OFFICIAL NFL Discussion Thread: 2015-16 Season - Congrats to the Denver Broncos and their fans! SB 5

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Freddie Black said:
 
"That must have been a heck of a drive." Ron Rivera on Rodgers passing for 77 yards in Denver.
— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) November 5, 2015
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AR12taking that secondary's soul now
 
JJ Watt said:
Caldwell did not help the colts with anything :lol:

That was Mannings team.
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Doesn't matter if it was Manning's team or not. He still won as a coach and even when he was OC and QB Coach with the Ravens when Flacco was ballin :lol:.

Thats why the lions are firing everyone but him. They know what it is.

Caldwell sucks as a coach but he has won before. Has Stafford? No. Point Blank...
 
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Bleacher Report :rolleyes but still interesting -

Matthew Stafford Trade Rumors: Latest Buzz and Speculation on Lions QB's Future
Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reported the Lions aren't committing to Stafford as their quarterback beyond this year.

Such a stance makes sense considering Stafford hasn't lived up to expectations. The team fired general manager Martin Mayhew and president Tom Lewand, per ESPN.com's Adam Schefter.

With a new regime coming to Detroit and the current inside track for the No. 1 overall draft pick, the Lions could replace Stafford with a more cost-effective—and more effective in general—option.

The 27-year-old signal-caller has two years remaining on his current contract and would be an $11 million cap hit in dead money if the Lions release him in 2016, per Spotrac. That means a trade could well be on the horizon.

Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports noted how Stafford's current deal bodes well for Detroit's trade prospects:

Numerous teams and QB whisperers would likely love to tutor Stafford and give him a shot at redeeming what's been a mostly disappointing tenure in Detroit, even if it were more expensive.

Stafford was the top overall draft choice in 2009 but has led Detroit to the playoffs only twice, losing in the NFC Wild Card Round each time. For someone with his cannon arm, limitless potential and a longtime go-to receiver in Calvin Johnson, there's no excuse for Stafford to be averaging a pedestrian 7.0 per pass attempt for his career, along with an 83.7 passer rating, per Pro-Football-Reference.com.

This year hasn't been a banner campaign for Stafford either, as he's thrown 13 touchdowns to 11 interceptions; his offensive coordinator, Joe Lombardi, was fired, too.

To Stafford's credit, he accepted some blame for Lombardi's dismissal, per ESPN.com's Michael Rothstein: "Joe was receptive to the things I had to say. If anything, it was probably I got to do a better job of communicating, too. It's on everybody when bad stuff happens, and I can always be better too."

If the Lions are able to land a superior QB at the top of the 2016 draft, bring in a decent haul for Stafford in a trade and hire the proper coaching staff, they could turn things around rather swiftly.

On the other hand, the current roster is quite a mess and likely would need at least a year to break in a new franchise quarterback. Detroit currently ranks 30th in scoring offense, last in points allowed per contest and may be losing a QB it committed to for the long haul. There aren't many silver linings to be had for NFL fans in Motown right now.
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JJ Watt said:
Caldwell did not help the colts with anything :lol:

That was Mannings team.
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Doesn't matter if it was Manning's team or not. He still won as a coach and even when he was OC and QB Coach with the Ravens when Flacco was ballin :lol:.

Thats why the lions are firing everyone but him. They know what it is.
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They're probably just waiting for the new GM to do it :lol:. Thought this was crazy :wow: :x

@Gil_Brandt:
Last coach to get another NFL HC job after leaving #Lions was Buddy Parker in 1957. 16 coaches have come, gone since then w/out resurfacing
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Lions are going to get the 1st/2nd pick in the draft so they can take either Paxton or Jared Goff

time to move on from Stafford but he makes a lot of money and I think a lot of it would be dead money
 
They're sure to screw it up normally, and especially with this crop. I would love for them to draft a QB.

This is an organization that made Barry Sanders pull the original version of what Anthony Davis did, an organization where Marty Morn chose to give the other team the ball in the old OT format after Detroit had won the coin toss, an organization that picked Mike Williams, Charles Rogers and Titus Young, an organization that started Mike McMahon on how many Thanksgivings? It felt like thirteen, it might've been just one.

The more important the pick, the more I'm happy they're picking.
 
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Rolaholic said:
They're probably just waiting for the new GM to do it :lol:. Thought this was crazy :wow: :x @Gil_Brandt:
Last coach to get another NFL HC job after leaving #Lions was Buddy Parker in 1957. 16 coaches have come, gone since then w/out resurfacing
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That's such a crazy stat man...

Coaches really do go to Detroit to die tho...

Sometimes it's for the best tho, cause guys like marinelli and Jim "shake my hand" swartz are much better coordinators than hc..
 
2.5 years ago the Arizona Cardinals came off a 5-11 season where 30 year old Larry Fitzgerald took up a bigger percentage of cap space than Megatron and Carson Palmer had washed out from 2 different teams.

They hired a new GM and a new coach and havent been less than the 10-6 since.

Larry Fitzgerald is 32 and leads the league in touchdown passes and Carson Palmer leads the league in touchdown passes.


Coaching matters
 
JPZx said:
They're sure to screw it up normally, and especially with this crop. I would love for them to draft a QB.

This is an organization that made Barry Sanders pull the original version of what Anthony Davis did, an organization where Marty Morn chose to give the other team the ball in the old OT format after Detroit had won the coin toss, an organization that picked Mike Williams, Charles Rogers and Titus Young, an organization that started Mike McMahon on how many Thanksgivings? It felt like thirteen, it might've been just one.

The more important the pick, the more I'm happy they're picking.
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You do realize we hit on the high picks right?

Its the rest of the draft that's the problem
 
SneakerPro said:
JPZx said:
They're sure to screw it up normally, and especially with this crop. I would love for them to draft a QB.

This is an organization that made Barry Sanders pull the original version of what Anthony Davis did, an organization where Marty Morn chose to give the other team the ball in the old OT format after Detroit had won the coin toss, an organization that picked Mike Williams, Charles Rogers and Titus Young, an organization that started Mike McMahon on how many Thanksgivings? It felt like thirteen, it might've been just one.

The more important the pick, the more I'm happy they're picking.
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You do realize we hit on the high picks right?

Its the rest of the draft that's the problem
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Thought this was also crazy :x

@AdamSchefter:
Lions haven't drafted a Pro-Bowl player in the past 5 drafts. No player they drafted in 2010-2011 is on their roster today.
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Rolaholic said:
SneakerPro said:
JPZx said:
They're sure to screw it up normally, and especially with this crop. I would love for them to draft a QB.

This is an organization that made Barry Sanders pull the original version of what Anthony Davis did, an organization where Marty Morn chose to give the other team the ball in the old OT format after Detroit had won the coin toss, an organization that picked Mike Williams, Charles Rogers and Titus Young, an organization that started Mike McMahon on how many Thanksgivings? It felt like thirteen, it might've been just one.

The more important the pick, the more I'm happy they're picking.
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You do realize we hit on the high picks right?

Its the rest of the draft that's the problem
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Thought this was also crazy :x

@AdamSchefter:
Lions haven't drafted a Pro-Bowl player in the past 5 drafts. No player they drafted in 2010-2011 is on their roster today.
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Suh was a draft pick
 
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