The Lions have had a lot of lucky wins this season and they are a lot worse than what their record shows. Let’s take a look at each game they have played this season so far.
Week 1 @ Chiefs. Barely won by a point, and needed a borderline miracle to win thanks to Kelce/Jones being inactive and a horrible day of drops by the Chiefs WR’s, including one that resulted in a fluke pick 6 that ended up being the difference maker. Another crucial drop also came late when it would have put Butker in range for a game winning field goal. Either way, Tirico was right. Absolutely an asterisk behind this win.
Week 2 vs Seahawks. Defense shit the bed against a good team. L.
Week 3 vs Falcons. Faced Ridder who is one of the worst QB’s in the league and Arthur Smith who is one of the worst HC’s in the league.
Week 4 @ Packers. Probably the Lions most complete W of the season. Offense looked solid against a solid defense, and Jordan Love was still not quite ready to get it together yet.
week 5 vs Panthers. Worst team in the league. Bryce Young is terrible and the rest of their team doesn’t exist.
week 6 @ Bucs. Baker Mayfield had receivers wide open all day long and he kept missing them. Mayfield is one of the worst QB’s in the league and the Lions are fortunate to have come away with a W on this one.
Week 7 @ Ravens. Finally faced a good team for the first time since week 2 and they shit the bed on both sides of the ball. L.
Week 8 vs Raiders. Jimmy G and McDaniels are just not a combination for winning football. The Lions played mistake filled football all day that should have lost them the game. Fortunately for them, the Raiders had wide open receivers all day and Jimmy G kept missing them much like with the Bucs game and Mayfield week 6.
BYE
Week 10 @ Chargers. The Lions defense once again did not show up against a good QB. Fortunately for the Lions, Staley does Staley things and the Lions offense just happened to have the ball last. Very lucky and fortunate W.
Week 11 vs Chicago. Needed a miracle to win. Fields looked like an MVP throughout most of the game while Goff was Nathan Peterman tier. Chicago had no business losing this game and Detroit got a GIFT.
Week 12 Thanksgiving vs Packers. Shit the bed against a banged up team on both sides of the ball, AT HOME. Goff completely folded under pressure despite the fact he still had multiple guys wide open all day and kept missing them. Defense made Jordan Love look like an MVP now that Jordan Love has warmed up compared to when he was not ready yet in their week 4 matchup. L.
Rest of their schedule - @ Saints, @ Bears, Broncos, @ Vikings, @ Cowboys, Vikings. Every single one of these games for Detroit can be losses. The Saints are better than what their record shows, Chicago on the road is always tough. Broncos are improving, the Vikings are a nightmare matchup and will likely sweep Detroit, and the Cowboys are an automatic loss. There is a very, very realistic chance that the Lions completely collapse starting with this afternoons embarrassing loss and miss the playoffs entirely. Even IF they manage to limp into the final wild card spot at 9-8 via tiebreakers, they are very easily one and done in the postseason. I have never seen a team get so lucky with 8 wins with a combination of their soft schedule and lucky wins. Even last years Vikings were better than this.
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It’s tough to beat division rivals twice when they have competent coaching staffs
Soooo disingenuous to not mention the week 2 loss was in OT lmao
“They have a lot of lucky wins” but won’t mention the unlucky loss
They’re definitely a top team this year overall just brash and sloppy at times
Because I was curious to try and find the actual worst 8-3 team of all time, a quick search found the 2020 Browns who had a -21 point differential despite an 8-3 start. Can anyone else find a worse differential for an 8-3 team?
I watched that whole season closely (COVID - nothing else to do) and had no idea they were 8-3. lol
We are not better than our record. We’re going to lose 35-9
I’m not this crazy but I can’t say you don’t make some good points. It’d take some convincing wins down the stretch to change the narrative.
They are a slightly below average for an 8-3 team. Stop being hyperbolic.
I seem to remember a recent Steelers team that was like 7-0 and I was almost certain they absolutely sucked. And didn’t the Titans randomly get the AFC 1 seed recently?
2022 Vikings
Vikings fans getting their revenge for last year
FRAUDS.
The Vikings, Cowboys, Vikings run will really test them. They will either emerge from those weeks playing really well or will have to go back to the drawing board.
Saints, Bears, Broncos should all be pretty easy games for them on paper.
Will come down to team health and how motivated they can become before those final weeks. Can they find some momentum? Will be up to the team leaders.
There offense is one of the best in the league and their defense is one of the worst. They’re basically the Chargers but with a HC that isn’t a complete fucking moron
What a disappointing post. I was somewhat following until the “Baker Mayfield is one of the worst QB’s in the league”. Bruh… he’s not of the best but he’s def not one of the worst. I’m not even a Bucs fan at all.