Celebration thread - Lions are cute with how hard they tried

[den-the-coach]

Detroit has some nice players. D’Andre Swift is a serious 1A running back.

I hadn’t seen much of him prior to this game.

Well, when running against the likes of Troy Reeder he's a 1 double A running back.

 

[NJRamsFan]

View: https://twitter.com/sethwalder/status/1452487221924306947?s=21

So let me start this by saying I’m a huge fan of Lewis, he seems to make something happen more often than not he always flashes while on the field.

That being said this surprised me and I was wondering if this was skewed by attempts I.e it’s easier to have a high % with less attempts. (1 attempt + 1 sack = 100% win rate). The more I dug I don’t know how accurate the info is….below are the grades for 80% of pass rush attempts

Didn’t see Lewis so I lowered it to 50% of pass rush attempts

Again didn’t see Lewis so I lowered it to 20% and still didn’t see him.

In all fairness, these grades don’t include the Lions game so I suppose that game alone COULD have vaulted him if he had a lot of non penalized pass rushing attempts and won nearly all of them but that would be surprising to me and would likely only be able to move him up in the 20% category which is exciting for his future but kinda miss-leading as well.

I’ll be interested to see if that’s the case when the grades are available to include this week.

 

[den-the-coach]

Sunday Ticket didn't even start the Rams-Lions broadcast until the game was already 7-0, so at least you missed out on that annoyance.


View: https://twitter.com/JonnyLaughtrax/status/1452367087566004224/photo/1

For some reason direct TV was acting like they were waiting on a game to finish, but in this case, they should not have been waiting because as soon as the Atlanta game ended, which was bonus coverage in other areas the game came on.

 

[1maGoh]

So let me start this by saying I’m a huge fan of Lewis, he seems to make something happen more often than not he always flashes while on the field.

That being said this surprised me and I was wondering if this was skewed by attempts I.e it’s easier to have a high % with less attempts. (1 attempt + 1 sack = 100% win rate). The more I dug I don’t know how accurate the info is….below are the grades for 80% of pass rush attempts
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Didn’t see Lewis so I lowered it to 50% of pass rush attempts
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Again didn’t see Lewis so I lowered it to 20% and still didn’t see him.
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In all fairness, these grades don’t include the Lions game so I suppose that game alone COULD have vaulted him if he had a lot of non penalized pass rushing attempts and won nearly all of them but that would be surprising to me and would likely only be able to move him up in the 20% category which is exciting for his future but kinda miss-leading as well.

I’ll be interested to see if that’s the case when the grades are available to include this week.

The list was for edge players only. It doesn't look like you have your list filtered that way.

 

[shovelpass]

So let me start this by saying I’m a huge fan of Lewis, he seems to make something happen more often than not he always flashes while on the field.

That being said this surprised me and I was wondering if this was skewed by attempts I.e it’s easier to have a high % with less attempts. (1 attempt + 1 sack = 100% win rate). The more I dug I don’t know how accurate the info is….below are the grades for 80% of pass rush attempts
View attachment 49209

Didn’t see Lewis so I lowered it to 50% of pass rush attempts
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Again didn’t see Lewis so I lowered it to 20% and still didn’t see him.
View attachment 49211

In all fairness, these grades don’t include the Lions game so I suppose that game alone COULD have vaulted him if he had a lot of non penalized pass rushing attempts and won nearly all of them but that would be surprising to me and would likely only be able to move him up in the 20% category which is exciting for his future but kinda miss-leading as well.

I’ll be interested to see if that’s the case when the grades are available to include this week.

The tweet says "in week 7"

 

[NJRamsFan]

The tweet says "in week 7"

Whoops my mistake!

 

[Classic Rams]

Right with you Classic! Great day! What blows my mind is the fact the Whiners are still rated pretty high in the Power Rankings by what must be some acid tripping Haight-Ashbury knuckleheads. They should be joining the basement dwellers after this loss. I saw more fight and heart from the Lions! Power Ranking Pundits, please rank the Whiners accordingly.

Funny I see it now but this was meant for the SNF thread. My observation was spot-on but my thread awareness was lacking.

For some reason direct TV was acting like they were waiting on a game to finish, but in this case, they should not have been waiting because as soon as the Atlanta game ended, which was bonus coverage in other areas the game came on.

The game coverage was messed up on a few streams for me. I got on 1 stream and they were showing the end of the NE-NYJ game. Was I on the right channel? I did click on Rams-Lions.

So I quickly jumped to other streams. One had some kind of NFL holding pattern used before game start. Third attempt got me to 1st and 10 Lions so I missed the kickoff but caught the first play.

 

[den-the-coach]

So I quickly jumped to other streams. One had some kind of NFL holding pattern used before game start. Third attempt got me to 1st and 10 Lions so I missed the kickoff but caught the first play.

From what I gather anyone using the Direct TV feed, did not get the game until the Lions kicked off after the Swift TD...I was watching it at home with that feed and another friend of mine was at a bar in North Carolina and we just saw the logos until the other games ended. Very odd.

 

[Rams8821]

A game like this last year vs NYJ, we lose. Same type of game this year; but with Stafford we win. Detroit will win some ballgames.

 

[ottoman89]

Might I add that we need to trade for a S or CB badly.

 

[RamDino]

Yeeeeaaaah....

I'm thinking that one probably won't stick.

How about Megatron light? See what I did there? lol

 

[tklongball]

Just curious but do you think if we start out down that much to say TB12 and Tampa or Rodgers or even Baltimore or the Bills in the Super Bowl it'll be ok? Have to start out better imo

My point was speaking to the fan's expectations of a blow out vs the reality of the Lions players making this their Superbowl. I didn't see the opening drive due to DirecTV not airing it, so I can't really speak to that, but other than what looks like 1 big play in that drive, our D gave up 4 FGs (Take out the 2 converted fake punts and they would have given up 2 FGs). The O didn't get a chance until they were down 10, and I think the game felt a lot worse than it was. I will give you the special teams were terrible, and if they continue to play like that, will likely cost us a game or two down the road.

As far as your question about being down 10 points to Tampa or GB. Obviously would prefer not to be down by 10 to anybody in the Superbowl, but I would not be nearly as worried as in the past. This team is different. That first quarter could have felt a lot like the jets game last year. To me it didn't. It felt like a desperate team going all out and having the bounces go their way. I was very confident we would win that game even at the end of the first quarter.

I am a big believer in how much expectations shape our individual reality. I understand why fans who expected a blow out can come away from a game like that, disappointed. Because you walk away feeling like they underperformed. But, the reality is that early on, every bounce was going their way, and the Rams weathered the storm and won by two scores. To me, how they reacted vs. the reality of how that game played out is more important then how they played vs. my imagined expectations going into the game.

 

[Psycho_X]

My point was speaking to the fan's expectations of a blow out vs the reality of the Lions players making this their Superbowl. I didn't see the opening drive due to DirecTV not airing it, so I can't really speak to that, but other than what looks like 1 big play in that drive, our D gave up 4 FGs (Take out the 2 converted fake punts and they would have given up 2 FGs). The O didn't get a chance until they were down 10, and I think the game felt a lot worse than it was. I will give you the special teams were terrible, and if they continue to play like that, will likely cost us a game or two down the road.

As far as your question about being down 10 points to Tampa or GB. Obviously would prefer not to be down by 10 to anybody in the Superbowl, but I would not be nearly as worried as in the past. This team is different. That first quarter could have felt a lot like the jets game last year. To me it didn't. It felt like a desperate team going all out and having the bounces go their way. I was very confident we would win that game even at the end of the first quarter.

I am a big believer in how much expectations shape our individual reality. I understand why fans who expected a blow out can come away from a game like that, disappointed. Because you walk away feeling like they underperformed. But, the reality is that early on, every bounce was going their way, and the Rams weathered the storm and won by two scores. To me, how they reacted vs. the reality of how that game played out is more important then how they played vs. my imagined expectations going into the game.

I expected a blow out but am perfectly fine with the win. I also felt very comfortable that we would still win at every point during the game. Now, I was as pissed as can be after that third fake kick got converted... but after I calmed down a few minutes later I was good. This offense will get their points and more often than not Aaron Donald and Jalen Ramsey will make a play... sometimes together.

 

[Psycho_X]

But seriously, this gif characterizes the Rams going into the 4th quarter perfectly I think.

 

[Mojo Ram]

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I love this and posted quite a bit after the trade that this is an area where Stafford would be much better than Goff, particularly 3rd & long.

I do have a gripe over McV's playcalling on 3rd & medium though. Too much low % stuff. Just get the 5 yards.

 

[Ballhawk]

How about Megatron light? See what I did there? lol

How about the Megatron Blonde instead?

 

[snackdaddy]

Well, the Dodgers lost so that sucks. But the Rams won and the 49ers lost. So that's two outta three this weekend.

 

[OldSchool]

It's pretty comical over on the nfl sub in reddit. Penny Sewell is a great player and guy for standing up to AD and AD is a punk bitch on and off the field cause he gets irritated with how much crap he takes during each game


View: https://old.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/qff7eb/penei_sewell_doesnt_back_down_from_aaron_donald/

 

[shovelpass]

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They're also 3rd in the league in conversion percentage (47.5%). Highest in the McVay era. It must be working

They actually played it fairly conservative this game. Could be because they were down early, could be a change.
3rd down passing attempts:

• 3rd & 3 at DET 26​

  (4:41 - 1st) (Shotgun) M.Stafford pass short left to C.Kupp pushed ob at DET 21 for 5 yards (J.Jacobs).

• 3rd & 4 at DET 15​

  (3:04 - 1st) (No Huddle, Shotgun) M.Stafford pass incomplete short right to D.Henderson.

• 3rd & 5 at LAR 21​

  (12:48 - 2nd) (Shotgun) M.Stafford pass incomplete deep left to V.Jefferson (J.Jacobs). PENALTY on DET-J.Jacobs, Defensive Pass Interference, 32 yards, enforced at LA 21 - No Play.

• 3rd & 7 at DET 11​

  (8:36 - 2nd) Van Jefferson Pass From Matthew Stafford for 11 Yrds M.Gay extra point is GOOD, Center-M.Orzech, Holder-J.Hekker.

• 3rd & 6 at DET 43​

  (4:58 - 2nd) (Shotgun) M.Stafford pass short right to R.Woods ran ob at DET 21 for 22 yards (A.Oruwariye).

• 3rd & 4 at DET 15​

  (2:33 - 2nd) (Shotgun) M.Stafford pass short left to R.Woods to DET 11 for 4 yards (J.Jacobs; J.Reeves-Maybin).

• 3rd & 1 at DET 2​

  (1:23 - 2nd) Cooper Kupp Pass From Matthew Stafford for 2 Yrds M.Gay extra point is GOOD, Center-M.Orzech, Holder-J.Hekker.

• 3rd & 9 at LAR 20​

  (14:26 - 3rd) (Shotgun) M.Stafford pass incomplete short middle to D.Jackson [J.Okwara]. PENALTY on DET-J.Okwara, Defensive Offside, 5 yards, enforced at LA 20 - No Play.

• 3rd & 4 at LAR 25​

  (14:21 - 3rd) (Shotgun) M.Stafford pass short right to R.Woods to LA 32 for 7 yards (J.Reeves-Maybin).

• 3rd & 12 at LAR 22​

  (0:00 - 3rd) (No Huddle, Shotgun) M.Stafford pass deep left to C.Kupp pushed ob at DET 19 for 59 yards (T.Walker).

• 3rd & 10 at DET 19​

  (14:50 - 4th) (No Huddle, Shotgun) M.Stafford pass short middle to T.Higbee to DET 5 for 14 yards (W.Harris).

• 3rd & 1 at LAR 32​

  (3:36 - 4th) (Shotgun) M.Stafford pass short left to R.Woods to 50 for 18 yards (J.Jacobs).

 

[badnews]

It's pretty comical over on the nfl sub in reddit. Penny Sewell is a great player and guy for standing up to AD and AD is a punk bitch on and off the field cause he gets irritated with how much crap he takes during each game


View: https://old.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/qff7eb/penei_sewell_doesnt_back_down_from_aaron_donald/

The hate on Donald by the fans of the teams he has butchered is pretty hilarious....
but it's also kind of sad.

So now Donald is a bi***? #99 is a huge d-bag? And this is from fans outside our division?? Jesus. Heavy is the head that wears the crown I guess...