On a completely different subject… I’ll never forget when the Browns went 11-5, and missed the playoffs. Just… straight bullsh_t!
And they were 25th in yards and 25th in yards per attempt.
The 2025 Lions are fourth in yards and second in yards per attempt.
Bates would call that jackus interruptus.
I actually made a good chunk of money on them.
When the playoff pairings were set, they were like 9-1 or 10-1 or something like that, to win the Super Bowl. Because I still was a fan of Matt and I really wanted him to get a ring and we were not in it, I said what the hell and put $200 on them. So I did well when Matt got to hoist the trophy.
Hope we can do the same. Lions are 25-1 right now to win the Super Bowl. I am considering dropping a bet tomorrow before the Dallas game. Probably flushing my money but oh well.
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I dropped bets on Detroit to win NFC
And Det vs Denver Super Bowl matchup
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I don’t hate it.
Funny that people question the “accuracy” of teams that go 11-6 or better have made the playoffs 100%, or all but one 10-7 team has made it. I’d say those odds are pretty AMAZING!
It would appear that many of the “flat earthers” in here, and on Detroit sports talk radio are convinced everyone else is winning out.
Remember when the Colts were 7-1 and Danny Dimes was Baker 2.0? Now they are at risk of not making the playoffs… or the 1-5 Ravens that were a joke, and then surged to 6-5 to lead the division, and then somehow lost to the 3 win Bengals last week?
We won’t discuss Green Bay at Cleveland, Philly and the Giants, Chargers and the Giants, Rams at Panthers etc…. Let’s just assume every 4 loss team that lost 33% of them game to start the year… won’t lose 40% of them remaining games?
I could seeing Chicago dropping both Packers games, and losing in SF…
I could see the Packers losing both to Chicago and at Denver
If/when we beat Dallas, they will have 6 losses, a tie and lose the tiebreaker … then they still have the Chargers, and at birth Washington who just took Denver to OT and NYG- playing to spoil
Seattle has 4 games they could easily lose, and then Atlanta this week
I bet only two NFC have 4 losses or less when it’s over
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Being concerned the Lions might miss the playoffs makes you a “Flat Earther” LMAO
That’s rich
The doubt isn’t as to whether 11 wins or 10 wins gets us into the playoffs.
The doubt is about whether THIS ACTUAL team, the one with the walking wounded, patchwork OL and key skill players hurt on O and D and a probably playoff deciding last game outdoors at night in Chicago, can get to 10 wins with the 5 remaining games we have left
I hope we do. I am skeptical we can.
I am saving a copy of this post for sure.
I would say the only “Flat Earthers” on this board is anybody who thinks we are gonna win out from here
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I’m just saying we haven’t been back to the moon in 50+ years and I’m still betting on the Lions.
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But if you look at their stats and impact, neither did much with the Rams. Big deals in name only…not production.
Von did
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But we’re 7-5 
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We will beat the Bears to go 12-5 just like Rams that year
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That’s not really want I meant but sure…. Jman posted the historic precedents, and many challenged the validity of them.. we may not got 4-1… I do think we do go at least 3-2… and doing so gives us an 85% chance to make it. No guarantee… but if we can’t right the ship and get hot from here out, then getting in won’t really matter.
Brad can’t adjust the roster much at this point right?
Can Dan take the points…pin teams back? Not giving up short fields after the demoralizing failures on 4th down would be appreciated.
Can Shep change the scheme, alignment, and rotation?
Can we ride Monty a bit more early?
I think trying all of the this very obvious shit gives us our best chance to resemble the team we sent out vs the Bucs.
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Well said