Why the Lions Will Win the Super Bowl

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This team is stacked.

  • You got a QB with impeccable timing and accuracy.
  • You got a top dangerous RB.
  • You got a very good bruising RB.
  • You got an All-Pro slot.
  • You got a top fast WR.
  • You got a serviceable X.
  • You got a top TE.
  • You got a top RT.
  • You got a very good LT.
  • You got solid options along the interior.

There are no holes on offense. The only question, the rookie Tater at Center, is a question to feel confident about.

  • You got the DPOY candidate, Hutch.
  • You got the top S duo in the league.
  • You got a top CB in DJ Reed, and talent across him.
  • You got a great NB in Amik Robertson.
  • You got a great LB crew.
  • You got a great NT with depth.
  • You got very good option at 3T until Alim comes back.
  • You got a great option opposite Hutch in Davenport, and Z in your back pocket.

There are no holes on defense. The only question, the rookie Williams at DT, is a question to feel confident about.

  • You’ve got the best punter in the league.
  • You’ve got the most athletic long-snapper in the league.
  • You’ve got a big-legged kicker who can hit in the clutch.

The depth on this team is fantastic:

  • Hooker, Teslaa, Raymond, Lovett, Reynolds, Vaki, Skipper, Colon, Frazier
  • Levi, Paschal, Wingo, O’Connor, Rake, Lopez, Stuard, Dorsey, Maddox

There’s so much talent on this team, over 2/3 of the practice squad has already been spoken for.

You’ve got Brad Holmes, drafter extraordinaire, whose staff can – on a week’s notice! – pluck half a defense from other teams’ practice squads to get them on the field for a critical division game late in the season. The best possible plan to prepare for injuries is the BH squad.

And finally, you’ve got Dan Campbell, the Head Coach who can get guys to run through walls for him, then mortar it back together again. Dan Campbell, who finally taught the league to stop making mincing 'fraidy-cat punts. Campbell, who sets the tone for everyone to perform at the their best. Dan the Man, a coach who plays to win, not a coach who plays not to lose.

So don’t give me your, “But the coordinators left, waah!” They all answer to Dan. They Have A Plan. The most important positions all have some kind of continuity, so this has all happened before and will happen again: utterly dominating game plans.

And don’t give me your, “But Rags!” We got a smart, powerful, athletic dude known as Tater Tot who’s getting the best line coaching in the world with Hank Fraley, and all kinds of veteran support. He’s got this.

And really don’t give me your, “But the brutal schedule!” The schedule is overblown. The AFC North has just become ass. The Eagles and Commies face issues of their own, and neither the Rams, Bucs, nor Chiefs are as stacked as we are.

This team is ready to go 16-1, taking the #1 seed and a Super Bowl after winning the last 17 straight games on their schedule.

Rejoice.

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Awesome post.

Love the optimism and agree with most of it.

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It will be an interesting season with the OC and DC changes. These could be changes for the better.

On the Defensive side can we finally come up with a scheme to stop a mobile QBs?

On the Offensive side everyone thinks Ben Johnson was this awesome coordinator but I wonder what people’s thoughts would be if all our 4th down attempts/conversion were punts/FGs attemps.

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Absolutely. Morton can improve on BJ’s “smartest guy in the room” syndrome, where he overthinks the playcalling. I have a feeling that Morton isn’t afraid to lean into what’s working just because it isn’t clever enough. (The 4th down stuff is Dan, not Ben.)

On the defensive side of the ball, QB contain is called “Hutch and Barnes.” Great plan from Shep!

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I know the decision to go for it on 4th down is MCDC. My point is how does Ben Johnson’s offense compare with the rest of the league if MCDC didn’t go for a majority of the time.

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*in the history of the league

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OP… Great post.

Also OP show yourself…

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Haha jman has so many burners…:joy:

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Damn the NFL should just give us the trophy after all that.
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I will not dispute that we have an excellent potential roster.

But, as Devil’s Advocate, I must remind that injuries can sink a season. That new coordinators can take time to gel with that excellent potential roster. That distractions can get into the way and cost a game or two or more pending the severity.

Now… I believe the injuries last year were a fluke. We will still have injuries because all teams do. But I can’t imagine another year like the last. I believe our coordinators will come online pretty quickly because both have familiarity. And I see no world in which Dan tolerates distractions. It isn’t in the DNA.

Parting thought: I believe (assuming no major injuries) that JAMO is the key to this season. He has a talent profile that has scratched the surface, but there is far more there. I honestly expect him to be in the same breath as other top receivers after this season.

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I would say the team does have holes but not HOLES. All teams do, the trick is to minimize them. Losing Rags is a pretty big punch in reality but we have enough depth we can weather that storm until the young guns can get up to speed.

Defensively I would have loved to make a big move for another DE/pressure guy but you can’t have all pros at every position and I think if we sign Z that will help us quite a bit. This is of course counting on hutch coming back at least at 90% of what he was, although it looks like he’s going to be fine. The loss of Alim is pretty big, hopefully the rookie can fill that spot pretty well because alim won’t be back for a while, certainly not at 100% for a while after that even.

If I had to pick one weakness on the squad it might be LB, but I would rank them as definitely above average to compare them across the league. so…hey, if you have being that good as a weakness I’d take that every day.

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The big question mark, as always, is injuries. I think injuries are the only major factor that kept us from going deeper into playoffs last season. Not too worried about coordinator issue but it is a question mark, potential concern.

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