Week Thirteen: Chicago Bears (4-7) @ Detroit Lions (10-1)

[NYLion]

This is going to be a tougher matchup than people think and not only because of the injuries. The Bears always present a tough matchup for the Lions, although this Lions team is next level, and you better believe that they will treat this as their Superbowl so this COULD be the type of game that bites the Lions. I don't expect them to lose but I don't think this as much a gimme as Vegas thinks it is.

[Motown Bombers]

I'm surprised by the +10 line. Despite a losing record, the Bears still have a positive point differential. They don't get blown out often. Their defense is legit. Offensively, they have a weak line, we all know Swift likes to dance and not make contact, and Keenan Allen looks washed. 

[MichiganCardinal]

[Motown Bombers]

Since Arizona is playing Minnesota, I hope the Lions don't clinch a playoff spot. 

[MichiganCardinal]

2 hours ago, Motown Bombers said:

I'm surprised by the +10 line. Despite a losing record, the Bears still have a positive point differential. They don't get blown out often. Their defense is legit. Offensively, they have a weak line, we all know Swift likes to dance and not make contact, and Keenan Allen looks washed. 

I think Vegas is pretty frustrated with the Lions. They’re routinely getting 80-90% of bets and are still 9-2 ATS. They're routinely blowing teams out in a league where half of all games are decided by 8 or less points.

Despite the spread being >10 for a divisional Thanksgiving game against a decent Bears team, 77% of money is going to the Lions. Spreads will keep going up until the Lions can’t cover them.

[Motown Bombers]

 

[MichiganCardinal]

James Houston was released. He’ll be a fun trivia answer in 20 years.

 

[Motown Bombers]

 

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[MichiganCardinal]

21 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

Jones could sign a small money deal now with a handful of teams, or hold out and hope a contender’s QB gets hurt.

His name has probably come up in the worst case scenario contingency planning if Goff gets hurt.

[Shinzaki]

Sonic and Knuckles are gaining popularity 

 

https://x.com/HonoluluBlues_/status/1861461476344504639?t=8oegLZUq0E6THij39EvSLA&s=19

[RedRamage]

2 minutes ago, Shinzaki said:

Sonic and Knuckles are gaining popularity 

 

https://x.com/HonoluluBlues_/status/1861461476344504639?t=8oegLZUq0E6THij39EvSLA&s=19

[sagnam]

1 hour ago, MichiganCardinal said:

Jones could sign a small money deal now with a handful of teams, or hold out and hope a contender’s QB gets hurt.

His name has probably come up in the worst case scenario contingency planning if Goff gets hurt.

PFT says he could sign to a practice squad and then be able to sign with a team that has an injury from there.

[RandyMarsh]

Lions fall to 5th all time through 11 games, still the best non undefeated team though. On a side note its the Lions franchise luck that arguably the best team they ever had before this one happened to run into the 2nd best team of all time in the NFC Championship game.  

[Motown Bombers]

 

[sagnam]

3 hours ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

IT'S HIGHLY IMPRESSIVE HOW STRAIGHT A
SHOOTER DAN CAMPBELL IS, GIVEN ALL THE
CAFFEINE IN HIS SYSTEM

[Motown Bombers]

 

[sagnam]

1 hour ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

I don’t know that I’ve ever been more wrong about a thing in my life than I was about Dan Campbell. He doesn’t just make motivational speeches. He actually means the things he says, believes them, and lives them every day. The good ones and the bad ones. It’s absolutely incredible.

[Motown Bombers]

 

[MichiganCardinal]

54 minutes ago, sagnam said:

I don’t know that I’ve ever been more wrong about a thing in my life than I was about Dan Campbell. He doesn’t just make motivational speeches. He actually means the things he says, believes them, and lives them every day. The good ones and the bad ones. It’s absolutely incredible.

I loved Dan Campbell from the very beginning. I wasn't positive it would work. It's one thing to be a leader of men, it's another to get the right guys around you that will listen, heed, and walk the walk. That introductory press conference, I remember watching and thinking "this dude is awesome!!" He spoke directly to all of us. He knew his audience, and it wasn't the talking heads on ESPN who made fun of it. I thought that if he got the right guys from Holmes, that this could turn into something special.

My faith wasn't unwavering though. The closest I came to not believing was when they hit 1-6 in 2022, fresh off five straight losses where they lost 28-24, 48-45, 29-0, 24-6, and 31-27. I thought they needed to change something and that it might need to be Aaron Glenn who went. They canned Aubrey Pleasant instead and the rest is history still in progress.

As long as I'm flaunting my own predictive success though.... In August 2022, fresh off the 3-13-1 season, I bought these AirPods, which I still have. Which is impressive in two regards: (1) that I have a working pair of AirPods that I haven't lost or broken after more than two years... And (2) that I believed, dammit!!

Well, believed enough to give myself two shots at being right (I would have claimed credit last year and will definitely claim this year if the impossible becomes reality).

Edited November 27, 2024 by MichiganCardinal

[Motown Bombers]

I never lost faith and called every single win in that 8-2 run except Carolina and was literally laughed at. 

[RandyMarsh]

 2022 Detroit Lions Regular Season Thread

in Detroit Lions

Posted November 4, 2022

Its a fine line between giving a GM/Coach too much rope or cutting them too early. Yeah the Lions haven't made the progress in the win/loss department like I hoped but unlike with Quinntricia I can see some positive things that Holmes/Campbell have brought to the table despite that. I believe Holmes knows what he is doing and while Campbell has made some mistakes on the field that is only one part of being a HC and maybe the most insignificant part at that.

Most on field decisions are based off of what the analytics tell you, sometime you look like a genius if those decisions work out other times you don't, but what you do away from Sunday and how players respect and want to play for you is 100% on the coach and it seems in that regard Campbell has it. I also respect the fact that he is willing to make changes and hold other coaches responsible by evidence of the Pleasant firing this year and Lynn firing last year. 

This isn't to say that both should be given a 5+ year leash but I think calling for their firing just 2 years in could be a bit premature no matter where we finish this season. Yes turnarounds can happen fast in the NFL but sometimes they do take a few years and I rather give the guys a chance to see their vision through before firing them and starting over half way through. 

 

 

That was my feeling on Dan towards our low point, little did I know then how fast we would turn it around. 

[KnoxP]

I’m like Cardinal, could have written his thoughts myself…no airpods though. 💪🏻

[Tigeraholic1]

All I ever wanted was a Lions team that was not the butt of every joke. Also to play competitive games and be in the mix at the end of the season for a WC spot. Then Shiela showed up....