A Bills-free Minnesota @ Detroit game thread

[Sojourner]

Always respect a team who’s willing to give you no time on crucial downs. 

[london_bills]

Has Minnesota ran a screen all day?

[Billl]

Really don’t understand KOC’s thinking here.  Put the backups in and take the L.  

[GETTOTHE50]

see, thats what you do on 3rd/4th & long, blitz so you dont give time for the routes to develop.

[Mikie2times]

7 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:

Dan Campbell is going to have two of his hand picked coordinators get head coaching jobs this offseason.  That is pretty good for a guy everyone uses as a punchline.  I guess you could make the case all these guys are part of sean payton's tree and in essence Bill Parcells actual coaching tree.

 

but for now Campbell is going to have the start to a coaching tree with his two coordinators getting head coaching jobs in a few weeks.  That is two more than Mike Tomlin in like 15 years as HC in pittsburgh.

Pretty sure they’re more part of Holmgrens tree.  Ben Johnson, Zac Taylor, and Dan Campbell all coached for Miami under Joe Philbin / Mike Sherman, who was a disciple of Holmgren.

[Billznut]

Just now, GETTOTHE50 said:

see, thats what you do on 3rd/4th & long, blitz so you dont give time for the routes to develop.

Detroit also is good at actually getting near the QB on those blitzes. Thats the difference. 

[Doc Brown]

Still have their starters in up 31-9 with three minutes left?

[Ralonzo]

Thought Christian Mahogany (BC) was some great value for Detroit in the draft, 6th or 7th round iirc?

[Billl]

Just now, Doc Brown said:

Still have their starters in up 31-9 with three minutes left?

Right?  This makes no sense.

[Utah John]

4 minutes ago, london_bills said:

Has Minnesota ran a screen all day?

Well, they tried to. Does that count?

[Ralonzo]

13 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

Or as my daughter would say..."which one looks more like a girl?"

 

Whoa, JJ McCarthy has entered the chat... with that Tyne Daly kind of vibe...

Edited Monday at 04:28 AM by Ralonzo

[Utah John]

1 minute ago, Billl said:

Right?  This makes no sense.

And now Kevin Zeitler, a starter on their O line, came out, apparently with a hammie.  Might be OK since they have a week off.

[london_bills]

1 minute ago, Utah John said:

Well, they tried to. Does that count?

Yeah, they didn't seem to be throwing short routes but I didn't see the whole game

[Big Turk]

13 minutes ago, Ralonzo said:

 

¿Quién es menos macho?

 

The correct answer: "I'd like to go off the board Jack, and select Trevor Lawrence"

 

He looks like a horse...maybe him and Sarah Jessica Parker should get together....

[Billl]

So in one conference, the top two teams are fighting to the bitter end.  In the other conference, Buffalo lost to the Patriots, and Kansas City (‘s accountants)  got rinsed 38-0.

[Ralonzo]

Just now, Big Turk said:

 

He looks like a horse...maybe him and Sarah Jessica Parker should get together....

 

A horse walks into a bar...

 

Vikings got taken to Skøøl.

[Billl]

Let’s go…

Det:  +285

KC:  +350

BAL:  +600

BUF:  +650

PHI:  +750

MIN:  +1500

GB:  +1600

TB:  +2500

LAC:  +3000

LAR:  +4500

[MikePJ76]

Just now, Mikie2times said:

Pretty sure they’re more part of Holmgrens tree.  Ben Johnson, Zac Taylor, and Dan Campbell all coached for Miami under Joe Philbin / Mike Sherman, who was a disciple of Holmgren.

No.  Campbell was with Sean Payton in New Orleans.  Campbell played for Payton in NY and in Dallas and through 1 training camp with the saints.

 

Bill Parcells is Sean Payton's Padre.  

 

Campbell was hired to his first job in miami by Tony Sporano.  Sporano was with Payton in Dallas under Parcells and was hired as the Dolphins head coach by Bill Parcells when he took over the dolphins in 08.

 

Aaron Glenn played for Parcells in NY and in Dallas. He played for Payton in New Orleans. Payton Hired Glenn to be the saints DB Coach and then Campbell hired him to be the DC in Detroit.

 

Ben Johnson was on the staff with Campbell in Miami, Campbell kept Ben Johnson in Detroit when he was hired as the HC, and Johnson worked under Anthony Lynn originally in Detroit yet another Parcells guy having been on that same staff with payton, sporano in 05-06 in Dallas.

 

 

 

 

[Ralonzo]

Darnold 18/41 for 166 in the biggest game of his life.

 

He is who we thought he was.

[DCofNC]

So, have we seen the real Darnold all year or is the guy throwing 3’ high to everyone tonight the real Darnold?  I’d hate to be the guy making the call on signing him or letting him walk this offseason.