the optimist in me says āholy shit thatās a pretty good schedule, I can see 11 wins!ā and then the lions fan in me says āso, top 10 pick again eh?ā
Whatās better than a Top 10 TE?
TWO Top 10 TEās!
Thatās cooler than being cool!
Ice cold!!
That really could be a nice schedule for Detroit. If they donāt make the playoffs next year with those opponents then they really should blow the whole thing up.
We can never not play Arizona.
Itās bizarre.
Oh no the schedule saves Patty cakes and Quinnās jobs the Lions go 11-5ā¦
To be honest though that schedule isnt that tough but this is the Lions so more than likely 8-8.
Noticed that all those teams are NFL franchises. Detroit always seems to have a hard time playing franchises. Iāll go 8-8, just sounds soā¦Lionzy.
Iād rather give a new regime a shot at that schedule. Quinntricia already had this year with a last place schedule and got an astounding 3 wins out of it.
The team as is (healthy), would have a hard time winning 4 games.
They better figure out how to play defense.
isnāt it crazy we were 2-0-1 and should have been 3-0-1 if not for some pretty suspicious league interference.
I honestly wonder what wouldāve happened had that game played out as intended. No matter how professional you are, when the rules are changed against you Iād imagine itās hard to get fired up to play again.
Though what you say is true, Iām beginning to believe there is no helping this defensive scheme. One bad loss that should have been a W, does not change the fact that this defense typically makes every QB we face look like a HOFer. I think we lack talent yes, but I also feel that this scheme makes the talent we do have, look even worse than it is. I gave it one heck of a chance, but I look through sad eyes at this point, because itās the HCās system and it appears to me, fatally flawed. Just like when Marinelli was running the Tampa 2 wrong by playing way off man with our CBās which allowed for guaranteed completions even when the rush was getting there quickly. Basically we are running bend but donāt break, but then we usually break as well.
and the GB game is a good example. Rodgers didnāt have a ābad gameā but he was saddled with a bunch of young WRs. if memory serves they were dropping crap or breaking wrong on routes.
Iām not sure what happened between 2nd half last year and this year, aside of injuries.
Booger summed it up again in last nightās game when he was talking about Breesā¦
Mayo said it in an interview I shared a couple years agoā¦
You have to be able to bring pressure from 4. Brees had a career night last night, but whatās going to happen when heās facing better competition that is able to bring pressure with 7 in coverage? Thatās the ideal that EVERY team in the NFL is working toward. Our bend breaks when our front 4 canāt reach home.
If Iām going to criticize the DC for the decisions theyāre making, itās not working harder to get their capable pass-rushers in position to rush. Kennard, Flowers and Robinson. Iām throwing a 4-3 Under out there all game with Okwara as the Left End, Snacks as the 1, Robinson at the 3 and Kennard as the Right End. Flowers would rotate 3 different spots (both ends and the 3). Might even throw some wide-9 4-3 Over looks at them and let my big LBās clean up the middle.
But then as soon as I say that I flash back to Snacks tripping himself up trying a swim move. Thereās a lot of the team like that. Good 2-gap ability with no 1-gap ability (or vice-versa).
Sure, thatās fine to look at it from a Lions fans perspective. I would venture to guess though that Arizona, the Chargers and the Eagles all felt they should have won the games they played against us. So, 0-4 heading to Lambeau could have just as easily happened if the other teams didnāt self implode.
Word!
After what we are witnessing on the field this season I have a very hard time looking at that schedule and seeing more than 3 or 4 wins, and 1 of those teams I would hope to win just kicked our asses this past weekend.
Where the hell does anyone see a gimmie win on that schedule?
Quinn and Patricia have a lot of work to do to gain my confidence back.
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You going to post this everywhere Barth?