19 minutes ago, Bacarty2 said:

Nah, If Hurts(big IF) pans out we should go get Will Anderson. 

The saints should be a top 10  pick + our mid 20 pick, might be enough juice to go get him at 3 or 4. Assuming Bryce and Stroud go 1 and 2. 

Lets say that Saints pick is #7 - 10. We could theoretically move up to grab Will Anderson and I wouldnt be mad at it at all. However a part of me wonders if we should use that pick and trade back with a team that will need a QB, and that position in the draft could be ideal. If we have to pay Hurts big money then we are going to need a lot of players on really cheap contracts to replace these 1 year contract players on defense and older vets. In this case 5 2nd round picks (just tossing that number out of my ass) might be better than Will Anderson.

47 minutes ago, UndyTaker said:

Hypothetical here...

So lets say Hurts establishes himself as the QB going forward and we no longer need to go after a QB in the draft. Would yall be willing to give up a 1st...probably the higher of the two...to the Panthers for Brian Burns? 

With what money?

5 minutes ago, RLC said:

With what money?

Well this is what im saying if youre willing to go up and grab Will Anderson that high in the draft, youre going to have to pay him Brian Burns type money anyways. So do you trade 2 1s and whatever else it takes to go up and get Will Anderson or just trade a 1 for Brian Burns?

If Hurts establishes himself as the QB going forward, then we need to use our significant draft capital to fix the DE position. It is the 2nd or 3rd most important position in football and we have largely shied away from taking big swings in fixing it.

Trade up for Anderson, or take two DEs with the first 3 picks.

Ted Nguyen at The Athletic is a good follow.  Interesting piece on the Lions run offense.  For those with subscriptions.  https://theathletic.com/3613162/2022/09/22/lions-offense-ben-johnson/?source=pulsenewsletter&campaign=5097678
 

For others, some tidbits from the article:

The popularity of the outside zone system that stems from Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay has led to more teams employing a Vic Fangio-style defense, which asks defensive linemen to play slower and take on a gap-and-a-half, rather than fly upfield and play only one gap. Theoretically, the defense can live in light boxes and invest more personnel in defending the pass as long as its front can slow down ball carriers long enough for the secondary to help. This works well against zone runs because offensive linemen move laterally, but the Lions like to run right into the teeth of defenses with authority. They want their offensive line, one of the best in the league, firing off vertically and punishing defenders.
 

 

Campbell has given first-year offensive coordinator Ben Johnson play-calling duties, and the Lions have truly been system-agnostic, taking bits and pieces from multiple systems. A lot of their passing game comes from McVay, not because it’s in vogue but because it’s what quarterback Jared Goff knows and has had success running. The Lions’ running game, however, is one of the most diverse attacks in the league. Based on my charting of their first two games, they’ve run:

• Trap. wham, long trap
• Duo, counter duo
• Counter, super counter, YY counter
• Inside zone
• Power
• Wind back
• Outside zone, zorro
• Toss crack
• Sweep
• G-lead

Their run game menu includes a variety of gap scheme runs (physical runs with down blocks and pullers). Many teams have traps and whams in their playbook, but the Lions use them as some of their base run plays. On the second snap of the season, they hit an "influence wham” play for a 50-yard gain.

 

1 hour ago, olsilverhair said:

morning crack head, 

Good morning you trailer park scum. You and hpenis have big date plans this weekend? 

1 hour ago, UndyTaker said:

Hypothetical here...

So lets say Hurts establishes himself as the QB going forward and we no longer need to go after a QB in the draft. Would yall be willing to give up a 1st...probably the higher of the two...to the Panthers for Brian Burns? 

What am I missing?  Why would the Panthers give Burns up?  They've already exercised his 5th year option, and have an owner with huge pockets.

52 minutes ago, Bacarty2 said:

I hate Draft Kings, and hate you guys, so no. 

Figures.  Backed out of another challenge.

2 hours ago, RLC said:

Not defending Amazon, but they offer lots of other good content/benefits too.

This is where it's going. Apple+ just bought the rights to the SB Halftime show & will try to get Sunday Ticket package.

What does that mean?  Is it saying you won't be able to watch the halftime show unless you have Apple + ?  If that's the case then great, I don't really watch it anyway. 

55 minutes ago, Bacarty2 said:

I hate Draft Kings, and hate you guys, so no. 

You hate a bunch of faceless, voiceless screennames? 

2 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

I just dont know how it is going to benefit people to drop cable once the day comes that they need to have 15 different streaming services to ensure they can see all of the different programming they want. 

I dropped cable about 2 years ago for youtube TV, and its been great. But if everything is going to fragment off to services like apple, hulu, amazon, etc over time then its going to end up becoming more expensive than cable, and less convenient when you always have to be changing apps on your TV.

Best thing will be if they dont get the number of people signing up that they want. Hopefully people show them viewership wont be the same as it is on a large network that is broadcast across multiple streaming services and cable companies simultaneously. 

I already have YTTV, Amazon, and Netflix. I am not interested in adding more. 

I have both Amazon Prime and Netflix, an I don't have to change from Amazon to Netflix.  Netflix is one of the choices within Amazon Prime.  It is just like changing the channel on your TV set.

54 minutes ago, D-Shiznit said:

If Hurts establishes himself as the QB going forward, then we need to use our significant draft capital to fix the DE position. It is the 2nd or 3rd most important position in football and we have largely shied away from taking big swings in fixing it.

Trade up for Anderson, or take two DEs with the first 3 picks.

Understand that the 'DE' we get will not be a traditional 4-3 guy.  They're gonna want to run their 5-man front more and more.

1 hour ago, Bacarty2 said:

I hate it because you cant switch channels. SOmetimes I get fuzzyiness. sometimes a little lag. nothing crazy, but impossible to flip to and from the PHillies. 

 

I have no problem switching from what I am streaming to a different channel on the TV.  I simply toggle back and forth using the INPUT button on mu TV controller.

8 minutes ago, mattwill said:

I have no problem switching from what I am streaming to a different channel on the TV.  I simply toggle back and forth using the INPUT button on mu TV controller.

Technology is hard

15 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

What am I missing?  Why would the Panthers give Burns up?  They've already exercised his 5th year option, and have an owner with huge pockets.

Im not saying they will give him up for a 1st. It was just a hypothetical situation in that we need a stud DE who is young. That being said the Panthers are not the smartest of franchises ala their last 3 QB investments...and they only have 4 draft picks in 2023.

50 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Ted Nguyen at The Athletic is a good follow.  Interesting piece on the Lions run offense.  For those with subscriptions.  https://theathletic.com/3613162/2022/09/22/lions-offense-ben-johnson/?source=pulsenewsletter&campaign=5097678
 

That article is incredibly valuable to us Eagles fans because the All 22 screen captures are from the Week One Lions-Eagles games ... and there are LOTS of those screen captures supported by analysis of what the Eagles Defense shows and how the Lions blocking schemes attacked what the Defense was showing.  If you don't aleady have a subscription to The Athletic, take out one of their free trial subscriptions just to read that article.

19 minutes ago, mattwill said:

I have both Amazon Prime and Netflix, an I don't have to change from Amazon to Netflix.  Netflix is one of the choices within Amazon Prime.  It is just like changing the channel on your TV set.

Really? I've never seen that. 

3 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Really? I've never seen that. 

Yeah, I have never seen that either.

1 hour ago, BigEFly said:

Ted Nguyen at The Athletic is a good follow.  Interesting piece on the Lions run offense.  For those with subscriptions.  https://theathletic.com/3613162/2022/09/22/lions-offense-ben-johnson/?source=pulsenewsletter&campaign=5097678
 

For others, some tidbits from the article:

The popularity of the outside zone system that stems from Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay has led to more teams employing a Vic Fangio-style defense, which asks defensive linemen to play slower and take on a gap-and-a-half, rather than fly upfield and play only one gap. Theoretically, the defense can live in light boxes and invest more personnel in defending the pass as long as its front can slow down ball carriers long enough for the secondary to help. This works well against zone runs because offensive linemen move laterally, but the Lions like to run right into the teeth of defenses with authority. They want their offensive line, one of the best in the league, firing off vertically and punishing defenders.
 

 

Campbell has given first-year offensive coordinator Ben Johnson play-calling duties, and the Lions have truly been system-agnostic, taking bits and pieces from multiple systems. A lot of their passing game comes from McVay, not because it’s in vogue but because it’s what quarterback Jared Goff knows and has had success running. The Lions’ running game, however, is one of the most diverse attacks in the league. Based on my charting of their first two games, they’ve run:

• Trap. wham, long trap
• Duo, counter duo
• Counter, super counter, YY counter
• Inside zone
• Power
• Wind back
• Outside zone, zorro
• Toss crack
• Sweep
• G-lead

Their run game menu includes a variety of gap scheme runs (physical runs with down blocks and pullers). Many teams have traps and whams in their playbook, but the Lions use them as some of their base run plays. On the second snap of the season, they hit an "influence wham” play for a 50-yard gain.

 

What's a super counter and a YY counter???

6 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Really? I've never seen that. 

I just searched Prime and Googled it, not seeing a way to link the two.

6 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Really? I've never seen that. 

When I open Amazon Prime on the TV it presents me with a bunch of options organized in rows of icons.  The first row has my active subscriptions, which in my case are Starz, Netflix, PBS, Acorn, and BBC America.  In the past I've had HBO and Showtime

 

Damn

8 minutes ago, downundermike said:

Yeah, I have never seen that either.

Do you subscribe to Netflix directly, or through Amazon Prime?  The cost is the same and if you subscribe through Amazon you still can access Netflix independently as well.

3 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Damn

What the hell was herm doing hahaha

Sure you can go from Netflix to Prime with the click of a button. Or you can go home to your app tray lineup but none of that is an instantaneous as hitting last channel or hitting the channel number you want.   There is always going to be a load time now.  It might "only” take 30 seconds but it’s no where near the same as Last Channel.