Yes, they are ahead, but not due to a half game. It's due to the tiebreaker. That's what I was pointing out.
All that really doesnt matter YET
Last 3 weeks or so is when I will start to take notice
Yes, they are ahead, but not due to a half game. It's due to the tiebreaker. That's what I was pointing out.
Where is that info?
yeah they are legit. Their pass defense is just as good as ours. I would say our offense is much better though. They have a much better run D.
Yeah, I saw that game too and Stafford looked very bad. While he wasn't helped by the half dozen or so drops, and that his better TEs and receiving back were out, his miserable inaccuracy was inexcusable and quite puzzling.As a Pats fan, I was not impressed with Detroit at all.
With a quiet game from Gronk, the Pats were able to hang 34pts on the Lion's D. Suh & their defensive front barely got a finger on Brady all day. Remember, this is a Patriot's O-line which was VERY scrutinized most of the season.
Offensively, Stafford looked completely lost & confused.....39% completion pctg....worst of his career.
IMO, Lion's are the classic "pretenders".
And how many points did their offense score?I think a large percentage of the posters saw the Lions play in week 3.
As a Pats fan, I was not impressed with Detroit at all.
With a quiet game from Gronk, the Pats were able to hang 34pts on the Lion's D. Suh & their defensive front barely got a finger on Brady all day. Remember, this is a Patriot's O-line which was VERY scrutinized most of the season.
Offensively, Stafford looked completely lost & confused.....39% completion pctg....worst of his career.
IMO, Lion's are the classic "pretenders".
Well, as we saw in the Vikings game, effective defensive game plans using 2-high safeties have had a history of stifling the Packers bread-and-butter down-the-field passing game. SF and SEA drew up the template. Why Philly played a lot of single-high is a mystery...stubbornness perhaps; perhaps an all-or-nothing bet on the pass rush.And how many points did their offense score?
Classic case of a team that peaked too early.
And in 2012, Baltimore started 9-2, lost 4 of their last 5, then ran the table out of the Wild Card game slot.I don't really believe in "peaking too early". Seattle started 11-1 last year then lost a couple games at the end of the season and they were fine obviously in the playoffs. Seems silly to me for anyone to worry about a team like the Packers or Patriots peaking too early when they're blowing teams out in the middle of the season. What are they supposed to do, try not to win or try to let them stay close?
Regardless I don't think Detroit was ever "peaking". They were winning close games that they probably shouldn't have won. Now as expected they've lost 2 on the road to far superior opponents.
As a Pats fan, I was not impressed with Detroit at all.
With a quiet game from Gronk, the Pats were able to hang 34pts on the Lion's D. Suh & their defensive front barely got a finger on Brady all day. Remember, this is a Patriot's O-line which was VERY scrutinized most of the season.
Offensively, Stafford looked completely lost & confused.....39% completion pctg....worst of his career.
IMO, Lion's are the classic "pretenders".
They're reverting to their thuggish, boneheaded ways, which bodes well for a good opponent.
Last 2 minutes of the 1st half Suh gets a personal foul on what would have been a sack (hitting QB in the face). 17 seconds left on a 2nd and long Jason Jones face masks on a tackle keeping Tampa's drive alive.
Tampa made them pay for their mistakes keeping the game close at the half. A good team will capitalize on ALL of their mistakes. They should make it into the playoffs, but their lack of discipline will get them bounced in the first round.
Yep...the same old same old stupid undisciplined Lions penalties allowed the pathetic Bucs to stay in that game longer than they should have. Then after the facemask call the moron was so out of control screaming at the ref that he really should have gotten another 15 yards!
The Stafford led offense has looked good in one game the past month and that against IMO the worst team in the NFL right now... the Bears. The Bears are truly God awful.
Not sure how anyone watching the game yesterday or any from the past 5 weeks and comes away worried about facing the Lions offense. Stafford was amazingly lucky to not have 3 more ints in that game. Did you see the deflected pass TD to Bell?!
With both of those teams their weakness IS McCown & Cutler, so why not put all of your efforts into stacking the box and making them try to beat you? Think Detroit would dare stack the box against AR, Romo, Manning, Brady, or Brees?um TB rushed for 26 yards...CHI 15 yards...making teams one dimensional is how you win.
With both of those teams their weakness IS McCown & Cutler, so why not put all of your efforts into stacking the box and making them try to beat you? Think Detroit would dare stack the box against AR, Romo, Manning, Brady, or Brees? They're one and done and will be exposed in week 17.
um TB rushed for 26 yards...CHI 15 yards...making teams one dimensional is how you win.
What I see is a team that has just gotten back their whole Offense since early this season and could be very Dangerous given their Defense.
Did you watch Detroit play their past 5 games ...as in watch the entire game? What I SAW was a very good defense that feasted on HORRIBLE offenses and the same old same old Lions offense. What I saw was a good Pats team that the Packers beat just crush the Lions.
The Bears are 26th in the NFL in rushing and the Bucs 31st. They are also two of the worst defenses in the NFL with the Bears giving up the most points per game and the Bucs the 7th most.
Take a look at the Cardinals and Pats games.
"UM"... do ya think maybe just maybe the competition has "just a tad" to do with the respective results? Again, if this was the Packers we were talking about would you be saying "Well, take a look at the past 5 games and who we played and the results!" Ya... you would.