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Punt was the right play. There was a ton of time left and that was a 4th and long (pretty much a Hail Mary), plus their defense was playing well. All their FGs were on 4th and long as well, all seemed like the right call. I actually thought the Lions played a little timid offensively in the second half. They were full throttle in the first half then sort of went conservative in the second half. The Rams had something to do with that though, their defense stepped up as did the Lions defense.

Who cares about this trade, it's a nothing. The 2nds are nothing, the expiring contract players are nothing, Bagley's contract is something bad but his contract also wasn't preventing them from doing anything because all they have is cap space even with him so that's a nothing. It's a deck chair shuffling. The moral of this story is that they're loading up to add mediocre players being paid much more than mediocre money. Blake Griffin Part 2 is coming, you know, I know it, we all know it. Just prepare for the worst so you're not surprised when it actually happens. The question is, who will be the mediocre player? LaVine? Tobias? Anybody want to interject a player to throw on the giant pile of mediocre? Jerami Grant? That would be best case scenario and he's vastly overpaid although a good player. It ain't gonna be Siakam and even he's getting on the wrong side of his prime.

Lets Go Lions!!!

Wow boys, that was something else. I gotta admit, I got a bit emotional when the kneel downs happened. Just so many years/decades of frustration, hopelessness etc. culminating in what happened tonight. The best thing is that this is just the beginning, it's a very young team that's ahead of schedule so there's a much higher ceiling than what we're seeing now. It's going to fun watching Philly-Tampa tomorrow night knowing that they will be coming to Detroit for the divisional round. Also, the fans chanting "Jared Goff" then him coming out on fire like he did and capping it off with that final pass to Amon-Ra has to feel amazing for him. Give that man his flowers, or in this case many millions this offseason.

This shouldn't be surprising. Stafford returning to Detroit is THE biggest story of this matchup nationally.

Yes, you should be but on the flip side your dedication is commendable. I refuse to watch one minute once Cade went down and I wasn't watching a lot even when Cade was healthy.

I'll repeat what I've been saying all season.... Monty Williams is the worst thing to happen to the Pistons since the great Bill Davidson passed and that slimy car salesman looking snake Tom Gores bought the team. The team was bad the last few seasons but at least there was a team that worked hard, competed and had young players that were developing. What we're seeing this season is none of this, it's just a giant black hole of hopelessness and I stand firm on my stance that Monty Williams is a big part of that reason. It's a bad roster but there's no way that an NBA team should be THIS bad. They were a lot better last year, without Cade.

It doesn't absolve McVay of blame for what he did to Goff but Goff's struggles is what paved the way for this trade and became a franchise changer for the Lions so I'm good with how it played out. If Goff continued to play the way he did earlier in the McVay tenure, the Lions would have likely been stuck with Teddy Two Gloves and that one high 1st rounder or whatever the proposed Denver trade was so... Thank You Sean for breaking Goff's confidence. In terms of the Rams, they won a Superbowl. That's an auto win for them no matter how it played out but it's largely irrelevant how the Rams did for this Lions fan.

It's not foolish, it was a win win trade. The Rams and Lions both got what they wanted out of the trade, end of story. Rams for short term success and Lions for long term success.

And that also includes the season which Goff had to endure a torn down roster and Anthony Lynn.

Yes, he needs to be away from Monty Williams immediately. In fact, I would send any young player worth a damn to the G-League just to keep them away from the Monty Williams Black Hole of Suck until he's fired and if that takes a few years so be it. Just get them away from him before they're ruined forever.

This isn't taking into account impact in the running game where Hutchinson is a MAJOR factor. Don't know about the other two but I have a hard time believing that many in the league or as impactful as Hutch against the run.

St. Brown cared, a lot. He made a big point of saying how "hot" he was about not being selected, the man thrives on being overlooked. He's very much in that Michael Jordan mold of insane competitor that looks for any little reason to be extra motivated.

Chargers

Sure but I think most people will pick the Rams

It will 100% be. It's just a matter of Saturday or Monday Night.

The Rams are a horrendous matchup for the Lions especially without LaPorta in there to keep up in an inevitable shootout. Experience factor is big time in the Rams favor also. The one positive is that the Lions will have a chip on their shoulder because most will pick the Rams to win this and understandably so, so hopefully they take on this underdog role and use it as fuel.

And it was two awful incompletions by Lawrence to seal their fate. I loved Trevor coming into the draft but he's starting to get into that overrated category.

Well... Lets go Niners, Packers (ugh) just in case one of Philly or Dallas wins. Otherwise, lets go Skins and Giants.

That's your opinion and you're entitled to it. I think the LaPorta loss is a critical blow to their playoff hopes especially when you have this garbage defense we're watching today. Imagine Stafford and those weapons against this secondary? Or even Love? And then you don't have LaPorta on offense to consistently put up points on like every drive? Oof

Severely diminished. It was like a 10% chance of getting the 2 seed but Campbell is aggressive by nature so this is the downside of it. Now they lost arguably their most important offensive catalyst outside of Goff of course on a team that almost completely depends on their offense to win games.

Is it? There are 3-4 close wins that could have very well been losses without him. He's made MANY critical catches and for a QB like Goff to lose his security blanket is a big blow no matter how you cut it, not to mention how critical he's been in the running game. I just don't see how they overcome this loss unless the defense wins some games.

I truly believe the Lions are a .500 team without LaPorta. I can't see how they win more than one playoff game now and if they draw the Rams, that's likely a loss. He's been THAT important to them this season.

Yep, game is already a big loss.

Losing LaPorta is an absolute disaster. He's key to pretty much everything they do in the passing game. Unreal