There are parallels… Lions players get “crucified” on this board quite often.
Disclaimer… that is meant entirely to be lighthearted and I will delete it if that is offensive at all. I do not want to make light of anyone’s faith.
As a TLM-attending trad Catholic, I can tell you that watching the Lions counts as mortification of the flesh, and leads to holiness.
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Funny that so many come here only to shed their darkness
Dude, it’s a game….
Love my Lions and always will. But! On the priory list of life? They are somewhere near the bottom 1000……
Enjoy today people and smile as it’s all we have been given!!
And, 19-1 until proven otherwise baby!!
GB here we come!!
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It was our first real game it ‘was’ brutal I even called game over before our guys began to fight back and almost win a come from behind victory. that did not happen , BUT it gave me real hope because they didn’t just lie down and quit, they fought hard…THAT is what I am encouraged by. I knew we would have things to work on-and we do 80 % on defense.
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It’s not all doom and gloom. Sewell looked solid and the running game ripped off several 10+ yard runs with J-Will and Swift both having over 100 yards total.
The defense needs a ton of work though.
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If you crack a seal, don’t announce it publicly…or someone could report you to PETA.
Such drama. Jesus would murder ass, bro! He knows the force (source)!
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This may be the soonest I have ever looked at the draft. And know that we will have a top 3 pick. Some years due to injury, some due to our division being good, some coaching, some the refs. But you can see after this game that the cupboard is extremely bare, and what’s in there is super expensive and crappy. We need new dishes.
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Well, I was expecting that the Lions win the Super Bowl on Sunday and they didn’t… 
Did you think the Lions were going to lose the first 3 games because of all the drastic changes and because of three solid teams of the gate? I did. They now have two more to lose and then we’ll see what they have. I’ve got a double dose of optimist genes and even I have enough sense to patiently endure these 3 losses.
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Everyone-cool your jets. It’s going to be 3 or 4 years. And that’s just to be competitive. This year is just auditions to see who’s going to stay for next years auditions. New coach has to hire HIS coaching staff then over the next couple/few years get HIS type of players. Players are going to come and go. Draft here, free agent there. Get the salary situation stable….etc. Anyone remember when the Tigers hired Sparky Anderson? He said ‘in 5 years we’ll win a championship’. It took that long and he did. No instant gratification here.
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That’s not really how the modern NFL works. If they can’t be competing by year 3 under DC then they likely never will.
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I think we’re competitive next year, if not the year after.
When’s the last time the Lions were ‘modern NFL’? It might not take 4, but no less than 3.
I have my doubts about Holmes I mean he said are WRs are Good and he likes that room. And then he said the same about the safety’s. While most are raving over his every move, it’s hard to believe in a guy that thinks our safety’s and WR are good. Hell almost every poster here found them positions to be very weak.
I gave him the benefit of a merge. We’ll see what happens next.
What would you expect him to say?
“Our WR room is awful, and I can’t wait to replace them?”
I’m guessing 2/3 of our WR room won’t even be on the roster in 2 years. 1/2 of them will be gone next offseason. You can’t rebuild an entire roster in 1 offseason. We had a shitty roster to begin with, AND we lost Golliday, Jones, and Stafford. Lots of work to do here. Cephus will be a solid contributor/depth guy, Raymond may work out as a versatility type dude. St Brown will be here. Aside from that, those dudes will all get fired. Probably one starting receiver on this roster.
Just my opinion, but if Holmes’s comment is the soul basis for your judgement, I think you are waaayyyy off base.
Not the sole bases just one piece, the safetys is another and we still have cap he chose to stand pat, then the signing of Decker then drafting LT now you have 2 LTs and still no RT. One of these guys will being playing out of position and there’s tons of conflict now. Then The overkill at Defensive tackle , you. trade for Brockers have Williams then draft 2 more High. When you have 0 talent at WR and safety. 2 position that most thought was biggest needs yet he stay clear of both till 4th rd. You can use the you can’t do it all in one year theme ( we here that every year ), but he had chances and stood on his word that he likes these groups.
Now I’m not saying he can’t improve or won’t turn out to be good, but he’s not the god some guys make him out to be.
Well said.
I also have doubts about the non-moves at safety, plus the Perriman and Williams choices look really bad at the moment. Holmes needs support and improvement there for sure.
I keep reminding myself that this is year #1 … we weren’t going to win a playoff game regardless with the roster they were working with. We could have brought in prime Jerry Rice and Ed Reed. Drafting slightly higher because of not making a big move in the secondary may be an acceptable outcome … but the grace period is over for Holmes going into off-season number two.
SO - I’m not going to get hung up on a few questionable decisions this year. There have been enough positive moves elsewhere to warrant optimism moving forward.
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I’m with you on alot of your rants but you are off base with “oh gee golly he must LOVE our receivers!!!” You can’t fix every position in a single year. Particularly when you are eating $50M in dead money in a post COVID salary cap year.
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Exactly!
Some people live their life in avoidant patterns. If we avoid, it prevents us from feeling pain…if I’m skeptical enough, and don’t fully engage, then I don’t have to suffer if it doesn’t work out.
People do this with other ppl, especially in intimate relationships. They avoid, in order to avoid ultimate pain. What they miss, is ultimate pleasure.
These people never truly live in the moment. They numb to hide from the pain. Being highly present in the moment, you get to witness your OWN behavior. Look
what am I thinking,
how does that serve/not serve me?
Does this make me happy?
Is this a fun way to live?
What if I could experience more peace, fun, love?
Am I being realistic, or just pessimistic (in a defense mechanism)?
Am I projecting how things are, in order to be “right,” or am I seeking to observe and understand what it could be?
Not the same ownership
Not the same players
Not the same coaches
Not the same Strength and conditioning ppl
Projecting the past into the future is fantasizing. Reverse fantasizing for some that want to get into semantics.
If you are going to fantasize and project, is it making your life a better place by trauma bonding with the past, or living a new experience?
This is a completely different experience. There is still national stigma, and biased officiating, but the humans we have running the show are all new. Totally different.
Different systems
Different philosophy
Different culture
Different styles
Etc, etc, etc
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