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Submitted by CoverZero on

Tom Brady just thew his first TD pass of the season.  14-7 Pats.  The Browns had Pryor in at QB for a play.

Lions up 14-0 vs. Philly.   The new Lions cheerleaders look very good too.

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PopeLando

October 9th, 2016 at 2:09 PM ^

21-7 Lions 23-7 Patriots. They just got stuffed on 4th and goal. Browns now have to drive the length of the field. Pryor probably the QB for the rest of the day due to injuries

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MotownGoBlue

October 9th, 2016 at 2:54 PM ^

Brady with 271 yards and 2 TDs in the 1st half. If I'm an NFL receiver (good, bad or average) I'm doing everything possible to get picked up by, or traded to the Patriots.

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Danwillhor

October 9th, 2016 at 4:41 PM ^

Nice but if you want to know how inept the staff is consider the call timing after the fumble recovery. After the first play the clock is running with about 2:20 on the clock. We're just past mid-field, Philli has 3 TOs and any score gives us the lead. 2:20 is an eternity in this case and the Lions are not pressed for time. In fact, they should be milking the clock a bit. What do they do? Snap the 2nd down play with 2:15 on the clock. It's not as if the staff sees an amazing matchup or a free play or anything, they snap the ball - and while a big gain - Stafford had to move around and wait a while before hitting Tate. He was about to take off running before throwing him open. Point being that they snapped it before the 2 min warning because........they did. Because they had very little situation awareness. Without Slay, Philly likely completes one pass to score or put them in FG range and a win. You can't do much about the series AFTER the Tate catch! You have to make them use TOs and/or get it in the endzone. Nothing to argue about there but if Stafford is sacked or runs for 3 or Tate drops it or Stafford doesn't see him, etc, it's now 3rd down BEFORE the 2 min warning. If you imagine Detroit grabs 10-15 and kicks a longer FG to take the lead it still left a ton of time for Philly where simply letting the 2 min warning hit before 2nd down leaves you plenty of time and less for them. That's HS Football 101 stuff. Zero benefit to snapping that ball before the 2 min warning in that scenario.

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