Its time to take care of the F#&*%$G Lions...

Completely agreed. 3 games given to the Lions, 3 losses. Fluky plays and us beating ourselves. So sick of Stafford, Quin and that group of midget WRs

PUT OUR FOOT ON THEIR THROAT ON SUNDAY

Thanksgiving is going to be a big game for us.  Take care of the lions and have a 3 game lead with 5 to go.  Should be a good game, divisional games are always tough.

@"purplefaithful" said: I'm tired of losing to those bitches...0/3 the last 3 games.

That streak has to end Thursday.

FEISTY this morning...  I like this version of purplefaithful.  LOL
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@"Wetlander" said:

@"purplefaithful" said: I'm tired of losing to those bitches...0/3 the last 3 games.

That streak has to end Thursday.

FEISTY this morning...  I like this version of purplefaithful.  LOL
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@"purplefaithful" said:

Thats what my wife said too ;)

My adrenalin is still flowing after being @ USB yesterday...Very good game to be at, I'm grateful to have been there and had a great party before hand too. Was a hurting buckaroo last night though. 

LMAO...  That's my boy!!!
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Yes!  Than rest for the rest! 

@"SDCAVIKESFAN" said: Thanksgiving is going to be a big game for us.  Take care of the lions and have a 3 game lead with 5 to go.  Should be a good game, divisional games are always tough.

It would actually be more like a 3.5 game lead due to conference record. Assuming both the Lions and Vikings take care of their divisional opponents the tie-breaker jumps to conference record. A Vikings win pushes their NFC record to 7-1 with the Lions dropping to 5-4. 

The last 3 Lions games all "irk" me because we lost those games ourselves as opposed to the Lions winning. Basically we handed them all 3 games. Going back to 2016 and the first meeting was the OT loss 22-16.
Game 1 Nov 6th. 2016 - Clockgate - 100% coaching clock management issue, game should have been over if Zimmer let the clock run down instead of leaving so much time for Prater to kick a tying FG.
Game 2 - Nov 24, 2016 - 30 secondgate - Sam threw an INT with 30 seconds remaining giving them the ball at our 33 yard line and a game winning FG.
Game 3 - October 1st, 2017 - Fumblitisgate - Cook, leading the NFL in rushing as a rookie, is breaking one down the middle for 10+ yards makes a cut and blows out knee untouched and releases the football in pain. Gives the Lions there only TD of the day leaving the Lions at our 29 yard line.
So all three losses are bad clock and turnovers. On the other hand you have to look at the other team. The Lions have been playing close in all these games and allowing us to make the mistakes while limiting there own. That is not the Lion of old when we all expected and usually saw the Lions meltdown. They are playing our kind of game against us - good defense and no mistake conservative offense.
Here are Stafford's stats for each of the 5 games he has faced Zimmer's Defense:

Stafford's vs Zimmer  3-2 record
	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	LNG	TD	INT	QBR	RAT
2017  10/1    Lions win 14-7	19	31	209	61.3	6.74	38	0	0	23.3	81.3
2016  11/24  Lions win 16-13	23	40	232	57.5	5.8	41	1	0	77.1	82.5
2016  11/6    Lions win in OT 22-16	23	36	219	63.9	6.08	28	2	1	74.8	87.6
Stafford's totals in last 3 wins	65	107	660	60.7%	6.21		3	1
2015  10/25  Vikes win 28-19	18	26	256	69.2	9.85	55	2	0	38.5	126.4
2015  9/20    Vikes  win  26-16	32	53	286	60.4	5.4	19	2	1	62.1	79.6
Stafford's totals in first 2 losses	50	79	542	63.3%	7.63		4	1

We have held Stafford below his season averages in almost every category and have held him in check. Hi best game was the loss on 10/25 with a nice 126 QBR. But other then that one really good game in a loss he has a very low YPA and below his averages in terms of completion % and QBR.

It is not Stafford that is beating us it is us beating us and it has to stop for Thanksgiving!

@"minny65" said:

The last 3 Lions games all "irk" me because we lost those games ourselves as opposed to the Lions winning. Basically we handed them all 3 games. Going back to 2016 and the first meeting was the OT loss 22-16.
Game 1 Nov 6th. 2016 - Clockgate - 100% coaching clock management issue, game should have been over if Zimmer let the clock run down instead of leaving so much time for Prater to kick a tying FG.
Game 2 - Nov 24, 2016 - 30 secondgate - Sam threw an INT with 30 seconds remaining giving them the ball at our 33 yard line and a game winning FG.
Game 3 - October 1st, 2017 - Fumblitisgate - Cook, leading the NFL in rushing as a rookie, is breaking one down the middle for 10+ yards makes a cut and blows out knee untouched and releases the football in pain. Gives the Lions there only TD of the day leaving the Lions at our 29 yard line.
So all three losses are bad clock and turnovers. On the other hand you have to look at the other team. The Lions have been playing close in all these games and allowing us to make the mistakes while limiting there own. That is not the Lion of old when we all expected and usually saw the Lions meltdown. They are playing our kind of game against us - good defense and no mistake conservative offense.
Here are Stafford's stats for each of the 5 games he has faced Zimmer's Defense:

Stafford's vs Zimmer  3-2 record
	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	LNG	TD	INT	QBR	RAT
2017  10/1    Lions win 14-7	19	31	209	61.3	6.74	38	0	0	23.3	81.3
2016  11/24  Lions win 16-13	23	40	232	57.5	5.8	41	1	0	77.1	82.5
2016  11/6    Lions win in OT 22-16	23	36	219	63.9	6.08	28	2	1	74.8	87.6
Stafford's totals in last 3 wins	65	107	660	60.7%	6.21		3	1
2015  10/25  Vikes win 28-19	18	26	256	69.2	9.85	55	2	0	38.5	126.4
2015  9/20    Vikes  win  26-16	32	53	286	60.4	5.4	19	2	1	62.1	79.6
Stafford's totals in first 2 losses	50	79	542	63.3%	7.63		4	1

We have held Stafford below his season averages in almost every category and have held him in check. Hi best game was the loss on 10/25 with a nice 126 QBR. But other then that one really good game in a loss he has a very low YPA and below his averages in terms of completion % and QBR.

It is not Stafford that is beating us it is us beating us and it has to stop for Thanksgiving!

A-F&*KING-MEN.  I believe the law of averages will tilt this game in our favor.  No way does this team beat itself again vs Detroit.  I can’t see it, they don’t beat us, they don’t run up and down on us, Stafford doesn’t throw for 400 against us.  We just beat ourselves.  

sick of Stafford, Fat Prater, Glover Quin and that group of smurfs at WR and their attitude.  This Thursday, we jump down their throat, then batter the hell out of them.  No come back happening on Thanksgiving.

We are a better team now than when we first played them and our offense is also more diversified. Cook was a big part of our game plan early in the season, and Keenum was only entering his third start at QB in our first meeting with the Lions. With Bradford's injury coupled with Cook out for the year, there was a lot of uncertainty surrounding this team. It's amazing how everything has changed. You have to give a lot of credit to Keenum's leadership and what Shurmur has done to adjust. We are far less predictable on offense.  With our improved Oline play, we are creating a balanced attack that defenses have to account for. We are no longer a one-dimensional team. 

Huge game Thursday, damn I hate Thursday (even Thanksgiving) games.  It is time to stop the Kitties win streak against the Vikes though.

Important game just because of Detroit's remaining schedule after Thursday: if the Lions close the gap to 1 game with a win against Minnesota and the tie breaker, watch out. Might be the difference in Minnesota being a #2 seed or possibly a #4 or #5 seed wildcard. 

@"StickyBun" said: Important game just because of Detroit's remaining schedule after Thursday: if the Lions close the gap to 1 game with a win against Minnesota and the tie breaker, watch out. Might be the difference in Minnesota being a #2 seed or possibly a #4 or #5 seed wildcard. 

thats the best part of being a good team in the thick of things... almost every game down the stretch is the next most important game of the year.

Notice that it has been our lack of offense points in the last 3 losses.  Our defense has given up 14, 16 and 22 in OT.  

Our offense is clicking much better now then in any of those last 3 losses so we just need our Defense to hold Stafford back as usual and not lose the TO battle.  

@"minny65" said: Notice that it has been our lack of offense points in the last 3 losses.  Our defense has given up 14, 16 and 22 in OT.  

Our offense is clicking much better now then in any of those last 3 losses so we just need our Defense to hold Stafford back as usual and not lose the TO battle.  

8-0 if we score over 10

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"StickyBun" said: Important game just because of Detroit's remaining schedule after Thursday: if the Lions close the gap to 1 game with a win against Minnesota and the tie breaker, watch out. Might be the difference in Minnesota being a #2 seed or possibly a #4 or #5 seed wildcard. 

thats the best part of being a good team in the thick of things... almost every game down the stretch is the next most important game of the year.