2024 NFL Week 18
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Leonardfan
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Credit to the Lions defense. They have done a good job tonight. Good to see Anzalone back out there as well. Lions have to be the most complete team in the league.
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Never should have been hired. Wild how Kraft can hire the best coach ever and then promptly one of the worst.
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We have all known Mayo couldn’t cut the mustard from day one. Mayo is toast, as well he should be! But who will replace him ? Drake Maye needs the right coach…not a rehash from the past.
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Agreed, this concept of tanking the last game never works out. It kills momentum as well as ensures a worse match up. Mind-boggling coaches still opt for it.
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As a lifelong half-hearted Lions fan, a full-throated CF fan, and also an aristocrat who is above sport, I'm very glad that the Lions are the top conference dogs.
Head coach Dan Campbell seems to be one of these wonderful 1/100 personalities that clicks at the right level for a pro football roster. OC Ben Johnson turned down offers last year and will have larger offers for more money this year. So will Aaron Glenn, the black ex-Jets DB who has piecemealed together some super results.
(The Lions had to dump an expensive CB last offseason over allegations that he was doing some off-field beating. Bad press! Another team picked him up, which was good cap management on their part, absent the whole beating thing (not of men).)
Anzalone played really well in his return from injury - perhaps the best indication of the night for Detroit's defense.
Anyway, I wanted to say, Aaron Glenn has done a great job in his role and will be considered for HC. No one I read online says "he will be considered because he is one of the best BLACK coordinators." But frankly, he will get so many looks because he is one of the best perceived black coordinators. Yet, the websites can't report this! I mean, it's gonna be a stretch to give him a gig, he's another Jerod Mayo, but maybe he uses the white backups he knows about with his Lions expertise.... just spitballing here, hey!
Head coach Dan Campbell seems to be one of these wonderful 1/100 personalities that clicks at the right level for a pro football roster. OC Ben Johnson turned down offers last year and will have larger offers for more money this year. So will Aaron Glenn, the black ex-Jets DB who has piecemealed together some super results.
(The Lions had to dump an expensive CB last offseason over allegations that he was doing some off-field beating. Bad press! Another team picked him up, which was good cap management on their part, absent the whole beating thing (not of men).)
Anzalone played really well in his return from injury - perhaps the best indication of the night for Detroit's defense.
Anyway, I wanted to say, Aaron Glenn has done a great job in his role and will be considered for HC. No one I read online says "he will be considered because he is one of the best BLACK coordinators." But frankly, he will get so many looks because he is one of the best perceived black coordinators. Yet, the websites can't report this! I mean, it's gonna be a stretch to give him a gig, he's another Jerod Mayo, but maybe he uses the white backups he knows about with his Lions expertise.... just spitballing here, hey!
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It didn’t take long to see that the NFL really wants to keep the Lions in the game, if not to guarantee their finishing #1 in the NFC. Two major “missed” penalty calls against the Lions, plus Sam Darnold throwing every single pass two feet higher than when he’s actually trying to hit the...
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Another possible siting of Big Unreal, he is a long suffering Vikings fan driven to wild speculation as witnessed in that entry on his blog. FTR I view smarties as useful but often insufferable because how do you know a right wing smarty is a smarty because within minutes of interacting with them they will inform you of their high IQs and academic attainments.
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LOL how can he compete with an upsider name like that. Just admit you were wrong when Bruce Young is MVP next season.
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So I alluded to a hypothetical situation about what would happen if a black player had bonuses on the line. Well no need for that when we’ve got the real thing. And not a mere 500K, but 6 million on the line. Did the Seahawks bench Geno to save the money and also see what they’ve got in youngster Sam Howell? After all, they were eliminated from the playoffs and losing would have been better for draft position then winning. N*gga please! You can only deny WT bonus opportunities in the current year goy.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/43304130/seahawks-geno-smith-cashes-6m-escalators-win
So Tyreek Hill refused to play the final two possessions of the Dolphins loss to the Jets yesterday despite the fact his team was still in playoff contention. Evidently he was upset his team probably wasn't going to make the playoffs for the first time in his career so he didn't feel like playing the rest of the game. Maybe he was also upset about his "paltry" $106 mil contract for five years. What a prima donna. Just unbelievable. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/43303355/hill-hints-potential-exit-miami-dolphins-loss
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An apples to apples comparison!