Lions postgame

[Chief X_Phackter]

I can't get on board with the idea that the sky is falling yet. Perhaps it is, but it's really too early to tell. It's been two games against two pretty good teams.

I just see inconsistency, which can be fixed.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

I can't get on board with the idea that the sky is falling yet. Perhaps it is, but it's really too early to tell. It's been two games against two pretty good teams.

I just see inconsistency, which can be fixed.

At the end of the year the Jags and the Lions will not be considered pretty good teams, and it isn’t just the third game it is the third year now. As always love your optimism Chief. Seriously.

[PorkSkins]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

I can't get on board with the idea that the sky is falling yet. Perhaps it is, but it's really too early to tell. It's been two games against two pretty good teams.

I just see inconsistency, which can be fixed.

I, too, can't get on board with the "Chicken Little" idealism that the sky is falling as I've watched sports far too long to see things gradually or suddenly change within a season.

Do I think Detroit and Jacksonville are good teams? Not sure. But I'm gonna lean towards average for now.

I haven't forgotten how our team was playing pretty decent football and in the 6th spot before injuries and Covid ravaged the latter half of the season. I think I've told anyone who'd listen verbatim. If we can get back to playing that sort of ball, to go along with what we're witnessing offensively, then we could be potentially cooking with gas.

I'm not yet writing off this season and I'm sure not writing us off on Sunday.

[WCommandersfan99]

Originally Posted by PorkSkins

I'm not yet writing off this season and I'm sure not writing us off on Sunday.

Agreed. The offense looks far improved. Defense needs to get going.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

I can't get on board with the idea that the sky is falling yet. Perhaps it is, but it's really too early to tell. It's been two games against two pretty good teams.

I just see inconsistency, which can be fixed.

It's a big problem when an opposing team ID's a weakness, attacks it all game for huge chunk plays and we can't figure it out and resolve it. When it's recurring like that? It's not just on the players, it's on the coaches too. So I feel like we have good reason to be concerned.

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by mooby

It's a big problem when an opposing team ID's a weakness, attacks it all game for huge chunk plays and we can't figure it out and resolve it. When it's recurring like that? It's not just on the players, it's on the coaches too. So I feel like we have good reason to be concerned.

We definitely have problems. I'm not on the field though, so I don't know if the coaches are actually identifying things, and players are still not executing... We are all speculating based on what we are seeing/hearing. There's reason to be concerned for sure, I'm just saying it's early, and there have been some pretty good defensive stops, along with some head scratching big plays. I think it boils down to inconsistency. You can put it on the coaches, the players, or both...but it's the players on the field making or not making the plays.

When Swift fell on his ass and the three-four players that had a chance to tackle him didn't - I can't put that on the coaches.

When Sweat doesn't get up-field or recognize the jet sweep, and WJ3 has tunnel vision on the receiver he is covering and fails to identify the jet sweep coming to his side - or at least honor it - I can't put that on the coaches.

Every team gives up chunk plays. We just have be better at limiting them. It's way too early to make the assumption that what we are seeing can't be fixed.