Jimbo

Yeah I think its easy to look back and say everything worked out. Lately it seems like the 1rst pick hasn't been the right pick. Jax could of went with Hutch. It did not work out like that in Lion's history. I guess though that is more of the who is making the pick instead of where the pick is. Still has been frustrating being a Lions fan all those years they would win at the end to miss out on a hall of fame player.

I don't think too many fans were upset by that run at the end of the season. I think most fans knew this team was on the right path regardless of their record. Plus they had a lot of draft picks already. I think that run sped up the rebuild by one year and no one would of wanted to play Detroit if they got in the playoffs that year. Where it gets frustrating is when a team like the Giants, Saints, Raiders, Browns win at the end of meaningless games and give up on a chance to draft their franchise QB. This happened so many times with the Lions and usually with lame duck GM's trying to keep their job.

Signing Davis or any big free agents this summer could mean you have to let Laporta, Branch, or Campbell go the following year. Now the CAP could change drastically or they could restructure contracts (or let someone else go) although when you sign someone else you are taking a chance not being able to keep someone. Now If you ask me at this point right now I would say next year is probably the best year for us to be the best team possible Its just that year that everything works out with the team. So maybe you do sign Davis or other free agents and go all in. I don't feel like Holmes is the go all in kind of GM and is looking more of a great team for a long time. Not saying this year or 2-4 years from now they don't have a better shot at winning. Just saying everything seems to come into place next year as far as our talent and contracts go with the CAP. A lot can change in the NFL and that is why its important to win when you have a chance. Good thing with this team is that they are still actually very young for a top team.

This is probably a little premature but figured, since its a bye week its a good week to discuss. The Lions are in a good a situation but are going to have some tough decisions. I actually don't think the run in the playoffs make much of a difference what we do next year. One good thing about the injuries is they have still been a top team in the NFL and will get these players back next year. So I am hoping we can keep most of our current roster and add a few free agents for depth. They are actually in a good spot next year. 2026 and beyond will be a lot more difficult because the contracts will really start adding up and your going to have to make a lot more difficult decisions. This years draft will definitely be used for depth and filling in holes in future years. The Lions are projected to have $51.25 in CAP space per USA today. This could go up or down depending on the CAP. Most of this will be used to keep our current team intact. 2021 drafted players to make decisions on Iffy: Injuries are a concern. Hoping to keep him. Possibly with a short term contract. He might want to test the market. Barnes: He played great in last years playoffs and early this year. This year was disappointing to see him get hurt so early. Hoping they can keep him but like Iffy, he might want to see what his options are. Levi: He had a great game against Minn. Another one with injury concerns. Would be nice to keep him on a short contract but will have to see what the options are. 2022 drafted players to make decisions on Hutch: Probably agrees to a new contract. There is the concern about his leg although the fact that there wasn't any ligament damage, I feel like this is safe. At least take on the 5th year and then negotiate throughout the season. Jamo: This is going to be the hardest decision in the off season because of the suspensions. I think you try to work something out with exceptions. Could take on 5th year. Playoffs will be huge for him. Holmes might already know what he plans on doing. Possibility of a trade although his talent is there and him and St. Brown are almost a perfect combination. You could solidify your top two receivers for a while. Jamo could want a shorter contract or to play out next year thinking he'll be a top 10 receiver. Paschal: Injuries are a concern. He did a good job this year filling in after all the injuries to our DL. Could let him play out and worry about it next year or sign him to an extension. Joseph: Definitely extend him to a top safety contract, might happen during the year if they can't figure it out early. Malcolm: Feel bad for him because he was really filling in for Alex and Barnes. Think this is one of those guys that everyone likes and he could stay on the team because of that. Lions Free agents Davis: It seems like they will let him leave. Was a great addition although I don't think the team will want to give him a long contract which could affect signing our 2023 draft class. If he was willing to take a short high end contract, they might be able to work something out. Cominsky: No idea what they will do with him. Could end up bring him back or lose him to free agency. Chance of him playing in the playoffs and if he could be a factor, it could help him stay with us or free agency. Davenport: Most likely gone Zeitler: Hope they can bring him back on a short term deal. Patrick: Hope they can bring him back on a short term deal. There are a bunch of guys like Muhammad, Reynolds,....etc that will be back next year or they find other players (in the draft or FA) to fill their depth spots. Free Agents I don't think they are going to make a splash because that would make it difficult to keep the 2023 draft players. I think they are going to look for some veterans that want to play on a winning team and for Campbell. They could also find some players that had bad years or were injured on short term deals thinking they are on a good team and could get a bigger contract the following year. We are mostly going to be looking for depth. Draft Mostly depth guys that will be used to replace guys we could lose down the road or are retiring. I don't think Holmes will reach but I see this as a draft they start to look at the OL. First and second round pick will be best player available. They are in that rare situation where they don't really have any holes.

I don't want to lose either of our coordinators. Consistency is very important to maintain high level of success. Although I am also understanding that when you have success, your going to lose talent along the way. This teams success isn't because of one coordinator or player. That has shown with all the injuries we have sustained and still managed at least 14 wins. Their teams success is because of talent and culture. I understand the fear Lions fans are going through because of the history, although this team is built to be successful for years to come. There are a lot of talented coordinators in this league and both Johnson and Glenn should get head coaching jobs although if you think the Lions success is based on their talent, your wrong. Talent and culture are the most important things for a teams success and that is do to upper management (specifically Campbell and Holmes). Holmes brings the talent and Campbell brings the culture and attitude. Enjoy this run and don't worry about who we might lose next year. Don't get me wrong, Johnson has been great with his play calls. Although I think the level success is just as much who is making the plays as who is calling them. Glen is a very talented DC. He has gotten a lot of grief over the last few years although it showed that once he got more talent, he is one of the best in the league. Then when he lost some of that talent, the defense has slowly struggled. When you have talent and success, you also attract the best coaches in the game because they know that it could lead to their success which will result in more $ and better jobs. I also think Detroit is starting to build a coaching tree where there is talent learning and can step in. If they move on with coordinators or aren't ready, there will be plenty of talent ready to take the jobs of the coaches we lost.

Question is will he go with Glenn if he leaves or becomes our Def cord

Is it really a good idea to have that creepy old man around that many young girls?

When trends are set, defenses will try to adapt. I think defenses are mindful of the Lions going for it on 4th now even in situations you normally wouldn't go for it. So I think teams could change defenses to almost think you now have to hold the Lions (and if other teams attempt 4th downs as much as them) to 8/7 yards instead of 9 every 3 downs. A lot depends on the constant success of the team. If the Lions win the Superbowl this year, I definitely think defenses will try to adjust. This could actually benefit the Lions although I think its something teams might already be attempting. By doing that, you could have more miss tackles. I think Campbell is starting to get more credit for his strategy. Cardinal has looked at different scenarios and I agree with his analysis. I am not sure if he goes for it if the defense wasn't dealing with so many injuries. I think there could of been a lot of confusion with the defense they would of had to put out there (not a lot of time to practice that scenario with those players). It also looked like the defense was gassed. Smith kept on having to come out and he looked beat up.

Just like the bunt or the 3, the 4th down play in unusual situations will only work for certain teams. First you have to have a good to great offensive line, second you have to have a creative play caller, and third you need to have a team (and organization) that buys into it. This is why you want to be a trend setter. Teams that don't have the right team will still try and go for it and fail.

I actually think Campbell is a trend setter with going for it on 4th down. So if you asked me 3 years ago, who would go for it on 4th down (instead of kicking the field goal), at the 30ish, 40 secs left, and a tied game. I would say no one would go for it. Although I think Campbell opened up other coaches to go for it on 4th down in unusual situations and multiple coaches would of done the same thing. I think going for it on 4th down is going to be like the 3 in the NBA. Its nice to have a team finally that sets the trends instead of getting on the trend too late.

If I had to pick one game the rest of the schedule for the Lions to lose, it would be this game. First it's an AFC team which means they are still in control of their own destiny to get the bye if they win the rest of the games (only 1 loss in the NFC). Second its a legit Superbowl contender. So with our injuries it wouldn't be a huge let down. Obviously I want them to win although its the one game I won't be that upset if we lose. I would prefer that they don't rush back injured players for this game. Buffalo has some injured players as well but I think they want this game more than us based on last weeks loss and still fighting for that #2 seed (home field advantage until the AFC Championship game). If we lost last week, this week (and really the rest of the games) would be a lot more important. Below is a list of players injured and their situation. Its crazy how big this list is although I am feeling a little better after reading this. https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2024/12/9/24317299/full-list-detroit-lions-injuries-latest-news-potential-returns-ir-anzalone-decker-hutchinson

I wouldn't be surprised if Tampa made the playoffs. Their schedule is about as easy as it gets. Probably would be a wild card since Atlanta's schedule is also pretty easy,

I actually think Goff is a great athlete as well is Stafford, Manning, Brees, Brady,......etc. None of them would of had a chance to compete in track and field although what defines an athlete is very broad. Its OK to say that if you gave me a chance to have Mahomes (or even Allen, Burrow, or Jackson) over Goff, I would take them in a heartbeat. Now that doesn't mean Goff isn't a great QB or that things change with each teams roster. The brilliance of Holmes is he has done an unbelievable job of putting together a roster that accommodates Goff. I still am not sure the Lions were sold on Goff being their franchise QB when they traded for him. Would they of taken Goff's contract if the Rams didn't make him part of the trade? As much as I think Holmes is playing chess when other GM's are playing checkers, I don't think he thought he would be as good as he has been. I do think they wanted to give him the opportunity to be the QB he ended up being and to Goff's credit he ended up blowing away expectations. With the way the Lions have been playing lately, its good to assume they are going to blow away the Colts although the Colts have not gotten blown out all season. Lions are the best team right now although the most they have lost all year was by 10 to the Bills.

Yeah I think people that only watch Lions games get frustrated with our secondary when they get a penalty or a big play happens. Problem is this is a passing league and its very hard to stop these top guys. Greenbay has one of the best secondaries in the league and look what we did to them. This is year has been drastically better. I love the aggression even though it leads to penalties sometime. Last year there would be a couple of plays a game were Sutton was 5-10 yards from the receiver. Our penalties have slowed down as well.

I still want them to go out and add some defensive depth.....LB or DE. Great trade for us. Not a lot of negatives. Contract is good and only for one more year and won't cause any issues with us signing any of our current players.

Yeah no way Campbell doesn't go for 2 there. On the road to the only undefeated team who are the two time SB champions and with MaHomes as their QB. These coaches just don't have the balls to face the media if it doesn't work like he does.

Well today is going to be stressful for many reasons lol This is clearly the Browns hoping for a better pick. I would like to see a conditional pick here. We make the super bowl and it becomes a better pick. Its a good bet for the Browns with how we're playing. I have heard the Lions have been on the phone with multiple teams (including Titans and Giants) so they have bargaining chips as well. With how we are playing, I wonder if a team would make a better offer to stop us from getting Smith or someone else. How crazy would it be that the reason were waiting till today is because were still hoping for Garrett or Crosby. Maybe Smith deal is in place but they are making sure there isn't a chance in getting them. To bad there weren't rental deals out there. We will give you a 2nd (1rs if we make the SB) just for this year and you can have him back next year....lol.

Its nice to see the secondary really coming together as a whole. Would be nice to get Ife back for some depth and different packages. Not sure what his timetable is. I am sure they are going to be careful, especially since they can afford to be.

Its good Smith appears to want to come here. That will help if other teams want to trade for him and not increase what it will cost to get him. Because the Lions will be at the end of each round in the draft it will make it easier for a team to come in and undercut us. I would be very surprised if we didn't make a trade for a DE before the end of tomorrow. I also don't want us to stop there. Think some LB depth would be good as well.

That's a non-sense trade. It doesn't even make sense from a Browns standpoint to even ask to include Gibbs in any trade combination

TP is trolling and trying to get a rise out of everyone. There are just people out there that do this online. I actually have friends that I text with that do a lot of the same thing. Every injury or bad play, the season is over. If they are not trolling than they are protecting themselves after dealing with the Lions their whole life. Its kind of like breaking up with someone before they can break up with you. They are emotionally unstable. I have taken advantage with them and made some easy bets that have paid off lol. I actually questioned one friend if he was TP lol.

I think talking about the 5th year or an extension is really useless at this point. A lot can happen till the end of the year.

The fact that they haven't made a deal yet can either be they are holding out for the best player and best deal or they are not going to make a deal. I am thinking they are definitely going to make a deal and have multiple options but are going to wait till after this weekend. Total irresponsible speculation

I think its a pretty simple situation with Jamo. You don't have to make any decisions on a 5th year or a new contract until the spring. If he plays great the rest of the year, we make it far in the playoffs (I hate saying SB with Jamo because its not all on him if we win the SB), AND he stays out of trouble. Then I think you consider taking on that 5th year or giving him an extension. The other option is his trade value will be higher and you consider trading him. At this point, every contract you take on "could" mean you won't be able to sign another important player (Branch, Laporta, Gibbs....etc) because at some point its going to be very difficult to sign everybody. All Jamo did was make it harder for the Lions to trust him. The job for a player is make it very hard for your team to let you go. You do that by staying out of trouble and playing above your position. So far most of the players that the Lions have drafted in the Holmes era has done exactly that. Jamo has finally started playing like the talented player he was drafted for although the off the field issues will make it easier to let him go.

Yeah, its fun, especially when your team is this good. I am pretty sure most of the GM's this teams has had, I could of done better than lol. Although now, I really don't question Holme's madness. I just accept it. Its actually very weird to just put your full trust into the Lions franchise.