Detroit Lions: 2025

[StrangeBird]

7 hours ago, sagnam said:

The Seahawks were never going 0-3. They are good. Good teams win.

The Rams and SF are also “good teams.”

Carolina is obviously weaker, but they beat GB and the Rams. I guess neither of those teams is good.

[Motown Bombers]

48 minutes ago, romad1 said:

Do we have a thread for lame Carlos Monnarez articles?  

I got an alert about the Lions need to trade Montgomery and I was like this is definitely Monnarez. I had to quit following Birkett because he kept platforming that clown. 

[romad1]

1 hour ago, Motown Bombers said:

I got an alert about the Lions need to trade Montgomery and I was like this is definitely Monnarez. I had to quit following Birkett because he kept platforming that clown. 

He's good at his job which is to generate slop that he can sign his name to even though he got it from AI. 

[lordstanley]

12 hours ago, StrangeBird said:

We should be rooting for the Rams tonight, yes? Lions can still pass the Seahawks if the Lions go 3-0 and Seahawks go 0-3.

 

Just like with the Bears-Packers game, there's good and bad with each outcome. On the one hand, the Lions can no longer beat out Seattle for a playoff spot. On the other hand, if the Lions do beat out Chicago or Green Bay for the wildcard and get seeded #7, if and when it comes down to play the #1 seed "perhaps" at Seattle is a bit less daunting than at LA Rams? There's still a way the Lions could beat out an NFC West team for a wildcard - if the Lions win out and SF loses out at Indy, vs. Chicago, vs Seattle. Of course we'll be cheering for Chicago over SF, so counting on the Niners losing out is only a desperate fallback.

[MichiganCardinal]

3 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

Just like with the Bears-Packers game, there's good and bad with each outcome. On the one hand, the Lions can no longer beat out Seattle for a playoff spot. On the other hand, if the Lions do beat out Chicago or Green Bay for the wildcard and get seeded #7, if and when it comes down to play the #1 seed "perhaps" at Seattle is a bit less daunting than at LA Rams? There's still a way the Lions could beat out an NFC West team for a wildcard - if the Lions win out and SF loses out at Indy, vs. Chicago, vs Seattle. Of course we'll be cheering for Chicago over SF, so counting on the Niners losing out is only a desperate fallback.

A playoff game at SoFi would be a Detroit home game. A playoff game at Lumen would most definitely not be.

That said, they may have a slightly better chance against the Seahawks. They've exposed Sam Darnold before. To beat the Rams would be to win 52-49, which feels unlikely.

[lordstanley]

46 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said:

 A playoff game at Lumen would most definitely not be.

 

True, but at least I'd be there 🙂, like I was for Tigers @ Mariners in October. 

Edited Friday at 05:41 PM by lordstanley

[lordstanley]

Another interesting wrinkle as far as playoff implications. If the Bears win their next 2 games, they'll have clinched the  division and likely would have little to play for against the Lions (bye likely out of reach). If that happens, the Lions will need to hope that GB also lost to Baltimore or that GB would lose their final game at Minnesota.

[Shinzaki]

I could see Minnesota being highly motivated against GB to set a tone for next year...of course the saame thing could be said about our game with them on Christmas

[Sports_Freak]

Somebody better tell me who to root for in the Packer/Bears game so I can be disappointed. 😅😅

[sagnam]

10 hours ago, StrangeBird said:

The Rams and SF are also “good teams.”

Carolina is obviously weaker, but they beat GB and the Rams. I guess neither of those teams is good.

Not sure how any of that refutes to idea that an actual good team is not going 0-3. The could very likely have lost to the Rams and may still lose to the Panthers and/or 49ers. They weren’t going to lose all 3.

[Jason_R]

In retrospect, they were as bad this season as they looked in the first drive against GB. 

[Motown Bombers]

One of the most memorable games in recent Lions history. Even have an appearance by Aaron Glenn. 

 

[Mr.TaterSalad]

12 hours ago, Jason_R said:

In retrospect, they were as bad this season as they looked in the first drive against GB. 

They were. Their offensive line in particular has come full circle from that game to yesterday. Multiple communication issues yesterday, just as in the Green Bay game. Multiple guys left unblocked at times, just as in the Green Bay game. Only 15 yards rushing yesterday, only 46 yards rushing in the Green Bay game.

[Sports_Freak]

9 hours ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

They were. Their offensive line in particular has come full circle from that game to yesterday. Multiple communication issues yesterday, just as in the Green Bay game. Multiple guys left unblocked at times, just as in the Green Bay game. Only 15 yards rushing yesterday, only 46 yards rushing in the Green Bay game.

The defense wasn't blameless. Over 200 rushing yards given up. 2 long 45 yard rushing TDs against us. An ESPN talking head today said take away those 2 long runs and the Steelers still averaged over 5 yards per rush. (I didn't check that stat so I dont know if it's true). But even given that, 15 yards rushing is totally unacceptable. Yes, the OL need attention but we were still in a position to win the game. Campbell kicks the 1st quarter FG instead of going for 4th down on the 3 or 4 yard line and we would have been in position to kick a game winning FG at the end of the game. This was a total team failure.