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15 hours ago, chasfh said:

Which is one of Monarrez's complaints, although I think there's been a lot of lovey dovey Stafford articles in the Detroit media.

It's true his article dumps a bit harder on the Lions than Stafford, although Monarrez does basically hang a shift in the entire franchise's fortunes on his failure to spot Calvin over the middle in that 2015 playoff loss. And he clearly has contempt for Stafford's lippy wife, not completely unjustified I believe.

I don't follow the Lions nearly as closely as I do the Tigers, but the difference in the way they ushered Calvin and Barry out the door versus the way they sent off Stafford with kisses and bouquets got by me completely, and is a fairly damning indictment of the Lions as far as I can tell.  

The Lions didn't usher Johnson or Sanders out the door. Both of those players quit on the Lions. Stafford asked for a trade and all reports are he would have still played for the Lions if they didn't trade him. Stafford wasn't a no show at training camp and faxed his retirement letter to a Kansas newspaper. 

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3 hours ago, Motown Bombers said:

The Lions didn't usher Johnson or Sanders out the door. Both of those players quit on the Lions. Stafford asked for a trade and all reports are he would have still played for the Lions if they didn't trade him. Stafford wasn't a no show at training camp and faxed his retirement letter to a Kansas newspaper. 

Maybe he would have and maybe he wouldn’t have, but Stafford did ask to get out of Dodge, which I don’t see as much better.

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5 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Maybe he would have and maybe he wouldn’t have, but Stafford did ask to get out of Dodge, which I don’t see as much better.

And Calvin Johnson and Barry Sanders didn't ask to get out of Dodge though Calvin Johnson says he did 5 years after the fact. Calvin Johnson announced his retirement at the start of free agency. The Lions didn't usher Calvin or Barry out the door. The Lions wanted both players to play. One announced his retirement early in the offseason, the other broke off communication, was a no show, and didn't even have the decency to tell the team he quit. Stafford asked for a trade and probably still would have played for the team had they refused the trade. I'm not sure what the damning indictment is of the Lions that two players up and quit unexpectedly and the third asked to be traded and his request was granted. 

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In game parlay for me is

 

Field Goals for both teams  1.5   OVER

Joe Burrow 230 yards passing  OVER

TD for Kupp

TD for Chase

Total Points 148.5  OVER

 

I bet $10, which was a free token from mgm.    If I win I get $145.  If I lose I lose nothing.  

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Stafford with the arm punt on 3rd and long, no harm no foul there on 3rd and long from that point in the field, an interception in the end zone is basically the same as an incompletion and ensuing punt/touchback. 

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Watching with the sound off.  Is this Collinsworth's last game?    I just grew so tired of him going on and on and on about the same thing.    I mean he would just talk over and over about the same thing.   Just a different angle to talk about the same thing.  If you wanted one thing to be pounded into the ground, he's your man.   I mean the same thing. Over and Over and Over...........

 

Do we have to tolerate Romo next year? 

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3 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Watching with the sound off.  Is this Collinsworth's last game?    I just grew so tired of him going on and on and on about the same thing.    I mean he would just talk over and over about the same thing.   Just a different angle to talk about the same thing.  If you wanted one thing to be pounded into the ground, he's your man.   I mean the same thing. Over and Over and Over...........

 

Do we have to tolerate Romo next year? 

Romo was good at first, but has gotten worse. In the few games I've heard Greg Olson, I really like him. I hope he gets elevated from the D team. 

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