Pre game Thread - Commanders at Lions Sun 1 pm

turf and dome ... get your track shoes on


Samuels hammy is already trying to hurt itself. Lol

To me, its not about looking at the schedule and finding "easy" wins. This is the NFL, I don't think there are easy wins. It's looking at recent results + offseason additions and finding games that should be reasonably winnable. This is a winnable game. And most Detroit fans likely think the same thing about us.

Should be winnable does not mean we will win. But I like our chances.

If we can stop the run -- and Swift looked, well swift against the Eagles -- we should be OK. But they are going to come in fired up after feeling robbed last week, and it will be smashmouth football all day. Stop the run, win the game. Goff and their receivers aren't scary.

Dan Campbell will not abandon the run like the Jags did…it will be the focal point of their offense.

Stopping the run on first and second down and forcing them into 3rd and longs will be key.

LB need to come to play…Forrest needs to get his pop-on Swift. I imagine if Curl back then Forrest slides into the Buffalo nickel

Make Goff beat you. Absolutely. Hopefully if we get a nice lead this week. We keep the foot on the pedal and not go conservative.

Make Goff beat you. Absolutely. Hopefully if we get a nice lead this week. We keep the foot on the pedal and not go conservative.

I was reading that pre season the lions Oline is decent. Our guys up front gotta occupy them and then LB have to clean up. so I’m worried….Davis and Holcomb gotta show up. Both played like shit last week

Andrew Siciliano on Twitter

No practice for Frank Ragnow today in Detroit, per Dan Campbell.

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From Twitter


Not spotted at Lions practice:

RB D’Andre Swift
OL Taylor Decker (later walked out in street clothes)
OL Tommy Kraemer
OL Frank Ragnow

Wow -- that's a lot of folks responsible for their running game all out at once. Cannot count on this of course as it's only Wednesday, and I cannot bring myself to root for guys to be hurt and out of the lineup in any event.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1570129023623376897

https://twitter.com/i/status/1570129023623376897

Turner must feel like a kid in a candy store with all the weapons

That bunch formation is sweet

Turner must feel like a kid in a candy store with all the weapons

That bunch formation is sweet

Yeah Quads is very rare to run in the NFL. Turner looks like an actual OC with the guys we have