8 AM, the start of the Sabbath
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8 AM, the start of the Sabbath
I'm starting this important thread early so you can plan your weekend accordingly. If you don't like it, tell somebody who cares.
I'm surprised the Falcons are underachieving. From watching Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Atlanta Falcons, I thought the Falcons were a good team with an elite QB. Matty Ice is a natural born leader.
The Packers still have both Atlanta and Detriot left on the schedule so this game might be worth getting up for. Or not. I probably will not.
I haven't done the math or checked the fact, but it seems like Detriot is not scoring as much as it did in the past. Stafford, a gunslinger, seems to be playing like a game manager nowadays. You don't put a latch around a gunslinger and tell him not to gunsling, imho.
Atlanta 24, Detriot 20
Tyrion, I can never tell when you are being sarcastic. Matt Ryan is a good but not great QB.
It is, agreed. However, if I'd busted my ass working on Saturday and gotten the jobs done for my work and around the house, and if I had the house/TV to myself, I'd probably tune in to much of it.
Matt Stafford isn't so much playing like a game manager as he is not playing all that great. The Lions don't have much of a running game,expecially with Reggie Bush probably out, so teams seem to play a lot of four-man rushes with lots of d-backs. Stafford does struggle with some of that, though he can still make some great throws as well as some clunkers.
But that defense is killing it right now. I think the Lions will win this one.
One of the sports talking heads suggested that it was Golden Tate who did all the work on the game-changing touchdown. Some people in Detroit are bound and determined not to give Stafford any credit.
I don't think he's elite, by any stretch, but he's better than anything they've had in Detroit since before the Bill Munson/Greg Landry combo back in the 70's.
Tim Twentyman @ttwentyman 2m2 minutes ago
The #Lions have suspended DT C.J. Mosley for 2 weeks for conduct detrimental and violation of team rules.
Probably insulted the Queen.
#moronintwonations
EDIT: Got Mosley confused with Fairley. Might be an idiot in only one nation.
Detriot didn't seem to score much even when Johnson was healthy, from what I've seen. Seems like the coaches are telling Stafford not to take chances early in games. They're trying to turn him into Brad Johnson or something. A gunslinger gotta be gunslinging. We saw it firsthand with Favre, and it worked out pretty well.
Nice drive by the Falcons.
Nice play on the force out by the Falcons' safety. Stafford threw too high, though, and put Tate in position to take that blast.
Fairley down with a knee.
As a novelty, I like waking up and watching NFL football in the morning (for us East coasters). Even better with the Lions losing.
Well, the Lions - in the first half - look like those same ol' Lions. Stafford's throws are all over the place, guys on the bench look dazed, and it was just a poor first half.
The injuries, too, are piling up. But that's something the Lions of the past few years haven't had to deal with. They've been remarkably injury-free up till this season.
Church couldn't get out soon enough. The lions are playing without all three TEs and Calvin Johnson!? The poor dears.
I'm hearing a buzzing sound from the crowd. It's low level, but if you listen closely, it is almost like snoring. Actually very much like snoring.
Stafford has a great throwing arm.
Falcons are starting to look like the Falcons again/
Lions should be hurrying up. Even if they get TD, they could easily miss the 2-pt
So 3rd and 10, with less than 2 mins left.... Falcons throw a pass - incomplete. Who is making these decisions??
Game would be over right now if the idiot Falcons had rushed on 3rd down.
Stupid Falcons.
I hate this game. Lions get a delay of game penalty to save their own asses.
And the Lions kicker misses from 43... Detroit fans are going to lynch him....
What the fuuuuuuuck??
Lions might want to consider replacing the long snapper and not the kicker from what I just saw.
Falcons just threw up on their shoes in the second half including D lineman holding. And a hold on the O line when trying to run clock. Miserable.
The good news is that the Falcons are on the Packers' schedule
Nuke Atlanta.
I need to take a shower after that shitshow.
That's one way to turn the Brits off American football.
Who knew if you substitute trusting the talent for inciting aggression, your team would improve? (Caldwell over the Schvartz)
Quite the finish there, I turned away for a couple of seconds, what happened? Did the Lions kick on 3rd down? They missed the kick, were penalized, kicked again from further back, no loss of down?
I don't think I've seen a team choke that bad down the stretch. Atlanta can basically run out the clock. Instead they get a holding call. Stops the clock. Then, they drop an easy catch. Then, they get a defensive holding on a run play. Then, their coaches call a timeout immediately after a play by the Lions with 25 seconds, giving the Lions a free time out (instead of letting the clock run down). Just terrible. They deserved to lose. Not to mention, Matt Ryan threw about the ugliest interception you'll ever see also. No wonder Atlanta is 2-6.