2018 Merry post-win
Detroit Lions T-Shirt Monday, everyone!Mondays are already awesome, but Mondays after a win are even better. So, what did y’all think of the game? I know it wasn’t perfect, the first game of the season never is, especially with a new OC and QB coming aboard, but I thought it was a pretty good overall performance by the purple & gold.Offense: The O line held up pretty well, and Cousins put up a solid performance; not spectacular, but solid, and free of major mistakes (except for the head-first slide, don’t do that again until the last day of the fully guaranteed contract, mmmmkayyyyyy?). I like how Cousins plays, I’ll never like the contract, but I like how he plays, and I feel much more confident I think you’ll see the offense improve as the season goes on, but for it being game one, I was satisfied with the offense’s performance yesterday.Defense: We’ve come to expect dominance, and although you probably wouldn’t categorize yesterday’s defensive performance as dominant, they played a solid game. One flaw that stood out was that they allowed guys to get wide open behind the secondary a lot more often than they should have. I’m not sure what the cause was, but I’m guessing Zimmer and Co. will find out, if they haven’t already. The Vikings were lucky with that one drop, and Grape.....Garp........Grapapoo.......the 49ers QB missed more than one wide open receiver for what would have likely been a long TD. Other than that, the defense didn’t have any glaring deficiencies, and Harrison Smith showed why he’s considered one of the best at his position. Wow, what a game. Oh, and I know some questioned the FO taking Mike Hughes in the first. It doesn’t seem so bad now, does it? He didn’t play a perfect game, but he played much better than most fans expected him to play, I was very happy with his performance. Sendejo had a nice night, even against the pass. I’ll be the first to admit that I thought the FO was wrong when they gave him an extension a couple years back
Detroit Lions Hats , and I’ll be the first to admit that they were right & I was wrong, I’m happy to see him playing well.I’ll save the rest for the comments, but I’m happy with the team’s overall performance. Yes, I know there were mistakes, I’m not ignoring them, but I expect them to happen in the first game of the season. You expect mistakes in game one, especially in the current era where there are fewer practices in the preseason. I also expect to see fewer and fewer as the season progresses. SKOL!Around the DN since our last open thread:Saxyprince posted Climbing The Podcast: Episode 107 [It’s Time].Chris, ,Ted, Eric, Dan Persons, Lucas Ailport, and Skelly 10; who all write for the DN, started a new feature called The Norse Reporters. Check it out.Dan Persons has your post-game wrap-up.Ted was here with the Stock Market Report: 49ers.Lucas Ailport points out the studs from yesterday’s game. just_rob has a place to talk about the Bears-Packers game. He wrote this before the game, I can’t wait to check out the comments as the game progressed. Vikings news from other sources and news from around the league:Over at Vikings.com, you can catch Coach Zimmer’s post-game locker room speech, and see him again as he addressed the media after the game, see Kirk Cousins talk with the media after getting his first win (with many more to come) as a Viking, and there is a ton more to sift through in the media vault.Adrian Peterson passed Jim Brown, and moved to 10th on the NFL all-time rushing yards list, and he also scored his 100th career touchdown, per NBC Sports. Sorry, that link is the latest I could find when I posted this, I’ll try to update.From NFL.com, catch up on all of the scores and highlights from week one.We come to today’s media selection:Ahhhhh, this is my favorite DN tradition, and this is the first time this season we get to play it after a real game. Strike up the band!!Again, we all know the rules, but in case someone is new:No discussion of politics or religionNo feeding of the trollsThis isn’t a male version of The View, so leave the gender hatred at the doorKeep the bad language to a minimum (using the spoiler tags
Detroit Lions Hoodie , if you must)Speaking of which, if discussing a newer show or movie, please use spoiler tagsNo pictures that could get someone fired or in serious trouble with their employerIf you can’t disagree in a civil manner, feel free to go awayWhile navigating the open thread, just assume it’s sarcasmWith that, the beer light is on and the bar is open. Belly up and tie one on. Don’t forget to tip your waitress, and try the tiger meat The Detroit Lions shocked the NFL when they dealt veteran receiver Golden Tate to the Philadelphia Eagles on Tuesday. Detroit lost one of the most productive receivers the NFL has seen in recent memory in the deal and finding a replacement for him may not be easy.Tate had caught over 90 passes in each of his previous four seasons in the Motor City and was on pace to comfortably reach the mark again in 2018. The loss of the team’s most productive receiver creates a huge vacuum in the offense that someone will have to fill. “The biggest thing for me is just moving forward with what we got,”said Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford when asked about what the plan is going forward after the trade.Stafford has not had to play a game without his trusted slot receiver since Tate arrived in 2014. Every year Tate was in Detroit he accounted for around one-fourth of the Stafford’s total targets. Now the quarterback will have to find a way to distribute those targets elsewhere.“I got a bunch of confidence in those guys, and everyone in our locker room has a bunch of confidence in those guys,” Stafford said of the remaining receivers.One obvious replacement for Tate already in the locker room is wide receiver TJ Jones. The receiver was selected in the sixth round by the Lions in 2014 and has been bouncing back and forth between the fringes of the roster and having a real role in the offense. 2017 was his best year to date—catching 30 passes for 49 targets—but his role has been marginalized this season with the emergence of Kenny Golladay. Nearly halfway through the season, Jones has only been targeted by Stafford six times. He has caught three of those targets for 36 yards. Stafford thinks those numbers will be much higher in the second half of the season. “TJ is a savvy guy. He has got a lot of great feel. He’s a smart guy. He’s a good blocker,” Stafford said of his receiver, “[He] does everything you’d want.”“He and [Brandon Powell] give us a really good element inside,” he added. Rookie undrafted free agent Brandon Powell is another option for the Lions to replace Tate in the slot. The former Florida Gator was active for the first time in his NFL career last week against the Seahawks. While he did not catch a pass, it does show the coach’s increasing trust in the preseason standout.Both Jones and Powell have skill sets that make them ideal slot receivers. Neither are anywhere near the caliber of player Tate is, though, and it is hard to imagine that even their combined efforts will be enough to fully replace his production. Stafford realizes this, saying “I think everybody” is responsible for replacing Tate. “I don’t think it’s one man’s job to step in,” the quarterback added.This is not the first time Stafford has had to make up for the loss of his favorite target. In 2015, Calvin Johnson, arguably the most productive receiver in NFL history, retired suddenly at the age of 30. The receiver was still very much in his prime as he eclipsed 1,200 receiving yards in his final season. A combination of Tate, Jones, Marvin Jones Jr. and Anquan Boldin were responsible for making up the production at the time. Stafford does not think it will be any different this time around. “Losing Calvin, it wasn’t one person’s job to come in here and try and duplicate what he does,” Stafford said. “It’s just on everybody.”Detroit does not have much time to figure out how keep the offense afloat sans Tate. They play a pivotal match up against the Minnesota Vikings this week. At 3-4, another loss this early will put their season on life support. The quarterback is still confident going forward, though.“I still think we can be very successful in what we want to do.”
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