Many of us here are understandably pissed. We entered today 8-2, and to use ARSB brother’s comment, felt the Lions were a bit “suspect.”
Today’s loss confirmed every single fear we had leading up to game time.
It’s one thing to be a middling team with little expectations. But we got embarrassed on national television after the media and fan hype train crowned us with something we didn’t earn.
It’s humiliating,
I’m humiliated as a Lions fan. You should be, too.
We don’t look bad. We didn’t have an off game. We simply looked like we didn’t belong on the field.
At 8-2, the Lions had raised our expectations and given us TRUE hope. And the last few weeks have made us question whether it was fools’ gold.
Today was the opposite of validation.
It’s an absolute possibility that this team isn’t nearly as good as its record and shrugging this off, to me, is lunacy.
So today, yes, I’m angry. But I’m also sad. I’m disappointed. We deserve better. We put ourselves out there and what we are seeing is … potentially … one of the most historic disappointments that this franchise has made us endure.
Disappointed? Absolutely! Discouraged/Disappointed? Nope. Every team will have 3-4 off games a year. After a big come from behind emotional win against the Bears, I’m not shocked.
I expect the Lions to finish with 11-12 wins and a home PO victory. In year 3 of total rebuild, call me pleasantly surprised.
Drop the emotions of game day, and we can the amazing progress from the depths of Patricia/Quinn.
Still plenty of season.
But… yeah. Just…
Why can’t we have one season, just one season where we look like a legit team?
I guess that’s this year, and I shouldn’t put this game in a vacuum. But it’s hard.
When I was growing up, my Dad always used to tell me…
“Why do you let yourself get so upset? Its the Lions, they either start the season off good, and let you down, or they start the season off bad, then finish good enough to give you hope”
That’s a very “Lionized” way to look at it, but it kind of seems pertinent after today.
Like i say to people who are defending the lions, its not the loss, its the method.
This team has looked good at times, but not an extended stretch. Every good team has a questionable game or two but this team is playing very poorly for multiple games.
Its obvious weve been figured out. That can happen. The massive concern is us not fixing it. We’re getting trucked by less than teams.
Looking at the schedule, if this coaching staff doesn’t figure it out, we might have one maybe two more wins. I have zero confidence in beating minny. If we cant stop the bears or a ridiculously injured packers team minny and dallas are putting 40 on us.
I’m not humiliated at all. We had a bad game with 3 TO’s and only lost by 1 score. Overall we are having a good year, and I have optimism for the rest of the season. Multiple ways to be fans of the same team I guess.
This really should be universally accepted at this point. Our DL is not NFL-caliber and it’s impacting the backend, linebackers, offense and head coach.
