Game 12: Bears @ Lions *Thanksgiving* Thread

[turok]

Besides the Cowboys...what other pro sports franchise does it?

Maybe some NBA team or teams on Christmas?

I don?t follow NBA.

The NBA schedules several games to play on each xmas day, but with different teams involved, apparently. This year will be 5 games, 10 teams.

 

[tinselwolverine]

The NBA schedules several games to play on each xmas day, but with different teams involved, apparently. This year will be 5 games, 10 teams.

Christmas last year

Christmas this year

Only Golden State hosted or will host both seasons in a row; I went back and checked the year before and Golden State also hosted that year.

So maybe that?s a thing.

I?m sure if that?s the case, their record is better than the Lions.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...es-detroit-lions-vs-chicago-bears/4325854002/
Recap: Lions lose to Bears on Thanksgiving Day for second straight year, 24-20.
Detnews

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...g-but-chicago-bears-rally-victory/4326121002/
Rookie David Blough leads Lions to fast start but Bears rally to victory.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...s-game-chicago-bears-thanksgiving/4325611002/
Detroit Lions tormented by Mitchell Trubisky, lose to Chicago Bears, 24-20.
Freep

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...bears-but-play-well-moral-victory/4327890002/
Detroit Lions lose to Bears but play well in earning a moral victory.
Freep

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...detroit-lions-score-chicago-bears/4326059002/
Detroit Lions blow it again on Thanksgiving, and nobody should be surprised.
Freep

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...t-after-suffering-late-leg-injury/4328381002/
Lions' T.J. Hockenson in boot after suffering late leg injury.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...detroit-lions-tj-hockenson-injury/4328267002/
Lions TE T.J. Hockenson suffers leg injury vs. Bears. Here's what we know.
Freep

Picture of his ankle. He's fucked.

https://www.mlive.com/lions/2019/11...mpletion-only-went-for-75-yards-and-a-td.html
Watch: David Blough?s first NFL completion only went for 75 yards and a TD.
Mlive

https://www.mlive.com/lions/2019/11...point-lead-in-thanksgiving-loss-to-bears.html
What they?re saying nationally after Lions blow 10-point lead in Thanksgiving loss to Bears.
Mlive

https://www.mlive.com/lions/2019/11...hines-early-then-lions-blow-another-lead.html
Observations: David Blough shines early, then Lions blow another lead against Bears.
Mlive

https://www.mlive.com/lions/2019/11...-first-nfc-team-eliminated-from-playoffs.html
Detroit Lions become first NFC team eliminated from playoffs.
Mlive

https://www.freep.com/videos/sports/nfl/lions/2019/11/28/matt-patricia-detroit-lions/4328385002/
Webvideo Matt Patricia complimentary of Detroit Lions toughness despite loss.
Freep

The Lions? big first quarter pushed them to 92 points in the first frame for the season. Sounds like a lot, right? That?s because it is. In fact, it?s the second most points in the league. Which helps explain how they?ve led in every game this season, including this one. And yet they?re just 3-8-1 for the season.
That?s kind of remarkable, and really speaks to just how bad this defense is.
It has been handed an early lead every week, and they?ve still lost twice as much as they?ve won.

Darius Slay has been fine this season. He?s been among Detroit?s lone bright spots on defense, even if he hasn?t performed at his usual Pro Bowl-caliber level. He?s been fine. But against Chicago, he was back to his old form, including picking off Mitchell Trubisky in the third quarter. It was his second pick of the season, giving him six straight seasons with multiple picks. The last Lions player to do that was Hall of Famer Lem Barney from 1967-77. The play also marked his 100th pass defense in 99 career games. He is just the ninth player in NFL history with 100 PDs in 100 games.

The Lions have now started three quarterbacks this season. For Kenny Golladay, it hasn?t mattered. He posted the first 1,000-yard season of his career last year, and has continued to roll this season. Against the Bears, he shook Prince Amukamara with a double-move and then walked into the end zone for that 75-yard touchdown. But he wasn?t done. He racked up 138 receiving yards and one touchdown in the first half, joining guys named
Calvin Johnson and Roy Williams as the only Lions players to have done that kind of first-half damage since 1991. He finished with four catches for 158 yards overall, continuing to cement his place as one of the league?s best WR1s.

Marvin Jones added three catches for 40 yards and one touchdown. That pushes him across the 5,000-yard mark for his career. He joins Mike Evans, Julio Jones and A.J. Green as the only active players with at least 5,000 receiving yards and 40 touchdowns while averaging at least 14.5 yards per catch.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.detroitlions.com/video/all-video
In-Game and Post Game Webvideo Highlights and lowlights of the Lions loss to the bears.
Lions.com

https://www.espn.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=401128015
Boxscore.
espn

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-week-13-pff-refocused-chicago-bears-24-detroit-lions-20-2
NFL Week 13 PFF ReFocused: Chicago Bears 24 - Detroit Lions 20.

https://www.espn.com/blog/detroit-l...future-potential-in-lions-fifth-straight-loss
QB David Blough shows future potential in Lions' fifth-straight loss.
espn

https://www.detroitlions.com/news/o...hat-were-the-key-plays-in-lions-loss-to-bears
BURNING QUESTIONS: What were the key plays in Lions' loss to Bears?
Lions.com

https://www.detroitlions.com/news/recap-lions-vs-bears-x1677
RECAP: Lions vs. Bears.
Lions.com

https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2019...uchdown-highlight-chicago-bears-detroit-lions
WATCH: David Blough?s first NFL completion is a Thanksgiving touchdown.
Golladay smokes Prince Amukamara like a nice turkey and Blough puts it home.
POD

https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2019...anksgiving-game-score-live-updates-highlights
Lions-Bears recap: Detroit blows another late lead, lose 5th straight.
Same story, different day.
POD

https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2019...-recap-3-takeaways-david-blough-matt-patricia
3 takeaways from the Lions? loss to the Bears.
Chicago completes the sweep on Thanksgiving.
POD

https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2019...hanksgiving-quick-thoughts-what-just-happened
Detroit Lions vs. Chicago Bears Thanksgiving quick thoughts: What Just Happened?
A collection of thoughts on the Lions? Thanksgiving Day loss.
POD

https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2019...ficially-eliminated-for-postseason-contention
Detroit Lions becomes 2nd NFL team officially eliminated for postseason contention.
It?s the earliest the Lions have been eliminated since 2010.
POD

https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2019...golladay-gets-loose-for-75-yard-td-reception/
Lions Highlights: WR Kenny Golladay gets loose for 75-yard TD reception.
LionsWire

https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2019/11/28/lions-thanksgiving-player-of-the-game-david-blough/
Lions' Thanksgiving Player of the Game: David Blough.
LionsWire

https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2019...nes-td-gives-lions-14-7-lead-on-thanksgiving/
Lions Highlights: Marvin Jones TD gives Lions 14-7 lead on Thanksgiving.
LionsWire

https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2019/11/28/1st-half-of-thanksgiving-game-detroit-lions-fans/
1st half of the Thanksgiving game reminds us why we're Lions fans.
LionsWire

https://sidelionreport.com/2019/11/28/david-blough-detroit-lions-lose-bears/
David Blough impresses in first start, Lions still lose to Bears, 24-20.
SLR

 

[Mitchrapp]

As far as the games on Thanksgiving go no other teams (owner) want to it. Who wants to play Sunday and then a Thursday? I doubt players want to do it. Its the same as was back in '34 when no other team came forward so Detroit stepped up.

 

[turok]

WTF is HC Garrett clapping about?



His Boys just gave up their drive on downs, losing by 19 late, but maybe he is happy no TO on fumble...lolz.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.detroitnews.com/videos/...lions-thanksgiving-day-loss-bears/4328946002/
Webvideo Breaking down Lions' Thanksgiving Day loss to the Bears. 12 minutes.
Detnews

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...eman-setting-up-winning-touchdown/4328636002/
Bears pick on Lions' Justin Coleman in setting up winning touchdown.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...lough-detroit-lions-chicago-bears/4325618002/
Detroit Lions grades: David Blough decent in debut, but team let down by coaching again.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/lions/2019/11/the-tj-hockenson-injury-looks-ugly-for-detroit.html
The T.J. Hockenson injury sure looks ugly for Detroit.
Mlive

https://www.mlive.com/lions/2019/11...o-explain-yet-another-heartbreaking-loss.html
Inside the locker room: Lions struggle to explain yet another heartbreaking loss.
Mlive

https://www.detroitlions.com/news/notebook-lions-need-to-find-a-way-to-build-confidence
NOTEBOOK: Lions need to find a way to build confidence.
Lions.com

https://www.detroitlions.com/news/four-downs-how-blough-fared-in-nfl-debut
FOUR DOWNS: How Blough fared in NFL debut.
Lions.com

Golladay averaged 39.5 yards per reception Thursday and finished with 158 yards on four catches. He had that 75-yard touchdown and accounted for all three of Detroit?s most explosive plays on offense against the Bears, adding a 36 and 29-yard reception in the contest. All four of Golladay?s catches Thursday went for 20 yards or more.

He now has 45 receptions on the year for 950 yards for a 20.2 average per reception.

Golladay is the first NFL player since Vikings wide receiver Randy Moss (1998) to record at least 40 receptions and nine touchdowns while maintaining a receiving average of 20.0 yards-or-more through 12 games.
The only other Lions player to do so was Cloyce Box in 1950.

 

[turok]

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...detroit-lions-tj-hockenson-injury/4328267002/
Lions TE T.J. Hockenson suffers leg injury vs. Bears. Here's what we know.
Freep

Picture of his ankle. He's fucked.

"Hockenson, the eighth pick in April's NFL draft, opened the season with a six-catch, 131-yard, one-touchdown performance in a 27-27 tie against the Arizona Cardinals. In the 11 games since, he has 26 catches for 236 yards and one touchdown."


Was hoping that TJ was going to exceed a rook TE expectations, but nope, he has managed to badly underperform them, esp considering being #8 in the draft.



One of their other big TE expectations in vet Jesse James, who was signed as a FA, has all of 9 catches for 71 yds and 0 TDs.


Good job Quinn and Patricia!!

 

[Mitchrapp]

"Hockenson, the eighth pick in April's NFL draft, opened the season with a six-catch, 131-yard, one-touchdown performance in a 27-27 tie against the Arizona Cardinals. In the 11 games since, he has 26 catches for 236 yards and one touchdown."


Was hoping that TJ was going to exceed a rook TE expectations, but nope, he has managed to badly underperform them, esp considering being #8 in the draft.



One of their other big TE expectations in vet Jesse James, who was signed as a FA, has all of 9 catches for 71 yds and 0 TDs.


Good job Quinn and Patricia!!

You don't take a TE top 10. Not once and certainly not twice. And 3 TE in the top 20 is the stupidest thing you can do.

 

[mhughes0021]

You don't take a TE top 10. Not once and certainly not twice. And 3 TE in the top 20 is the stupidest thing you can do.

You need Andrew luck for it to matter... not andy dalton.

 

[Mitchrapp]

You need Andrew luck for it to matter... not andy dalton.

Andy made the playoffs 4 times in a row. He wins.

 

[JScottWriter]

You don't take a TE top 10. Not once and certainly not twice. And 3 TE in the top 20 is the stupidest thing you can do.

This is one of the main reasons I want Quinn fired at the end of the year. I don't want him doing another draft or free agency. He has been terrible.

 

[turok]

Andy made the playoffs 4 times in a row. He wins.

I think he was referring for first rounder TEs, not of QBs themselves.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Fair enough.

 

[turok]

Barry Sanders joined the broadcast crew early in the game, they of course asked him why he quit while still in his prime, which Barry answered without actually saying why, as usual...lolz.


Then they mentioned the Lions never having a decent run game since he left, but Sanders again refused to take the bait, and diss his former ballclub.




When "Alias Smith & Jones" make the Lions top 5, yanno that their GMs have sucked, plus more than a little snakebit on high draft picks for RBs who got injured quickly, early, and often...Best, Leshoure, and now Johnson come to mind.

 

[JScottWriter]

Barry Sanders joined the broadcast crew early in the game, they of course asked him why he quit while still in his prime, which Barry answered without actually saying why, as usual...lolz.


Then they mentioned the Lions never having a decent run game since he left, but Sanders again refused to take the bait, and diss his former ballclub.




When "Alias Smith & Jones" make the Lions top 5, yanno that their GMs have sucked, plus more than a little snakebit on high draft picks for RBs who got injured quickly, early, and often...Best, Leshoure, and now Johnson come to mind.

Don't forget Kevin Jones.

 

[turok]

Don't forget Kevin Jones.

I didn't, the "Alias" inferred the two Kevins that the Lions had @ RB.






Since Barry Sanders retired 20 years ago?

• The Lions have finished the year with more rushing yards than their opponents only twice (2013 and 2014).
• The Lions have finished dead last in the NFL in rushing yards four separate times (2003, 2006, 2015, 2017).
• Detroit?s run game hasn?t ranked in the top half of the league at the end of the season a single time.

https://sidelionreport.com/2019/07/30/detroit-lions-top-5-leading-barry-sanders/

 

[tigermud]

Snacks didn’t play today and nobody noticed. That’s how much of a factor he’s been this year

Biggest disappointments this year in no particular order

Patrica, Quinn, snacks, Tight ends, pass rush, offensive line

 

[boogerlovejoy]

Snacks didn?t play today and nobody noticed. That?s how much of a factor he?s been this year

Biggest disappointments this year in no particular order

Patrica, Quinn, snacks, Tight ends, pass rush, offensive line

I can put an order to that...

1. Dline. Pathetic. Lowest rated in the NFL.
2. Patricia. Proven he is not a good in game coach. Seems to be one of those guys that thinks his system is better than the players he has running it. Makes no adjustments.
3. Tight Ends. It?s only partly their fault.....as the play calling is certainly tailored to MJJ and KG.....which is hard to argue with. But James was signed and now he?s used less than Bawden .. and Hock has potential,but has been wildly inconsistent. So in summary......a highly paid FA and the #8 overall pick have fewer combined catches than Hunter Renfroe
4. Snacks. Most of the time I don?t notice he?s out there.
5. Quinn. Some good......but a lot of bad. Hockenson at #8......James.....Diggs.....Flowers (who is starting to look good) extending Jones......not addressing DE. Still so many holes to address 3 years in.
6. Oline. I expected them to suck.....so I?m not really disappointed in them.

 

[turok]

As far as the games on Thanksgiving go no other teams (owner) want to it. Who wants to play Sunday and then a Thursday? I doubt players want to do it. Its the same as was back in '34 when no other team came forward so Detroit stepped up.

IIRC, back during the depths of Lions losing teams under Millen, the NFL was considering taking away their traditional Turkey Day game, but the Fords somehow talked them out of it, maybe the Big 3 combined to threaten greatly reducing their advertising budgets for NFL games, or something similar.


Anyway, eventually the NFL added Thursday night games for nearly every week in the regular season...and no matter if the players like it or not.