Very Crucial! Play the starters more in pre-season, it seems to work well for the Chiefs.
https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/how-crucial-is-fast-start-for-detroit-lions
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The only reason I see any type of small “thing” here is Jamo’s absence.
I think they are young.
I think they get better as the season wears on…just like any young team would.
I think they play better the 2nd half of the season.
…buuuuut…
I think they play well early on as well.
My biggest concern by a mile is Ragnow’s foot.
This team is gonna kick plenty of ass.
This week I bet a guy $100 that the lions would win 11 or more.
My interpretation was like he said, “hey, bro…can I give you $100 in week 15 of the season?”
I was like, “Suuuuuure, brother! Thank you!”
Book it!
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I think it’s very important to get a win against Kansas City right off the jump, the next few teams won’t be as tough, if The Chiefs beat us it might discourage the team…
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This is the least discourageable team I have seen in a loooooong time
Relentless batch of ass whoopers
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That’s more of an outlier game for me
But I think it’s important for lions to not fall deep in a hole by losing winnable games early in the season.
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We’ve got 2 sets of joint practices. We are let likely to see much if any of the starters in the game that week.
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ok…but
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Critical because they are going to be the shakiest on offense early with rookies and no Jamo and Jones still learning the scheme. There are 4 winnable games while Jamo is out, but the first 2 they could lose, and probably will lose one. @KC, vs SEA.
4 very winnable after that, then road Ravens and home Raiders, then bye week.
Need to be 6-2 there.5-3 very worst case.
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Crucial seems like a strong word here.
We certainly cannot stumble out of the gates like last year. But if we are 4-4 (hoping for better) in our first eight games, I am not going to be freaking out unless there are severe injuries to our leaders.
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Looks like Dan is on it! First step to solving a problem, and all that.
I realize you don’t get to be an NFL head coach without a very sizable self image, but Dan legit seems to have a distinctly healthy ego when it comes to problem solving. Can you imagine Patty answering the same question?
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“Do, or do not. There is no try” - Yoda
Smart little fucker.
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you have no idea what might happen this season, and I wouldn’t call the team “a relentless bunch of ass whoopers.” until or unless we beat the first 5 or 6 games.
To each his own, my brother.
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If we don’t beat the Chiefs we need to make it close. You don’t want to lose momentum to start the season.
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I don’t know what you mean by fast start. They need to consistently win if they are going to win the division and go to the playoffs.
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Going back to the original question about the importance of a fast start, I think it’s extremely important. We have won 1 game total in September in 2021 and 2022 combined. Sure we finished strong in 2022, which was great, but we dug such a huge hole early that we still couldn’t overcome it to make the playoffs.
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We need to win at least 2 September games this year, ideally 3+. 4-0 and there won’t be any room on the bandwagon.
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