Duds and studs, Lions

[milani]

No kidding. Hubby taped the game and we are now watching it. I lost a lot of respect for Brady who acted surprised the #32 was ejected. Branch and the Lions should be glad the NFL doesn't have targeting like the NCAA.

That weather yesterday looked miserable. I remember a playoff game against SF in conditions like this in the 90s. It took me 2 days to dry off and warm up.

Desmond Howard!!

 

[milani]

I’d have to disagree. I think both were hurtful, but our RB dropping a TD pass at the 3 yard line and Wicks not making that grab thrown slightly behind him in the paint likely cost us 2 TD’s. Those added points easily put us in this game without any other help and also would’ve allowed us to not press the throws as it would’ve been 7-10 at halftime. Thats after the INT.
It’s also likely the clock runs more and this game is never more than a 1 score game to the end. Those drops change the way the game unfolded.

Sooner or later youth has to mature. In SB 45 we do not win unless players like Nelson and Jennings make the catch. Nor could we have won it with all those penalties.

 

[milani]

Let me start by saying I'm gonna have someone on both lists for different reasons this week, so nobody come at me.

Studs:

Defense: Kept the Lions under or around 300 yards and with as abysmal as the team played yesterday the Lions should've easily doubled that.

Offensive Line: So THAT'S what it looks like to not have a Center get thrown at Love's head, and not be totally lost in open field? Is THIS what it looks like to not have the middle of the O-Line get shoved back in short yardage? WOW!

McDuffie: I see very little in this guy but I have to give credit when it's due. He made a couple great plays, again though in the running game

Duds:

Love: He was arming every thing and barely able to step into his throws. It looked like Rodgers at times the last 5 years of Rodgers' time as a Packer. The INT made no sense at all, as to what he THOUGHT he saw.

Skilled Players: 322 drops in a game is too much, no discipline, unacceptable and I hope LaFleur puts them all outside in the elements with the jugs machine and makes them catch 100 wet balls in a row before allowing them inside to dry off.

Announcing: Brady is abysmal, he didn't know WHICH black guy was playing Center for us...read a number Tommy.

Officiating: On the opening kickoff the 15 should've gone against Detroit NOT Nixon.

Elgton Jenkins: Have to clean it up, you may be the answer at Center, gotta learn to snap a wet ball.

Defense was not dominant but did a good job against a powerful offense and maybe the best O line in the league. Had we played better on the other side of the ball we could have forced Detroit out of the run game. Instead they were content to run clock.
Center and guard play hurt yesterday. I think Brady still sees himself on the field as a game manager trying to make decisions for a young kid. Actually, he sounded like Belichick on the sideline telling players AND coaches how to think in the moment of the game.
They never were able to pinpoint that Nixon penalty. Said it may have been behind the play. It made no sense.

 

[Pugger]

I’d have to disagree. I think both were hurtful, but our RB dropping a TD pass at the 3 yard line and Wicks not making that grab thrown slightly behind him in the paint likely cost us 2 TD’s. Those added points easily put us in this game without any other help and also would’ve allowed us to not press the throws as it would’ve been 7-10 at halftime. Thats after the INT.
It’s also likely the clock runs more and this game is never more than a 1 score game to the end. Those drops change the way the game unfolded.

The unforced errors we committed kept putting us behind the eight ball. There is a big difference between 2nd 5 and 2nd and long. I just think penalties are more troublesome. It shows a lack of discipline.

 

[Pugger]

Let me start by saying I'm gonna have someone on both lists for different reasons this week, so nobody come at me.

Studs:

Defense: Kept the Lions under or around 300 yards and with as abysmal as the team played yesterday the Lions should've easily doubled that.

Offensive Line: So THAT'S what it looks like to not have a Center get thrown at Love's head, and not be totally lost in open field? Is THIS what it looks like to not have the middle of the O-Line get shoved back in short yardage? WOW!

McDuffie: I see very little in this guy but I have to give credit when it's due. He made a couple great plays, again though in the running game

Duds:

Love: He was arming every thing and barely able to step into his throws. It looked like Rodgers at times the last 5 years of Rodgers' time as a Packer. The INT made no sense at all, as to what he THOUGHT he saw.

Skilled Players: 322 drops in a game is too much, no discipline, unacceptable and I hope LaFleur puts them all outside in the elements with the jugs machine and makes them catch 100 wet balls in a row before allowing them inside to dry off.

Announcing: Brady is abysmal, he didn't know WHICH black guy was playing Center for us...read a number Tommy.

Officiating: On the opening kickoff the 15 should've gone against Detroit NOT Nixon.

Elgton Jenkins: Have to clean it up, you may be the answer at Center, gotta learn to snap a wet ball.

I don't think Brady is any good either. Tom, Love didn't panic. He saw Jacobs right there and threw a lousy pass for a pick 6. And Branch targeted Melton. He went helmet to helmet on a defenseless receiver. Hit Bo square in the face. Then acted like the donkey he is flipping off fans on his way to the locker room. What a guy.

 

[Pugger]

Just wanted to say that I didn't have a problem with Brady. And am wondering about objectivity here.

I would be saying this no matter who was getting hit. IMO Branch and the Lions are lucky this is the NFL and not the NCAA. He can still play next week.