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  1. 20 hours ago, Surly Bevo said:

    Fandango, No Way Out, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, Tin Cup, JFK, and on and on...Kevin Costner doesn't belong on this list.  I mean somebody gonna fucking go really crazy and throw out Harrison Ford next?

    His Massachusetts accent is really shitty in Thirteen Days but that's a minor quibble in an otherwise fine film and good role.  

    Yes..... and yes!  Really like Thirteen Days, but his lack of ability to master accents (throughout his career) is apparent in this movie and others and why folks mistake his acting for shitty.  He was very good in Open Range and pretty good in The Highwaymen.  He's not DDL or anything but he's a good and charismatic actor who usually is solid to very good in most roles.  The accents thing will haunt him, much like McConaughey.

     

    20 hours ago, ClubWhatever said:

    I concur with Robert Redford.  He acts about as well as a fence post.

    Jack Nicholson was overrated.   He said Here's Johnny.  Ok.

    Bill Murray.

    This opinion.... this opinion is awful.

     

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  2. Just now, Sir Ulrich said:

    Hell of a season from Quinn. He played well enough to win but the fumbles negated all he did. If he comes back he'll be the heavy favorite to go 1/1 in '25. 

    Uhm….. no.  He needs to come back because he has a ton of work.  He’s also smallish and needs to put on good weight.  Good QB but nowhere near 1.1 right now.  
     

     

  3. 1 hour ago, Catdaddyhorn said:

    Okay I was wondering how the tiebreaker broke down. I wasn't sure whether we still needed the Eagles to lose to the Giants as well. 

    They have more conference losses.  Commanders played well for a half but ultimately wore down.  It's interesting.  Organizationally they want a loss bad.... helps them with drafting their QB of the future, but Rivera will think (I think he's gone anyway) he's coaching for his job so wouldn't be surprised if they play a good game.  We're way better than them but they seem to always play us tough in MD in December/January historically. 

  4. 1 hour ago, 'stache said:

    Why do three linemen approach the official? Why does Campbell feel the need to supposedly tell the official before the game and at halftime that he’s going to have a lineman report as eligible? Did he tell the ref “I’m going to send three guys to you and one will report as eligible?” Of course not, and if he tell the ref “I’m going to have 68 report as eligible” the ref thinks uh, ok, just have him approach and report.

    They tried to trick both the refs and the defense. They fucked it up. Everyone knows the refs are struggling this year. Campbell tries to take advantage by having three guys approach unnecessarily. Just send 68 to report and it gets done. Seriously. Fuck Campbell and fuck the haters.

    Campbell tried to be the smartest guy in the room..... and again, it worked sort of.  He definitely confused someone.  But, this is a good point too (and yes I know lots of folks arent fans, but his point remains):

    Everyone assumed Dallas got fooled too.  But they didn't, they played it exactly with the information they had at the time.  If they had known 68 was eligible too, who says he's open???

     

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  5. 3 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

    "Detroit should have corrected the ref's mistake" is not how things work. 

    The ref made a mistake. He doubled down on his post-game comments. This situation needs to be addressed, and the NFL ref union or whatever needs to publicly admit the mistake. He should be held accountable. And then we move on. 

     

    If they could have, of course they should have....  Is your expectation that in every process in which humans are almost entirely material, that it go perfect?  If I order a Filet medium rare and the waiter reads back a pork chop, should I not correct him or should I just roll with it and whine endlessly about it afterwords and how I had no recourse?  I agree, the ref made a mistake and I have no issue with him being made accountable.  He and his crew are terrible.  They called one game a couple of months ago with 10 penalties on one team and 0 in the other, which is almost impossible.  They shouldn't let him or his crew anywhere near the playoffs and probably should break it up, but let's try and be reasonable in which the Lions AFTER the mistake was made had more timely recourse then to just go.... Damn, those refs suck.  They didn't even lose or win the game on that play, just the possible lead.  They still could have most likely got to OT.  I agree the refs made a mistake.  But context does matter and IMO, after said mistake, they chose one of the worst possible ways to deal with it.  Just like the Cowboys after the phantom tripping call, dealt with it poorly and made a series of bad decisions.

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  6. 1 hour ago, lilMAC25 said:

    McCarthy’s pass play on 2nd down was a fire-able offense, IMHO. Run the freaking ball there and force a TO. I almost have to believe the free rusher made Dake just throw it OOB where 3 was running the route. Nothing else about it makes sense otherwise.

    He's terrible at game management.  I mean bottom 6-8 in the pros.  He just terrible and I'm not talking just last 2-3 minutes but in how he calls the game in the 2nd half when he gets even the slightest of leads.  Tonight was a prime example.  Continuously calling 1/2 and long running plays trying to establish something which wasn't working.  He's just a bad game 

    1 hour ago, Hank Kingsley said:

    Good fucking grief. 

    The ref is nodding and acknowledging 68. Maybe the ref caught a glance of 70's number at last second and his brain melted and reported 70 on accident. Honestly, I think it's likely that happened. 

    But. The. Ref. Fucked. Up. 

     

    70 had been coming in from the sideline and declaring eliglble several throughout the night, in short yardage situations where they needed an extra blocker.  The idea was to try and confuse the defense thinking it was 70 again, but this time 68 was to very coyly declare he was in fact the eligible lineman.  Campbell was trying to trick everyone in the stadium by causing confusion, hence, 68 went over with his buddy while 70 was coming in from the sidelines.  It worked too!  He confused everyone including the ref. 

    That's unfortunate, but the Lions knew the wrong guy had been called eligible.  You can hear it over the PA announcement AND Goff admitted he understood it too.  Instead of correcting the official and thereby possibly exposing the rouse or possibly the coaching staff getting the side official's attention to let them know they got it wrong and needed it righted, they incorrectly hoped it would work out in the wash rather than give up their "surprise".  Unfortunately for them, it didn't and they got flagged. 

    From there, Campbell just goes angry meathead and puts his team in a couple of bad situations rather than just kick the XP and play for OT.  Bad on the official for assuming 70 was coming, once again, as the eligible player and not paying attention and getting it right.  Bad on the Lions, upon knowing the official missed it, but rather than than possibly give up their surprise, hoping it would all be okay.  Worse on Campbell for letting his emotions get the better of him and trying to ram in the 2 pointer from decidely worse spots.  Most of all, fuck McCarthy and Quinn for almost blowing a game in which they had no business losing.

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  7. 2 hours ago, Hermanator said:

    Fumbling forward needs to be penalized in some way. The offense should not go unpenalized for fucking up. If they want to change it to a fumble forward is a 10 or 15 yd penalty instead of turnover I'd be fine with that too. 

    10 yard line.

     

    1 hour ago, gsoda3 said:
    1 hour ago, Mileslong said:

    You have no idea what was said by anyone. You think he heard it and just ignored it?

    You think it's more believable 58 and 68 just walked over to him for kicks? Right before the biggest play of the game?

    Part of the subterfuge.....

     

  8. Just now, ATXbronco said:

    I like the way Steele POUNCED on that ball he thought was a fumble

    Probably because he got fucked in the ass again and gave up the sack.  Better act like he's doing something productive....

  9. 14 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

    I like blaming McCarthy as much as anyone but he didn’t make Lamb fumble out of the end zone on the one yard line. He doesn’t make his oline and tight ends false start to start every drive. He didn’t build the roster were Pollard was the feature back. 

    He certainly had nothing to do with Lamb's fumble, but he team's typically reflect their HC's in terms of penalties and discipline, so I call bullshit on that.  And you're inferring he has not influence on the personnel, especially on offense when we know that's not true at all, in the draft room or FA.  And he is absolutely responsible for running a recovering Pollard on inside zone's a dozen times a game.  Not exactly his strong suit.

     

  10. 13 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

    Martin is awesome, Smith the elder is kind of a shell of his former self but still good. everyone says Tyler Smith is really good but I'm not sure I see it against higher level competition.

    Center is a problem.

    Martin is still very good but he's showing his age.  He used to get beat like twice a year, not it's 3-4 times a game.  Tyron is still very, very good in pass pro when his back is healthy.  The 6-7 game stretch he went through before missing last game, he was the best LT pass blocker this side of Trent Williams.  Smith is still a little green, but he's a hoss.  He basically killed the Philly kid who everyone thought was going to rampage our matchups.  The issue is health and we don't have very good depth behind them.  We don't have a guy crossed trained at center and guard.  We went all in on Edoga as our swing tackle and he's not very good.  Steele kinda of sucks and he hasn't even gotten to the meat of his extension. Tyron plays 12 games a year.  Biadsz is okay.  It's a pretty decent line but not dominant.  Doesn't help that our running backs lack juice and our WRs suck at blocking.

     

  11. If Smith has a major injury.... probably just pack up the season.  Lose first round, try and get the best draft pick available.  We're way more talented than the Lions and if we lose this game, the heat is gonna rachet up on McCarthy.

     

  12. The Sam Williams experiment as a gunnar should come to an end.  It's impressive he has that type of speed but he can't break down when he gets downfield near the runner.  That seam was because he couldn't break down and close out.  Another ST error.

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  13. 3 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

    McCarthy is an idiot but why aren't we getting that play off.

    Probably the personnel wasn't optimal for the looks the defense was giving.  Normally you try and audible to something better or the best worst play, but if you have the time, probably let it go.  Also, it's 3 and 15.  Not exactly easy to pick up.  We should be letting it go down.  Dumb decision by both the staff and the QB.  Gotta be better.

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  14. WTF CeeDee..... to just run out bounds 2 yards away from contact?  Prima Donna..... that's fucking BS.  McCarthy should light into his ass.  He's a heckuva player but this team needs more.

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  15. On 12/24/2023 at 11:58 PM, Texzilla58 said:


    Wrong. I want the ball in the hands of dudes used to carrying the ball. I like luedtke but he needs to block. Fumbling is inexcusable. Bad call on mikes part. I would have gone with Rico.

    It was a misfortunate play and it sucks because Luepke has been coming on in the last 2-3 weeks.  The real soul destroying play was the the play right before....

    Another example of mismanagement.  We decide to pay a guy coming off of major injury but instead of helping him, we don't go out and trade/sign an experienced  vet to help Pollard out.  It's obvious Tony has a good skill set but it's not a lead back skill set.  He's better doing certain things and we could have helped him succeed by not forcing him into positions he's not good at because we mismanaged our roster again.

     

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  16. 1 hour ago, Firemans4Horn said:

    The Ravens would have 45 sacks against Steele and Edoga (#71 the human turnstile) 

    Edoga was fucking terrible Sunday.  Again, the organization's inability to garner good depth at key positions is a downfall to a flawed team to begin with.  Most teams have depth issues when key members or positional groups get hit with injury, examples are the Eagles secondary or the Niners anytime Trent Williams can't play at an elite level, but what's frustrating about the Cowboys is they should have expected these situations because guys they are relying on our injury prone -- Tyron and LVE, or they've simply mismanaged the position -- linebacker or DT.  These were known issues and they made minimal moves or developed talent in a way where they just can't get average play.  Average.  Edoga cost them at least 10 points on Sunday.  Here's 4.  This is as simple a line protection call as you'll see.  The result is an unblocked pass rusher (Miami's best DL) which makes Dak have to break the pocket and throw it away instead of having the half second he needed to find Ferg or Cooks.  

     

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  17. Just now, Trey3216 said:

    And he’ll quit on the field the minute his team needs him.  Keep fucking that chicken 

    Gladly when I see the simpleton Gallup flopping around the field as a worthless piece of shit..... Rather have someone who can at least put up numbers vs teams, good or bad, in the reg season.  But you keep fucking that porcupine over there and keep telling yourself it feels good.  

     

  18. 1 hour ago, Firemans4Horn said:

    I think Amari Cooper had more yards today than Gallup has had any of his last 3 seasons. Good job GM Jerry. 

    2400 yards and almost 15 TDs with guys like 137 year old Joe Flacco, PJ Walker and DRT throwing to him the last two years.  But at least we saved money to extend guys like Gallup and Terrence Steele..... welp.

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  19. Everyone involved with the organization deserves all the shit and criticism they're going to catch this week.  Boys, you earned your hate this week.  The coaching staff, the players, ownership.  They all sucked this week.  Shows you just how far away this team is from a championship..... A long, long way.

     

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