I don't know what to make of LaPorta not getting targeted either, other than Goff looks like absolute dogshit right now. I was at the game and I saw LaPorta wide open on a couple plays, but i wasn't focusing on him all the time so I'm not sure if that was consistently the case or just glaringly obvious those two particular instances. At any rate, Goff isn't seeing him. He's also skipping balls to receivers and throwing to the middle of the field with no timeouts and the half or game clock low.
That field goal catastrophe at the end of the half 'in the moment' was on Campbell, but it should have never happened in the first place if not for Goff throwing a stupid 8 yard pass over the middle to a loosely covered receiver with little room to run and 15 seconds left on the clock. Then he goes and does the same shit again at the end of the game. Apparently he's going through the Daniel Jones school of quarterbacking of getting paid and then turning to trash. He was picked off twice, but it could have easily been five if not for the Bucs secondary dropping easy picks. At one point, my mind actually went to Hendon Hooker, which is silly but in the bigger picture, a telling sign of how bad Goff is looking when fans start thinking about or asking for the inexperienced backup QB.
How do you lose a game when your star DE gets 4.5 sacks? How do you lose a game when you double the opposing team in yardage? Why do you throw 55 times in a one possession game with a QB clearly off when you have arguably the best run game/offensive line in the league? Also, I love Amon Ra St. Brown, but 19 targets for 119 yards for a 6.2 YPA is not winning football. That is very Jarvis Landry-esque, so maybe your comp was a year too early. Makes me wonder if ARSB cried for more targets, but we need more 'quality' targets.
As crazy as it sounds, this passing game looks like it sorely misses the pedestrian Josh Reynolds. Though fairly average, his big body and length has been missed on 3rd and longs and in the red zone. I'm not sure why LaPorta isn't filling this void, but he isn't. Maybe they make a trade back for Reynolds because the Broncos aren't going anywhere. Tough game to lose when you're supposedly a contender vying for home field. Now the Bucs, who they probably would beat 7 or 8 times out of 10, have the head to head tiebreaker.
The Lions are like a lot of teams through two weeks -- just out of sync offensively. I don't know what it is around the league, but it's just sloppy offense.
ARSB is good, but so was peak Landry! Landry even had a few good YPT years too.
I think they'll be okay if the NFL can shake this malaise. BTW -- you are basically drawing dead in your Lloyd bet.
Long-winded Lions rant incoming...
I don't know what to make of LaPorta not getting targeted either, other than Goff looks like absolute dogshit right now. I was at the game and I saw LaPorta wide open on a couple plays, but i wasn't focusing on him all the time so I'm not sure if that was consistently the case or just glaringly obvious those two particular instances. At any rate, Goff isn't seeing him. He's also skipping balls to receivers and throwing to the middle of the field with no timeouts and the half or game clock low.
That field goal catastrophe at the end of the half 'in the moment' was on Campbell, but it should have never happened in the first place if not for Goff throwing a stupid 8 yard pass over the middle to a loosely covered receiver with little room to run and 15 seconds left on the clock. Then he goes and does the same shit again at the end of the game. Apparently he's going through the Daniel Jones school of quarterbacking of getting paid and then turning to trash. He was picked off twice, but it could have easily been five if not for the Bucs secondary dropping easy picks. At one point, my mind actually went to Hendon Hooker, which is silly but in the bigger picture, a telling sign of how bad Goff is looking when fans start thinking about or asking for the inexperienced backup QB.
How do you lose a game when your star DE gets 4.5 sacks? How do you lose a game when you double the opposing team in yardage? Why do you throw 55 times in a one possession game with a QB clearly off when you have arguably the best run game/offensive line in the league? Also, I love Amon Ra St. Brown, but 19 targets for 119 yards for a 6.2 YPA is not winning football. That is very Jarvis Landry-esque, so maybe your comp was a year too early. Makes me wonder if ARSB cried for more targets, but we need more 'quality' targets.
As crazy as it sounds, this passing game looks like it sorely misses the pedestrian Josh Reynolds. Though fairly average, his big body and length has been missed on 3rd and longs and in the red zone. I'm not sure why LaPorta isn't filling this void, but he isn't. Maybe they make a trade back for Reynolds because the Broncos aren't going anywhere. Tough game to lose when you're supposedly a contender vying for home field. Now the Bucs, who they probably would beat 7 or 8 times out of 10, have the head to head tiebreaker.
The Lions are like a lot of teams through two weeks -- just out of sync offensively. I don't know what it is around the league, but it's just sloppy offense.
ARSB is good, but so was peak Landry! Landry even had a few good YPT years too.
I think they'll be okay if the NFL can shake this malaise. BTW -- you are basically drawing dead in your Lloyd bet.
Yeah I'm aware. You're basically drawing to a 3 outer in the Diggs bet haha