In the 90s, we would have a great year and the next year we would get a first place schedule and be straight trash. This year we will finish close to 500 and we may not win division or playoff game if this pedestrian O and secondary continue. Hutch won’t have 4+ sacks every game and the opposing secondary won’t keep dropping 3 INTs per game.
Thus far, the offense is, not that good. The secondary continues to be, not that good. Goff has thus far regressed. It’s like this team is out of shape and hasn’t played together before. Both of which are not true! The Bucs lost so many good players and just dominated our O. Baker looks like twice the QB Goff is. I’m dumbfounded about why this team looks so bad. It’s concerning.
Defense looks considerably better, offense is very concerning though
I have said it before, and will say it again… Goff is an average QB that has the benefit of an incredible o line
And that o line is struggling massively in pass pro, dunno what is going on but defenses figuring out to shut down the middle of the field ain’t helping
Looks like some people are having a hard time losing the SOL mindset.
We had an off day against a good team, it’s going to happen to all teams, it won’t be our last off game either. I expect 4 more off games.
Red Zone…the Lions had twice the number of yards as TB…twice the number of turnovers…and more time of possession.
You can boil the loss down to crappy red zone offense and bad QB decisions.
And maybe you can boil crappy red zone down to crappy QB play.
I am not a Goff hater but he has not looked very sharp or on point.
And lets also remember that the Lions could be suffering a bit of a hangover from last season. I try to grade the team in chunks of 4 games. But right now QB play has been poor. And maybe that is the play calling. But the INTS or dropped INTS have been extremely concerning. Goff seems almost distracted if that is even possible.
Jared is not going to look sharp when both St, Porta. and monty seem dinged up. Jamo was meh vs Tampa, and so was Gibbs…all this said, I expected more out of Goff-but, when your best players are ‘off’ or somewhat injured-it’s not going to be good, hell they barely used LaPorta vs Tampa, and our playcalling was suspect.
Agreed, we are going through the yearly Goff slump rn (The Goof Slump?) where he plays like shit for like a couple games then gets back to playing solid football
Oline needs to be better in Pass Pro though, feels like they have been questionable so far through two games, and bad showing against a Cardinals Defense missing two of its best Dline pieces should sound the alarm bells on the unit.
I dont even think people are injured outside of Sun God. Monty has looked fine, Laporta has looked okay whenever he gets the ball.
Gameplanning and Oline have been off the past two games, We arent establishing the run game at all for the PA passes that Goff loves, and its hurting us badly. Even if they take away the middle of the Field, Raymond and Jamo, hell even ARSB and Laporta should be targeted deep on posts and go routes if defenses are doing that.
We are going away from whats working, and what makes the offense click at the moment.
All of the Patriot dynasty Bill & Brady teams lost games, even in the years they won Super Bowls.
I don’t think it is time to climb out on the ledge yet.
All that said, I won’t be surprised if we don’t live up to the hype and don’t go as far as last year. I certainly won’t be surprised if we don’t win the Division. The Sam Darnold Vikings just beat the 49ers and are 2-0.
I think it’s several things. First, it’s a new OL, what with Zeitler in at RG and Glasgow moved to LG. It’ll take a few games for them to get their chemistry. And the WR assignments have shifted as well.
Second, I think the offense has been taking a piece-meal approach. The intentions look more like “get Jamo involved” or “get Ra his touches” than a systemic dismantling of the defense in front of us.
Speaking of which, third, I think defenses may be confounding Goff. If they’re getting better at disguising when they’re in man versus when they’re in zone, that’s a whole extra level of complexity for Goff to deal with. The Packers were doing this effectively against us on Thanksgiving. He’s not getting what he’s expecting, and it’s flustering him.
I think a big part is the Rams and Bucs just played us in the playoffs… Both those defenses have prepared for the Lions offense a lot…shit we have played the Bucs 3 times in the past 10 months.
Now if the offense struggles again vs the Cards that would be a concern for sure.