NFL: ***2022 NFL Season Thread***

[Mr Janny]

At least they don't appear to stink this year. We have had that same circumstance in some years where they were terrible.

Yeah, I can't complain too much this year. And as much as I dislike Dallas, I understand why they get top billing so often. Like them or not, they're consistently one of the best draws in the league. It's a business. You put your most popular products in the most visible position.

 

[Cyched]

Oof. Don't think Burrow is coming back in.

 

[ianoconnor]

Oof. Don't think Burrow is coming back in.

That looked BAD initially.

 

[3TrueFans]

Oof. Don't think Burrow is coming back in.

Aaaaaand he just threw a 70 yard TD pass.

 

[Cyched]

Aaaaaand he just threw a 70 yard TD pass.

That's good he got cleared. It looked pretty nasty when he hit his head on the turf.

 

[Rural]

This slate of games is...........fugly.

 

[JP4CY]

45% of Detroit's salary isn't playing today for them.
(Trades, IR, injuries)

 

[BigJCy]

 

[cmjh10]

45% of Detroit's salary isn't playing today for them.
(Trades, IR, injuries)

How much of that is Stanford?

 

[JP4CY]

How much of that is Stanford?

I caught the article in USA TODAY.
No team pays more to players who are no longer on the roster than the Lions, a function of the regime and scheme changes. Detroit is paying over $57 million in dead cap money to the likes of Matthew Stafford ($19 million), Justin Coleman ($6.1 million), Jamie Collins ($5.53 million) and others.

Add the dead cap money and the funds tied up in players on injured reserve and the Lions have devoted $89.8 million to guys who cannot contribute in Week 5. That’s over 45 percent of their cap spending on players who will not be suited up on Sunday — and that’s if Flowers plays. If he’s out, the figure jumps well over 55 percent.

 

[jdoggivjc]

OMG, Vikings, how are you going to allow the Lions to do that to you?

 

[CloneGuy8]

Rough day for Crosby

 

[JHUNSY]

Omg. Rough one for Mason today. Yikes.

 

[JP4CY]

This GB Cincy game is nuts

 

[jdoggivjc]

And the Lions go and do Lions things at the end of the game - lol

 

[Cyched]

Hope it's a one-off type game for Crosby. Tough day.

 

[JP4CY]

The Lions have actually played hard under that new HC.

 

[Cyched]

Where in the world was Burrow going with that pass? I'll allow it.

 

[jdoggivjc]

Nice job Burrow, hitting the Packers' defender in stride.

 

[jdoggivjc]

The Lions have actually played hard under that new HC.

I'm not denying that - they're just terrible. This is the kind of team that Stafford had been playing for the last several years.