Week Nine: BYE

[MichiganCardinal]

          vs.          

Setting: 11/05/2023, All Day Long

Site: Living Rooms Across America

Weather: Whatever the wife sets the thermostat to

Opening Spread: Lions -1.5

All-Time Series Record: Bye leads, 39-18

Last Meeting: 10/16/2022, Lions won 3-2

 

Bye Week (5-3)

Head Coach: Chris Kirkpatrick

Projected Starting QB: J̶u̶s̶t̶i̶n̶ ̶T̶i̶m̶b̶e̶r̶l̶a̶k̶e̶ Joey Fatone(?)

Last Week: 42-10 W @ Providence Steam Rollers (Exhibition)

Looking Ahead to Week #10: Sunday v. Chiefs, Rams, Dolphins, and Eagles

 

Your Detroit Lions (6-2)

Head Coach: Dan Campbell (3rd Season: 18-23-1)

Projected Starting QB: Jared Goff (8th Season: 60-47-1)

Last Week: 26-14 W v. Las Vegas Raiders (3-5)

Looking Ahead to Week #10: Sunday @ Los Angeles Chargers (3-4)

 

Elsewhere in the NFL

Primetime: Titans @ Steelers (TNF), Bills @ Bengals (SNF), Chargers @ Jets (MNF)

9:30am: Dolphins @ Chiefs (in Frankfurt, Germany)

1:00pm: Seahawks @ Ravens, Vikings @ Falcons, Cardinals @ Browns, Rams @ Packers, Bucs @ Texans, Commanders @ Patriots, Bears @ Saints

4:05/4:25pm: Colts @ Panthers, Giants @ Raiders, Cowboys @ Eagles

BYE: Broncos, Jaguars, and 49ers

 

Memory Lane

"I think I got probably one of the biggest plays in the fourth quarter in the history of the NFL." - Matt Patricia

"When you think of Detroit, you're not thinking of wine and cheese. You're closer to the bratwurst market up here... There's enough white-collar stuff up here, but even the white collars have dirt under their collars. That's the way it's supposed to be." - Matt Millen

"Put in Shaun Hill!" - my drunk uncle at the slightest Lions inconvenience on every Thanksgiving from 2011-2013.

[buddha]

must win.

[djhutch]

I'm hoping we swap OC's with Bye this week, just to please TP.

[Mr.TaterSalad]

Does Bye have a mobile QB?

[CMRivdogs]

19 minutes ago, djhutch said:

I'm hoping we swap OC's with Bye this week, just to please TP.

Nothing the Lions do will please TP

[Tigeraholic1]

18 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

Does Bye have a mobile QB?

The Bye QB swings both ways.

[RandyMarsh]

I was gonna say it feels good not to make the "bye by 3 TDs" or something of that nature joke but it appears we have already moved on to other jokes.

[romad1]

Can I just say I loved the color of the new helmets on MNF.  The (retro?) logo I also like.  Together they seemed a little muddled but overall, i'm a fan.

[RedRamage]

1 hour ago, romad1 said:

Can I just say I loved the color of the new helmets on MNF.  The (retro?) logo I also like.  Together they seemed a little muddled but overall, i'm a fan.

Yeah, I was a little skeptical of them paired with the all grey unis, but I ended up really liking them.  And yes, it is a retro logo. It was used during the 60s. https://www.sportslogos.net/logos/list_by_team/170/Detroit_Lions/

 

[romad1]

Just now, RedRamage said:

Yeah, I was a little skeptical of them paired with the all grey unis, but I ended up really liking them.  And yes, it is a retro logo. It was used during the 60s. https://www.sportslogos.net/logos/list_by_team/170/Detroit_Lions/

 

I would buy almost any product in that blue.  I don't care what be it, chain saws, Industrial solvents, dirigibles, i want that color. 

[RedRamage]

3 minutes ago, romad1 said:

I would buy almost any product in that blue.  I don't care what be it, chain saws, Industrial solvents, dirigibles, i want that color. 

What about Lions red? 

[RedRamage]

[RedRamage]

Or maybe Purple and Gold to honor the Spartans? 

[buddha]

19 minutes ago, RedRamage said:

Yeah, I was a little skeptical of them paired with the all grey unis, but I ended up really liking them.  And yes, it is a retro logo. It was used during the 60s. https://www.sportslogos.net/logos/list_by_team/170/Detroit_Lions/

 

i like the helmets, i hate the all gray uniforms.

i like the lions traditional uniforms, i dont like any of the fiddling they've done recently and HATED the all black piping they had during the millen years.

the ones barry wore were cool.  bring those back.

[romad1]

17 minutes ago, RedRamage said:

What about Lions red? 

Red is the color of fear and social upheaval.  Red brings chaos. 

[RandyMarsh]

Im biased cause blue is my favorite color but I would like to see how those helmets would look paired with all blue unis. Im also a sucker for the solid 1 color look from head to toe so I think personally I would love it.

[RedRamage]

5 minutes ago, romad1 said:

Red is the color of fear and social upheaval.  Red brings chaos. 

[holygoat]

Sam LaPorta was on Chris Long's show today.

 

[Sports_Freak]

On 11/1/2023 at 6:29 AM, romad1 said:

Can I just say I loved the color of the new helmets on MNF.  The (retro?) logo I also like.  Together they seemed a little muddled but overall, i'm a fan.

I hate those helmets with the gray jersey but just win and they can wear;

[Jason_R]

Blue helmets are awesome. All grays look like cars painted with primer. 

[holygoat]

5 minutes ago, Jason_R said:

Blue helmets are awesome. All grays look like cars painted with primer. 

That's a great description of the greys.

[Sports_Freak]

42 minutes ago, holygoat said:

Sam LaPorta was on Chris Long's show today.

 

That's a very good interview. LaPorta comes across as a pretty smart kid. The Lions got a good one!!

[MIguy]

This bye couldn't have worked out any better.  Lions have a couple weeks to get healthy and the Chargers are going to have a short week since they're playing MNF @ the Jets.  

[Sports_Freak]

The Lions have to go 7-2 for Campbell to get to .500 as a head coach of Detroit? We can do it!!

[MichiganCardinal]

Who woulda thought two years ago that we’d be featured prominently in THIS promo at the bye?