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  1. adambr2
    Looked like a late hit out of bounds on Mahomes somehow not called. The irony is that I think it would have been better for the Chargers if they had called it because it would have given them a chance to get the ball back.
  2. adambr2
    The phrase “act like you’ve been there before” seems to apply to the Lions this year, but in fairness, they haven’t, so maybe that’s the problem.
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    I did want them to win at the time, but in hindsight now, I’m so glad they pissed it away. The 49ers are also near the bottom of my least favorite NFL franchises, so that says a lot. I think the part that Lions fans are trying to either ignore, or live in denial about, is the fact that there are still warning signs out there of the “same old Lions” just dying to get out. They blew a huge lead in the NFCCG. They just pissed away a huge 2nd half lead at home against the Bears! They only survived because the Bears did what they do. They blew a large lead against us in minutes. That game was wire to wire in the second half, blow for blow. Yet they come out of that game as arrogant as ever, like they were so much better. If we don’t get a shot at them next month, I’d love to see someone like Geno freaking Smith beat them 31-28 while they yap. Short of that, I even hope Philly puts them in their place. I don’t know if the Lions recall or not, but about this time last year the Cowboys looked absolutely unstoppable.
  4. adambr2
    Also, is there any bigger drama queen than Zadarius Smith and his "revenge" tour? My gosh dude. You got a ton of money and opportunity to come here. You played well for awhile, got hurt, got older, the team was getting older and resetting, and so a business decision was made and they moved on. Then the Vikings and Browns both made business decisions to trade you, so you think you'd understand how it works by now. Spare me your repeated victim speeches. The Lions used to be kind of a cool "feel-good" story of a lowly long downtrodden team who finally turned things around. Somehow they've already gotten to the arrogant blowhard stage of thinking you're untouchable and superior, without even actually going through the stage of even accomplishing anything first. Ask the 49ers how guaranteed anything is. They were pretty much the standard of the last 10-12 years of being the "team to beat", and they have zero rings to show for it. I'm ready for their era to be over before it even begins. Yes, we know, the Lions' players want to run through a brick wall for Dan Campbell. You tell us every single week.
  5. adambr2
    I think we need to be prepared for the fact that the Lions will be better too, and more at full strength.
  6. adambr2
    He didn’t actually get put in his place at all though. He just got in the head of an NFL head coach for all to see. It makes us look mentally weak and distracted. Then our guys go out on the field and lose the mental game there, too. If he actually got kicked out as a result of it, great. I didn’t hear that reported anywhere, though. I’d feel the same in reverse if Campbell was out jawing at fans at Lambeau, we’d be in his head.
  7. adambr2
    Outplayed the Celtics for about 45 minutes, then started chucking up bricks with about 3 minutes to go.
  8. adambr2
    It has nothing to do with his press conference. He clearly let a Lions’ fan get under his skin. You’re the head coach of the Green Bay Packers, ignore it and be better. It had nothing to do with trying to fire his team up. He was bothered. Engaging with hecklers reflects poorly on the coach and the team. There’s no reason to react to a heckler at all and there’s a reason most coaches don’t.
  9. adambr2
    That, and I don’t think “perfect QB play” is a realistic expectation for any QB. Feels like “if our QB is otherworldly, we can win it all” has been our rallying cry for about 10 years. As far as winning championships, it hasn’t been a very successful one. Look at the Chiefs — as great as Patrick Mahomes is, he isn’t doing it on his own. The Chiefs have committed to rebuilding their pass rush over the last 5 years or so, and it has as much to do with their sustained success as anything else. I have high hopes and high expectations for Jordan Love, but I’d like to build a better supporting cast for him than his predecessors had and get away from the Aaron Rodgers era mindset of just hoping the guy under center can carry us.
  10. adambr2
    Which is awesome, and something we’ve struggled with for years, but it’s still not something that is as essential to playoff success in the modern NFL as an effective pass rush. It’s the heart of an elite defense and leads to so many productive defensive plays. Bad, hurried throws. Interceptions. Sacks which are often essentially turnovers in their own right as they totally turn down and distance against the offense. Last night was actually a pretty good case study for this. The Lions love to run the ball, and we did a wonderful job stopping them, holding them to an astoundingly low 3.3 YPC. And yet we still weren’t able to do nearly enough to slow down their offense.
  11. adambr2
    Yep. It’s partly why I’m trying to be more patient with Hafley than I have been with past coordinators. Last night was not his best game, but overall, I think he’s done a good job. The one thing you cannot ever do is give a QB 8-10 seconds to throw. I don’t care what your coverage looks like, someone is going to get open. So you either generate pressure with your front 4, or you blitz. Problem with blitzing is that your corners need to win their 1 on 1s, and that’s tough when you’re constantly down Jaire. I expect in the playoffs, Hafley will blitz more and we’ll see some schemes that we didn’t see in the regular season. There isn’t much of a point in him putting anything exotic on film for the rest of the regular season. It is imperative that Alexander be healthy and productive in January.
  12. adambr2
    I don’t know. It’s so, so hard to win a Super Bowl with a subpar pass rush. It’s probably right up there with high end QB play as far as correlation to winning championships. You can find exceptions to both, but they are awfully rare and usually dominant in almost every other area. Basically, yes, they could win it all as currently constructed, but Jordan would need to play out of his mind in the playoffs. That includes his receivers stepping up and playing better, too. I don’t know where Jayden Reed has been since the first month of the season, but the man may as well be on a milk carton.
  13. adambr2
    If they don’t have enough talent on defense to win now, than the elephant in the room is that Gutenkust has done a really bad job building that part of the roster, because it hasn’t been for lack of effort or investment. Numerous high picks and 1st rounders that have yielded pretty meh results. When all you have to show for it is one decent, not elite pass rusher plus one part time corner, that’s not good enough. If they can’t generate enough pressure with their front, which I think we know by now they can’t, it’s on Hafley to dial up some different blitz packages. Sure makes it tough to do that when your top corner is constantly absent. I’ll give credit to Gute at least for signing McKinney. I shudder to think where the D would be if he hadn’t.
  14. adambr2
    I’d have a hard time putting him top 5 until he can start winning some big games. I think you could put Reid, McDermott, maybe both Harbaugh’s in front of him. Then depending on who you talk to between Shanahan, McVay, Tomlin, maybe O’Connell and Sirriani. It’s all very subjective after the first couple.
  15. adambr2
    It obviously dropped, significantly. I mean, don’t you think that possible outcome was figured into the original computation? It wasn’t a mathematical certainty that we were going to score 7 points in 2 plays even after they failed. That’s just what happened in this instance. I mean, yeah, if you’re going to argue with mathematical and data-based principals, there’s no purpose in trying to convince you otherwise.
  16. adambr2
    Yes, yes it was. Okay, “a lot” is subjective, but increasing your win odds by 2% in one play is certainly not nothing. Again, just because it’s been pounded into everyone’s head for decades that “this is what you do here”, does not necessarily mean it increases your odds of winning. I’m not going to say I would have loved it if MLF had made the same decision (although I certainly would if he made it), but I’m also not all that crazy confident in our short yardage conversion chances as the Lions rightfully are in theirs. I’m not just going to totally disregard the analytics of that particular call, though.
  17. adambr2
    I would also like to add that, whatever love affair that America has with the Lions while they are still fresh and new, count me out of it. I think they are a dirty, arrogant team that is coached to be dirty and arrogant and has no respect for their opponents despite no historical accomplishments of their own. I think it’s been easy for them to look good with little adversity. I think if they face real adversity — a 2 TD deficit in a playoff game, for instance, the panic and finger pointing will set in. Either way, if we don’t beat them in January, I won’t be among those rooting for them to end the drought. I’ll hope they get their hearts ripped out of their chests again.
  18. adambr2
    Post-game Lions’ take: I am so sick of Matt Lafleur worrying about everything except his damn job. Terrible look for him to be involved in a pre-game altercation with a fan where he tells the fan to “shut the F up”. In no way is it your job to de-escalate situations with fans or interact with them in any way. What a bizarre explanation that he was “trying to de-escalate”. It’s an opposing, rowdy, probably intoxicated fan. Do you think they’re just going to listen to reason from the visiting head coach? Do not engage in any way. If security won’t address it properly, then address that with the NFL, after the fact. But as long as they are in the stands and not in your bubble, it is neither your responsibility nor your place to respond to any of it. It’s no wonder that our players are so easily baited by theirs when their own fans live rent free in the head of our HC.
  19. adambr2
    I don’t complain about officiating much, but what an absolute piss poor job by the crew tonight. The worst part was the consistency. Watson gets called for a pick play that costs us 7 points. On the very next drive, the officials decide to swallow their whistles when the Lions run a pick of their own. Then St Brown gets away with an absolutely blatant push-off which essentially sealed the game. Shame to have a game like this decided by an incompetent officiating crew.
  20. adambr2
    I know it seems crazy to people because it goes against everything we’ve ever known about football. But the call from his own 30 was the analytically correct call. By like, a lot.
  21. adambr2
    Yep. Here we are sitting here roasting him for going against the grain when it worked and he’s 12-1 and they’ve beaten some good teams. He’s going to be in a position where he’ll need 2 playoff wins to go to the Super Bowl and that’s all you can ask for. They didn’t lose to San Francisco last year because they got too aggressive and if he doesn’t get to the Super Bowl this year it will probably be because sometimes you lose to other really good teams in the playoffs. Campbell is widely regarded as one of the best coaches in the league. Maybe, just maybe he makes decisions based on what he thinks will give his team the best chance to win, and not just to try to be the cool stepdad. Conventional wisdom does not always mean correct. There was a time in the NFL when 4th and 1 from your opponent’s 45 was pretty much an auto-punt.
  22. adambr2
    You need like 30 yards in today's NFL. You start at the 30 and you’re pretty much within FG range when you get under 60. It’s 2 plays and every defense out there is playing soft and guarding the sidelines. If the Lions started their final drive down 32-31, from their own 30, with 35 seconds left and no timeouts, I don’t think many of us would have been reasonably confident in making a stop.
  23. adambr2
    Yep. It’s one of the key components to championship level play, and they just don’t do it well enough. Aside from Gary’s occasional flashes, no one in the box does nearly enough to make the opposing QB uncomfortable. Van Ness continues to be a huge disappointment.
  24. adambr2
    To everyone who thought it was stupid, which were you more optimistic about? Stopping them on the play, or Jordan coming back and getting into FG range with 40 seconds to work with? There’s your answer. I felt hope when I thought they would kick. I lost all hope when they brought the offense back out.
  25. adambr2
    He falls down and you still can’t stop them 😅 Campbell just rubbed it in the faces of everyone who questions his decision making.
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