Everybody buying in on the Lions hype including the league

Basics my thoughts as well... yeah, a bunch of these "news" sources get clicks on rumors and the "leaks" and then the official announcements.....

And even dragging it out with multiple announcements seems relatively fine, by releasing holiday games, opening weekend, etc... but then adding all of these "worst kept secret" leaks doesn't seem to add much value besides, like you said, having more segments on ESPN and a ton of garbage on social media.

The people who already care just want to know, and the people who may not really care aren't going remember what's what between now and Sept.

If I'm an AFC West team, the last thing I want to do is play the Chiefs the first week of the season.

Give Andy Reid all the time he wants to gameplan against me? No, thank you.

Sure, the Chiefs are coming in blind against what changes you made in the offseason, but Andy Reid's history is such that you're going to be at a disadvantage against him when he has time to prep for you.

Gonna tell the visiting Lions fans that burnt ends are barbecued kneecaps

I'm shocked Mahomo hasn't posted a schedule update on the Titans signing some 6th string TE....

Raiders @ Chiefs Christmas day. Morning game which seems odd being a Monday.

Week 1 is crazy though. Our opener vs the Patriots, The Titans loss, and that Chargers comeback all come to mind. Of course that was pre Mahomes

Now that I think about it we've only lost 1 season opener under Andy

Jake Locker and the 1-15 Titans

should be a nice easy xmas day for the boys with the raiders eliminated...

and in a perfect world, that locks up the one seed ROFL

Detroit is the favorite to win the north, they have a high octane offense with a lot of young players that are ascending.

Detroit is a team the league going to be promoting this year, it's like people missed all that.

They upgraded at RB with Gibbs (who is more explosive than Swift) and Montgomery, and added a lot of good pieces to the defense.

I would predict the Chiefs handle them fairly well in Week 1 (something like a 34-24 win that is not as close as the score indicates) and they improve a lot over the course of the year.

The gambling suspension is going to have some key pieces out that first week (notably, Jameson Williams), and the new pieces at defense will still be rotating in (big upgrades in the back 7, which usually take some time to start clicking).

But I think the Lions team the Chiefs face and knock off in SB LVIII will be a much tougher team, and that one ends up being more like a 31-28 game.

Was hoping it was an Xmas Eve game, but looks like I can sell these tickets.

Just glad it wasn’t the Bills. Those whiny losers would have been awful. It would have also taken any credit from banner night away and turned into a Damar Hamlin documentary in his first game back from near death.

Dodged a bullet on that one

Veach gonna realize how much damage Gibbs can do. We should have traded up to #11

ROFL

so ****ing true lol

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has declared that the recently announced home opener for the Kansas City Chiefs is an affront to Australian NFL football fans. An astonished Albanese said,“Detroit-fooking-Lions??!!?? Are you kidding me?”

In retaliation, the Prime Minister has designated that Roger Goodell is now persona non grata in Australia while Australian football fans will no longer be allowed to travel to the US for NFL games. Long time Australian thought leader and all-around awesome person “AussieChiefsFan” issued a statement today saying, “This will not stand. Goodell is a dead man.” In support of their Australian brothers & sisters, NFL fans from around the world will be holding an international “moment of booing” at 6 p.m. AEDT, Friday, May 12, 2023.


~ The Daily Telegraph ~

I like it. Wondering if they are thinking they hope they will get another Goff-Mahomes shoot out

Yeah, he and Johnny Football would have been a killer combo.

Trade up to 11 for a RB? GTFO.

Knew this was coming.

The Lions are a scrappy team with a vet QB and a mouthy Head Coach.

Nobody was tuning in to watch Denver suck dick.

Finally a Rodgers/Mahomes game.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NFL schedule leak: The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Jets</a> will return to Sunday Night Football for the first time since 2011 in Week 4 against the Kansas City Chiefs, per <a href="https://twitter.com/BrianCoz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BrianCoz</a>. That game will be at MetLife Stadium.<br><br>Rodgers vs. Mahomes in primetime.</p>&mdash; Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1656701721207357445?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 11, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Chiefs @ Packers Dec 3 SNF

Lol, where did I say anything about 'momentum'? Is English a second language for you or something?


" Lions draft was terribad." Really? Because virtually the entire NFL world thinks otherwise. ESPN, SI, PFF, BleacherReport, The Sporting News, The Athletic, basically every notable professional football media outlet graded DET draft at least a B, up to an A. Let me help: the NFC is a run-heavy conference, and DET obviously felt the need to move on from Swift, so they drafted a likely replacement with their first pick. Then they drafted a MLB, because they were one of the worst defenses vs. the run (allowed 5.2+ yds/carry in 2022) IN A RUN-HEAVY CONFERENCE. Then they drafted a plug-and-play TE, because Goff and the offense had a huge need for a reliable receiver between the numbers, because that's where Goff lives. And so on. They even drafted a possible replacement for Goff. Hence the parade of Bs and As grades for DET's draft class. Make sense now?

I already said that DET would win the North, about 6 months ago.

And I already said that KC would roll over DET. That's what "feast" means.

They're getting blasted for positional value basically, when you're first 3 picks are RB, MLB, TE some people get worked up about that.

****ing shit, man. It’s expected that they’re going to max out our prime time slots with Mahomie but DAMN.

I miss 1 o’clock games (12 o’clock for you midwestern ****s since I already know someone’s gonna say something!).

I honestly don't, there are way more games in the noon window so it lets me use my multiple tv setup to watch several games and then focus on the Chiefs when there's only a few other games on or none.

Yea, Chiefs rarely playing at 1 is great IMO. Then I can focus on fantasy.

It’s all the analytics bullshit. If you have a guy high on your board, you take him. You can take positional value into account but RBs, MLBs and TEs change games. We know that better than most. We don’t win this most recent SB without the contributions from Pacheco/McKninnon, Bolton and Kelce.

Different strokes, I guess.

The anticipation when we play night games ****ing kills me. Then it’s pretty much guaranteed I’m not going to be able to fall asleep until midnight or later, win or lose.

When we play at 1, I’ll usually just have the Chiefs game on and then Redzone on another screen so I can catch a little bit of everything around the league.

Sucks for the Lions!

That's 100% what they're banking on is a high scoring shootout to bring in the ratings. The Lions went into Lambeau and ruined Rodgers last game so Campbell should have them up for this. People are sleeping on that offense.

It should be a really nice test for our new defensive line guys against that OL too.

This is nice but I want to know when the rest of the divisional games are.

Week 1 - vs. Lions (TNF)
Week 4 - at Jets (SNF)
Week 5 - at Vikings
Week 9 - vs. Dolphins (Germany)
Week 11 - vs. Eagles (MNF)
Week 13 - at Packers (SNF)
Week 16 - vs. Raiders (Christmas)
Week 17 - vs. Bengals

Meh, this guy (unBelizeable) has been following me around from thread to thread recently, yapping like a chihuahua; I'm just swatting his nose with a rolled up newspaper of facts.

Also, look at how their defense performed in the first 8 games of the season vs. the last 9. They definitely started figuring some things out defensively after week 8 or 9.

The Lions are gonna stall out at losing in the Divisional every year at best. At least until they lose their OC.

https://www.theringer.com/platform/a...-jack-campbell

Bragging about picking the Lions prior to FA and the draft? You’re a complete ****ing idiot throwing darts blindfolded.

I just want a god damn Thanksgiving day! I'm so sick of the shitty ****ing Cowboys and shitty ****ing Lions getting that day. Detroit has never been remotely close to relevant and Dallas hasn't been relevant in decades.

The Cowboys and Lions getting Thanksgiving games is by far the worst tradition in all of sports. Why should the Cowboys be rewarded for continued mediocrity and Lions rewarded for being one of the worst franchises in all of sports?

The Campbell one I get why people are worked up about but he was going to go higher than everyone expected, he would not have got past the Dallas/Buffalo section of the draft.

They felt they needed to get a young athletic MLB and if they didn't take him there they weren't getting him and they likely had him far ahead of everyone else on the board at the position.

I could not stop watching Detroit games last year because I kept wondering how the %&% they were scoring so much with that roster.

Their OC is going to be a head coach this cycle.

Because Jared Goff is like Trent Green, if you surround him with good players he'll be a good QB.

Where did I say anything about the Divisional? I said they would probably win their division.

The Lions had a typical Detroit fluke season last year and won't get more than 6 wins this year, unless Goff can replicate last year.

I don't think they finish above 3rd in the division. I think Fields, if he can stay healthy, will have an MVP like season because he can run like a mother ****er and now he has a legit WR in DJ Moore and another guy that could be pretty good Chase Claypool. He won't have to run it as much and that could extend the amount of time that he's not injured. There are also the Vikings, who haven't been bad since Cousins came there. Cousins might suck shit this year since he's gonna be 35, but if he doesn't then the Vikings have a decent shot at the division.

where's my apology bitch

Justin Fields has yet to show he can be an NFL level passer and you think he can be an MVP player, huh?

Why waste marquee games on a day that people watch already. Use your brain dumbass.

You said you like what they’re building.

Lions are building dick. Goff is a mediocre bridge QB and their offensive DVOA is going to plummet when they lose their OC.

Wow, effectively eight prime time games and counting. It's all about the Chiefs and Eagles this year.

I can easily argue that Jared Goff is the best QB in his division and a top 5 QB in the NFC....

Top 5 QBs in the NFC is a cripple fight.

Yea well that may be true but it is what it is.

Anything is possible.

However, MIN boasts one of the league's worst defenses, both vs. the pass and the run, and I doubt they filled all those holes in one draft/FA cycle.

I actually kind of like Justin, but let's be serious: he's shown a few flashes, but he's still not very polished as a NFL QB. Last year he spent most of his time running for his life, and while CHI may have given him some help there, we can basically write off most of last season in terms of his development as a QB, because he literally didn't have much opportunity to gain experience as a passer. Now he has some new weapons, but he's still developing chemistry with them.

Goff is a veteran QB, not a great one, but he isn't in the same developmental boat as Justin. He's more advanced mostly through sheer experience, plus he has a decent OC, a run game, a decent set of receivers, and what appears to be a rising defense.

Look at it another way: In the NFC-N when comparing all four teams, only MIN has as much quality at coaching, QB play, offensive weapons, experience. DET has the better defense and it's probably not that close.

lol.:thumb:

Minnesota is about to go into a heavy rebuild this is probably their last year of being a decent playoff contender.

And I stand by what I said, Jared Goff is Trent Green

Can't wait to piss pound those pricks

ayo chill i get off work at 4 after being forced to work sundays. im down for nothing BUT late games

I could probably argue that he’s not even as good as Trent, not that it matters.

I never said Goff was great, or that he even significantly improved since the last time we played him. All I’ve said is that the team around him has improved significantly at every level.

That's an insult to Trent Green.

Trent was a quarterback. Goff is a JUGS machine.

Patrick Mahomes numbers in Week 1 games:

73 comp%
308 pass ypg
19 total TDs
0 INTs
9.2 YPA
137 QB Rating


:popcorn:

Now do Andy Reid’s record in Week 1. It’s pretty much a foregone conclusion that KC is going to win the game. It’s just a question of what it will look like

Just as long as they aren't biting kneecaps...

...We Be Fine.

Jones can work on his Goff game

NFL VP of Broadcast, Onnie Bose on why they picked the Lions for this kickoff game.

Translation: Mahomes + Kickoff Game = Ratings gold regardless of opponent so don’t waste a better opponent for this game.

Link: https://chiefswire.usatoday.com/2023...-patrick-show/

Cool.

Now give him the Brady ref treatment.

They might be able to score with KC and make it tighter than we'd like. I look forward to all the whining about Spags if that happens.

But KC should score almost at will on that defense.

Crappy game. Has 40 point pasting written all over it

feels bad killing the lions season before it even began. after all that hype

nfl is ****ed up for letting this happen

I can’t hate the lions.

I hate Detroit, but not the Lions

Something like this...

https://s1.webmshare.com/t/WyR6n.jpg

:D
Nicely done.

I'm tired of you guys saying this every week...jfc

You learn absolutely nothing watching games over the years apparently

Later picks, obviously, but ironically the Chiefs got praised for their first two picks in the 2020 draft (RB & LB).

That being said, don’t ever take a RB in the first round. It almost never works out and ends up being a wasted pick. There’s always better value for RB’s later in the draft.

DET fans are excited about the matchup. overall, they seem positive about the Lions chances to cover. Spread appears to be 6.5/7 (I haven't actually looked yet).

They are not impressed by our WR corps. Some have weirdly decided that Pacheco is mediocre.

Excerpts:

"You are right though that they aren’t very “scary”. Their WR group is comprised of a one trick pony deep threat (MVS), a former first round bust (Toney), a 2nd round WR in 2022 who barely made an impact in a weak WR group (Moore), and a kid I really liked this year, but probably won’t be firing on all cylinders in his first ever NFL game (Rice). Even their stable of RB’s are pretty mediocre at best . . ."


"Sorry, I’m not scared of Skyy Moore and Valdez-Scantling. Mahomes/Kelce will be the two best players in the building but I think we have better talent overall. I wouldn’t trade rosters with them."


"Double Kelce all day and turn Houston loose.

KCs roster got worse IMO"

And so on.

Some rightly believe that the best time to steal a W from KC is early in the season, so they might have a better chance playing KC Week 1.

Just some interesting tidbits from the other side . . .

That’s basically the Chiefs board anytime before 2018 lol

We have the better coach and we have the better QB. IIRC, we haven’t lost a season opener since 2014.

We’re gonna lil bro the Lions and after we beat them by 10, they’ll be talking about how it was a quality loss to a great opponent.

I'm just waiting on one of them to mention "The Chiefs blew out the Pats in 2017!"

Tbf, most don't believe they're going to win. As I said, they believe that they can cover. Some (the usual wildly optimistic bunch) are predicting a 20 point beat down of KC by DET, but that's normal on any board. But the majority think they'll at least be competitive.

of course, the last time we played DET they were competitive. if not for a 99-yd fumble return by Breeland . . .

My apologies to the OP.

OP, I hope you slay tonight and leave your reeking loins exposed for all female lions to smell your victory.