such a short timespan relatively speaking.

Here the Lions are on a 9 game winning streak having one of the best seasons in NFL history thus far yet are fighting tooth and nail for the division. Like, come on bro can somebody beat these freaking Vikings and Packers besides the Lions? The Lions are clearly the best team of the group and control their destiny but it would be nice to get at least a little breathing room.

100%, been saying this for a few years. He's a better free throw shooting Drummond, has the same low IQ and low motor that Andre had. Hopefully Cade isn't too hurt, I think we start to see the Pistons spiral a bit. They had likely their last opportunity of the season to hit .500 against the Bulls at home and got spanked. They're clearly a better team this season and we're seeing some growth but now that the easy schedule is largely behind them there could be some rough times ahead.

Agreed, could be like the Patrick signing, a guy that fell out of favor with his previous team but has a history of being a good player in the league. Put him in this system and he could thrive, still fairly young too.

Yeah, Iffy played in the box a lot last season and was the blitzing safety so there was the possibility of him maybe playing an OLB role, he was great on the blitz last season, so it's a bit of a loss. Hopefully Long can somewhat fill this role, he's been a good player in this league albeit more of a run defender than pass rusher.

Yeah, don't know why Bickerstaff changed a winning formula. With that said, I think the biggest factor was the schedule. 5 games in 7 days, second of a back to back travelling from Washington to Detroit. Team looked to be lacking some juice especially defensively. Would like to see Ausar get back in the lineup, get some fresh legs in there.

Up 2 games when looking at the current standings. The only reason why I think Minnesota is a threat is because they have a bit of an easier schedule and that defense with those offensive weapons at receiver are dangerous. The Lions are clearly the better team but the Vikings are still a threat to hang around the race. I think it'll be really tough for the Packers to catch the Lions.

It's easier than the other division contenders. The Falcons and Cardinals are decent teams but they're really in that mediocre pile and they have both at home with the Bears as bookends until the tougher finishing kick. They won't be easy per se but easier than the Lions schedule, for instance, with the Packers and Bills in that 4 game stretch which is why I think they'll hang around for a while.

I'd be really surprised if the Vikings go 3-4 down the stretch with that schedule even if Darnold turns into a pumpkin. I think they'll hang in the division race for a while.

The Lions are essentially two games up on the Vikings and Packers with both of them coming to Detroit later in the season, they're hugely in the drivers seat in division so the Eagles are really the only main competition unless the Lions unravel a bit. The one caveat is that the Vikings have a fairly soft schedule (lots of home games remaining) so they're likely to stay in the race for the remainder of the season.

The Pistons are better with Reed than Duren. Reed plays a smart, simple game that meshes better with the guards. Duren is more explosive but he's way too volatile with his play and is constantly out of position, he's still pretty young but we're getting to he is what he is territory with him. Lots of tools but not much of a toolbox.

Pistons are watchable again and might be kinda good although too early to declare that but at least we're seeing growth finally at the very least. Kind of surreal haha Also, Beasley is a steal at that contract. He can play and isn't as bad a defender as some tabbed him to be.