Detroit Lions: We're Going to Bite a Kneecap Off
Larry Foote will be a Detroit Lion, ~100% chance of that.
Theres also talk between DET/KC that would involve Glen Dorsey
Random tidbit - DE Ahmed Hassanein re-signed to the practice squad.
What makes this interesting is he says 31 teams contacted him exploring a signing and he told them he was only interested in going back to Detroit and playing for Campbell. Since Detroit released him with an injury settlement he had to sit out an extra 3 weeks to sign with the Lions - big if true.
The last game is just another example of why Dan is an elite coach who is routinely a coach of the year snub.
At this point I couldn't care less if he ever gets a COY award. Let take a quick look at the last 3 'winners' and note I wouldn't trade Dan Campbell for any of these guys even if the other team throws in their 1rst round pick.
2024 Kevin O'Connell - The self anointed 'QB whisperer' who let this year's highest rated QB Sam Darnold walk so they could work with the lowest rated QB JJ McCarthy
2023 Kevin Stefanski - This dude was the HC when they traded for Deshaun Watson and still has a job. LMFAO. Granted the Browns have done a great job passing the blame for that debacle around like a hot potato but the stink from this trade should follow all these dudes forever.
2022 Brian Daboll - LMAO this had to have been a joke award, Barkley left, right, middle then pass to Barkley makes for COY? At least he has been in the news recently while looking absolutely clueless on the sideline. The Fuq this guy ever do? 1-4-1 division record just screams coach of the year
Yeah the Hassanein story is kind of wild. It's not like he didn't know he had a spot here, Brad basically said "he'll be a Lion again soon" a few weeks back. It may or may not be a good move for him career wise. He was surprisingly good in the preseason, and he plays a style of edge that Dan seems to like. But he probably has an easier path to an NFL field elsewhere than he does in Detroit, so he took a bit of a risk in that regard. It says a lot about where this team is though that guys actually WANT to play here.
Ragnow coming out of retirement! Talk about a ****ing Thanksgiving miracle. OL was a shell of last years without him anchoring the middle, assuming he stayed in good shape he is probably 2 weeks away from being able to play but still great news
Yeah wild news that I definitely wasn't expecting. I think Dan was even asked about this possibility a few weeks back and he shut it down really fast, but apparently it's true. I think Frank just needed a good deer season off, and now that he's gotten it (his IG account is all hunting/fishing), he's ready to play again. I'm hearing Cowboys game. That works for me.
Glasgow out tomorrow so the O-Line will be an even bigger patchwork. Short weeks suck.
****ing Thanksgiving miracle! Can't wait to see him back on the field
He doubled back for his friends!
I felt log dog **** after the first GB game, but man I really feel like dog **** after the second GB game.
I do feel like every single little thing went right for them (the waived off false start for the phantom time out (yet another one for the list of unbelievably bad or weird calls that go against the lions), their fumble miraculously bouncing through 4 lions straight to their OT, who fields the bouncing ball like he's part of the hands team, their WR making incredibly tough catches over and over including the final 4th down) but holy hell both our lines are playing like ass.
The defensive line is the most disappointing by far. Just no real consistent pressure. It was built to stop the run and still does that well, but in previous years we were still finding ways to get to the QB often enough. It's just not happening this year.
The O-Line is disappointing as well but between the injuries and youth movement this was always going to be a down year. Hopefully Frank coming back and the ensuing shuffle gets Awosika back to the bench. He's too much of a liability in pass pro. But getting the O-Line back to where it was isn't going to be easy. It's going to take some combination of Manu becoming good or us going LT in round 1, Frank coming back or us finding a quality replacement, and some combo of Miles Frazier being starting grade or us going IOL also in the draft. It can be done, and I like that there are multiple paths to it, but hopefully it happens sooner than later. I'm not one of those fans that says they'll never win a title with Goff, but he does need more protection than other QBs and we're seeing what happens when he doesn't get it.
I agree we've had some run bad in recent weeks. In 3 consecutive weeks we've had JJ, Jameis, and now Love playing their balls off throwing perfect dimes all over the field. Some of that is our fault for not forcing rushed throws enough but some of it is just them making perfect throws at rates beyond what their past has said they are capable of. I'm not as down on this team as some, they are still 7-5 in the middle of a playoff hunt for the 4th straight year, which is a reasonable expectation. It just stings that the rest of the division seems to be rolling.
Hyperbole to say Miles Frazier looked pretty good tonight?
Hard to say. He has a couple false starts but who knows how many snaps he has taken before the game with Goffs cadence. But he wasn't a significant liability out there which is the only fair metric at this point. Mahogany despite breaking his leg says he might be back as early as the Rams game. If so it might be next year before Frazier gets another shot.
Branch has a torn Achilles. While injuries this year haven't been as catastrophic as last year, this is still annoying and going to have an impact. N
How the **** was that a touchdown?
This team is pretty mediocre but the refs definitely helped tip the scales in this one.
There's still a path, but yeah, this is bad. I have absolutely no idea when collisions between WR and DB on crossing routes are PI and when they aren't.
That may have been the worst shit show I've seen from the Lions offense in decades. It was so bad I'm not even sure who should get the credit, woefully unprepared for a Vikings team without a QB and nothing to play for??
How the fuck was this performance even possible?
I consider it a minor Christmas miracle that the game was on Netflix so I didn't have to watch it. Listening on the radio was more than sufficiently enraging.
The Vikings get minimal credit for this game. We started a 3rd string center who probably has no business being on an NFL roster. His inability to even snap the ball was a major factor. We went from elite offensive line to garbage in a years time and this is what happens.
I feel like we will learn a lot more about this team by about week 10 next year. I don't have a ton of thoughts right now.
The Vikings get minimal credit for this game. We started a 3rd string center who probably has no business being on an NFL roster. His inability to even snap the ball was a major factor. We went from elite offensive line to garbage in a years time and this is what happens. I feel like we will learn a lot more about this team by about week 10 next year. I don't have a ton of thou
This offseason is going to be a real test for Brad Holmes. He's going to have to find real OL talent without being able to just offer megadeals, not that it's his style to do that anyway. It'll help getting Mahogany back but the obviously need a center in the worst way and Glasgow might be washed.
Some, but probably not as much as you'd think. There was definitely a bit of a dropoff in creativity and execution took a major hit, but that part is much more about injuries than scheme.
I read an analysis somewhere that iirc came to the completely logical conclusion that the biggest problem down the stretch was the middle of the OL. We all know that Goff isn't mobile and when he gets pressured his accuracy drops off a cliff. He needs a clean pocket. And third string guards and centers were not getting the job done.
Well that season was disappointing but I have no complaints about sticking it to the bears on our way out. They are clearly frauds and I hope they get exposed next week.
Overall the team clearly regressed but man they got some bad bounces this year.
It wasn't just luck, all their losses were 100% earned, but just a couple things go different this season and we're having a different conversation right now. I am pretty sure most good teams in other longer season pro sports will have 9-8 stretches.
For me the offseason priorities are clear. You MUST fix the O-Line. We are an offensive team and need a functional line. So many questions. Is Decker retiring? If he does, do you move Sewell over? Is Frank coming back? Can Ratledge play center. Do we have anything in any of the other young guys that got some time this year?
While there are plenty of decisions to make at other positions, I think if they solve the O-Line they can patchwork the rest and have a competitive team. But if we can't run and Goff is under constant pressure, we are totally ****ed.
