kipwinger 8,801 Report post Posted September 3 I'm not a football fan and don't plan to be. But everybody I know is a Lions fan and I'd never adopt a non-Detroit team. Given that the holidays are coming up and I'm almost certainly going to have to talk about the Lions, anybody willing to give me a brief overview? I know about Dan Campbell's coaching philosophy, I know about their near misses in the post season, I know about how they lost their big brain offensive coordinator. What else should I know to have an informed discussion heading into the season? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmybigrigs69 530 Report post Posted September 3 7 hours ago, kipwinger said: I'm not a football fan and don't plan to be. But everybody I know is a Lions fan and I'd never adopt a non-Detroit team. Given that the holidays are coming up and I'm almost certainly going to have to talk about the Lions, anybody willing to give me a brief overview? I know about Dan Campbell's coaching philosophy, I know about their near misses in the post season, I know about how they lost their big brain offensive coordinator. What else should I know to have an informed discussion heading into the season? > Gibbs/Montgomery are arguably the best runningback duo in the country. Nicknamed Sonic (Gibbs) and Knuckles (Monty), because Gibbs is the fast elusive back, and Monty is the strong power punching back. Theyre our one/two punch in the offensive game, and we play a run first offense. >QB Goff can barely run or scramble, so he stays in the pocket and uses a lot of play action (faking the hand off to the running back and then passing) >our WR's are really good >our defense is an old school throwback. A lot of blitzing, alot of focus on stopping the run, a lot of man to man press coverage in the backfield. >edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson will likely be up for defensive player of the year if he stays healthy, and should be flirting with breaking the single season sack record. >the exciting rookie is Isaac Teslaa. Big white kid who plays WR and is from Michigan. The general zeitgeist is the Lions window is wide open, but we gotta get it done. Lots of key injuries have cost in the past so were terrified of injuries and need the team to stay healthy. Our offense is arguably the most high powered in the league, but our defense is only average. But our D could be elite if guys stay healthy. 1 kipwinger reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmybigrigs69 530 Report post Posted September 5 Eagles sign Z Smith Contract is potentially $9 mil Glad we didnt sign. Too rich for us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Motor City Mullets 325 Report post Posted September 7 Ready for a loss Lions fans? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Jimmybigrigs69 530 Report post Posted September 8 8 hours ago, Motor City Mullets said: Ya boys done did it. Honestly Packers looked good... but the Lions gave that game away. The play calling was unbelievably bad. The narrative about the Lions losing both coordinators = suck, may very well be true. Morton clearly had no idea how to use his weapons, and Sheps defense wasnt much better. Campbell defended them saying they need time to adjust and work out kinks... but holy fuq that was bad. And what we all feared was glaring: the interior O-line, our biggest strength the last few years, SUCKED BALLS. Glasgow is a poor mans #1 center. Mahogany got mauled. Rookie Ratledge made rookie mistakes. We cannot implement our 1/2 run game without a good O line. And Goff doesnt have the protected pocket to pass effectively. Of course... a smart coordinator could work around that. Implement outside run plays and use our blocking WRs. But unfortantely Morton is apparently regarded and only wants to run highschool bubble screens. WHY TF IS GIBBS RUNNING UP THE CENTER ON A 5 YARD RUN PLAY U FUQQING MORON. Packies deserved that win. We were nancies out there and Ben Johnson is gonna make us look like stupid next week unless Campbell does some serious shidt this week to his shidt coordinators. 1 Motor City Mullets reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmybigrigs69 530 Report post Posted September 8 The pass rush needs to be totally different. If you can't pressure the QB with 4 guys YOU NEED to blitz ur linebackers. We "supposedly" have a great defensive back core so we gotta trust them to cover and bring more guys to attack the line scrimmage. On offense ur studs are your tackles. WHY TF ARE THEY NOT UR LEAD BLOCKERS ON THE MAJORITY OF RUN PLAYS??? St Brown is the most reliable WR1 in the league. Jamo can run deep and take the top off a defense. Teslaa can bring down about any high ball. We utilized absolutely 0% of those strengths. TLDR: John Morton is bad and i dont like him. 1 Rick D reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rick D 394 Report post Posted September 8 (edited) I hope the Wings first game turns out better than this. I am going to be in town from Houston, to bring my son to his first hockey game. Edited September 22 by Rick D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmybigrigs69 530 Report post Posted September 15 Big win today. Everything looked better. Playcalling. The O-line. The run game. Everything. It's the Bears sure, but IMO this team has gotten quickly back on track. Reminder: last week the bears nearly beat the vikings. We just CRUSHED them. I'm losing faith in Terrion Arnold. They talked all preseason about how much progress he's made, and how he plays like a CB1... Through 2 games he's getting burned ALOT. The rookie interior-line played MUCH better this week. 50 POINTS BETCH FUQ ON THE GOFFENSE out 1 Rick D reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmybigrigs69 530 Report post Posted September 25 Finally going to comment on the Ravens game... The Kings of the North are BACK BB. Packers game 1 was an adjustment phase, and boy did we adjust. O line has stepped up. Offensive play calling has recovered. We back in this shidt. Special mention: Kelvin Sheppard - New D coordinator. Against Williams and Jackson he was able to do what Aaron Glenn always struggled with: Contain mobile QBs. There's a concept called "crush the can". You use your Dline to corrall the opponents Oline and QB into a "can" and then you start to "crush" or contain. Its not about getting sacks, its about controlling and pressuring. Forcing the QB to panic throw or scramble into lanes youve already anticipated where the spy linebacker is there to pick them up. Shep has done this beautiffuly. We turned our biggest weakness into a strength literally right away. Further, im still not sold on Terrion Arnold at DB. And Dan Campbell seems to agree. He said after the game that Amik Robertson will likely get some looks at starting corner. Lastly, Al Quin Muhhammed - fuqin beastly game at DE. I hope he's our Davenport / Ownzrikque replacement and keeps this play going. 1 Rick D reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmybigrigs69 530 Report post Posted September 26 Browns on Sunday. Packers beat us, and the Browns beat the Packies... i dont put much stock into that. I'm confident game 1 was a settling in game for us, and we take the cheesefuqs in our 2nd meeting. However, this will be an interesting test. IMO the Lions have the highest powered offense in the league and the Browns have the highest powered defense in the league. They will test our new younger Oline in a big way. Decker and Sewell should be able to stifle their edge stud in Myles Garret, but their interior Dline will have more leeway and will look to shutdown our signature run game. I expect lots of playaction passing from Goff, and more airing it out than normal. Specifically, we need to spread the ball out. St Brown and Jamo will be on lockdown by the Browns. Time to activate Teslaa and LaPorta... both have seen limited targets through the first 3 games. Now is the time to use those secret weapons. Further, this is a game where - if i was MCDC - i would pull back on trick plays and going for it on 4th downs. Their offense is GARBAGE. Allow their offense to play. But bury them with good punts and allow our defense to feast on their mistakes. The team that wins the turnover battle likely wins this game. Play conservative and smart and our chances will come. All we need is 17 pts to put this game away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmybigrigs69 530 Report post Posted September 27 (edited) I had no idea that former Lions HC Jim Schwartz was the DC for Celevland lol A very sobering outside perspective though. >jim doesnt believe Gibbs and Monty are at all different, and they dont run different plays. Theyre just good.... he obviously recognizes that our overall scheme is setup the run, then playaction pass. His solution = shutdown the run. I predicted this in my last post. Schwartz will TRY to attack our run game, which can throw off our entire gameplan. The sobering part IMO was his take on Gibbs n Monty. A little spooky how figured out he has them. Everyone refers to them as sonic (speed) and knuckles (power)... but he's absolutely correct that they dont run different plays, which i think Lions fans need to acknowledge. Schwartz even expressly says we tend to run DUO and WIDE ZONE run plays. Which isnt wrong.... Jim is coming for our run game. He knows thats our bread n butter. And he knows our interior Oline is young n weak, and that's where he will attack. If you believe him, his backup plan is their superior open field tackling. AIR IT OUT AIR IT OUT AIR IT OUT This is the game where you let Goff and his recievers cook. Bring the tackles in, protect the pocket, and pass the ball. That said, i wouldnt be at all surprised if Dan Campbell does the exact opposite and pounds the run game lol art of war is doing the opposite of what ur enemy expects... Edited September 27 by Jimmybigrigs69 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diehardredwingsfan58 170 Report post Posted September 27 Go Lions beat the Browns tomorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmybigrigs69 530 Report post Posted September 29 On 9/7/2025 at 1:11 PM, Motor City Mullets said: Ready for a loss Lions fans? Packers have not won a game since above... Lions since have taken every team out back and whooped their candy azzes Window WIDE OPEN boys, and Lions are once again officially Kings of the NFC North. Lez go. On the Lions: Good win. Jared tried to force some things, and they kept the run pretty containted, but I thought the defense stepped up and played great. Special teams played great. This is again a deep team that can hurt you from so many different angles. The bad: DJ Reed is hurt hurt and is definately not playing next week. Terrion Arnold is hurt as well, but might play next week. So both our starting CBs could be out against the bengals... but honestly who gives AF. Joe Burrow is out for them, so theyre basically FUQT. And even if Jake Browning has a good game im confident with Amik Roberstson and Khlalil Dorsey in the backfield as long as Kerby and Branch are there to back them up. So roll the Bengals in week 5, rest up, and get our corners back for week 6 against the Chiefs. A chiefs team that looks WASHED this year. AND we might have Alim McNeil at nose tackle back for that game, which should literally take the Dline to another level... Enjoy this ride fellas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Motor City Mullets 325 Report post Posted September 30 On 9/29/2025 at 3:03 AM, Jimmybigrigs69 said: Packers have not won a game since above... Lions since have taken every team out back and whooped their candy azzes Window WIDE OPEN boys, and Lions are once again officially Kings of the NFC North. Lez go. On the Lions: Good win. Jared tried to force some things, and they kept the run pretty containted, but I thought the defense stepped up and played great. Special teams played great. This is again a deep team that can hurt you from so many different angles. The bad: DJ Reed is hurt hurt and is definately not playing next week. Terrion Arnold is hurt as well, but might play next week. So both our starting CBs could be out against the bengals... but honestly who gives AF. Joe Burrow is out for them, so theyre basically FUQT. And even if Jake Browning has a good game im confident with Amik Roberstson and Khlalil Dorsey in the backfield as long as Kerby and Branch are there to back them up. So roll the Bengals in week 5, rest up, and get our corners back for week 6 against the Chiefs. A chiefs team that looks WASHED this year. AND we might have Alim McNeil at nose tackle back for that game, which should literally take the Dline to another level... Enjoy this ride fellas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diehardredwingsfan58 170 Report post Posted September 30 Lions 34 Browns 10 great Lions victory. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmybigrigs69 530 Report post Posted October 3 Goff is the most efficient QB in the league Hutch is the #1 rated pass rusher in the league Madden now has the Lions ranked as the best overall team in the game behind only the SB champ Eagles And Sundays game against the Bengals is the most favored to win the Lions have been on the road since 1973... I dont know what to do with this amount of hype Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmybigrigs69 530 Report post Posted Friday at 02:56 PM This could be the Lions year... Eagles are crumbling. Chiefs are washed. Ravens in total disaray. It might be us and the Bills in the... (dont wanna jinx it) That said... Young boy Giovanni Manu subbed in for the injured Taylor Decker at LT last game, and quite frankly he was awful. Dan Skipper has been called up in response so i assume the Manu experiment is already over. Assuming the line on Sunday will be: Skip/Mahogany/Glas/Rat/Sewell Seeing how bad Manu was made me appreciate how well Mahogany and Ratledge have been so far as rookies... In the secondary both our starting corners are injured and both our starting safeties may be injured. If Branch and Kerby both sit on Sunday Mahomes is going to try and throw all over us, and he might get away with it... The good news is Alim MAC FUQQIN TRUCK McNeil is back at DT against the Cheifs. So our pass rush and run stop should be getting a nice upgrade. I'd honestly like to see the Lions move Tyleik Williams to EDGE and let all four of Williams/Reader/McNeil/Hutch rush from the D line. Bring in as well Campbell and Barnes in a blitz package and drop Anzalone into coverage. If our secondary is gonna suck, then put mad pressure on Mahomes. On offense, WR Khalif Raymond has been limited in practice so we may finally get to see more Isaac Teslaa at WR this week. At WR Morton has also coined the term "the jameson effect" which basically is Jamo using his speed and running deep to take the top off the defense, forcing teams to commit a safety to him, effectively forcing them to play 2 high coverage. And that opens up the middle of the field for St Brown, who has been feasting on it. So Jamo is not getting many targets so far this season, but in theory, as soon as a team adjusts to cover ARSB instead of Jamo, Jamo is gonna get some deep balls and huge TDs. I think we cleanup this Chiefs team Share this post Link to post Share on other sites