Game Thread: 2023 Lions regular season game thread

[Old Lion]

No sense creating umpteen thread every year. Should have done this years ago.

 

[Old Lion]

Thursday night vs Chiefs on National TV

 

[VulturesRule]

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The only ”streak” most likely to continue would seem to be the Jared Goff vs Pat Mahone’s W/L record. Just because it’s 1-0 doesn’t mean it’s insignificant. Those multi-year opening day win and loss streaks are bound to fall.

 

[Thruthefog]

Thursday night vs Chiefs on National TV

Here's to our 1st victory of the season.

 

[phantomfoul88]

Just don't want to see a complete embarrassment.

 

[Zwalt]

Just don't want to see a complete embarrassment.

I would honestly be shocked if they were blown out. I think KC has some pride after all.

 

[Mebert]

Going to miss about the first half of this game. Bummed about it

 

[Rob]

Going to miss about the first half of this game. Bummed about it

Hope you can stay in the bubble.

 

[broncosmitty]

No Jones and no Kelce should help.

 

[Rob]

Good luck tonight, boys. You are all long suffering all the way back to the old CBS forum days. I hope "next year" is finally here for us.

Ram the ball down KC's throat.

 

[broncosmitty]

Not a fan of the fake punt.

Glad it worked. But that’s dumb.

 

[Edonidd]

We're not gonna get any calls tonight. Already saw two blatant holds on Hutch on an island right in front of the QB. Usually the most obvious holding call. Refs straight ignoring it.

I guess "let em play" helps our defense if they let it go both ways. But our d line against their o line was one area I thought we'd have an advantage.

 

[Mebert]

Made it back early. Kelce makes that grab and field flips there

 

[Mebert]

Is this standard Lions defense, or improved defense against Mahomes?

 

[Zwalt]

We're not gonna get any calls tonight. Already saw two blatant holds on Hutch on an island right in front of the QB. Usually the most obvious holding call. Refs straight ignoring it.

I guess "let em play" helps our defense if they let it go both ways. But our d line against their o line was one area I thought we'd have an advantage.

They’ve let a lot of holding calls go.

 

[broncosmitty]

Is this standard Lions defense, or improved defense against Mahomes?

The secondary is clearly improved. Linebackers are the same. Anzelone has been the best one.

Playing zone over man for the most part also.

 

[Mebert]

Dude yanked a 340 pound man down by his collar right in fromt of a ref, rules of holding have changed

 

[Rob]

Tirico said Same old Lions!

 

[Rob]

We did it! Best QB in football played well but the Lions were better.

A lesser QB gets sacked half a dozen times or throws it away more

 

[Edonidd]

We're not gonna get any calls tonight. Already saw two blatant holds on Hutch on an island right in front of the QB. Usually the most obvious holding call. Refs straight ignoring it.

I guess "let em play" helps our defense if they let it go both ways. But our d line against their o line was one area I thought we'd have an advantage.

Taylor is a probably above league average Tackle, he was allowed to blatantly hold several times tonight, lined up AT LEAST a full yard further in the backfield than the rules are supposed to allow, AND false started almost every snap. And Hutchinson still came away looking like one of the best players on the field tonight. If the game gets called fairly he probably had 3 sacks tonight. But we got the win, so rather than being upset about it, we can instead be excited for future games being ref'd better. Houston also had one that would have been a sack against probably 28 other QBs.

Thinking maybe we should be playing Gibbs in some slot WR, Deebo type roles for the next 5 weeks at minimum. Nobody getting open downfield. St.Brown drew a lot of attention, but the guys behind him didn't do much.