Brad Holmes has done a tremendous job doubling down on positions of need this offseason — bringing in outside talent while ensuring this roster has real optionality and depth:
Free Agency ➡️ NFL Draft
• Right Tackle: Larry Borom ➡️ Blake Miller
• Edge: D. J. Wonnum ➡️ Derrick Moore
• Inside-Outside CB: Roger McCreary ➡️ Keith Abney II
• Will LB/ST: Damone Clark ➡️ Jimmy Rolder
• Slot/Return: Greg Dortch ➡️ Kendrick Law
• Center: Cade Mays + Juice Scruggs
A younger, deeper, more durable — and far more competitive — roster than a year ago.
Eagles just drafted Miami OT Markel Bell.
You may know Markel Bell from being on the other end of this Derrick Moore rep from the Senior Bowl.
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The real legacy of this Seahawks Super Bowl is not Sam Darnold's career comeback, it's John Schneider's masterclass
- Traded Russell Wilson when he was viewed as a top 5 QB & nailed the picks (Devon Witherspoon, Charles Cross)
- Canned the HOF coach who won him a SB and hired a 36 year old Defensive HC (youngest in the league)
- Traded Geno Smith and DK Metcalf to sign Sam Darnold & pave the way for JSN to emerge as OPOY
- Hit on FA's Demarcus Lawerence & Cooper Kupp
- Nailed trades for Ernest, Jones, Leonard Williams and Rasheed Shaheed
not sure if this has made the rounds but this is the Trevor pick to end it. not sure i’m missing something but Parker is WIDE open. man oh man. that’s a TD for the Jags w 40 seconds left.
Teams that went All-In by trading multiple 1st-round picks …
Colts: Lost their final 7 games to finish 8-9. Missed the playoffs.
Packers: Lost their final 5 games to finish 9-8-1. Blew 21-3 lead in the playoffs.
The PR boost in real time was fun at least. Cautionary tale.
“Jared Goff needs everything to be perfect to have any shot at success.”
Jared Goff after:
• His mastermind OC took a new job
• His new OC sucked & got fired mid year
• His OL was god awful
• His run game underperformed
• He lost his All-Pro safety blanket TE to injury
I keep hearing Jared Goff needs everything to be perfect to succeed.
Excuse me, but things were pretty freaking far from perfect this year, and my guy has the 3rd best TD to INT ratio in the league. 33td, and 7 int.
Clueless critics. #OnePride
Lions offense last year: First in points for, 2nd in total yards
Lions offense this year: First in points for, third in total yards
You’re watching film of a team with a backup LT, an LG playing hurt, a 3rd string C playing his second game, and rookie RG
Not a play call thing
Jared Goff remains third in the NFL in passer rating at 107.0, trailing only Matthew Stafford and Drake Maye.
It’s the second-highest passer rating of his career (behind 2024), despite facing a 36.2% pressure rate — the second-highest of his career, behind only his 2016 rookie season.
Goff faced 12 quick pressures and the average time to pressure was 2.09 seconds. The Falcons have the best time to pressure in the league, which is 2.55 seconds. Yesterday was not a conducive environment for successful offense
When you decide to pay Jared Goff you know his limits and make a covenant with the football gods that you will protect the pocket
This same Goff had the Lions up at halftime of the NFC title. They’ve let him down more than he has let them down
#OnePride
• No Ben Johnson
• Mid-season change at OC
• Meh running game
• Bottom 10 OL
• Safety blanket TE out
• Gauntlet schedule & division
History repeating itself with QB scapegoating. How you come to the conclusion this guy is any sort of problem is hard for me to rationalize
That’s enough tonight. Lions offensive line would’ve struggled with the 2006 Lahser High School defense. And all I’m reading about is Goff and Ben Johnson. When the Lions started Evan Brown at guard and Decker turned his ankle - Ben Johnson got beat 29-0 by Baily Zappe.