Game 9: Dolphins @ Lions Thread

[mhughes0021]

Who is to say that someone has to behave positively or negatively in life anyway? There is nothing wrong with either philosophy. People are who they are. We need to accept that, and stop getting upset when people don't think/act/look exactly the same as we do.

As far as the Lions go, I'm very happy with the way this season has gone. I can easily see them finishing at 12-4 with a possible bye week in the playoffs. That's freaking outstanding.

At the same time...there is nothing wrong with discussing and pointing out areas where we think the Lions could stand to improve. That is not discrediting the Lions. It's looking for ways to get even better than they are. It's not being satisfied with where you are and trying to reach even higher levels. It's how successful people in life get to where they are, by not being satisfied with the status quo and striving for perfection.

The Lions are good/great right now. They are not perfect. Healthy discussions on how they could stand to improve should be welcomed, not blasted.

this post isn't positive or negative....its rational. And last I checked rational behavior isn't allowed on here.

 

[LKP]

Stafford has flaws and so does the team. But blaming the poor offense on him and Lombardi mainly is incorrect. Many factors. protection, penatlies, run game, field goals. I blame struggles on various people, you people mainly blame one person.

Mentiong the Lions were lucky in the past 3 wins is being a troll. And only recounting the negative plays in your posts. It's so obvious he is trolling. He's just a negative person.

 

[LKP]

Stafford and Mayhew deserve a ton of praisse for this season. Not constantly pointing out their bad plays or misses that have nothing to do with this year.

 

[tonyballs]

Manning, 29 td/7 int
Brady, 22 td/3 int
Stafford, 13 td/8 int

Yeah, that's equal lol

Who cares? 7-2!!!!!

That's your fucking problem. Stafford isn't Brady or Manning.....get over it. Now this is where you tell me how much money Staff makes. Oh well ....keep winning.

 

[dubbsco]

Okay then Tony, there's no further reason to discuss this team. Everything is golden.

No shit, Stafford isn't Brady or Manning, I'm not the one who made the comparison, how about you look up a few posts before you tell me to get over it...?

I have stated multiple times that I am very excited the team is 7-2. But if they want to be the best, Stafford HAS to play better. If there's a game in the playoffs that the defense doesn't play well, they'll need Stafford to elevate his game. And this season, he's been below average. Leading the comebacks is awesome, but he is PART (notice I didn't say ALL) of the reason they are in those holes to begin.

 

[mhughes0021]

Stafford has flaws and so does the team. But blaming the poor offense on him and Lombardi mainly is incorrect. Many factors. protection, penatlies, run game, field goals. I blame struggles on various people, you people mainly blame one person.

Mentiong the Lions were lucky in the past 3 wins is being a troll. And only recounting the negative plays in your posts. It's so obvious he is trolling. He's just a negative person.

that's fine to have that opinion...but you did the EXACT same thing with our losses the last 2 years by blaming them on how unlucky we were. So in essence....you are calling yourself a troll.

There were plenty of examples given that show you why weve had luck on our side the last 3 weeks. You fail to listen to any of them and simply say we dominated the other teams lol. The lions didn't do anything to make Julio Jones drop a screen pass. You realize if he catches that SCREEN pass that we lose, right? NO dropped a Stafford pick, bailed out on a PI call, made a great play on a Brees late throw over the middle. MIA CJ caught a ball that was tipped 3 times on 4th down.

When you do nothing for the first 3.5 quarters and still win at the end ofcourse its going to come down to a number of big plays and circumstances that work in your favor. But youre too dumb and ignorant to even recognize they happened. Which means you either
a) didn't watch the game
or
b) a douchbag

ps...its not just me that blames 1 person. A majority of the NFL blames the qb. A majority of teams take the blame out on the qb. A good portion of the fans blame the qb. That's why there are "winners" and "losers" in this league. Stafford has been a loser for a majority of his career. And his GM has shown that he agrees with LKP to date...and has got him more and more weapons to be successful. Now theres a new set of excuses. If he continues on the trend of not being able to overcome excuses he will be replaced....its the nature of the business. Luckily for his sake hes in a situation where he works for martin mayhew....so all you have to do is have 1 good year and he throws a bunch of money at you.....so now hes in a position where it will be very difficult for the lions to get rid of him....ever.

 

[LKP]

We did plenty all game. You need to watch the game.

I was right the Lions were better than their record. You are wrong hughes. Like always

 

[mhughes0021]

We did plenty all game. You need to watch the game.

I was right the Lions were better than their record. You are wrong hughes. Like always

Awww poor lkp still has hope for the 2013 and 2012 detroit lions....how cute.

 

[sggatecl]

Awww poor lkp still has hope for the 2013 and 2012 detroit lions....how cute.

Fuck you dude, one day the 2012/2013 Detroit Lions will be remembered as champions.

 

[LKP]

The 2013 were very talented. I saw it and now it's showing on the field. Got the right coaching, multiple weapons and the defensive talent finally shining. 2014 is a great year. Expecting big things to come

 

[mhughes0021]

Who cares? 7-2!!!!!

That's your fucking problem. Stafford isn't Brady or Manning.....get over it. Now this is where you tell me how much money Staff makes. Oh well ....keep winning.

No, this is where we tell you to get a fucking clue and actually try to follow along in the threads before you respond to them. LKP keeps comparing him to manning and Brady....dubbs was simply responding to his bullshit. and that would be your fucking problem...youre always like 3 steps behind in all the threads lol

 

[biggunsbob]

Manning, 29 td/7 int
Brady, 22 td/3 int
Stafford, 13 td/8 int

Yeah, that's equal lol

We would be undefeated if Matt had numbers like Brady and Manning... Damn we have a good defense...

 

[tonyballs]

Okay then Tony, there's no further reason to discuss this team. Everything is golden.

No shit, Stafford isn't Brady or Manning, I'm not the one who made the comparison, how about you look up a few posts before you tell me to get over it...?

I have stated multiple times that I am very excited the team is 7-2. But if they want to be the best, Stafford HAS to play better. If there's a game in the playoffs that the defense doesn't play well, they'll need Stafford to elevate his game. And this season, he's been below average. Leading the comebacks is awesome, but he is PART (notice I didn't say ALL) of the reason they are in those holes to begin.

Never said the team was 100% golden.

Stafford has not been below average either..

And this team can WIN with this defense. Stafford just needs to take care of the ball.

 

[tonyballs]

No, this is where we tell you to get a fucking clue and actually try to follow along in the threads before you respond to them. LKP keeps comparing him to manning and Brady....dubbs was simply responding to his bullshit. and that would be your fucking problem...youre always like 3 steps behind in all the threads lol

Deeeerrrrrrrrrpp....you really told me. lmfao

 

[tonyballs]

that's fine to have that opinion...but you did the EXACT same thing with our losses the last 2 years by blaming them on how unlucky we were. So in essence....you are calling yourself a troll.

There were plenty of examples given that show you why weve had luck on our side the last 3 weeks. You fail to listen to any of them and simply say we dominated the other teams lol. The lions didn't do anything to make Julio Jones drop a screen pass. You realize if he catches that SCREEN pass that we lose, right? NO dropped a Stafford pick, bailed out on a PI call, made a great play on a Brees late throw over the middle. MIA CJ caught a ball that was tipped 3 times on 4th down.

When you do nothing for the first 3.5 quarters and still win at the end ofcourse its going to come down to a number of big plays and circumstances that work in your favor. But youre too dumb and ignorant to even recognize they happened. Which means you either
a) didn't watch the game
or
b) a douchbag

ps...its not just me that blames 1 person. A majority of the NFL blames the qb. A majority of teams take the blame out on the qb. A good portion of the fans blame the qb. That's why there are "winners" and "losers" in this league. Stafford has been a loser for a majority of his career. And his GM has shown that he agrees with LKP to date...and has got him more and more weapons to be successful. Now theres a new set of excuses. If he continues on the trend of not being able to overcome excuses he will be replaced....its the nature of the business. Luckily for his sake hes in a situation where he works for martin mayhew....so all you have to do is have 1 good year and he throws a bunch of money at you.....so now hes in a position where it will be very difficult for the lions to get rid of him....ever.

Absolutely hilarious that you say luck is on our side when we're winning, but when we were losing and LKP was using the word unlucky, you dumb fucks bashed the guy..lol. So what is it, genius? Can't have both!!!

You're the biggest troll going. And you're just sitting there waiting until this team implodes so you can stand on your soapbox. Am I wrong?? Not a chance in hell....

 

[mhughes0021]

Absolutely hilarious that you say luck is on our side when we're winning, but when we were losing and LKP was using the word unlucky, you dumb fucks bashed the guy..lol. So what is it, genius? Can't have both!!!

You're the biggest troll going. And you're just sitting there waiting until this team implodes so you can stand on your soapbox. Am I wrong?? Not a chance in hell....

yes youre wrong. I want them to actually play good football and win. Not miss a fg for the win lol....yes only the lions can miss a gw fg and win. Or watch one of the best Wrs in football, Julio jones, drop a screen pass so we can win. How about our $100 mil qb with tate, cj reggie, bell, Riddick, Pettigrew, ebron broyles actually does something the first 56 minutes of a game and we have a couple convincing wins? How am I a hater because that's what I expect out of our offense when we put every single resource we have into getting "more weapons." Im a hater because I want us to play better than below average. Are you listening to yourself type? say it again slow...so even your retarded ass can understand.....youre calling me a hater....because.... I.... want.... them.... to.... play,...... better. 1 more time so it seeps into your thick Neanderthal skull.....youre calling me a troll.....cause I want my favorite team to play better....youre such a dumbass dude lol.

When I project how weve been playing over the next 7 games....I think we get our teeth knocked in if we continue to play that way. PTI actually did a piece on us today saying between us and ARI they expect us to tank .....they gave us a higher chance to tank over a team that just lost their starting qb for the entire year lol Why? cause anyone who is anyone that isn't an absolute homer fuck will tell you that we haven't been playing well.

 

[motown1958]

It's time i think for Lombardi and Caldwell to let the offense play. I saw something the other day where Caldwell said he didn't think more no huddle fit this team and that the offense just needed to play better, basically. In my mind if you want the offense to improve as a whole unit than you need to change your tactics. The scheme is obviously fine because the offense works when it needs to and they take the reigns off Stafford and let him play. Its not that Stafford isn't a good qb because at this point i think he's making plays he needs to, to win games.
Last year people said they would be happier with a guy like Wilson well that's how he's playing. Less mistakes but taking less shots. He's managing the game,eating up clock and letting the defense keep them in it, except the Atlanta game where defense failed in the first half and Stafford dominated in the second half with literally all but one of his main targets on the sideline.
We can argue what his stats mean endlessly but the results have been different this year and he isn't the qb of the second half of last year that went full blown cutler and threw games away. He's maturing but he's still got aways to go. He's the only qb in the nfl that makes that td throw to riddick, no one else can make that throw and I'll stand by that. But he's also been wildly inaccurate and it's killed the offense. We need him to keep playing consistent but i would certainly love for him to step up his game this week. If he can go out there and push back the Cardinals and put up some points it will go a long way towards showing us this is a team that can make a run in the playoffs. The defense is good enough and the offense has been good enough when is had to be but there's to many weapons for this often to be stagnant no matter how good the opposing d is. This is the weekend to show that and we have poodle coming back that need to step up.

 

[dubbsco]

Perfect! So now that you are agree that the team isn't 100 percent golden, there will be things to discuss then, correct?

If you can use the magic "shut up, we're 7-2" comment, then this board is irrelevant, and all we can talk about is the greatness of the Detroit Lions.

There are things to fix, one of the most glaring is the performance of the starting QB. He is not where he needs to be if this team is to go places. I think that's fairly obvious to any casual observer of this team.

 

[dubbsco]

I agree with most of what you said Mo, but there are other QBs that can make that throw. He's not the only guy that can throw darts on the run. How many times has Manning or Brady made a throw in their careers, and you thought "man, no one else can make that throw?"

It was incredible, but he's not the only guy who can do that.

 

[LKP]

If we play the exact same, we won't get "our teeth kicked in" hughes. We'll be playing great defense and playing well in the 4th quarter with an explosive at times offense (that can improve). Recipe for wins. And you exaggerate our "bad" play in the first 55 minutes. Plenty of good play in the first three quarers in the last three games. Especially entire second half against Atlanta, 1st Quarter against Saints, 3rd Quarter TD drive against Saints and 1st Quarter againt Miami.

Expecting a collapse. That is where you are wrong. You are just waiting for it to happen and I know a part of you wants it to happen.