Mike VanDerGoore

It’s all in the reflexes.

[Mike VanDerGoore @TheRealVandy17]

@MotorCityBanter This is GD beautiful 🥹

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@hiattb One of my favorite interviews with Ged and Al, ever. Well done, Brian!

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@AlBernstein @PBSportstalks @espn Games and ONLY games. It’s an absolute cesspool now. Incredibly sad.

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@TarantinoWorld Forester was a pro’s pro, and this scene may be his very finest. #Respect

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@Super70sSports Great console…but my god…the controllers 😫

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@RickRockwelll @NFL_DovKleiman Ben was better than Elway. Massive respect for John, but Ben was a much more prolific passer, relative to era or otherwise, than Elway was.

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@JLippsWatson23 @scarpizio Get out of here with your well-considered, reasonable opinions, Justin! 😊

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@Shively2John @footloose7777 @JVMonte2 Lapse is a B for me but DB is an all-timer. A+.

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@DavidMTodd I agree, DT. Their style of play rubs people the wrong way…but I think he’s, as MT would say, “painting the barn red”, due to not having a top flight QB. When we had the weapons, he presided over a pretty open / exciting offense.

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@KevG163 So true regarding underrated. Team was 5 points from having an undefeated season. First in scoring offense, 2nd in scoring defense. List goes on…

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@FarabaughFB Thielen also WIDE open, you mean…

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@bayekand @jacobcox55 @luke_mccown Sure, hindsight is palpable, here…but I honestly hated the decision to go before I knew what the outcome was. Love DC, and I largely support his aggressive nature, but I do think he could back off the gas to his and the Lions benefit sometimes…

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@ProfessorShine @jacobcox55 @luke_mccown I respect the data above, but for my money, I lean into “extend the game” / “make decisions that are most likely to keep pressure applied to opponent”…which is why the respective success rates of Go vs FG are likely driving my impulses, here…

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@ks_94 @jacobcox55 @luke_mccown This issue with DC, who I love and is a great coach, is that there isn’t more nuance in the 4th down decisions. They needed A score, there. Extend the game. Win prob tanks with a fail. Kick, and you’re very much in the game. The blanket “go” approach is my prob w/ it.

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@jacobcox55 @luke_mccown Here’s the problem with the “Well, yah, it should have been converted but the player didn’t execute” angle. Sometimes…players don’t execute. A FG was around a 93% make. The base make rate of that down & distance at that yd line was right around 50% 😐.

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@MarkMaddenX Blitzing has been a disaster this year. Our 6 man pressures are unimaginative and have been picked up with relative ease and have led to several chuck / splash plays. No thanks on this one…

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@DavidMTodd All points 100% spot on…

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@DavidMTodd Could listen to THIS Tom Brady all day. Fascinating insights…

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@mlombardiuncgm As always, excellent stuff, Michael.

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@zilboy7 @Mikehomeseller Amen across the board.