Stafford is one ugly SOB. Inbred looking sucker.

Yep. First thing they should do is fire Gunther and his outdated schemes.

The worst thing to happen to Stafford was getting Megatron. Dude repeatedly forces the ball when he shouldn't. It also happens to be the best thing to happen to him as well.

With the talent they have in Detroit, there's no way that team should be .500. Awful coaching.

Once Gunther gets his guys in there, they are going to be great.

I just watched that replay - man that kick was incredible.

I'm sure most of you have played some ball, did any of you bother to stand at the 40 yard line and look at the goalposts? The damn things look about as wide as a postage stamp. It's absolutely unbelievable that someone can kick a friggen football 60 yards away and get them through those things.

And when you look at the make, he was literally less than a foot away from the right upright and maybe 3 feet above the crossbar. You couldn't tuck that thing in any closer than that.

The guy who called the game tonight wouldn't be a bad choice for Detroit.

Yeah, luckily for them they have a decent base. If someone can come in their and "fix" Stafford, they've got tons of firepower in Megatron, Bush and Pettigrew alone. They've got a decent offensive line and a solid backup HB in Bell as well as a redzone stud in Fauria. They could stand to add a second and/or third WR option but they already have the pieces to be a top 5 offense.

On defense, the line is pretty much set and Tulloch and Levy are good. They could probably upgrade the LDE spot (why'd they let Avril go?) and everyone in the secondary needs to go.

At least 9 dome games a season (8 home and 1 in MIN) and that's not a bad situation for a new head coach to walk into.

I don't think so. He's a WCO evangelical w/o the flexibility that someone like Reed has always had regarding a QB's talents. That would be a complete waste of Stafford's talents.

I think you want a guy who will still run a Coryell offense, but with coaches that actually pay attention to fundamentals. Detroit has terrible fundamentals and discipline.

I think Bill O'Brien would be the perfect hire.

Gruden's offense isn't a great fit for his power arm.

O'Brien has a $13 million buyout.

They should have torpedoed Schwartz last year and brought in Arians.

7.6 to go to NFL. 13 million to go to another college program.

They should have fired him the instant he came to Mayhew with the suggestion to hire Gunther Cunningham as DC.

What more could you do to prove your incompetence?

That's the NFL in a nutshell, though. Schwartz and Gunther were butt buddies from their days in Tennessee, and given Fisher's inability to ever have a team not stocked with felons committing 130 penalties a year, it's not surprising that this Detroit team commits just as many dumbass mistakes.

And in case you didn't read it in my other 3 threads I was down by 18 in my FFL and came back to win because Mr. FG scored me 23 pts.

I love this man...LMAO

That's still a lot of jack.

At this point, I have no idea who to promote for coaching gigs. All of the hyped hires are almost universally a product of great players and suck without them.

Yeah, nepotistic football league.

He's never leave, but I think David shaw would be a great nfl head coach.

Bill O'Brien would be a perfect hire, IMO.

He favors more of a pro-set, play action heavy downfield passing attack. Off the board, maybe take a look at David Shaw.

Stafford's an old-school, Drew Bledsoe type of immobile, rocket armed pocket passer. I'm not sure he has the accuracy/timing/intelligence for a Coryell offense. But if you set him up in a system that relies on basic pro-sets and power running that opens passing lanes downfield, he could be damn dangerous.

I just don't think he's a smart enough QB for Ehardt Perkins, Coryell, WCO or any of the more complicated offensive schemes.

There is no ****ing way I'd ever leave a top 20 college program for an NFL job.

College gigs pay just as well now, you aren't forced by institutional pressures to work 110 hours a week (even though they are almost certainly filled with non-productive hours), and although you have to recruit, much of that can still be delegated. The worst part would be kissing booster ass. Oh, how that would ****ing suck. Still, better than spending 15 hours a day watching film to try and get an advantage that everyone has already pored over 20 times.

I concur.

I don't see Shaw leaving Stanford.

The Lions run a predominantly Coryell system now, and have since they hired Linehan.

Well shit, I Q'd the hell out of those suggestions.

Well played, gents...

So...case closed, then?

Not when you have a defensive quality control assistant teaching the QB. Stafford may come off as a dipshit because of his build and voice, but he's actually a sharp guy. He did really well on his board work, ran a pro set for three years in high school, and scored a 38 on the Wonderlic.

This is why It wouldn't surprise me at all to see an nfl guy bolt to Texas.

He comes off as a dipshit because he plays like one.

I know it's conventional to blame coaching at this point, but c'mon - this isn't a rookie. The guy's been in the league for a pretty long time now. I don't expect him to suddenly flip a switch and become smart with the football.

Maybe go out of the box and take a look at jay gruden

I haven't solely blamed coaching. In fact, I said some posts back that he's going to have to make a decision about what he wants his career to be. It's not an either/or situation, and he could certainly help himself more, but he isn't being helped whatsoever.

That job is the exception to the rule. Way too many big money dipshits in that state, and consequently, too many cooks in the kitchen. Imagine being Jason Garrett and having to listen to Jerry Jones' dumb ass on a daily basis. Now imagine 30 Jerry Joneses crawling up your ass with every decision you make.

For what they'd pay, I think I could grit my teeth for a few years, then ride off into the sunset.

The Desolation of Smaauwwwggg

I respect your opinion. However, Stafford is in his fifth season and hasn’t even come close to proving that he can keep up with Flacco on the big stage.

No question, the Lions are extremely talented. Whatever good they do is offset by their mistakes – I would think, coaching has a lot to do with that.

If the Lions don't win their division this year, they only have themselves to blame.