BaaadThingsMan Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 6 minutes ago, Muppy said: will this be the pats-bucs game thread? Thread is gonna be lit tonight! Just now, SirAndrew said: I’m waiting for Stafford to come back down to earth. I don’t wish him failure, but this narrative that he’s a great one who never had anyone to throw to in Detroit is a bit much. Hes pretty good man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, SirAndrew said: I’m waiting for Stafford to come back down to earth. I don’t wish him failure, but this narrative that he’s a great one who never had anyone to throw to in Detroit is a bit much. I don't think the narrative is that he had nobody to throw to in Detroit. It is that the organisation was a tire fire. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirAndrew Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 1 minute ago, BaaadThingsMan said: Thread is gonna be lit tonight! Hes pretty good man He’s good, and he wasn’t going to win games in Detroit, but he also had some good WR’s there. There’s just this popular narrative that he didn’t have anyone to throw to. Some of the failures on offense in Detroit were on him. He has all the physical tools, and is a good QB. Definitely a big upgrade over Goff, but I think McVay’s skills as an offensive coach are being vastly underrated. McVay was very successful with Goff, and an upgrade with Stafford is making the offense even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirAndrew Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: I don't think the narrative is that he had nobody to throw to in Detroit. It is that the organisation was a tire fire. That’s fair. I’ve just seen several mentions of Stafford having no “supporting cast” in Detroit. Detroit is a mess without doubt. Stafford had no defense most of his time there. It was the organization’s fault that he couldn’t win. I also think it can be true that he played more subpar football more often than some want to admit. Edited October 3, 2021 by SirAndrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 6 minutes ago, SirAndrew said: He’s good, and he wasn’t going to win games in Detroit, but he also had some good WR’s there. There’s just this popular narrative that he didn’t have anyone to throw to. Some of the failures on offense in Detroit were on him. He has all the physical tools, and is a good QB. Definitely a big upgrade over Goff, but I think McVay’s skills as an offensive coach are being vastly underrated. McVay was very successful with Goff, and an upgrade with Stafford is making the offense even better. Yeah, Megatron wasn’t too shabby. Still not overly impressed with Stafford. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 5 minutes ago, SirAndrew said: He’s good, and he wasn’t going to win games in Detroit, but he also had some good WR’s there. There’s just this popular narrative that he didn’t have anyone to throw to. Some of the failures on offense in Detroit were on him. He has all the physical tools, and is a good QB. Sure, some were. But the majority of the failures in Detroit were on everything else. He was the best thing about that franchise for a decade. With an Andy Dalton or an Alex Smith type Quarterback for that decade the Lions would have been a perennial 2 or 3 win team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 20 minutes ago, Muppy said: will this be the pats-bucs game thread? I think it will have its own SNF thread 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 (edited) With the jets beating the titans ,I think we can beat the titans. 91 for the jests is a beast, were gonna have to double team that guy. Edited October 3, 2021 by Buffalo Barbarian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirAndrew Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 1 minute ago, GunnerBill said: Sure, some were. But the majority of the failures in Detroit were on everything else. He was the best thing about that franchise for a decade. With an Andy Dalton or an Alex Smith type Quarterback for that decade the Lions would have been a perennial 2 or 3 win team. That’s where I see it differently. Calvin Johnson was the best thing for that franchise, and without Johnson, Stafford would be viewed in a much different light. That’s where sports can be subjective in many ways. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaaadThingsMan Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 11 minutes ago, SirAndrew said: He’s good, and he wasn’t going to win games in Detroit, but he also had some good WR’s there. There’s just this popular narrative that he didn’t have anyone to throw to. Some of the failures on offense in Detroit were on him. He has all the physical tools, and is a good QB. Definitely a big upgrade over Goff, but I think McVay’s skills as an offensive coach are being vastly underrated. McVay was very successful with Goff, and an upgrade with Stafford is making the offense even better. Well yeah. Put the two together and you get what you're seeing. McVay needs a QB like Stafford with the arm he had to run the offense he wants. It should be a good year for them tbh Block! In GB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7975 Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Wow is this GB game just like the Bills game against Pitts? minus the flag of course. That didn't look off side to me either 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCBillsBeliever Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 It's super cool how when the Steelers block a punt against us, it's a TD, but when it happens v.s. Green Bay... Whelp... Different story ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaaadThingsMan Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Ooh. Offside and the TD comes back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balln Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 1 minute ago, BaaadThingsMan said: Well yeah. Put the two together and you get what you're seeing. McVay needs a QB like Stafford with the arm he had to run the offense he wants. It should be a good year for them tbh arizona and murray making them look very beatable 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, ROCBillsBeliever said: It's super cool how when the Steelers block a punt against us, it's a TD, but when it happens v.s. Green Bay... Whelp... Different story ... yea to call them Offside was by an inch at most. Saved GB there. 10 point swing on that one play. Edited October 3, 2021 by The Wiz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaaadThingsMan Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Just now, balln said: arizona and murray making them look very beatable Arizona has been good too. Murray is a real deal QB as well. The league is stocked with good young QBs suddenly. Disclaimer: Stafford is not in the group I'm talking about 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCBillsBeliever Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Just now, The Wiz said: yea to call them Offside was by an inch at most. Saved GB there. We aren't at the level of respect, yet, where we will get those "save" calls. Here's hoping they will start coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirAndrew Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 9 minutes ago, Rico said: Yeah, Megatron wasn’t too shabby. Still not overly impressed with Stafford. That’s where I’m at. Stafford had the luxury of playing with an all time great in Megatron. Now he gets to play in the ultra QB friendly system of McVay. A system that people forget made Goff look pretty decent at times. I don’t know what to make of Stafford, but I know I wouldn’t be comfortable with him as my franchise QB. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaaadThingsMan Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Russ always plays like ***** vs 49ers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, SirAndrew said: That’s where I see it differently. Calvin Johnson was the best thing for that franchise, and without Johnson, Stafford would be viewed in a much different light. That’s where sports can be subjective in many ways. I'd still say Stafford but you can make an argument that the first half of the decade it was Johnson. But he has been gone for 6 years. The Lions had as many winning seasons without Megatron as with him. The Lions always gave Stafford good receivers, Megatron and Burleson, Tate and Jones, Golladay. No question. But the organisation was a tire fire. Made bad coaching and GM decisions, awful roster decisions and the only reason they were not a 2 or 3 win team every year was Stafford. Hell Megatron played on an 0-16 team before Stafford got there. He had 1,000 yards and the team won 0 games. It was Stafford that made them competitive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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