OT NFL Open Thread

Submitted by Darker Blue on September 25th, 2022 at 1:23 PM

Lions taking on the Vikings on fox. Gutsy call by Motor City Dan Campbell to go for it on 4th and 5. Lions up 7-0.

I've been a Lions fan for 30 years and this is perhaps the most fun football team I've seen come out of the Motor City.

I think we have an outside shot at being a playoff team. 

 

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BlueTuesday

September 25th, 2022 at 1:43 PM ^

Dan Campbell is the right answer. The players absolutely love him and he’s got their respect. He won’t tolerate mediocrity or players taking plays off.

I dunno if they’re a playoff team this year but they are definitely on the way up.

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ckersh74

September 25th, 2022 at 1:46 PM ^

To me, the average fool, sitting in my underwear on my couch, eating Cheetos, it's pretty simple.

Everyone in the NFL more or less runs the same stuff, so it boils down to two things:

1) If the players are playing hard for the coach, it's a personnel issue, not coaching.

2) If the players are NOT playing hard, that's a motivational issue, and that's on the coaching.

The players appear to be playing hard, so any issues are back to personnel. 

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UM_Ftown

September 25th, 2022 at 1:50 PM ^

Goff doing his best Cade McNamara game manager impression and the Lions haven’t looked this good in years. 
 

As a cynical / jaded fan I’m just waiting for the collapse. 

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Hotel Putingrad

September 25th, 2022 at 2:12 PM ^

I really hate NFL refs sometimes, the way they try to manipulate these games...That 3rd and goal PI on Hughes was BS, and then Reynolds definitely had the first down on the ensuing position. 

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Hotel Putingrad

September 25th, 2022 at 2:12 PM ^

I really hate NFL refs sometimes, the way they try to manipulate these games...That 3rd and goal PI on Hughes was BS, and then Reynolds definitely had the first down on the ensuing possession. 

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XM - Mt 1822

September 25th, 2022 at 3:20 PM ^

O:  9-1-1, can I help you?

yeah, I’d like to report a kidnapping!

O:  who was kidnapped and do you know who did it?

the lions.  Somebody kidnapped the Detroit lions!  
 

O:  well sir, that really seems implausible.

I’ll tell you what’s implausible: they’re winning a game.

O:  oh, sir, I think you’re overreacting 

oh yeah?!  It’s on the road….in Minnesota!  In the second half. And they just got a turnover!

O:  okay.  We’ll send an investigative team out right now

 

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Darker Blue

September 25th, 2022 at 3:35 PM ^

I know theres been a lot of talk about the Lions finding the QB of the future but Jared Goff is only 27 years old. He's looked really good for the Lions. 

I'm just wondering if you wait to draft a QB until you can find the perfect guy for what you want to do.

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ckersh74

September 25th, 2022 at 3:56 PM ^

I never understood running a goal line formation on 4th and short, especially outside the red zone. You're bringing the entire defense in tight to the box, and everyone in the world knows what you're going to run. You're not giving yourself any space to operate. 

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ckersh74

September 25th, 2022 at 4:04 PM ^

Minnesota has no TOs. Obviously if you convert, we're done here.  However...

If you run it here and don't convert, you punt and leave the Vikings at about the 15-20 yard line with 1:05 or so to go. If you pass and throw incomplete, you punt and leave them with 1:50 or so.

 

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