Game 11 : 49ers @ Packers - Sunday, Nov. 24th 3:25 PM

[Sixtolezcano]

8 hours ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

The Lions have blown out the cellar dwellers. Like annihilated them. 

I don't, however, understand where all this "unbeatable" stuff comes from. They have a less than 7 margin of victory against anyone who isn't Dallas, Indy or Jacksonville. When I compare to historic benchmark teams that, when you watched, you really had the sense nobody could compete with them (96 Packers, 07 Patriots who funny enough didn't win, 98 Vikings who also didn't win LOL), they do not carry that level of dominance to me.

If you are asking me to pick my team right now to win the SB, I'd pick them. I think they are a very good and disciplined team that doesn't beat themselves for the most part. But I don't even view them the same way I viewed the Seahawks in '14 where I really did not think the Packers had any shot of going in to Seattle and winning. 

Unpopular opinion but I thought the Packers actually slowed them down defensively better than most teams had. I would still consider GB an underdog, but I just thought that game was a burn the tape game where we just had way too many unforced errors to compete. Frankly the way GB played I'm surprised it wasn't of the 52-6 variety.

I'd give the Packers a puncher's chance in a playoff game, and I'd give Philly a better shot than that as well as any of the other formidable teams. I don't think Detroit is going to just cakewalk through the conference like it seems most people believe. At a minimum, I don't see them as even remotely unbeatable.

I’ve seen far too many football games to declare any team as unbeatable. Turnovers, injuries and the refs are the great equalizers in the NFL. Saying that, if I had to put any money down at this time it would be on the Lions. The last team I saw that had a similar offense was the ‘72 Dolphins with a Csonka, Kiick, and Mercury Morris in the backfield, Paul Warfield as an elite WR (superior but similar to Amon Ra) and both Griese and Goff are matched up as good game managers (Griese better at this point). Of course the Dolphins defense was far superior to this season’s Lions.

 

[homer]

The Lions are the best team in the NFL.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Tampa is such an interesting team. I really hope they don't end up winning that division.  That is 100% a losable game for GB in the first round. I mean I guess anything is, but I would not like that matchup.

[Brewin]

1 hour ago, homer said:

The Lions are the best team in the NFL.

The Lions might be the best team "on paper", but I firmly believe coaching matters especially in the playoffs and Dan Campbell is way to reckless for my tastes. He arguably cost them the SF game in the playoffs last year and I suspect his arrogance will cost them again

[Fear The Chorizo]

5 hours ago, homer said:

The Lions are the best team in the NFL.

agreed, but that doesn't mean that just about any other team in the NFC playoff picture couldn't walk into Ford Field and beat them.  Any given Sunday (or saturday/monday/thursday/etc with today's NFL schedule)

[homer]

3 hours ago, Fear The Chorizo said:

agreed, but that doesn't mean that just about any other team in the NFC playoff picture couldn't walk into Ford Field and beat them.  Any given Sunday (or saturday/monday/thursday/etc with today's NFL schedule)

I don't disagree