The Official Detroit Lions Den Thread

[Charlie Kelly]

McCaffrey?

Forgot about him. Good point.

 

[Charlie Kelly]

San Fran has two weaknesses. Right side of their OL and their interior run D. Both places where the Lions can take advantage with the run game and Hutch

You also have the better quarterback. It’s not a huge gap, but I think Goff is noticeably better than Purdy. He (Purdy) threw us two picks yesterday that hit us right in the hands and we dropped them. We catch even one of those and we probably win.

 

[MAD]

 

[DirtyDawg]

The third qtr consistently was a problem for us all season. With them getting the ball first to start the half, keeping the scoring to just 7-7 for those 15 minutes was huge.

As said before, I’m very happy for the Lions! You and your fellow fans are deserving of a bit of joy. I’m celebrating with you and pulling for your Lions till the end this season. Good luck!!!

 

[zjcvols]

I’m not used to this feeling @MAD @Chippo

 

[MAD]

I’m not used to this feeling @MAD @Chippo

Not sure if true but with another win our Lions have a chance to play in something called a super game.

 

[zjcvols]

Wright and Mitchell out. Lions need to have a 3rd TE.

 

[loservol]

I hate making your team have to cross the goal line again. You take any mystery out of the moment if you don’t get it the first time. The D knows you’re forced to go for it. If you kick the PAT and decide to go for 2 that puts a lot more pressure on the D, plus you probably still have your best 2 point play available. I don’t agree w/ the chart. I’ll take the feel
Of the game every time

Also dumb, because with rule changes both teams get to possess the ball in OT.

 

[zjcvols]

 

[n_huffhines]

Do you guys feel like you're playing with house money now? I'm sure the whole season would've felt like a failure if you lost WC, and probably would have felt that way with a loss yesterday, too? Now you can feel good about the season no matter what, and regardless of what happens this weekend, you've built championship blocks for the future.

 

[MAD]

Do you guys feel like you're playing with house money now? I'm sure the whole season would've felt like a failure if you lost WC, and probably would have felt that way with a loss yesterday, too? Now you can feel good about the season no matter what, and regardless of what happens this weekend, you've built championship blocks for the future.

Yes to the house money. Our goal was win the North and a WC game. Everything else is gravy like Z says.

 

[loservol]

Now someone needs to turn in McCaffrey for juicing.

 

[zjcvols]

Do you guys feel like you're playing with house money now? I'm sure the whole season would've felt like a failure if you lost WC, and probably would have felt that way with a loss yesterday, too? Now you can feel good about the season no matter what, and regardless of what happens this weekend, you've built championship blocks for the future.

Win the North. Win a playoff game. Those were my goals. Those streaks were dark clouds over the franchise. Exorcising those was a big deal for me (I was way more nervous/excited about the Rams game than yesterday).

So this is gravy. I want to be competitive but if they lose 34-24 on a late TD then I’ll be okay with it. We got a great core in place.

 

[Vol423]

The Lions have signed Zach Ertz today, and he's expected to play this weekend against the 49ers. Oops! I see someone above already posted about it.

Source: Lions reach deal with veteran TE Ertz

The Detroit Lions have agreed to a contract with veteran tight end Zach Ertz, a source confirmed to ESPN.

www.espn.com

 

[MAD]

 

[MAD]

If the Lions make it to the Super Bowl, who would you rather face. Ravens or Chiefs?

Not sure which team we match up better with.

We played both during the regular season.

The different storylines would be Lions and KC opened the NFL season and ended it.. Lions won with several KC players out. They’d want revenge. Taylor vs Eminem.


Lions were humbled in Baltimore, it would be payback. Everyone will be focusing on the possibility of the Harbaugh brothers dominating NFL and college.


My pick would be Ravens vs Lions.

 

[zjcvols]

If the Lions make it to the Super Bowl, who would you rather face. Ravens or Chiefs?

Not sure which team we match up better with.

We played both during the regular season.

The different storylines would be Lions and KC opened the NFL season and ended it.. Lions won with several KC players out. They’d want revenge. Taylor vs Eminem.


Lions were humbled in Baltimore, it would be payback. Everyone will be focusing on the possibility of the Harbaugh brothers dominating NFL and college.


My pick would be Ravens vs Lions.

I can’t believe I’m gonna say I’d rather face Mahomes, but I’d rather face the Chiefs. I think the Ravens are the worst matchup for us

 

[zjcvols]

Facing Kinlaw and Hargrove without Jackson

 

[MAD]

How things have changed

 

[MAD]

Wright and Mitchell out. Lions need to have a 3rd TE.

Explain how this works, how are we able to sign a player this time of year?

 

[Chippo]

I can’t believe I’m gonna say I’d rather face Mahomes, but I’d rather face the Chiefs. I think the Ravens are the worst matchup for us

I agree.

 

[zjcvols]

 

[zjcvols]

Explain how this works, how are we able to sign a player this time of year?

Ertz is a FA. You can sign any player and put them on the practice squad for the playoffs. Then you can activate two players from the practice squad

 

[zjcvols]

 

[zjcvols]

The Bowles not taking a knee thing is getting a little overblown in my opinion. It seems pretty obvious to me that Bowles gave some sort of signal that they weren’t taking a TO and that’s why Detroit was taking knee early in the play clock.