All the Other Games Thread

[dpatnod]

Kelse looks done.

[Lionsfan123]

Kelse looks done.

He and Aaron Donald. Both have already won a ring and are definitely a shoe in for the Hall of Fame. They have nothing to prove

[Sanders Fan]

Evans is going to give the Lions fits. The defense is no joke (the Lions only scored 20 in their first meeting, remember). They are a better matchup for the Lions than the Rams were, but I doubt it's going to be a laugher. The Lions are still gonna have to be at their best, anything less probably won't cut it.

More fits than Puka did? Baker doesn’t have Stafford’s laser rocket arm either.

[froot loops]

Remember in that first game that Baker missed a couple deep open shots to Evans.

They need the same game plan as usual, keep everything in front of you and make the Bucs matriculate down the field. Preferably they start out in match coverage that they switch to in then second half yesterday.

[chemiclord]

Hopefully James Houston is in good enough form that he can come back and contribute to the pass rush.

I get that the Lions want him to be more than a 3rd down specialist, but fuck... that's what this defense really, really needs right now.

[Lionsfan123]

Hopefully James Houston is in good enough form that he can come back and contribute to the pass rush.

I get that the Lions want him to be more than a 3rd down specialist, but fuck... that's what this defense really, really needs right now.

If James Houston is the missing element they needed to not get killed on the dreaded 3rd down that they will be huge for this defense

[jaadam4]

3rd and 15’s are scary as shit when our defense is on the field

[Sanders Fan]

3rd and 15’s are scary as shit when our defense is on the field

Especially when you got hall of famer Matt Stafford throwing to Kupp and Puka on the other side.

[jaadam4]

Nacua is really damned good. This years draft class saved the Rams asses

[edindetroit]

Fatty Patty can't go rejoin Bellicheck when he loses this job. Ha.

Hopefully they can go to the Cowboys and screw that place up even worse.

[froot loops]

They got a lot of pressure on Stafford, he was just on. There problem is more in the secondary.

[CGVT]

They got a lot of pressure on Stafford, he was just on. There problem is more in the secondary.

Yep. The secondary can't keep up with elite receivers outside of the red zone and when the QB is dealing it can get ugly. They do a good job inside the zone, though. I think that the bend, don't break really is the only strategy that is workable for the Lions. They just need to do a better job of keeping things in front of them and avoiding the big play

They are going to give up some yards in third and long between the 20s but they tighten up when the field gets small.

I guess I'm ok with that until they get some more talent. (what choice is there? Ha!)

[froot loops]

The big thing is they changed the coverage at half time, Campbell mentioned it after the game and today on 97.1. They got out of man and more into zone. But he mentioned with the amount of motion McVay does and with Stafford, it is very hard to disguise coverage. He called Stafford a bird dog, apparently never reading this forum with the truth that Stafford can't read defenses.

[Cody_Russell]

Sucks that the Packers at 49ers game happens before the Lions play because that affects rooting interest. Like we should all root for the Packers to win because it could give the Lions another home playoff game. However, if we knew the Lions would lose to the Bucs, we would all want to see the 49ers smoke the Packers.

Hate to say it, but GO Packers on Saturday!

[Sanders Fan]

I can’t bring myself to root for Green Bay. It makes my teeth hurt just thinking about it.