Postgame Thread - Week 1 vs. Bucs

How so?

Re-read what I posted. The Lions are a known to be a shitty organization, and one of the worst organizations in pro football. Like I said, they appear to be on the "right track," but for many years they were considered a more crappier organization than the 'Skins.

Debate or argue as you like, but that is well known.

huh

love these cryptic player tweets, can anyone decipher what he's talking about

Right. "Ook ook..."

On a different note, I noticed that Lucas and Coleman split the reps at LT in the game. While I didn't pay full attention to Coleman every time but it seems like he held up pretty well, which is a good sign. If he keeps it up, I expect him to become fulltime LT later in the season.

If Coleman becomes the full-time starter at LT, then I hope Lucas will become the starter at RT. I think that would make our OL stronger.

Regarding Daniels, I'm not sure what some of you guys were expecting from him. It's going to take time, that was his first start on the road. What I did like was he didn't turn the ball over and the game didn't seem to be too big for him. Did he pull the ball down and run a bit too early a few times? Sure, but again, that's just something you have to expect from a rookie.

I'm expecting as the season goes on that the game will hopefully slow down and you'll see him get better w/ reading the field. But also I didn't like anything I saw from Kingsberry. To me he is a college coach at best.

Tend to agree after week 1. Hopefully it changes but... just looked too much like last years playcalling. Masked by a more mobile/running qb.

Get it together kliff

If Coleman becomes the full-time starter at LT, then I hope Lucas will become the starter at RT. I think that would make our OL stronger.


A - effing - men. Wylie was awful - graded out the worst on the O line. Most of the undersigned scrambles were because of pressure from his side. And that’s not on Cosmi who played well.


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Speaking of rookies, Mike Sainristil got beat just as bad anyone on defense.

Terrible first game

Speaking of rookies, Mike Sainristil got beat just as bad anyone on defense.

Terrible first game

Godwin is a good WR, good enough to make rookie CBs look silly.

Definitely a lot of work to do. All the doom and gloom is just slightly out of place though, in my opinion. Some of you either had unreasonably high expectations, or you just don't remember or realize how good a team Tampa is. They throttled Philadelphia in the playoffs last year, and were just one score short of taking down the Lions on the road to go to the NFC championship game. This just wasn't a great matchup on the road in week 1. They have great receivers and they have a really good elusive QB. We have a rookie QB and a suspect secondary. To me, not a big surprise they won that match up.

Regarding Daniels, I'm not sure what some of you guys were expecting from him. It's going to take time, that was his first start on the road. What I did like was he didn't turn the ball over and the game didn't seem to be too big for him. Did he pull the ball down and run a bit too early a few times? Sure, but again, that's just something you have to expect from a rookie.

I clearly stated this was game one and the road ahead is long and bright. I simply pointed out some mistakes that people would often attribute to OL, but in reality it's on the QB.

The biggest concern for me is his inability to slide properly. That could end his career if he keeps it up.

I don't know. I actually thought they were competitive. It was very apparent they had a rookie QB, the secondary was exploited at times, and they could have executed some things better, but I thought they were competitive. I didn't notice a lack of effort.

On D, they pressured Baker a lot, they just never completed the task. Kudos to Baker, he was like Houdini back there and he kept his eyes downfield and got the ball to his playmakers. I thought they did a good job against the run, overall.

On O, I thought they ran the ball effectively and the pass protection was sufficient. I just think JD was not seeing the field well, and he often bailed on the play too quickly. I would have liked to see him have more patience rather than just tuck and run everytime. He was also more inaccurate than expected. A lot of nerves I'm sure. That deep ball to Terry was overthrown by about 2 yards. Complete that - it's a TD, and who knows...

Like it has been said already, we all knew what the potential weaknesses were heading into week 1. It was a tough match up for this new team, week 1. I expect a much better performance in week 2 - all around. Week 1 is almost always a liar.

I didn't see them as competitive at all. Baker toyed with them, they didn't punt the entire day and converted nearly every 3rd down. Washington was never in that game, they were not competitive IMO.

I was surprised. We all heard how Kingsbury gets off to fast starts, I thought it was very possible they had a game like in New Orleans 2012 where they suprised the defense with a new offense. I expected a defense that would fly to the ball, like the Bills last night.

Now I understand this team is not as talented as the Bills, not even close. But this is not last years team, so many new players. Yet they played just like all the other teams we have watched.

With all that said this was Game 1 against a good team that was playing as well as they can play. I realize fans and writers were made to look stupid by drawing conclussons after Game 1. I'm still optimistic about the future. I believe in this group.