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True Dough

(20,603 posts)
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 04:05 PM Nov 17

Lions put up another 52 points, move to 9-1 on the season

Jared Goff with 414 yards and 4 TD passes.

Detroit now leads the NFL with a +159 point differential. Far and away the class of the league so far.

Dan Campbell has to be the favorite for coach of the year.

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Lions put up another 52 points, move to 9-1 on the season (Original Post) True Dough Nov 17 OP
I am always happy to see Detroit win. JanMichael Nov 17 #1
He really is! True Dough Nov 17 #2
Goff Tbear Nov 17 #3
Last week they had the best starting record in MY lifetime. LisaM Nov 17 #4
LA Rams really screwed up trading Goff for Stafford - I'd love to be a fly on the wall in the Rams front office Brother Buzz Nov 17 #5
If my Steelers can't make it, Delarage Nov 17 #6
In Detroit they saying..... multigraincracker Nov 17 #7
Coach of the year Morbius Nov 17 #8
It seems to me True Dough Nov 17 #9
They Lost Their Best Defensive Player.... ProfessorGAC Nov 19 #10
It's true True Dough Nov 19 #11
Plus,.. ProfessorGAC Nov 19 #12
11-1 now True Dough Nov 28 #13

True Dough

(20,603 posts)
2. He really is!
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 04:13 PM
Nov 17

There was a time when he was with the Rams that he was considered a bust. He has come a long way.

LisaM

(28,686 posts)
4. Last week they had the best starting record in MY lifetime.
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 04:21 PM
Nov 17

This week they have the best starting record in my mother's lifetime.

Best start since 1934.

Brother Buzz

(37,956 posts)
5. LA Rams really screwed up trading Goff for Stafford - I'd love to be a fly on the wall in the Rams front office
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 04:36 PM
Nov 17

Morbius

(97 posts)
8. Coach of the year
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 08:17 PM
Nov 17

Usually goes to the coach of the most surprising team in the NFL in a season. Commanders coach Dan Quinn would be the front runner. You could make a case that Dan Campbell has been a better coach this year, sure; you could also make the case that Steelers coach Mike Tomlin has done wonders making a team with a depleted offensive line get to 9-2. But even though the award says "Coach of the Year" it usually is given to the most surprising team.

There are still seven weeks left in the season, and that's a very long time. But right now, I don't think anyone can deny Detroit their Super Bowl. Their fans deserve it, and their team looks better than anyone else for some time now. Given that my Bears aren't going to the postseason (despite looking better today than they have for the last month), I'm rooting for the Lions.

True Dough

(20,603 posts)
9. It seems to me
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 09:32 PM
Nov 17

that these past several coaches of the year don't prove your point consistently:

2023: Kevin Stefanski, Browns
2022: Brian Daboll, Giants
2021: Mike Vrabel, Titans
2020: Kevin Stefanksi, Browns
2019: John Harbaugh, Ravens
2018: Matt Nagy, Bears
2017: Sean McVay, Rams
2016: Jason Garrett, Cowboys

True Dough

(20,603 posts)
11. It's true
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 05:24 PM
Nov 19

I saw a video clip the other day of Aidan Hutchinson rehabbing in a pool. He'll be a force again next season.

ProfessorGAC

(70,303 posts)
12. Plus,..
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 06:00 PM
Nov 19

...I think I heard that Smith, who they got at the trade deadline from Cleveland, has got another year on his contract.
So, next year they're going to have both of them!

True Dough

(20,603 posts)
13. 11-1 now
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 08:17 PM
Nov 28

and how about this stat for head coach Dan Campbell:

Dan Campbell started 4-19-1 in his first season and a half as the Lions’ HC.

Detroit is now 33-9 since Week 9 of 2022.

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