December 24th, 2017 at 4:23 PM ^
I miss gym shorts
December 24th, 2017 at 4:37 PM ^
And Matt millen for that matter
December 24th, 2017 at 5:30 PM ^
You miss Matt Millen? The Lions aren't that bad.
December 24th, 2017 at 6:40 PM ^
The guy drafted Calvin Johnson
December 24th, 2017 at 7:06 PM ^
14 other recievers. If you keep drafting recevier after reciver and only one is worth a draft pick, thats not a good record.
December 24th, 2017 at 7:29 PM ^
Now drafting Golladay, that took brains
December 24th, 2017 at 9:19 PM ^
Golladay, Agnew, Glasgow, Dahl, Killebrew, Zettel, and Reeves Maybin in the 3rd round or later. All of those guys are pretty solid contributors already. He's done a good job getting younger and restocking the talent in the organization.GM is absolutely a strength, and I no longer have to worry about shitty late round picks.
December 26th, 2017 at 10:54 AM ^
How about the other hundred BUSTS he picked first.
December 26th, 2017 at 10:56 AM ^
Double post
December 26th, 2017 at 10:57 AM ^
Triple post!
December 24th, 2017 at 4:23 PM ^
One can only hope Martha gives us this holiday present.
December 24th, 2017 at 4:24 PM ^
God, Jehovah, Yahweh, Mohammad, whatever deity is needed to make the Lions see the light.
#METANoReligion
#JustThisOnce
December 24th, 2017 at 5:13 PM ^
Jehovah and Yahweh are the same dude (notice the similarities in the name?), and Mohammed only talked to he/she/them, falling far short of deity status himself. Jesus is somewhere between Muhammed and Yahweh, on the "is he/she a deity?" chart...
December 24th, 2017 at 7:33 PM ^
I'd stay out of the religion conversation on the board, but considering tomorrow is Christmas: In the Catholic faith, Jesus is considered both God and man. So, He is not in between Mohammed and Yahweh. The latter is God the Father, Jesus is God the Son, and the Holy Spirit completes the Trinity.
December 24th, 2017 at 7:46 PM ^
Dude, this was totally not intended to start a religious debate. But since you did... If Jesus is "both God and man," then he is neither entirely a deity (God) nor entirely a man (Mohammed), and thus, literally by definition, between the two, like I said. And FYI, Christ was almost certainly not born on December 25th. Happy Saturnalia!
December 24th, 2017 at 8:22 PM ^
Not intending this to be a debate. Whether you agree with the Catholic faith is irrelevant. The belief is the belief. Jesus is not viewed as being "in between", he is viewed as being both. In that faith, he is not lesser to God the Father. Again, I'm not looking to argue here and if it upsets you then you can take it up with the Catholic Church.
December 24th, 2017 at 9:02 PM ^
today of all days.
December 24th, 2017 at 9:48 PM ^
tohu va vohu
December 24th, 2017 at 10:27 PM ^
I am not sure why someone downvoted you as you are 100% correct. The fact that Jesus is of the same substance is of the Father and Holy Spirit is well trodden theological ground and consumed the first 1000 years of Christian history. See Arianism, the Monophysites and many others. Not saying which definition is right but the Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox faiths are all pretty clear on this point, even if they differ greatly on others. Oh, throw in the Anglican Church too!
December 24th, 2017 at 5:23 PM ^
be it a Hairy Thunderer or a Cosmic Muffin...
December 25th, 2017 at 10:02 AM ^
Had to upvote the National Lampoon Radio Hour reference! I miss the 70’s.
December 24th, 2017 at 4:35 PM ^
No chance, Martha loves him. It's status quo as long as the Ford family is in charge.
December 24th, 2017 at 7:15 PM ^
Caldwell is just a symptom. The Fords are the disease.
December 24th, 2017 at 11:39 PM ^
The Ford family and failure are the twin constants in the Lions organization. Change the former and maybe we'll see a difference in the latter.
December 25th, 2017 at 12:22 PM ^
The Government should declare eminent domain and confiscate the franchise for the greater good.
December 24th, 2017 at 4:24 PM ^
we're just going to make another shitty, uninspired hire like Josh McDaniels. Can't wait!!!
December 24th, 2017 at 4:42 PM ^
Than what we are currently watching?
You never, never know how a coach can mold with a certain organization.
December 24th, 2017 at 5:37 PM ^
to want Caldwell fired and not want another shitty retread that only has had success because of working with a Hall of Fame QB and failed at their last job.
December 24th, 2017 at 6:41 PM ^
I wonder if Patriots fans sounded like you when they were going to hire “shitty retread” Bill Belichick after flaming out with the Browns.
December 24th, 2017 at 7:41 PM ^
that my friends would always have in the 90s. Would Bill Walsh have been as great a coach without Joe Montana? How would Belichick have fared without Brady? Would Tomlin still be in Pittsburgh without Roethlisberger? My buddies used to argue it was the system and any quarterback would thrive. I think history shows conclusively that this is not the case and you really need a great QB.
With that said I think the Lions have their QB. Just need a couple pieces including the line and maybe the coach...
December 24th, 2017 at 7:52 PM ^
And I don't necessarily think you are trying to do this. Buutttt...Stafford is absolutely nowhere even close to the above quarterbacks you mentioned. As in not whatsoever in the same ball park.
December 24th, 2017 at 8:29 PM ^
If Stafford had an O-line or a running back who could get 100 yards in a game, maybe it'd be a different conversation. I can't help but think that Stafford in New England, Dallas, Green Bay or Pittsburgh might have gotten (our will get) a championship.
December 24th, 2017 at 9:00 PM ^
I downvoted you for saying Stafford isn't as good as Roetgslisbeluger.
December 24th, 2017 at 10:10 PM ^
He's not. Ben's got 5 points on his QBR, but more importantly, he's done a ton in the playoffs.
December 24th, 2017 at 11:10 PM ^
Stafford is not an elite QB, no matter how much he makes. There a lot of guys that can make the plays he does for a fraction of the price. But hey at least the Lions can say they have a "franchise QB".
December 25th, 2017 at 4:03 PM ^
doesn’t win real games. The Lions missed a huge opportunity to trade him to Dallas last season.
You can’t complain about the Lions not having a good O line or a top RB when they have no cap room because they are paying their “franchise” QB $30 million.
December 25th, 2017 at 12:24 PM ^
not have had the success they had.
December 25th, 2017 at 12:54 AM ^
You're seeing a quarterback "make the system" in SF. Jimmy Garappolo is the real deal. I live in NE and the conjecture on the radio shows over how/why that steal of a deal went down is recurring fodder.
December 25th, 2017 at 11:09 AM ^
I'm sure there will be a book about it someday, especially if Brady gets hurt. This was a situation like when you had Steven Young as backup to Joe Montana (or Aaron Rodgers as backup to Brett Favre); I always thought Jimmy was going to get his due in New England...
December 24th, 2017 at 9:22 PM ^
But if we hire McDaniels and he turns into the greatest coach ever I'll gladly eat my words.
December 25th, 2017 at 8:49 PM ^
the exception proves the rule?
December 29th, 2017 at 1:10 PM ^
Is it really an exception? Pretty much every coach is either a retread that had little success before, or he was a complete shot in the dark hire with no head coaching experience. Pick your poison. You don’t find proven successful head coaches on the open market often, and when you do, the Lions have no shot in hell at getting him.
December 24th, 2017 at 4:24 PM ^
FIRE BORGES
December 24th, 2017 at 7:44 PM ^
It's that the Caldwell version of "the clap?"
December 24th, 2017 at 4:24 PM ^
A monkey clown rodeo gif is being created...
December 24th, 2017 at 4:26 PM ^
I don't necessarily disagree but he wasn't the one dropping passes or missing blocks. OTOH - how do you not challenge the Tate catch.
I would say I am 60/40 in favor of firing Caldwell. He isn't a bad coach but just can't seem to get the guys to the next level.
December 24th, 2017 at 4:28 PM ^
men on the field TWICE this year.
Unacceptable.