The NFL is brutal in so many ways, but one of them is in that real chances to win it all are so fleeting. As datderfranny feels about the Lions, I feel the same way about Joe Burrow and the Bengals. They had the Super Bowl season, then losing the AFC Championship on a late sideline hit on Mahomes the next year. I get strong Andrew Luck or Dan Marino vibes about Burrow - he's playing incredibly and it's all going to go to waste.
Fantasy didn't go well for me, but I don't really case about that. The additional injuries to the Lions defenders on top of the existing ones, in the wake of a loss in a barometer-test sort of game, really have deflated my spirits.
It's one thing to lose Hutch, but to also lose a slew of other starters on defense, and then to lose Alim McNeil and Carlton Davis is too much to overcome. Even our practice squad players are going down. We have street free agents replacing practice squad signees.
Up until last week, I was confident we would pull games out and that Campbell and his staff would find a way, but now I think it's probably not in the cards. Sure the Lions could get to the Super Bowl by scoring 40+ every game, but it's unlikely. I just really wanted to see a Lions Super Bowl, preferably while my Dad is still alive, but it doesn't seem that the Football Gods want such a thing.
it sucks, NFL is a war of attrition. Josh Allen could get hurt next week, and the Bills are toast. Giants were 11-1, crushed three of the four eventual final four teams in 2008, then Plaxico shot himself, Justin Tuck got hurt, and they were done. Better that the injuries happened for the Lions now than in three weeks though. Maybe they can cobble something together. But Eagles have a really good defense now.
This is making the NFC championship collapse against the Niners sting more. Getting this nagging feeling that was the best chance. I'm still holding out hope, but I'm really needing to squint to see it.
The NFL is brutal in so many ways, but one of them is in that real chances to win it all are so fleeting. As datderfranny feels about the Lions, I feel the same way about Joe Burrow and the Bengals. They had the Super Bowl season, then losing the AFC Championship on a late sideline hit on Mahomes the next year. I get strong Andrew Luck or Dan Marino vibes about Burrow - he's playing incredibly and it's all going to go to waste.
Burrow is playing out of his mind, right there with Allen and Lamar, who unlike Burrow have never even been to a Super Bowl.
Fantasy didn't go well for me, but I don't really case about that. The additional injuries to the Lions defenders on top of the existing ones, in the wake of a loss in a barometer-test sort of game, really have deflated my spirits.
It's one thing to lose Hutch, but to also lose a slew of other starters on defense, and then to lose Alim McNeil and Carlton Davis is too much to overcome. Even our practice squad players are going down. We have street free agents replacing practice squad signees.
Up until last week, I was confident we would pull games out and that Campbell and his staff would find a way, but now I think it's probably not in the cards. Sure the Lions could get to the Super Bowl by scoring 40+ every game, but it's unlikely. I just really wanted to see a Lions Super Bowl, preferably while my Dad is still alive, but it doesn't seem that the Football Gods want such a thing.
it sucks, NFL is a war of attrition. Josh Allen could get hurt next week, and the Bills are toast. Giants were 11-1, crushed three of the four eventual final four teams in 2008, then Plaxico shot himself, Justin Tuck got hurt, and they were done. Better that the injuries happened for the Lions now than in three weeks though. Maybe they can cobble something together. But Eagles have a really good defense now.
This is making the NFC championship collapse against the Niners sting more. Getting this nagging feeling that was the best chance. I'm still holding out hope, but I'm really needing to squint to see it.