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Week One: Los Angeles Rams (0-0) @ Detroit Lions (0-0)


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1 minute ago, Sports_Freak said:

It may have worked out that way but I doubt that was his thought process at the time.

Was it not? I can see where a team might devise a strategy to more vigorously contest passes in the end zone that look like certain touchdowns.

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Without seeing the all 22 footage it's hard to say for sure how he looked but from what I saw I thought Arnold looked good for the most part relative to how most CBs play in their first games.

He was grabby and I believe did miss a tackle or two but from memory it didn't appear like he was getting toasted or overmatched like say an Okudah or Darius Slay looked in their early games. 

 

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Offense just looked really out of sync tonight. ASB fell down a few times. Gibbs fell down at the end. They just don’t have any game reps under their belt because they were hidden during pre-season. But they hung in and beat a playoff team in a game they probably should have lost. Impressive. 

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8 minutes ago, Hongbit said:

Never A Doubt!

 

 

Always a doubt over here, but I won't apologize for a win. That said, their use of St. Brown tonight was inconsistent and really inexplicably bad. He needed more targets overall it felt like and I feel their offense stalled out in the second half partly because of his lack of usage. 

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2 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said:

Without seeing the all 22 footage it's hard to say for sure how he looked but from what I saw I thought Arnold looked good for the most part relative to how most CBs play in their first games.

He was grabby and I believe did miss a tackle or two but from memory it didn't appear like he was getting toasted or overmatched like say an Okudah or Darius Slay looked in their early games. 

 

He was actually in the frame with the receivers he was covering, which often wasn’t the case last year. 😂

He got picked on a bit by a veteran QB. But he battled. I also didn’t think the calls against him were egregious. He will clean up some things and improve. 

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6 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said:

Without seeing the all 22 footage it's hard to say for sure how he looked but from what I saw I thought Arnold looked good for the most part relative to how most CBs play in their first games.

He was grabby and I believe did miss a tackle or two but from memory it didn't appear like he was getting toasted or overmatched like say an Okudah or Darius Slay looked in their early games. 

 

I thought he got beat several times tonight and made two bad penalties. As I said earlier, I think he looked like the rookie CB that he is. 

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8 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said:

Without seeing the all 22 footage it's hard to say for sure how he looked but from what I saw I thought Arnold looked good for the most part relative to how most CBs play in their first games.

He was grabby and I believe did miss a tackle or two but from memory it didn't appear like he was getting toasted or overmatched like say an Okudah or Darius Slay looked in their early games. 

 

That's how I saw it, too. He didn't look overmatched, and made some great tackles. I think he's gonna be pretty good once he gets his bearings.

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14 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

It seemed like Davenport was in the backfield a lot. If he stays healthy, this will be big for the Lions. 

He's a big talent, health has always been the biggest thing holding him back. If healthy, he's a game changer for the defense.

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9 minutes ago, NYLion said:

Montgomery might be the most underrated player in the league, what a beast. I know the O-Line deserves credit but he was driving through guys on the regular and has great vision to find the holes. Great player

Losing Jamal Williams was truly a gift in disguise it would seem. 

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I saw some things on twitter from people talking about Cooper Kupp "torching" the secondary cause he had 14 catches and 110 yards but in reality he was targeted 21 times so when throwing to him Stafford was 14/21 and only just over 5 yards a throw. As a defense that is considered a win and something you would take every time.  

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1 hour ago, Jason_R said:

Offense just looked really out of sync tonight. ASB fell down a few times. Gibbs fell down at the end. They just don’t have any game reps under their belt because they were hidden during pre-season. But they hung in and beat a playoff team in a game they probably should have lost. Impressive. 

i didnt think that was impressive.  a win is a win in the nfl so we'll take it but it wasnt impressive.  they had the same problems as last year: couldnt get to the qb and couldnt cover.

that rams team was not a "playoff team."  they lost both starting tackles, their starting guard, and then their backup tackle.  plus nakua got hurt in the first half.  stafford showed what a great qb he is.  just like when he played for detroit he made chicken salad out of chicken ****...

...and lost.

the offense was out of sync.  goff didnt play particularly well and no one but jamo could get open.  and the rams were playing without their starting corners too.

perhaps they are rusty because they didnt play in the preseason?  hope so.  the rams front isnt that bad, so it was nice to see the lions all over them in the run game even if goff did get some pressure.

the nfl is a week to week league.  they have time to get a third receiver up and running from the practice squad.  that should open things up a bit.

turn the page and beat the bucs.

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