Yobogoya!

Refs really don’t want to flag the Lions so far

Savvy move by Dawkins on getting in the way without risking a block in the back, hold, etc.

Alternate question might be if the Bills can come out the gate with a head of steam, or whether we'll be flat and off key for a few drives before we start rolling?

To think there was a point the Lions had Stafford, Calvin Johnson and Suh on the same team and still managed to have some terrible years... like I think they had 4 wins in 2012 when Suh and Megatron had all pro seasons and Stafford threw for almost 5,000 yards. No matter which camp you're in about McD holding us back from a championship, he certainly ain't holding us back THAT much.

Heart goes out to him. It’s a testimony to just how far these guys push the boundaries of the human body on what’s ultimately a few seconds each play.

Not for nothing, but that’s the type of attitude that gives a team no chance to do what the Chiefs have done in like 10 of their 12 wins this season. The Chiefs would have not only fielded 11 players and tried hard for the block — this year, they’d have probably got it, too.

I like your thinking, but this staff has problems with normal game flow, challenges, and end of game organization. What you’re proposing would be like jumping into 5d chess for them. Should probably get the hang of the easy stuff first.

While we're on the subject of special teams, is it me or was that onside kick attempt just pathetic-looking? Like, I know it's a super low percentage play but that kick was a duck that had no shot whatsoever. Just low-lobbed it right to the Rams. Between that and the non-punt-block, you have to wonder if we even practice this stuff.

Hey a bad call against KC. That always brightens my day a little bit.

Do you think we would have stopped them on the impending drive after we punted? The rest of the game doesn’t make that seem like a likely prospect.

The other 37 points we gave up helped things along, as well.

Contrast this with the way KC goes down swinging until the very last gasp — which has literally won them several games this year. Can’t even hate at this point, some teams get it and some just don’t.

Nice punt.

I mean there’s almost no chance Babich has the freedom to retool the defense to his own specifications. This is the same scheme we’ve been running for 8 years, with the same positives and DEFINITELY the same negatives. Somehow these guys have to figure out a way to scheme up pressure. Even our blitzes did nothing today.

One of my biggest gripes with the McDermott defensive era is that we never seem to game plan for a team’s biggest weapons/ threats. We just line up and do our thing, sometimes adjust in small increments here or there, but we are often reticent to go in with a game plan of taking the biggest weapon away. Contrast that with Belichick’s mantra.

McDermott right now: “somehow this was the offense’s fault” Brady’s on the hot seat, probably 😆

To be fair, Reid made those types of blunders routinely for more than a decade before they went on their current run. He WAS that guy who always f’ed it up.

Maybe we can add a few more coach advisors to go with our challenge expert upstairs to help McDermott out. Although the challenge expert hasn’t helped much lol

Terrible push on that sneak

These referees are all over the place

Why not just run Josh? lol cmon man

Lol no holding call on the bear hug outside huh?

lol, looks like Nacua’s leg got better

They’ve had lots of practice ignoring those thanks to Juwaan Taylor.

I hate that we’re in year… what, 8 of the McDermott era and he still flubs calls like that. Brutal.