Dell, Collins and Schultz piss all over anything Russ has to work with in fairness,
They havenât got the run game going at all
And heâs only had 8 interceptions and theyâve not all been his error
Any fumbles?
Sutton, Juedy , Trautman - with a good QB would be more than enough.
Tho heâs no.1 TE has been injured alright⌠Forget the cunts name
Some more info here. Russ in the right here
https://x.com/schultz_report/status/1740121494343045508?s=46&t=bi9TPLB4aIa07RQv_xWOxQ
Thatâs mad. They signed him to a contractâŚ
Jeudy looks a bust in fairness, Trautman has never shown anything,
Dulcich looked to have potential last year but heâs been injured
Itâs a business decision, he wasnât Peytonâs guy anyway.
Any excuse to get rid Iâd say.
Wilson hasnât been any good since he cost Seattle Superbowl XLIX
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Thatâs a real mouthful
Why isnât it IL?
His god complex demanding the ball when Beast mode would have walked it in.
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Marshawn was at the peak of his powers then but Russell wanted to be the hero. He and the Seahwaks have been bang average or worse ever since. One of those seminal moments
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Posted on The Athletic 20 mims ago.
Some nuggets:
itâs hard not to view the story as fitting context around what will almost certainly go down as one of the worst trades in NFL history.
They wanted him badly enough to avoid the warning signs that his play was on a downward trajectory.
It was a massive price to pay, even before the Broncos plopped a five-year, $245 million contract extension in front of the then 33-year-old quarterback before he had ever thrown a pass in a Broncos uniform. The entire transaction has been a major flop â
The Broncos wanted everything Wilson had provided with the Seahawks badly enough to ignore â or at least rationalize â clear signs, pointed out for several years in Seattle by those who watched the quarterback closely, that he was play was diminishing. The issues that plagued Wilson during the back end of his career with the Seahawks, including a notable decline in mobility that has compromised his work in and out of the pocket, have been prominent in Denver. Wilson has posted the two worst seasons of his career while in Denver in terms of EPA (expected points added). His 84.4 passer rating in 2022 was the worst of his career and the 98.0 rating he has posted this season is his second-worst since 2017
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The article does also say its not all on Wilson and that Payton also has to take his share of the blame to Wilson not firing as well as he should.
But like @Big_Dan_Campbell says, it might be a team who takes a punt on a one year prove it deal that saves his career. I dont see him getting a big deal any other way.
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So what sort of cap hit are the broncos looking at with russ?
35 million next year but closer to 85 million in dead cap money if not there. Would double the previous record of 40 million the Falcons had got Matt Ryan when they sent him to the colts
https://x.com/spotrac/status/1740057975941914798?s=46&t=bi9TPLB4aIa07RQv_xWOxQ
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What an annoying cunt
Rodgers?
Nick Wright is a charlatan. An absolute spoofer of the highest order.
I wouldnât disagree with you but he is bang on here
Great piece on what Brad and Dan have built
Allen Park â The first obstacle was the biggest one. You can only kill a punchline if you acknowledge the joke, and offer an alternative reality.
Thatâs where this Lionsâ historic journey began three years ago, when Sheila Hamp did something the franchise rarely had done and admitted [âwe canât hide our past.â]And then Dan Campbell did something few coaches have ever done, colorfully, explicitly inviting skepticism â âWeâre gonna kick you in the teeth, and when you punch us back ⌠weâre going to get up, and on the way, weâre going to bite a kneecap off."
Head coach Dan Campbell has the Lions on top of the NFC North and potentially vying for a No. 1 seed in the conference. Daniel Mears, The Detroit News
Many delighted in mocking Campbellâs opening news conference on Jan. 21, 2021, but most missed the point. It wasnât about comical cannibalism, or even antagonism. It was about delivering a message so unique, so forceful, it stirred unprecedented attention. And then, bit by bit, bite by bite, it connected, especially in Detroit.
The Lions are division winners for the first time in 30 years, and the fascinating part is, it doesnât feel like an ending point. Or even a midway point. If they beat the Cowboys and Vikings, they could land the No. 2 seed in the NFC. With a 49ers loss, [they could get the No. 1 seed] Theyâre guaranteed their first playoff game in Ford Field, and it could be more.
Every step along the path created another level of belief, and if youâre wondering how the NFLâs most-forlorn franchise found its way, count the obstacles and how they were defeated. When you envision something before anyone else does, youâre not shocked when it appears.
âI and (GM) Brad (Holmes) both felt like we should be competing for the division in Year 3,â Campbell said after the Lions (11-4) clinched the North in Year 3 [with a 30-24 victory at Minnesota] âNo, Iâm not surprised where weâre at. ⌠And I just go back to this â What is it? Why? How? What? Itâs people, itâs people, itâs people.â
Itâs people. Itâs not âa person.â Thatâs the secret sauce to the Lionsâ success, if such a sauce exists.
It takes a village
Itâs not about a singular star. Itâs not about Barry Sanders or Calvin Johnson. Itâs not about Matthew Stafford, around whom the Lions spent 12 years futilely trying to build a championship team. One of Holmesâ first acts was to grant Staffordâs request and trade him to the Rams, and in that moment, the Lions forcibly, finally separated themselves from their past.
Think about it. The franchiseâs losing eras were defined by a person or two, fair or not. There were the Matt Millen years, the Wayne Fontes years, the Quinntricia years. There were the Barry years, the Calvin Years, the Stafford years, all wrapped by the Ford years. Ownership was fixated on names and faces, not people and plans. To her immense credit, Hamp changed that when she took over in 2020 and circled the word that had been missing all that time â [âCollaboration.â]
The failed formula â latch onto a star, or a style, or a coach, and hope itâs good enough â generally is unsustainable in football. Everything was done to support the face of the franchise, and that often meant drafting flashy receivers in the first round, or overpaying for fading veteran stars.
No one in management, or ownership, was bold enough or strong enough to create something entirely new, and Hamp changed that. She didnât hire an expensive, accomplished executive, but tabbed first-time GM Holmes, a smart guy from a winning organization. Responsibility was spread and shared. The new collaborative team included Chris Spielman, and they didnât seek out a big-name coach, but chose Campbell because they trusted his traits, and his passion.
Now, when you inspect the Lionsâ roster, where do your eyes go? Maybe to the revitalized quarterback, Jared Goff. Or the irrepressible receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown. Or the No. 2 overall pick, Aidan Hutchinson, or the impactful rookie Sam LaPorta, or one of two talented backs, David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs. Or perhaps the clever offensive coordinator, Ben Johnson.
There isnât a singular leader but there is a singular voice, the deep-Texas drawl of Campbell. On the TV graphics, itâs Mahomesâ Chiefs, or Dakâs Cowboys, or Lamarâs Ravens, or Hurtsâ Eagles. Or Staffordâs Rams. Itâs Campbellâs Lions, and the strength of the team is the very element the franchise lacked for about 60 years â the offensive line.
In the victorious visitorâs locker room Saturday, Campbell called up the OG linemen, Taylor Decker and Frank Ragnow, and the old guard shed tears together.
âItâs been a long f------ time coming and it feels f------ good,â Decker said. âAnd now everybody f------ respects us and everybody better f------ fear us.â
The Lionsâ depth of talent isnât necessarily fearsome, especially on defense. But again, itâs about the sum of the parts. Johnson talked Wednesday about his abundance of positional weapons, and how many volunteer for special-teams roles. Third-year safety Ifeatu Melifonwu has gone from an oft-injured forgotten guy to [a valuable piece] of the rebuilt secondary.
The Lions arenât a complete team, but there are very few complete teams in the NFL. When you donât rely on one or two stars, youâre less likely to be derailed by a singular injury. When you acquire Goff, tossed aside by the Rams, heâs on the same level as the other players, all starting over.
Stick to the plan
From 3-13-1, to a 1-6 start in 2022 and an 8-2 finish, to 11-4 now, the Lions stuck together because if anyone wanted to point a finger, who could they blame. Thereâs an egalitarian element to them that wasnât created by accident.
âBrad and I have had a plan from Day One and weâve stuck to that, and we didnât listen to what anybody else said,â Campbell said. âWe believed in what we believed in. It doesnât mean youâre getting the most talented players because if they donât mesh with everybody else, itâll blow the whole thing up. It doesnât mean youâre getting a bunch of choir boys, but the production and type of person we bring in, theyâve got to be equals.â
The way Campbell talks to the public is the way he talks to his team, adding authenticity to the sauce. St. Brown has as much reason as any Lion to obsess about numbers and accolades â heâs third in the league with 106 catches. Heâd rather talk about the selflessness of players who mostly arrived about the same time as he and Campbell.
The message hasnât wavered, although some fans surely wavered during that 0-10-1 start in 2021. But Campbell has an ability to describe a vision known only in the abstract around here.
After clinching the North, the Lions put out a highlight video that ended with a clip from a Sept. 1 team meeting, before this season began. In the video, Campbell asked players to face the wall and read aloud the franchise milestones â last playoff win, 1992; last division championship, 1993; last league championship, 1957.
Campbell then turned and spoke to his team.
âMen, we are in a unique position that weâre able to do something that not many teams are able to do â thatâs to build a legacy,â Campbell said. âThatâs what this is about ⌠the division, and our legacy starts now. Weâre gonna do something special, gentlemen, and we will never forget this season, ever.â
He uttered those words four months ago, and contemplated them three years ago. If you couldnât see the vision then â who could? â you canât miss it now.