AZ54

Just a reminder of the names you didn't hear about during this game. If you watch the film I linked above you'll see how Darnell Wright made Bailey invisible in this game. https://www.nfl.com/news/david-bailey-jets-no-2-overall-pick-2026-nfl-draft

Film reviews....people are cranking this stuff out fast. Not that anyone here is asking about it but the bottom line: We hired the right HC from the Lions staff.

...and nobody misses this guy.

Someone would have to show me some data that there are more non-contact injuries. No way the Bears should be the underdog in this game.

Bagent was the better QB choice today. However I feel like he was on a leash. I expected more roll outs and even some read-option runs. How about a QB sneak at the goal line? Were they protecting him after the concussion? His arm strength opened things up more outside the numbers but he clearly does not throw with the anticipation we saw from Keenum. There's a decade of experience gap between them and just one way to close it. Hopefully getting a game of film to watch helps Bagent this week. Swift didn't have his burst this week so I think the injury issue is real. That's no excuse for the fumble. In hindsight I'm glad they pulled him from the game because that rest might help him play against the Packers because we don't know the status of Monangai. The deep pass we gave up (Stevenson) late in the game: Single high safety coverage there so it seems to me Thieneman should have been helping deep instead of pressing down on an intermediate in cut. While we can highlight the negatives on the defense this unit is very cohesive overall. No stars, a few big plays here and there but for the most part nothing was easy for the Jets. Detroit did not play nearly as well against the Jets offense last week. This is now 3 data points in a row so that makes a trend and I'm giving them their due.

With each passing week you can feel CB being our first round pick. That said we should take best available defensive player minus safety.

Yeah saw him pull up and not hit a player, he just let all his teammates make the tackle while he stood there and watched. Pure business decision and it will make Poles business decision this offseason even easier. He's done.

Braxton Jones just went on IR so he's out at least 4 weeks. The fact they waited so long to do that indicates to me that Ozzy is close to returning and they don't mind losing Braxton for at least 4 weeks. Otherwise why wouldn't you have put him on IR earlier in the week? It's not like his injury status changed between Wed and Sat but they did get to see Ozzy practice for 3 days in that same time. Marcus Davenport is activated from the practice squad for the game. It'll be interesting to see what he can bring to the pass rush. In pre-Halloween scary news Nick McCloud was also activated off the practice squad for this game.

That’s when stats match the eye test

I believe that photo is Kobe just before he is announced at the start of the game. Just guessing.

It’s a good stretch for us but Seattle should look different with Darnold and as a road game that is always tough. After the loss to Minn the GB game feels like a must-win for us or we fall too far behind in the division. Granted I think we’ll be playing better in the 2nd half of the season but they’ll also have Parsons back then too. Detroit is a better team than Green Bay.

Today Ben said Ozzy looked really good in practice. Then he immediately said he will not play against the Jets and that Theo will start. Seeing as they were willing to rotate Theo and Braxton at LT I expect they will do the same with Ozzy as he returns to the field. Maybe we’re a couple weeks out for that.

Ben said Kyler looked good today and is moving well. Just needs to stack days. It might be possible he plays limited snaps against GB.

I was curious about the Jets and watched the short highlight version of their game against Detroit. Geno mostly worked the underneath routes but he seems to like to throw to Garrett Wilson anywhere. Kenyon Sadiq is a legit threat in the redzone. Breece Hall is about as dangerous as they come at RB but he’ll be watching from the sideline. Along with starting LB Mauigoa, WR Adonai Mitchell, OG Dylan Parham, and TE Mason Taylor. Kenyon Sadiq is fighting a back injury all week so he might be limited in the game if he plays. On defense they will be better with the return of Minkah Fitzpatrick. Their safeties looked pretty bad against Detroit they will benefit from him keeping things lined up. Their Oline did not look good at all against Detroit and pressure seemed to come from everywhere, hence all the quick short passes. That combined with a few key pieces missing on their offense is why I expect Dennis Allen to continue to mix it up with pressure and rotational coverages. Also why I think we can get 5 sacks in this game. We’ll see if Geno has good eyes. One thing that is different and better this year on our defense is the DBs and LBs rallying to the ball. The last two games now we usually have 3 players closing fast keeping gains to a minimum. Thieneman is a big part of that but so is Bush and the CBs. If Geno relies too much on the short game I think we’ll contain it. On a side note: 2 years removed from Ben Johnson the Lions offense looked/felt different from what I see us running this season. I’m no analyst but it seemed like they were using less motion than we do and some of the play concepts felt different…or more like the rest of the NFL offenses. They still lit up the scoreboard.

There are so many new healing treatments that normal recovery timelines are being rewritten.