Late Afternoon Hilarity - i.e. watching the Lions play and other NFL games

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Late Afternoon Hilarity - i.e. watching the Lions play and other NFL games

So if you haven't been watching the Lions play, and you're in need of some comedy, turn them on.  A quick summary of events. After leading 7-0, the Lions forced a 3 and out.....except Logan muffed the punt, and the Cardinals scored on the next play.

After trading 3 and outs again, the Cardinals punt it away, and Logan screws up the return, and puts the Lions on the 7 yard line. After back to back false starts by different players, Stafford throws deep to a double covered Calvin....except he overthrows him and it's picked off by Patrick Petersen, who returns it to the 3 yard line. The Cardinals score again.

So yeah, let's all laugh at the Lions and watch some NFL games. Betters than the news about Treadwell and Floyd, Hagerup, Hawthorne anyways

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December 16th, 2012 at 6:41 PM | I turned it off. There's only (Score:0 Normal)
December 16th, 2012 at 6:51 PM | Stafford is not a joke. He is trying to force the ball (Score:5 Normal)
SalvatoreQuattro
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into spaces that he shouldn't because the Lions only have one good WR. 

The guy is 24.He is on track for 4800 yds passing. Give him time and healthy receivers and he will produce big numbers again.

The defense, however, is atrocious. 

"The Ruhr will not be subjected to a single bomb. If an enemy bomber reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Hermann Göring: you can call me Urban Meyer!"

December 16th, 2012 at 7:25 PM | Stafford is highly overrated! (Score:0 Normal)
December 16th, 2012 at 7:38 PM | Were the 5000 yards he put up (Score:2 Normal)
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Were the 5000 yards he put up last year "useless stats when the game didn't matter"? They've lost five games this year by one score, while scoring more points in the 4th quarter than any other team in the nfl. I don't call those useless stats.

Stafford is throwing to an all-pro and 3 other guys who don't belong on the field.

The defense is pitiful.

December 16th, 2012 at 7:40 PM | And Scheffler sucks. (Score:0 Flamebait)
December 16th, 2012 at 7:59 PM | Stafford and the lions have (Score:1 Normal)
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Stafford and the lions have beat ONE team with a winning record the last two season. Stafford continues to throw wild picks. In fact, there's another pick six after he gets a TD called back for a delay of game. Stafford is the next Marino

December 16th, 2012 at 8:38 PM | Explain the Marino remark. (Score:2 Interesting)
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Explain the Marino remark. Stafford can only hope to be uttered in the same sentence as Marino when all is said and done. No Superbowls, true, nut he is regarded by many as one of the greatest passers to play the game.

December 16th, 2012 at 11:26 PM | Marino had no Super Bowl wins (Score:2)
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Marino had no Super Bowl wins - he was in XIX, lost to SF.

Also had 8 playoff wins (10 losses).  Still have yet to see the Lions win a 2nd playoff game in my lifetime.

Michigan Resurgent?  Michigan Resurgent!

The beatings will continue until the uniforms improve!

December 16th, 2012 at 9:00 PM | Wrong. (Score:2 Normal)
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They beat the Broncos last year, which was a playoff team.  They also beat two 8-8 teams last year that, if not for the loss to the Lions, would have had winning records.  This year, they beat the Seahawks.  I get that the Lions aren't good, but the overreactions are unbearable.  They've lost 7 games this year by an average score of 4.6 points.  They have a lot of room for improvement, but quarterback is not one of them.   

 

December 16th, 2012 at 9:18 PM | You do realize that defense is part of the game do you not? (Score:1)
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The Lions had the Colts, Texans, and  Packers(@ home) beat. Unfortuantely, their shit defense collapsed just their special teams did versus Tennessee and the Minnesota game at home.

The offense has cotnributed its fair share with all the picks 6s and fumble returns for touchdowns, but the leitmotif of this season is the crummy defense and poor discipline. 

"The Ruhr will not be subjected to a single bomb. If an enemy bomber reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Hermann Göring: you can call me Urban Meyer!"

December 16th, 2012 at 7:39 PM | You simply have no clue what you are talking about. (Score:3 Normal)
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Stafford has lead the Lions to numerous come-from-behind wins in his career. He has three such games this year alone. His stats do NOT come when the game does not matter. In fact, in only four games have the Lions trailed by 10 pts or more this season. Their largest deficit has been 17.

 

 

"The Ruhr will not be subjected to a single bomb. If an enemy bomber reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Hermann Göring: you can call me Urban Meyer!"

December 16th, 2012 at 7:40 PM | Have to disagree with that (Score:3 Interesting)
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He is throwing to Calvin, who is consistantly double or triple covered, Pettigrew, who drops just about everything that is thrown at him, Durham, an undrafted receiver out of Georgia. Titus Young and Burleson out and lacking anything resembling a run game, he has to force the ball. Plus the defense routinely gives up 30-40 points so that is quite a bit of pressure on a guy who is essentially a 2nd year quarterback because of injury.

Yeah, well... I'm gonna go build my own theme park, with blackjack and hookers. In fact, forget the park! 

December 16th, 2012 at 7:43 PM | Petitgrew is not playing today. (Score:2 Interesting)
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No Young, Burleson,Petitigrew or Broyles. That's basically 80% of the Lions receiving corps.

"The Ruhr will not be subjected to a single bomb. If an enemy bomber reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Hermann Göring: you can call me Urban Meyer!"

December 17th, 2012 at 12:51 PM | 4800 yards IS big numbers. (Score:1)
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4800 yards IS big numbers. His TD numbers are down this year, but I think that's Linehan as much as anything.

December 17th, 2012 at 2:09 PM | Stafford (Score:1)
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Stafford has silly physical talent, but I've never seen a QB throw more passes off his back foot.  He's got such a good arm that he can get away with it a lot of the time, and he might be doing that because his line is atrocious, but if the Lions get a good QB coach who can teach him proper technique, he could be something special.

Right now, his form looks like Jeff George.  With his arm, he could be Marino.

December 16th, 2012 at 6:41 PM | Well at least they will (Score:3 Normal)
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Well at least they will receive a good draft pick, hopefully a CB

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December 16th, 2012 at 6:46 PM | No they won't, you just know (Score:5 Normal)
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No they won't, you just know they're going to beat the Bears and drop their draft pick from 4th to like 11th or something like that

If you're doing nothing, how do you know when you're finished?

StraightDave owes me a steak dinner

December 16th, 2012 at 7:19 PM | There is no CB worth a top ten pick this year. (Score:1)
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Manti or  DE.

"The Ruhr will not be subjected to a single bomb. If an enemy bomber reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Hermann Göring: you can call me Urban Meyer!"

December 16th, 2012 at 7:45 PM | Agreed. (Score:2)
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As much as I have Notre Dame, I'd love to see Te'o on the Lions next year. Like to see them go Eric Reid out of LSU in the second round because Spivey is terrible and Delmas can't stay healthy. Hopefully Bill Bently can recover from that injury and be good.

Yeah, well... I'm gonna go build my own theme park, with blackjack and hookers. In fact, forget the park! 

December 16th, 2012 at 7:54 PM | Milliner might be worthy of a (Score:2 Normal)
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Milliner might be worthy of a top 10 pick, if they pick Te'o where do they play him? They have Tulloch anchoring that spot and Te'o has never been anywhere on the outside.

Blank.....Blank......You're not looking at the big picture here.

December 16th, 2012 at 8:01 PM | Te’o can learn OLB if need be. Milliner is not considered a #1. (Score:1)
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Teo makes plays. The Lions desperately need LB's who can do that. T

"The Ruhr will not be subjected to a single bomb. If an enemy bomber reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Hermann Göring: you can call me Urban Meyer!"

December 16th, 2012 at 8:46 PM | Both linebackers contracts are expiring (Score:2)
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after the season ends. He was resigned to a 1 year deal.

Yeah, well... I'm gonna go build my own theme park, with blackjack and hookers. In fact, forget the park! 

December 16th, 2012 at 10:48 PM | I know both Levy and Durant (Score:2)
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I know both Levy and Durant are FA's after the year but Tulloch was signed to a 5 year deal this offseason, so he's going to be the man in the middle for awhile.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/20/lions-sign-stephen-tulloch-to-five-year-deal/

Blank.....Blank......You're not looking at the big picture here.

December 16th, 2012 at 8:31 PM | That's what we've been saying for the better part of 50 years (Score:3 Normal)
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It won't make a difference.

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December 16th, 2012 at 6:44 PM | Can't wait to draft a WR who (Score:2 Normal)
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Can't wait to draft a WR who was "the best player available" because we have so much depth at other positions that we can just draft whoever we want

December 17th, 2012 at 12:52 PM | Actually, at this point WR is (Score:1)
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Actually, at this point WR is a position of need, no matter how many we've picked recently. 

December 17th, 2012 at 9:15 PM | no matter how many we've picked recently. (Score:2)
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Which is a sad commentary on the Lions' ability to discern and acquire talent. Rogers, Williams, and Young were all high draft picks spanning two different GMs, and the result is the same. At this point it seems clear that Calvin Johnson is the WR version of Barry Sanders: a supreme talent stuck with an incompetent franchise who will see the playoffs only occasionally. It must kill him to think what he could be doing for a team like Seattle or NE or Atlanta.


December 16th, 2012 at 6:46 PM | Worst team in the NFL. (Score:1 Normal)
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Worst team in the NFL. Everyone but CJ underperforms and the coaches seems so indifferent about losing. I hope they clean house and offer Cowher the biggest contract for a coach in history to install some discipline.

December 16th, 2012 at 7:47 PM | Overreact much? (Score:2 Normal)
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Worst team in the NFL? You must not have seen Jacksonville play this year, or Philadelphia, or Carolina, or Oakland, or Buffalo, or...

December 16th, 2012 at 7:54 PM | At least two of those teams have a better record than the Lions. (Score:2 Normal)
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And I think Carolina is just flat out better.

However your "or" could continue with the Chiefs, who are really godawful.

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December 16th, 2012 at 8:32 PM | I can’t agree. The Panthers defense blows and Newton (Score:2 Normal)
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has been up-and-down. The Panthers and Lions are roughly equal in talent.

"The Ruhr will not be subjected to a single bomb. If an enemy bomber reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Hermann Göring: you can call me Urban Meyer!"

December 16th, 2012 at 8:59 PM | Although your verbage is (Score:1 Normal)
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Although your verbage is rather juvenile, I found this statement utterly hilarious and humiliating at the same time.  I love the honest comparison between this man's favorite franchise and the... Carolina Panthers.  He honestly offers up the fact that his favorite team and the... Carolina Panthers are roughly equal in talent and success in each franchise's long, sad existence of irrelevance. I just really love the honesty, it's like talking to someone at the airport and them telling you with an honest, genuine smirk saying "Yes, I think we'll be on roughly equal footing with the Royals this year.  This is the year it all changes, we're only getting better, I swear."

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December 16th, 2012 at 9:27 PM | Firstly, it is spelled VERBIAGE (Score:2 Normal)
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and secondly, the Panthers do not have a "LONG, sad, existence". They have only been in business since 1993.  They have made a Super Bowl  and NFC title game in their 19 years of existence.   

"The Ruhr will not be subjected to a single bomb. If an enemy bomber reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Hermann Göring: you can call me Urban Meyer!"

December 16th, 2012 at 6:49 PM | Only the Lions (Score:3 Normal)
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Could find a way to get the Cardinals to score touchdowns.

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December 16th, 2012 at 9:55 PM | Total Yards: Detroit 312, Arizona 196 (Score:1)
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Total Points: Detroit 10, Arizona 38

I did not see the game, but I did chuckle at that stat.

Maybe the next few years will be like the early 90s, when the Lions were decent in odd numbered years, but got crushed in the tougher schedules that resulted in the even years.

December 16th, 2012 at 6:52 PM | Lions are so flippin' bad. (Score:2 Normal)
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Lions are so flippin' bad. And they can not afford ANOTHER Top-ten pick!

Johnson

Stafford

Suh

Reif

Cherilius



They need to get rid of Mayhou (or however you spell his worthless name)

And draft some LB and then any one player available from Alabama available in the second round... They are the only Pro team that I think would actually lose to an Alabama or early-2000's USC team in the college football team

December 16th, 2012 at 6:55 PM | Forgot the Auburn DT too... (Score:1 Normal)
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Forgot the Auburn DT too...

December 16th, 2012 at 8:33 PM | i think you are confused between first round and top ten picks (Score:1)
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cj, stafford, suh were all top 2? picks, fairley, reiff and cherilus are pick 13, 20something and 17.

December 16th, 2012 at 6:57 PM | NO NFL team would lose to a college team. (Score:2 Normal)
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MAYHEW has done an okay job.  Cherilus and Rief were not top 10 picks.

 

Outside of that your post is spot on.

"The Ruhr will not be subjected to a single bomb. If an enemy bomber reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Hermann Göring: you can call me Urban Meyer!"

December 17th, 2012 at 2:14 PM | Under the NFL's new draft (Score:1)
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Under the NFL's new draft pick salary slots, top-ten picks are underpaid if anything.  The very first pick in the draft now gets about $5.5 million/year for a four year contract, which is far less than a similarly talented player could get in free agency.  Before the slotting system, the top picks got $12-14 million/year.

The Lions got screwed by being bad before the slotting system took effect, leading to big contracts for Stafford/Suh/Johnson.  But Reiff is earning only about $8 mil over 4 years, and there's no reason to be concerned about the salary hold for next year's draft pick.

December 16th, 2012 at 6:53 PM | I think this might be the end for Schwartz. (Score:2 Normal)
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This is an awful performance. The Lions have way too much talent to lose 8 straight games. If the Lions achieve this dubious defeat I think Mayhew has to pull the trigger. 8 straight defeats with a healthy QB is simply unacceptable.

"The Ruhr will not be subjected to a single bomb. If an enemy bomber reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Hermann Göring: you can call me Urban Meyer!"

December 16th, 2012 at 7:02 PM | Mayhew needs to be the only (Score:-1 Flamebait)
December 16th, 2012 at 7:48 PM | Wait Captain Hindsight* (Score:2 Normal)
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You wanted Harbaugh after he went 5-7 with Stanford?

*No offense to the real Captain Hindsight.

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December 16th, 2012 at 6:58 PM | This is just disheartening to (Score:2)
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This is just disheartening to watch, they continue to regress. The O-line can't protect against a blitz, Scheffler drops balls, Durham runs the wrong routes, and Calvin can't beat double coverage every play. This game has just been terrible to watch.

Blank.....Blank......You're not looking at the big picture here.

December 16th, 2012 at 7:01 PM | Scheffler is not good. He (Score:2 Interesting)
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Scheffler is not good. He drives me NUTS- He'll catch unlikely passes at times where it doesn't matter, then he drops the EASIEST passes that I feel 90% of college TE's could catch...

December 16th, 2012 at 7:07 PM | You are confusing Scheffler for Pettigrew.* (Score:2 Normal)
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ccc

"The Ruhr will not be subjected to a single bomb. If an enemy bomber reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Hermann Göring: you can call me Urban Meyer!"

December 16th, 2012 at 7:40 PM | He was talking about both, (Score:4 Normal)
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He was talking about both, Scheff sucks.

Blank.....Blank......You're not looking at the big picture here.

December 16th, 2012 at 7:42 PM | Right on cue he drops a wide (Score:3 Normal)
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Right on cue he drops a wide open pass over the middle. Lions go 3 and out. Of course.

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December 16th, 2012 at 7:00 PM | They have about 17 penalties (Score:2)
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They have about 17 penalties already too

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December 16th, 2012 at 7:00 PM | 3 Arizona touchdowns. I think (Score:3 Normal)
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3 Arizona touchdowns. I think their longest scoring drive has been ~7 yards. 

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