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Brown out in front there. Never a doubt that Allen was getting that. Just hope he's OK. He's been a beast all day. Hopefully just a stinger and he's back out there quick.

Allen maybe could have gotten more there, but it was smart to go down and just burn more clock.

What a call.... What a catch. Man, he drops the easy ones sometimes, but he comes through with the tough ones once in a while.

I know our defense is missing a lot of guys right now, but man......they are just really bad. Allen has to score again.

Groin injury

Spector on St Brown..... Not an ideal matchup.

I mean, you see how bad our defense is and how easy the Lions are moving the ball. Just makes it even more strange for them to try that onside kick there. This game changed with Williams went out earlier. We obviously had a plan with him on defense and the defense was playing well with him on the field. Now we lose Milano and Bishop on top of all the other injuries and our whole scheme and plan has seemed to have gone out the window.

Wow.....what a strange call to do that at this point of the game. Obviously Campbell knows how bad our special teams are and figured it was worth the risk. But hey, I do appreciate Hollins for not scoring there so Allen can add a TD to his MVP case.

Allen may have to score 2 more TDs to win this game....

Whelp, so much for keeping everything underneath. Swiss cheese defense is back.

Everything underneath. They are going to get yards. Just make them burn the clock while they do it.

Had them beat and now it's not over..... There is no way you can let that happen. LBs were just a hair shallow to not be able to knock that down.

Typical.....

Bishop has had learning moments in this game for sure, but he's been solid for the most part. Valuable reps for the future, though.

When Daboll was here, we ran a push pass play almost every other week. It was almost unstoppable. He leaves and, unfortunately, that play disappeared out of the playbook for whatever reason. I wish they would bring it back. They have the talent to run it.

Nice....

Spencer Brown is a dog out there.....

4 down territory. This is the kill shot. Gotta take it.

Awesome......refs got it right for a change.

CHALLENGE THIS!!! THAT IS A FUMBLE!!!

I don't blame McDermott for not going for that one, although I would have been fine if he did. A 3 score lead would have been huge there. Detroit is so good on offense, I don't think field position matters all that much. Would not be surprised at all if they go 97 yards here.

The offense has been very good so far today and there isn't a lot to criticize, but man, I wish the WRs were making a few more plays. They've made a few for sure, but the backs have been the story of the game. Believe me, I am not complaining and I want to keep with what's working, but I'm hoping to see a play or two from them on this drive.

Oliver heard the noise this week for sure..... He's been a beast out there today.

Was busy with a few things during the 1st half. It was eventful for sure, but the main takeaway I have is that it was absolutely criminal not to just call the tush push twice from inside the 2. The coaches overthought it and it cost them big, especially with Bass returning to his bad self. Not only did that kick cost them points there, but I think that is the main reason why they didn't try the long one at the end of the half. The offense has been good overall, but they are going to probably need at least 3 more TDs to have a chance to win this game. The defense started strong, but the Lions have figured it out. Gotta be a lot better.

Just covered this in another post, but for the most part, I like the philosophy we have on defense. Do I wish things would get changed up once in a while during games? Absolutely. But, fundamentally, the system is fine. HOWEVER, the problem is this philosophy relies on your defensive line being a terror. You have to get constant pressure with 4 guys and you have to be able to hold up against the run. Right now, our DL does neither of those things well. We have pretty good players on our defensive line. But we don't have 1 absolute game wrecker when you should probably have 2 at least to run the system we want to run. We are also too light up front which creates problems stopping the run. So, yeah.....we need a lot of talent added to this defensive line to make this system work to its optimal level. We need a terror off the edge and a couple of big behemoths anchors up front that can clog the middle of the line. The thing is against great QBs, this is even more important. You can get away with having an average defensive line and playing this system against your standard QBs and average offensive lines. But in the Playoffs, you play the greats. And the greats can all make every throw on the field when given the time. We just saw this last week with Stafford. When you never touch him, or even breathe on him for that matter, he made every throw to perfection and the WRs made tough catches. But, if just once our DL could have affected him and made his life less than perfect in the pocket, maybe one or 2 of those throws are off just that fraction of an inch and aren't completed. It would help if McDermott changed things up once in a while and showed different looks, but that isn't who he is. So, it's going to be on Beane to go get a couple of game wreckers up front that can affect the QB consistently and not just once in a while. It would be great to get a couple of DTs that can push the pocket and clog up running lanes at times as well to make it easier on the LBs to make plays.