the detroit lions are a fluke

k13 · 10-16-11, 10:01 PM

Not a fluke just lost to a better team.

boneheaded1 · 10-16-11, 10:03 PM

No, not a fluke. The Niners are VASTLY improved and will win the west. They will be the team no one wants to play in the playoffs (along with the Lions).

Pettigrew dropped more than a handful of passes, Lions are a good team.

onlooker · 10-16-11, 10:04 PM

Mr KLC · 10-16-11, 10:05 PM

Might see these 2 teams again in the playoffs. Can't wait to see the handshake at the end of that one.

boneheaded1 · 10-16-11, 10:15 PM

Good one KLC. Schwartz has a legit beef though. It wasn't the hard shake that pissed him off it was the pushing in the back to move him along that pissed him off. In the replay you can even read his lips, "WTF!"

zsr · 10-16-11, 10:16 PM

49ers are this years chiefs. They'll breeze to a division title and get fukin rolled in the playoffs.

daimoshokage · 10-16-11, 10:24 PM

Yes they are!

Producer2627 · 10-16-11, 11:17 PM

Nah niners will surprise everyone I bet they will win their first playoff game and even possibly play the packers in the NFC championship.. I will copy this and past this when december comes around too.

d2bets · 10-16-11, 11:21 PM

I think they'll go .500 best from here out and win 10 games, tops.

rthoughton · 10-16-11, 11:21 PM

How many teams with winning records have te lions beaten en route to 5-0?

rthoughton · 10-16-11, 11:29 PM

1. The shitty bucs in wk1, who beat the colts and vikes and lost by 45 at SF.

testertips · 10-16-11, 11:29 PM

more like the 49ers are real

Sunde91 · 10-16-11, 11:35 PM

The crash has just begun. You saw how rattled Calvin and Stafford were at the end of the game, like in shell shock. This team doesn't know how to lose and they won't know how to respond when it gets worse

6-7 losses left on their schedule and no playoffs

ATL, @DEN, @CHI, CAR, GB, @NO, MINN, @OAK, SD, @GB

Inkwell77 · 10-16-11, 11:41 PM

Bills exposed. Now Lions exposed. In NFC look for teams like Dallas, Philly, Chicago, and Atlanta to have strong showings from here out.
Atlanta will beat the Lions next week.

Djstucky · 10-16-11, 11:46 PM

Originally posted by Producer2627

Nah niners will surprise everyone I bet they will win their first playoff game and even possibly play the packers in the NFC championship.. I will copy this and past this when december comes around too.

You realize alex smith is the qb right???

zsr · 10-16-11, 11:53 PM

Originally posted by Djstucky

You realize alex smith is the qb right???

They really just need him to manage games, gore is a beast and they can stop the run. Almost the same formula the jets used in the playoffs but obviously the niners are without revis.

onlooker · 10-16-11, 11:57 PM

Lose one game, and your done.

Good thing for the Lions, most stuff uttered on SBR is complete bullsh!t.

4TH AND STUPID · 10-17-11, 04:54 AM

Originally posted by onlooker

Lose one game, and your done.

Good thing for the Lions, most stuff uttered on SBR is complete bullsh!t.

the same morons said philly was done, are saying buffalo is done, probably think new orleans is done, thought pittsburgh was done, thought san diego would get off to a slow start, thought cutler was done, and thought kolb was better than vick.

Brutus84 · 10-17-11, 07:52 AM

Originally posted by Inkwell77

Bills exposed. Now Lions exposed. In NFC look for teams like Dallas, Philly, Chicago, and Atlanta to have strong showings from here out.
Atlanta will beat the Lions next week.

Well I guess every team in the NFL but GB has been exposed. Not to mention if Detroit stops them on 4th down they basically win the game. Shit happens.

jjgold · 10-17-11, 08:06 AM

were in good position to win again'

Last play of game

SF is tough

vinny89121 · 10-24-11, 02:45 AM

supposedly they were in good position to win yesterday. they were 4.5 pt favorites. they lost

vinny89121 · 10-24-11, 02:46 AM

outright

Speedy88 · 10-24-11, 02:58 AM

They are as good as their record shows for them right now. When they were 5-0, they were overrated. I think after 7 games, they are a 5-2 team. Their main flaw is they have no run game. Imagine how much better Megatron would be with a running game. Defense would actually have to play honest.

paranoyd androyd · 10-24-11, 03:19 AM

they'll be fine once they get best back

vinny89121 · 10-24-11, 03:28 AM

u guys are crazy. they dont make the playoffs. they suk

d2bets · 10-24-11, 08:35 AM

9 wins

hubie69 · 10-24-11, 08:39 AM

Hmm, so 5-2 means they're terrible? The lions arent great, but they'll squeek into a wildcard spot

FlipK11 · 10-24-11, 09:23 AM

Yeah, im thinking they'll make wild card at best..they seem to be the "come out stronger than ever, then flop" team this year.

d2bets · 10-24-11, 09:47 AM

Originally posted by hubie69

Hmm, so 5-2 means they're terrible? The lions arent great, but they'll squeek into a wildcard spot

Pretty iffy. I wouldn't bet on it at even. I think they get 9 wins but it'll take 10 for the playoffs. Big step forward this year but not quite ready to make playoffs.

str · 10-24-11, 09:55 AM

They are, who we thought they were.

pavyracer · 10-24-11, 10:14 AM

Originally posted by hubie69

Hmm, so 5-2 means they're terrible? The lions arent great, but they'll squeek into a wildcard spot

They have to make 11 wins to squeeze to wildcard since they will be losing the tie-breaker with Atlanta.

Atlanta should beat Indianapolis, Tennessee, Minnesota, Jacksonville and Tampa. That will bring them to 9 wins. Then they only need to beat Saints once or beat Panthers and Texans on the road. So they will be 10-6 at least.

d2bets · 10-24-11, 11:20 AM

Originally posted by pavyracer

They have to make 11 wins to squeeze to wildcard since they will be losing the tie-breaker with Atlanta.

Atlanta should beat Indianapolis, Tennessee, Minnesota, Jacksonville and Tampa. That will bring them to 9 wins. Then they only need to beat Saints once or beat Panthers and Texans on the road. So they will be 10-6 at least.

Actually that's not necessarily true. Not if they end in a 3-way tie, for example with Chicago and Detroit. Let's say Atlanta, Chicago and Detroit all tie at 10 wins for the best wild card records. Atlanta beat Detroit. Chicago beat Atlanta. Detroit beat Chicago (let's say for argument's sake Det beats Chi again). Yes, Atlanta beat Detroit, but they lost to Chicago. So then it's Atl and Chi, right? But no, Det beat Chi. So it's Atl and Det? But wait, no, Chi beat Atl. I think then they have to go to conference record. So it is actually possible for Det to get in over Atl even if they are tied (if Det has a better conf record), under this scenario. I think.

hubie69 · 10-24-11, 11:29 AM

Lions for wildcard I think pretty close to 50/50 or better. Granted, they have a very tough schedule down the stretch.

d2bets · 10-24-11, 11:40 AM

Yeah I'm looking at an updated site on odds and they have Det at 80% (12% division hah!, 68% wildcard), Atl at 36% (25% wilcard, 11% division) and Chi at 45% (all wildcard). I would bet against Det at those odds large. I would agree Det is a 50/50 deal (at best IMO) to make the playoffs from here, but my guess is that it'll be Atl and Chi.