lordstanley

Well, a win, no injuries, hopefully a chastened Branch, and gave a Vikings a chance to be overconfident.

Moody even blows the onside kick. He is broken. Poor guy.

Agree, but with Bates now missing two extra points tonight I guess you better grab the 6 points when you can.

With this Lions’ defense and as long as the Niners keep their three timeouts, I’m not yet taking this win for granted.

Why not go for 2 there? 14 pt lead is way better than 12 or 13 pts.

Ok, no reason for the Lions not to win now. Make this a 2-score game.

C’mon, Branch. Dumb dumb.

True,I guess no downside. But against this Lions defense they could keep trying regular plays and still get highlight reel tape out of it.

I’m shocked the Niners even attempted that field goal? Going it on 4th and down was probably a higher percentage.

Why do the Niners even need to try dazzle dazzle?

At this point in the NFC Championship the game was tied 24-24.

Bingo

The Niners have only had to run 4 3rd down plays so far.

Good news: a) Lions offense is still best in NFC; b) no new injuries tonight; and c) Vikings won yesterday otherwise I’d be freaking out that tonight’s game is close.

I’m pretty sure the Lions’ defense hasn’t hadd an interception since the Jacksonville game 6 weeks ago.

I think Moody’s time with the Niners is over.

Watching the Lions the past month is like watching Big 12 games a few years ago. Doesn’t feel like real two-way football.

Two TD drives in one quarter + one play is not “meaningless”.

NFC playoff teams Tampa and the LA Rams are both interesting cases, both have quality wins over contenders. Tampa beat Washington by 17, won on the road at the Lions by 4, and home vs the Eagles by 17. Those were all early in the season though. LA Rams lost to the Lions on the road in overtime, beat the Vikings by 10 and beat the Bills by 2. All to say, while I believe the NFC has a clear Tier I of Detroit-Philly-Minnesota I don't think there will be any sure things in the #2 vs #7, #3 vs #6, #4 vs #5 round. Imagine an opening round of Green Bay at Philly, Washington at LA Rams, and Minnesota (or, gulp, Detroit) at Tampa. I could also see the Lions eventually having a home game even if they start as the #5 seed.

And the Caps did well in the 2019 draft despite not picking high. Connor McMichael and Alieksai Protas both have 30 points in 36 games this season. McMichael was drafted 1st round 25th overall, Protas was drafted 3rd round 91st overall. Incidentally, another Caps' 2nd rounder from that draft, #56 overall Brett Leason has already played in 186 NHL games, albeit 3/4 of them being for the Ducks after being waived by Washington.

Commanders could still miss the playoffs. But just trimmed their deficit vs Atlanta tonight to 17-14

4-2 Wings win! First victory of the TM era.

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2024/12/28/charlie-maxwell-death-detroit-tigers-paw-paw/76830205007/ “Sabbath Smasher” is a great nickname I hadn’t heard before.

I was born in ‘67 so yeah, he was really my first Tigers’ 2nd baseman. Liked Sutherland, but didn’t like Veryzer who I thought was greasy.