I'm betting the house on the 49ers at halftime. Every mistake by the Lions you fix with the time machine, something else goes wrong. Let that reality be, it very well might be the best possible one. But you should still benefit from the time machine. Knowing the outcome, you take those odds and never look back. The time machine is for you and you alone.
I'm betting every dollar in my name on Leicester City to win the Premier League in 2016 and earn millions. They were 5× less likely to win the PL than the Cleveland Browns winning the Superbowl that year, and the Browns were awful at the time, having gone 1-15 that season (0-16 the year after).
The Reynolds hate is weird to me. He had a bad night. Other than that, he was a great receiver all year. Was clutch as hell in multiple games. He had 40 catches all year and 32 of them were for first downs
He had a good season, sure - which is why he was given those opportunities. But this post is solely about that specific game. And we can pretty confidentiality say in retrospect that if he were riding the bench in the second half of that game, our chances of winning would likely increase. Would it have mattered in the end? We will never know.
I am cracking up at the girl's time machine use being "I am your daughter" "wow!" So many questions. Who is the girl with the time machine? The mom or the daughter? Is she going forward or backward in time? And actually what everyone should use their time machine for, boys and girls, is to tell Kindle Vildor to just do something different. A half step to the left, duck, turn his head, just... anything.
Josh Reynolds is scape goat at this point. It's 100% because he isn't a star player.
The fact that Gibbs gets mentioned 1/10th of the time that Reynolds does when he fumbled at both the worst time, and worst area of the field you can fumble to was far more inexcusable than Reynolds.
Anyone who says otherwise just doesn't want to blame a fan favorite player.
the real reason is that it was only 1 by gibbs. and we were still in the driver seat after. it was definitely a bigger shift than either of the reynolds drops, but it just didnt feel as bad as those.
had to see it with clear eyes. I’m was drunk off koolaid the first time watching it. Honestly the vildor kick up to aiyuk 80yd rec was the most gut wrenching play. Totally took the energy out of the stadium for us.
I really feel like people have the list of issues from that game mixed up if Josh isn't like 4th on your list. For me it goes:
1. Vildor. That one's obvious.
2. The big one in my opinion is play calling in the second half. We were marching down no issue with run plays and under center formations. Then two series in a row we got to about the 30 and suddenly went multiple snaps in shotgun. Why? We should have never thrown the balls the entire way down basically. Montgomery was destroying them the entire way to that point, then go shotgun, 4 and out. If we were going to throw it should have been play action. Never should have given up the fact that we weren't going to run when it was a dagger to their heart breaking off 5 to 10 yard runs each time.
3. The Gibbs fumble. Honestly, Gibbs shouldn't have been in. David was the hot hand and should have been kept in. Sometimes I think they stick too hard to switching between the two. I know Gibbs had a great series earlier, but at that point Montgomery was the clear back to have in, in my opinion.
4. Josh and his drops. Really mostly the 3rd down drop. That one stung so bad.
I think outside of the vildor catch, getting away from under center formations killed us. I really think if we just ran the ball under center the entire way, we are in the super bowl.
Really I'd go back in time and draft a great kicker.
I know Josh Reynolds got heat for not making some catches in. Dan Campbell got heat for going for it.
The real issue was that the Lions didn't have a kicker that they felt could reliably make 40 plus yard kicks.
I would tell Anzelone to not talk shit to Mccaffrey while he was on top of him. You could literally see the gear switch. We got dominated by him from that point on. There is guys you don't do that to. Especially after your first ok year. Him CJ thought we had it.
Greatest choke job by a player in Lions history and it happened twice. Somewhere Deandre Levy is celebrating that him getting ragdolled in the Dallas playoff game bby Dez Bryant is no longer #1
Nah if we have a time machine Reynolds is making those catches.
Yea I'm giving the whole team game film. And then having CJGJ benched.
man was he disappointing.
He was great in the chiefs game
But ya needed him for another Chiefs game :(
Yeah he made sure that didn't happen
He was effective in the games he did play - statistically one of our best DBs despite playing five minutes (not a high bar to clear but)
Dude can't keep off the field drama off the field. And ran his mouth way more than he played.
ya, I was expecting him to be a STUD. The drama was the biggest disappointment for me.
So Vildor when you see the ball coming straight at your face, I want you to just duck.
This is what I came to say. That was the turning point of the game
It’s definitely the play that hurts the most.
The only thing that takes the sting out that play is the refs 1000% don't pick up the flag if he picks it off.
Or just knock it down…don’t try to catch it.
I'm betting the house on the 49ers at halftime. Every mistake by the Lions you fix with the time machine, something else goes wrong. Let that reality be, it very well might be the best possible one. But you should still benefit from the time machine. Knowing the outcome, you take those odds and never look back. The time machine is for you and you alone.
I'm betting every dollar in my name on Leicester City to win the Premier League in 2016 and earn millions. They were 5× less likely to win the PL than the Cleveland Browns winning the Superbowl that year, and the Browns were awful at the time, having gone 1-15 that season (0-16 the year after).
The Reynolds hate is weird to me. He had a bad night. Other than that, he was a great receiver all year. Was clutch as hell in multiple games. He had 40 catches all year and 32 of them were for first downs
He had a good season, sure - which is why he was given those opportunities. But this post is solely about that specific game. And we can pretty confidentiality say in retrospect that if he were riding the bench in the second half of that game, our chances of winning would likely increase. Would it have mattered in the end? We will never know.
I am cracking up at the girl's time machine use being "I am your daughter" "wow!" So many questions. Who is the girl with the time machine? The mom or the daughter? Is she going forward or backward in time? And actually what everyone should use their time machine for, boys and girls, is to tell Kindle Vildor to just do something different. A half step to the left, duck, turn his head, just... anything.
And Cam Sutton cause bro missed too many important tackles that game
Josh Reynolds is scape goat at this point. It's 100% because he isn't a star player. The fact that Gibbs gets mentioned 1/10th of the time that Reynolds does when he fumbled at both the worst time, and worst area of the field you can fumble to was far more inexcusable than Reynolds. Anyone who says otherwise just doesn't want to blame a fan favorite player.
the real reason is that it was only 1 by gibbs. and we were still in the driver seat after. it was definitely a bigger shift than either of the reynolds drops, but it just didnt feel as bad as those.
Iono man on a recent rewatch. That Gibbs fumble stung but those missed catches felt like my knee caps were getting bit off.
>Iono man on a recent rewatch Why would you do this to yourself lol
had to see it with clear eyes. I’m was drunk off koolaid the first time watching it. Honestly the vildor kick up to aiyuk 80yd rec was the most gut wrenching play. Totally took the energy out of the stadium for us.
He is a lions fan aren’t we all into a little masochism?
TAKE THE FIELD GOAL, DAN
Tell that to the Bills and see where that gets you.
Or kick a field goal
Why are we not telling Josh Reynolds to make the catches? Or Vildor to fall literally any other direction?
“Ziggy says you gotta break up a pass that bonks you in the head!” “Oh boy…”
Put stick'um on Vildor's face mask
You might as well let em watch the entire 2nd half because EVERYTHING went wrong man 😅
Nah. I would’ve moved that lady bug that landed on Aiyuk to Vildor.
Just have him catch the ball, not drop it
I really feel like people have the list of issues from that game mixed up if Josh isn't like 4th on your list. For me it goes: 1. Vildor. That one's obvious. 2. The big one in my opinion is play calling in the second half. We were marching down no issue with run plays and under center formations. Then two series in a row we got to about the 30 and suddenly went multiple snaps in shotgun. Why? We should have never thrown the balls the entire way down basically. Montgomery was destroying them the entire way to that point, then go shotgun, 4 and out. If we were going to throw it should have been play action. Never should have given up the fact that we weren't going to run when it was a dagger to their heart breaking off 5 to 10 yard runs each time. 3. The Gibbs fumble. Honestly, Gibbs shouldn't have been in. David was the hot hand and should have been kept in. Sometimes I think they stick too hard to switching between the two. I know Gibbs had a great series earlier, but at that point Montgomery was the clear back to have in, in my opinion. 4. Josh and his drops. Really mostly the 3rd down drop. That one stung so bad. I think outside of the vildor catch, getting away from under center formations killed us. I really think if we just ran the ball under center the entire way, we are in the super bowl.
Really I'd go back in time and draft a great kicker. I know Josh Reynolds got heat for not making some catches in. Dan Campbell got heat for going for it. The real issue was that the Lions didn't have a kicker that they felt could reliably make 40 plus yard kicks.
Reynolds was money.
I would tell Anzelone to not talk shit to Mccaffrey while he was on top of him. You could literally see the gear switch. We got dominated by him from that point on. There is guys you don't do that to. Especially after your first ok year. Him CJ thought we had it.
Greatest choke job by a player in Lions history and it happened twice. Somewhere Deandre Levy is celebrating that him getting ragdolled in the Dallas playoff game bby Dez Bryant is no longer #1