“What me worry?”. simple fix here.
win the division, beat nfc “contenders”
Quote: @Skodin said:
Well the KC WRs gifted Detroit 7 points, then with their drops, another missed 3 points on the board. Doing all this without the league's best TE and the team's most dangerous (and one of the league's best DTs).
The Lions will be good, but they are not great by any means. Then again when you are drafting top 10 for a decade, you would hope you would turn it around at some point. Their best players come from years of ineptitude.
If you want to crown them, be my guest, but last night's win wasn't that all impressive.
No, I agree. It really wasn't that impressive. Goff had a few WTF moments. But what should concern us is that several of their young players (Gibbs, Campbell, Branch) were being eased in. They will be better in December than they are in September.
Regardless of anything they got the win in a game that was an expected loss for them. It wasn't pretty but they got the job done, and you can reasonably expect them to get better as the year goes on as their young players continue to improve and develop. Gibbs, LaPorta, Campbell, and Brian Branch all showed out last night. Both lines play physical. If Jameson Williams comes back and is the deep threat most expect him to be, the Lions are going to be a very difficult team to play this year.
Campbell was in mid-season form going for it on 4th down in his own territory in the 1st quarter. He got lucky, those plays will come back to bite him in the ass sooner or later.
Quote: @supafreak84 said:
Regardless of anything they got the win in a game that was an expected loss for them. It wasn't pretty but they got the job done, and you can reasonably expect them to get better as the year goes on as their young players continue to improve and develop. Gibbs, LaPorta, Campbell, and Brian Branch all showed out last night. Both lines play physical. If Jameson Williams comes back and is the deep threat most expect him to be, the Lions are going to be a very difficult team to play this year.
Um....
According to how we were viewed last season I have to say it was ONLY a one score win, So..........
Yep, I actually thought that win looked a lot like 11 of the Purple’s last season, when It wasn't pretty but they got the job done…
Quote: @MaroonBells said:
@ supafreak84 said:
Regardless of anything they got the win in a game that was an expected loss for them. It wasn't pretty but they got the job done, and you can reasonably expect them to get better as the year goes on as their young players continue to improve and develop. Gibbs, LaPorta, Campbell, and Brian Branch all showed out last night. Both lines play physical. If Jameson Williams comes back and is the deep threat most expect him to be, the Lions are going to be a very difficult team to play this year.
Um....
Makes me think of last year. Winning ugly but still winning. Getting some luck and capitalizing on it. I mean a win is a win right?
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Quote: @MaroonBells said:
@ supafreak84 said:
Regardless of anything they got the win in a game that was an expected loss for them. It wasn't pretty but they got the job done, and you can reasonably expect them to get better as the year goes on as their young players continue to improve and develop. Gibbs, LaPorta, Campbell, and Brian Branch all showed out last night. Both lines play physical. If Jameson Williams comes back and is the deep threat most expect him to be, the Lions are going to be a very difficult team to play this year.
Um....
The big difference is I don't see this Lions team making a habit of squeeking out games or getting down 31 points at home to an awful Colts team. A win is a win, but when you make it a habit like we did last year it wasn't difficult to see the flaws
Quote: @supafreak84 said:
@ MaroonBells said:
@ supafreak84 said:
Regardless of anything they got the win in a game that was an expected loss for them. It wasn't pretty but they got the job done, and you can reasonably expect them to get better as the year goes on as their young players continue to improve and develop. Gibbs, LaPorta, Campbell, and Brian Branch all showed out last night. Both lines play physical. If Jameson Williams comes back and is the deep threat most expect him to be, the Lions are going to be a very difficult team to play this year.
Um....
The big difference is I don't see this Lions team making a habit of squeeking out games or getting down 31 points at home to an awful Colts team. A win is a win, but when you make it a habit like we did last year it wasn't difficult to see the flaws
Oh you don't see the Lions doing that. I wonder why that is.
So you know the Lions are for real, and I guess incapable of come-from-behind victories, having witnessed 1/17th of their games? Because the team we saw last year, like the Vikings, had their fair share of blowout losses (Pats, Panthers and Cowboys) and one-score squeakers (Bears, Jets and both Packer games).
The Lions have upgraded some areas and have some talent on their roster for the first time in ages. I fully expect them to compete for the division title. But at least TRY to be objective. The Vikings might be pretty good too.
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