September 8th, 2019 at 8:37 PM ^
Urban to the Lions?!?!?!?!
September 8th, 2019 at 8:47 PM ^
I’d welcome it, if for no other reason than to watch Urban’s on-field reputation go down in flames. Not even he could save the Lions.
September 8th, 2019 at 9:23 PM ^
He will be at Michigan so not available.
September 9th, 2019 at 1:01 AM ^
Patricia Quinn: Medicine Woman.
September 8th, 2019 at 8:38 PM ^
This is the organization that kept Millen around for several years AFTER drafting Mike Williams with a top ten pick.
September 8th, 2019 at 9:12 PM ^
What about Charles Rogers?
September 8th, 2019 at 9:47 PM ^
Charles Rogers. Sure, that's easy. How about Ikaika Alama Francis?
September 8th, 2019 at 9:52 PM ^
How about Terry Fair?
September 8th, 2019 at 10:12 PM ^
Terry Fair was a decent player.
September 8th, 2019 at 10:20 PM ^
Not compared to who they could have had.
September 8th, 2019 at 10:38 PM ^
19 other teams passed too. NFL drafters have been paying attention to "off-field problems" way more than they should for a long, long time.
September 8th, 2019 at 10:51 PM ^
He was fair
September 9th, 2019 at 12:37 AM ^
Not first round worthy.
September 9th, 2019 at 1:23 AM ^
Roy Williams...NTRW
September 8th, 2019 at 8:38 PM ^
You think he's getting fired after one game that they tied on the road?
September 8th, 2019 at 8:49 PM ^
A road game in which they were up 24-6 and in control.
They're now staring 0-3-1in the face and are effectively out of it. 1-2-1 at best. I'm not saying fire them because I don't think anyone can fix this mess.
It's nice to know the season is done after 1 game.
September 8th, 2019 at 8:51 PM ^
... against a 3-13 team last year with a new coach who had 58 yards total offense in 3 quarters?
Yes the most embarrassing performance by a Michigan team since. . .yesterday.
September 8th, 2019 at 8:53 PM ^
Why'd they only have 58yds in 3 quarters? Our defense.
September 8th, 2019 at 9:41 PM ^
that's even more damning because that same defense let them do the "impossible" according to Dick Stockton.
3-13 last year with the worst offense in the league. So there is a new system with a rookie quarterback.
I wouldn't be as enthusiastic about this defense if I were you.
September 8th, 2019 at 10:20 PM ^
The wheels came off at the end. Plain and simple.
We were close to last in run D til Snacks came here midseason and ended up 10th? Add Daniels, Flowers and we'll see, but you do you and I'll do me. I'm more excited when our D comes on the field than when our offense does right now.
September 8th, 2019 at 8:51 PM ^
This season was done right after last season's Super Bowl. Trying to win a Super Bowl with New England castoffs is not a formula for success.
September 8th, 2019 at 9:06 PM ^
Wait a minute....people still follow the lions and expect them to win?! Where am I? What year is it?
September 8th, 2019 at 10:52 PM ^
Isn't that the definition of insanity, doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result???
September 8th, 2019 at 11:40 PM ^
Actually, that's the definition of futility. But, heck, insanity fits so I say go with it...
September 9th, 2019 at 1:39 AM ^
Yes I believe it is. Said the one Michigan football fan to the other.
September 8th, 2019 at 9:59 PM ^
Can't ever really predict anything with this team, good or bad...hell, beat Pats last year, and nooooobody saw that happening.
September 8th, 2019 at 10:23 PM ^
Season over after 1 game? I feel like we all know how that feels.....
September 8th, 2019 at 10:28 PM ^
Sorry to call you out fugitive but you’re POV on the lions is... not enlightening or correct.
Yeah they let the cardinals back in it to tie the game in OT but they looked exponentially better than anything we’ve seen offensively the past 5 years. Cut the fucking slack where it’s due and don’t be a lions troll like the rest of MGoBlog. You know... the same place where nobody can accuse the play calling of our own wolverines unless we win +2 touchdowns.
September 9th, 2019 at 8:23 AM ^
Even if they did win this game they would still be out of it! 4-12 or 3-11-1 will not make a difference, may be help in next years draft order since they would go ahead of other 4-12 teams! Lions are a joke and Patricia Quinn will keep her job because she is in a rebuilding phase.
September 8th, 2019 at 8:51 PM ^
Really dumb take on OP's part.
This was the first game in a long, long time that we were in control of the game on both side of the ball for much of the game.
Our defense is much improved and our offense was getting it done today too for much of the game. I don't remember that happening for ages.
The wheel came off at the end, but I expect that to be corrected.
Go Lions!
September 8th, 2019 at 8:53 PM ^
Ah, to be young and naive.
”Wheels off” is the Lions usual mode of operation.
September 8th, 2019 at 8:56 PM ^
Young and naïve?
LMAO @ you.
September 8th, 2019 at 10:31 PM ^
“Wheels off”
hmmm quite a parallel we’re working with here... I may just turn into a Lions slappy to combat shitty post like yours.
September 8th, 2019 at 8:54 PM ^
Why would you expect that to be corrected? 60 years of history says you shouldn't.
September 8th, 2019 at 8:57 PM ^
Because Patricia and Quinn weren't in charge 60 years ago for starters.
September 8th, 2019 at 9:01 PM ^
It doesn't matter who's in charge. The one constant has been the Lions finding ways to fuck up.
September 8th, 2019 at 9:12 PM ^
The biggest fuckup for me was the play call after the timeout. I think there was 1:46 left 3rd and 7(?). Don't care about the yardage, but Cards used all their timeouts. CALL A FUCKING RUN PLAY AND LET THE CLOCK RUN.
Would've been under a minute and we would've been punting to them with them having no timeouts. Could've pinned them deep and put our D on the field. But no, called a pass play that went incomplete stopping the clock for them.
Dumbass call.
September 8th, 2019 at 9:18 PM ^
You’ve got your times wrong. The Lions punter with around 2:30 left. The two minute warning was right after Byrd’s long catch.
September 8th, 2019 at 9:24 PM ^
Gotcha and thanks. +1 to you.
I was wrong on time, but point remains on using clock.
September 8th, 2019 at 9:26 PM ^
Wait, just Saturday everyone on this blog was complaining about all the running - that ran down the clock and forced Army into a crappy FG try at the end game. Now you're on here complaining about a pass that stopped the clock?
WTF do you want?
(LOL! I've all but lost interest in the NFL, and the Lions in particular.)
September 8th, 2019 at 9:58 PM ^
The majority of people on here just complain based only on the outcomes. I'm not sure what yessir said about the UofM game yesterday, but yeah he is advocating the Lions do exactly what upsets people here about Harbaugh.
September 8th, 2019 at 10:29 PM ^
Not sure how anyone compares the end of the Lions game strategy to Michigan offense philosophy. But whatevs. That isn't to you Gucci.
What I thought about yesterday was we were told that it was going to be speed in space. I expected, cuz that what we've heard all offseason, to get the ball in the playmakers hands downfield. So I figured Collins/Black/Bell would be getting a heavy dose of touches. Didn't happen, imo, the 2nd half. Don't know why.
Also told that DCaff and Shea were neck and neck and both would play. Not seeing that either. So from now on, I'm going to listen to what the coaches say and believe about half of it.
September 8th, 2019 at 10:54 PM ^
Off topic to this discussion, but does anyone have Michigan's 2nd half pass/run ratio? Thanks And if anyone could throw in what sites they use for boxscores would be appreciated.
September 9th, 2019 at 12:22 AM ^
Stephenrjking did a diary with those numbers.
September 9th, 2019 at 11:01 AM ^
Ah yes...but the ownership hasn't changed. WORST FRANCHISE IN SPORTS.
September 8th, 2019 at 8:40 PM ^
They did better than expected by salvaging a tie. I expect a contract extension
September 8th, 2019 at 8:41 PM ^
A team that is smart enough to fire Patricia at this point would have been smart enough not to hire Patricia in the first place.
September 8th, 2019 at 8:53 PM ^
but is it at a point now where no respectable coach in the NFL would ever take a job with this franchise?
September 8th, 2019 at 9:15 PM ^
My wild ass guess is that no GM / head coach duo capable of turning the Lions into a decent team would ever come to Detroit until they believe they'll have complete control over every football decision. The Jim Bob Cooter thing was not a good look.
September 8th, 2019 at 8:55 PM ^
Ask the Cleveland Browns how they fired Bill Belichick...?