RedRamage

I don't see the Raiders doing that even if they lose the next few games. Crosby is still relatively young and turning around in the NFL isn't like in baseball where it can take many seasons before you start to see a shift. Just look at the Lions: Three years from 3-13 to a NFC Championship game appearance. I suspect the Raiders feel they can rebuild around Crosby if need be. It'll come down to Crosby expressing a desire to be traded. Now, if the Raiders still stink next year then you only have two more years of Crosby... then maybe.

I wonder if Detroit would be as good as they are now without the trade though? Don't get me wrong here... I think Holmes and Campbell would still have built a winner, but would we be on Super Bowl contender this year or would it be 25 or 26 before we got there? Because of how many trades happened in the draft it's kinda hard to say exactly who is or isn't with the Lions with the draft capital gained from the trades, but at the very least I'm willing to say that Jamo and Gibbs. You might make case for Branch and/or Campbell and/or LaPorta.

I personally think that's reading too much into his words. I think he's just saying that he's going to be putting it on the line every game to win. He's not interested in positing for better draft picks, just wants to win. Now, I SERIOUSLY hope I'm wrong, but I don't see this as any subtle clue that he's moving teams.

You trying to pad the IR list?

I seriously doubt that Watt has stayed in football shape, so I'd expect he'd need at least 3-4 weeks to get into shape. But as far as I can tell he is a free agent so at least we wouldn't have to spend resources beyond just money. That said, like you indicated I think it's unlikely he'd want to come back.

Mason Crosby? That seems like a bit of an over pay, but probably. Maxx Crosby? No way in hell.

Not permitted in another Team's Facility: Seems like it might be a hinderance, but not impossible to overcome. Not permitted to witness practice: Same as above... it hinders him, but not impossible. Not permitted to attention broadcast production meetings: This seems like it would be a harder thing to do, but I guess I don't know how much the on-air talent is involved in this. Do the on-air people get involved in the actual production or are they just told "Here's what's happening." If they're just told, can he be told what to do after the meeting? Prohibited from criticizing game officials and other clubs: Now here's where it seems like it would be impossible to be an analyst. You can't say a ref blew a call on the field. You can't say a team made a bad decision with a certain play. You can't say rushing a player back from an injury is a bad move, or that NOT rushing a player back is a bad move. You can't say "This team's game plan this half has been poorly thought out." Subject to gambling policy: Meh. Subject to anti-tampering policy: Here again it seems like LOTS of what you might say as an analyst could be considered tampering. Praise a player? "Oh, is he trying to subtly tell the player the Raiders would be interested in signing him in the off season?" Call out a player? "Oh, is he trying to devalue that player in the league's eyes so the Raiders would have fewer trade competitors?" On one hand those are very innocuous comments from an analyst, if Shelia were to say something glowing or massively critical about a player who was headed to FA or a potential trade target for many teams I'm SURE she would get in trouble.

Bah... just pick up Sudfeld. I'm sure he's available.

2023: 12-5 2022: 12-5 + 1 post season win 2021: 12-5 2020: 6-10 2019: 8-8 2018: 10-6 + 1 post season win 2017: 9-7 2016: 13-3 2015: 4-12 2014: 12-4 + 1 post season win (The infamous "flag picked up game") 2013: 8-8 2012: 8-8 2011: 8-8 2010: 6-10 2009: 11-5 + 1 post season win 2008: 9-7 2007: 13-3 2006: 9-7 2005: 9-7 2004: 6-10 Other than the last few years the last two decades of the 'Boys look like a slightly more successful version of the 90s Lions: "Almost there, but not quite..."

I don't doubt that Hutch could (and certainly would WANT) to come back earlier, but realistically 4 months is mid-Feb... after the super bowl. If he was able to cut it down to three months that wouldn't be until the playoffs.

The second part is a little hard to pick... I mean if you just said who do you want I'd say Crosby because I think he fits the Lions mentality the best. But the cost involved is obviously going to be a huge factor. If Crosby's gonna cost 3 firsts, well... I think I'd be more willing to go for someone with a cheaper price tag even if I like the guy a little less.

Given how amazing Monty has been, it's got me to thinking: Is he the best player we've picked up (either via FA or trade) from a division rival?

Currently the Vikings opponents are are combined 16/13 and the Lions opponents are 13/16... so the Vikings have had a tougher scheduled... they have the better record, they'll be playing at home and the Lions just lost Hutch. I can easily see the Vikings being favored. I certainly don't think this should be considered an automatic L by any stretch for the Lions, but I also think it could very easily be... especially if Davis ends up being out at well. We'll be down both starting DEs, one starting LB, one starting CB. This is gonna have to be a 2023 win with the offense just putting up a super high score that the opposing team can't match.

Makes sense. I mean looking at it I can't believe that it wasn't both bones, but the quotes only talking about Tibia were confusing.

I think you might be giving Avila too much credit personally, but only a little too much. I think many people look at Avila as getting and "F" grade and without trying too hard to put words in your mouth you're maybe giving him a C or C- minus grade... certainly not good enough, but not a complete failure either. Personally I'd give Avila a D or D-. I fully get that he had somethings working against him in terms of a depleted farm system and Chris taking over (with tighter purse strings), but I feel like even with the limited resources he had he didn't nothing. Looking at his trade history (https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/03/gm-trade-history-tigers-al-avila.html) there is ONE person who is still on the roster: Jake Rodgers. (To be fair, there is also one other person who would've been on the roster most likely, had Harris not traded him: Paredes.) Otherwise the trade results have been just bit player after bust after bit player. No one even remotely special acquired from trades. Even Rodgers is "meh" at best. Now in drafting Avila did better... how much of that was because he was consistently picking high is hard to say, but even in drafting he hasn't been phenomenal. 2016: Matt Manning - Jury is still out. Kyle Funkhouser - decent reliever at times. 2017: Alex Faedo - decent, I guess. Will Vest - Good reliever 2018: Mize - Good when not injuried, Parker Meadows - Looks top be a super star, Kody Clemens... meh. Skubal... super star. 2019: Greene - Good to great player, but has issues staying healthy. Still a good pick. Lipcius.. meh. Kreidler... meh. Carpenter - A good pick and 19th round at that. Brieske... looks to be a good player. 2020: Tork - Jury is still out, but not looking good. Dingler... jury is still out. Keith, looks to be a star. 2021: Jobe - jury is still out, but leaning towards being a star. Madden... looks decent. Hurder... looks good. 2022: Jung - jury is still out. So in seven years of drafting by my count Avila has 6 very good picks with at least 6 more that have looked decent or good at times and a few others that it's too early to tell for sure on. I don't claim to be an expert on draft analysis... I can't honestly say if this is good or not based on what we normally see out of the league, but it doesn't feel like it's been solid draft after solid draft. It just feels like he's done okay drafting with a few excellent picks. So in the end it comes down to the behind the scenes stuff. How much was stuff put in place by Avila? How much of it was his wanting it vs. "everyone else is doing it, so I guess we should too."? Unless he was revolutionary in building up the organization in terms of how they scouted, developed, and built their team I can't view Avila as anything other than a D-level GM during his Tigers tenure.

Yeah, I'm not doctor, but if he's "just" the tibia that's broken and it's "just" a single break, that seems to be good-ish news in terms of what it could have been.

What did st. Brown do that got him the penalty earlier?

I want Decker to report as eligible for every remaining play this game.

Guess Rob was right all along... the Tigers failed to win the WS.

I strongly suspect this is made up BS to get clicks, but it's interesting to think about. What do you suspect the Lions would need to give up to land both? Would you be willing to do it?

I suspect that there are a large number of behind the scenes stuff that's already well under way though. Obviously this doesn't mean they can't back out, just that they'd likely have to pay (or already have) payed a lot of money to start the process rolling... money which would be lost.

Watching yesterday's game and I was really struck by how much the "Marathon" ad patch on the Guardians' jerseys stood out. Did we just luck out in meijer being nice about a small logo and letting the color match the uniform? I mean ideally there wouldn't be ads on the jerseys, but I get that money talks so the ads aren't going away. We could have gotten a lot worse than what we go in terms of ads: Edit to ad: Just to be clear here... I'm strictly talking talking about the look of the logo and how well it blends in or doesn't blend in with the jersey. This isn't a commentary on any of the companies here.

I thought I remember someone saying like just a week ago that Glenn had "really stepped up this season." Now he's trash that makes other everyone else look like superstars?