2013-14 season prediction thread

[LKP]

Anytime Pettigrew is one of your main targets you will have turnovers. Either the ball bouncing off his brick hands for a pick or him fumbling the ball away after the catch 4 times like he did last year.

Not to mention staff isn't the most accurate passer and we throw it so often. Many of his picks come from misreads where he doesn't even see the defender and hes throwing to a spot....that will continue to happen.

On the other side...we have the issue of not causing any turnovers. Now I hear they are doing a good job of that in TC with no pads on this year.....but lets see how the secondary does in an actual game. We were pathedic at causing turnovers last year.

So if we continue to give the ball up and cant ever take it back....I don't see much change from last year to this. A bunch of close games where we rely on the defense late in the game. If we start causing some turnovers this year things could be drastically different.

ps..you put best on a pedestal too much. He played a full season in 2010 and had 3.2 ypc and a whole 500 yds rushing. We were 6-10. Whats your excuse now?

Pettigrew has never lost a fumble before last year. And there were only 2 picks intended for pettigrew (17th in league for tight ends). Neither went off his hands. Stop with the pettigrew unjustified bull crap hate.

Staff has a low int percentage and only 11 were his fault. Stop with the unjustified stafford accuracy bull crap

Excuses for 2010. Do you just have no memory or throw out 6 and 10 and best ypc as a pure hater. Best had turf toe all year and stafford missed 13 games. Good enough excuse for you?

The lions have enough talent to have 10 less turnovers and 10 more forced. 29 forced 2010 or 34 forced 2011 is the true probable expectation given the lions defense talent level.

 

[cheeno]

Ifs, buts, candy, nuts.

 

[mhughes0021]

Pettigrew has never lost a fumble before last year. And there were only 2 picks intended for pettigrew (17th in league for tight ends). Neither went off his hands. Stop with the pettigrew unjustified bull crap hate.

Staff has a low int percentage and only 11 were his fault. Stop with the unjustified stafford accuracy bull crap

Excuses for 2010. Do you just have no memory or throw out 6 and 10 and best ypc as a pure hater. Best had turf toe all year and stafford missed 13 games. Good enough excuse for you?

The lions have enough talent to have 10 less turnovers and 10 more forced. 29 forced 2010 or 34 forced 2011 is the true probable expectation given the lions defense talent level.

staffords comp % has never been good. I love him as our qb....but he has his flaws. Being inaccurate is one of them. Throwing off his back foot 10 feet over the wrs head is another. Very questionable picks right to a defender is another.

So when best isn't braindead he has turf toe....why are we still talking about him again?

 

[LKP]

staffords comp % has never been good. I love him as our qb....but he has his flaws. Being inaccurate is one of them. Throwing off his back foot 10 feet over the wrs head is another. Very questionable picks right to a defender is another.

So when best isn't braindead he has turf toe....why are we still talking about him again?

Braindead. Really dude. Really

Stafford was over 63% in 2011 and would have easily been over 60% without injuries in 2012. His accuracy is just fine

 

[mhughes0021]

Braindead. Really dude. Really

Stafford was over 63% in 2011 and would have easily been over 60% without injuries in 2012. His accuracy is just fine

Woulda shoulda coulda lol. He would have 68% accuracy...if he was more accurate lol.

 

[tomdalton22]

Braindead. Really dude. Really

Stafford was over 63% in 2011 and would have easily been over 60% without injuries in 2012. His accuracy is just fine

His career completion percentage is 59.8%. To be an elite QB you need to be at least 63% but closer to 65%.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I don't really care much about elite but if he continue to get 63% each year, with no pick 6's I'll be happy.

 

[cheeno]

I agree with LKP that the injuries to wideouts don't help. On the other hand CJs two car garage catch radius does help. Correct me if I'm wrong but in 2011 his two of his top three recievers were rbs/tes, which should mean you should have a pretty high accuracy rate.
For me the side arm has to stop, I can see it as something he has to do now and again or on the run, but it became his go to throwing motion last year for extended periods. Footwork too wasn't great, I guess all that pistol doesn't help, but then again you need a run game to be consistently under center. The Lions could do well by signing a good throwing coach.

 

[mhughes0021]

I agree with LKP that the injuries to wideouts don't help. On the other hand CJs two car garage catch radius does help. Correct me if I'm wrong but in 2011 his two of his top three recievers were rbs/tes, which should mean you should have a pretty high accuracy rate.
For me the side arm has to stop, I can see it as something he has to do now and again or on the run, but it became his go to throwing motion last year for extended periods. Footwork too wasn't great, I guess all that pistol doesn't help, but then again you need a run game to be consistently under center. The Lions could do well by signing a good throwing coach.

ya we re the dump down champs of the world and pretty much have to be since its an extension of our shitty run game. career comp % of 59 when youre dumping down and throwing 6 yd curls to pettigrew isnt all that good.

 

[LKP]

Stafford 70 percent and 62 percent to pettigrew last 2 years. Plent of intermediate and deep balls. Stafford does more than just dump it down.

I gave the percentages before. Everyone was above 60 other than scheffler Durham, mike Thomas and robiskie. Stafford accuracy is not a problem

 

[mhughes0021]

Stafford 70 percent and 62 percent to pettigrew last 2 years. Plent of intermediate and deep balls. Stafford does more than just dump it down.

I gave the percentages before. Everyone was above 60 other than scheffler Durham, mike Thomas and robiskie. Stafford accuracy is not a problem

everyone was over 60% except 4 out of 6 of our WRS last year lmao....hence hes not a 60% passer.

 

[LKP]

everyone was over 60% except 4 out of 6 of our WRS last year lmao....hence hes not a 60% passer.

Titus burleson Calvin broyles pettigrew were over 60. Bush will be by a lot. Stafford is not a problem at all. Scheffler can rebound and there can be less drops batted balls and throwaways too.

 

[mhughes0021]

Titus burleson Calvin broyles pettigrew were over 60. Bush will be by a lot. Stafford is not a problem at all. Scheffler can rebound and there can be less drops batted balls and throwaways too.

Titus burleson and broyles didn't play most of the year...but whatever...he's 59% and could have been at 65%...you win. I must have been just imagining all the throws being airmailed.

 

[Mitchrapp]

We all had some fun but the topic, season prediction thread has run its course (its not the topic at hand any more).

It might be better idea to start a new thread so we can argue..I'm going to lock it..

 

[Mitchrapp]

Bump.

 

[MalFunkShun]

Bump

Edit:

Damnit

 

[Mitchrapp]

My usual 8-8 prediction.

Missed it by one.

 

[johnny2x2x]

7-9 is my predicition, maybe 8-8, just enough to keep the job for the head coach.

Do I win something? 7-9 would have been acceptable except for the fact we started 6-3 and had a cupcake schedule and blew it.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Cupcake scheduling, no Cutler for a few games, no Rodgers for half a season. This team is pathetic.

 

[grandy]

Seeing as I haven't posted in this thread yet.

7-9 with a 2nd half collapse