Let’s get at it again!
Lions/Niners:
-Injury Report: Detroit’s Hendon Hooker is listed as questionable (tooth). I did not make that up.
-Keenan 175/2, Nacua 181/1, Doubs 95, Thielen 107/1, Moore 96/1, Watson 94/1, Olave 119, Jefferson 141/1, Lamb 227/2 and Jefferson again 192/1. If you’re a #1 wr you just love playing against the Lions pass D. Will one of (or both?) Aiyuk and hobbled Deebo have a game? The Magic 8 Ball says, “Are you kidding me?”
-As you suspected, Detroit has the very worst pass defense left in the playoffs. How did they get this far then? Well, they have a habit of matching or exceeding their opponents splash plays. As a team they finished with the 2nd-most explosive plays (gains of 20+ yards) with (ugh!) 69.
-Speaking of explosive, Gibbs should have himself a game, not so much Montgomery. The reasoning behind this is that the Niners surrender 5.4 ypc on runs outside the tackles. Since week 15 they are 25th in total yards allowed and 28th in yards per carry allowed.
-San Fran is in it’s 19th Conference Championship game-that’s the most of any team.
-Stepping Up: DE Aidan Hutchinson has more than doubled his pass rush win rate in the playoffs.
-The perception is that being a 7th rounder Purdy is a dink and dunker that doesn’t take chances but guess who led all his peers in air yards per attempt?
-So I came across a site (Sumer Sports) that attempts to quantify how good a coach is at in-game decision-making. They call it Win Probability Added Over Expected which is a mouthful. Of the remaining Leaders Of Men left in the playoffs, Campbell is the best and it’s not even close. (I’ll link in the comments) Not bad for a knee-biting son of a bitch. Btw, on this list Shanny Jr. is a bottom.
It’s yours to do with as you wish.
That was hilarious the way Kittle (and pal) waved to the camera.
Welp. Go 49ers
Welp. This is less than ideal.
Almost the ghost of the 2014 Seahawks there.
I want the LioUns to somehow get a field goal here so we can see MOAR GAME
Who calls time out on a kickoff ffs?!
Well, now they’ve covered the spread
In other news, the US Department of Agriculture sent me a survey about the farm* I own.
*I have never owned a farm
Is that how you claim the volcano for tax purposes?
You don’t claim the cloning vats in one of you secret lairs as “a farm” ?
Why didn’t you caucus in Iowa?
My response: “I grow fucks, but they’re gone, because I’m all out of fucks to give.” FUck.
Go for 2 Dan, you know you want to.
I like how not a single soul on either bench thought Williams was gonna come down with that.
If they’d kick those two field goals, the Lions would, at worst, be lining up for a walk off field goal right now.
Eh, no way to say that for sure, but yeah probably
The first one I can see going for it. The second one they had to go for the tie given the time left and the stakes.
How about it Greg? Can we absolutely judge that draw play?
Say what you want about bradys annoying ass monotone smug way of talking, he can’t possibly be as bad
He absolutely can
Why would you run there??
Campbell has just lost it.
Drinking his own koolaide
OH YEEEEEEAAAAH
This is a great four minute drill, too bad it needed to be closer to two minutes.
The good news is that this dude was eaten by a bunch of lions related to the dead lion in this photo soon afterward. The bad news is the lion was killed before it could get to the Super Bowl.
That guy is a solid 6’3″, 215 pounds
Was he really? That is fantastic.
I hope the lions took way too much time finishing him off.
Just like the Detroit Lions are taking way too much time to finish this drive off.
Kick the FG now and worry about the TD if you can get the insides kick or stop the 49ers.
Foot long pretzel with cheese…
You have my attention, Subway.
(would be extra nice if beer cheese)
The Detroit Lions gritty-ed themselves out of a Super Bowl.
THIS SECOND HALF I CALL THE REFRACTORY PERIOD BECAUSE THE LIONS FUCKED TOO HARD AND CLIMAXED TOO SOON.
Oh my youth
The NFL sent the Niners some Peters ammo during halftime to make sure we had the MOST BORING POSSIBLE matchup for the Owl. Meh.
Oh Goff, thou hast Goff’d.
Campbell take either of those field goals and the game is not over, but he did not and it is
Gee I wonder what graphic that could possibly be.
(See upthread)
THESE LIONS I CALL THEM THAT LEADER SINGER FROM INXS, BECAUSE THEY ENJOY CHOKING THEMSEVLES
David Carradine’s ghost sheds a tear.
Grasshoppers catch better than lions. Sticky legs
What a flip since the 4th and 2 drop
I don’t know what they put in the Niners orange slices at halftime, but Lawrence Taylor would like three bags of them.
Welp, I’m going to bed now with thoughts of Taylor Swift in my head.*
*pissing off right wingers by merely existing
That’s the one part I can get with on a larger scale.
But entertainment wise…I really wanted the unheard of bowl
oh no x4
Just could not get a stop. OY
Fuck everything. Just fuck the world.
Game Blouses
Brutal hold on one of the Lions on that Purdy run, although I don’t think any of the officials were able to see it.
WOOP WOOP PURDY PEOPLE
Welp…this is done. Narrative secured.
Oh no x3
ben johnson in full washington commanders form already this 2nd half
It’s gonna come down to one last drive for DET. Either at 27 or 30-24
30 it is. Not great for Litre’s wager
Nope. Dire.
Is the Detroit FG kicker really bad? I don’t understand this.
Dan Campbell’s aggression getting the better of him.
That put the Goff in fucking awful
I sgoff at it
The transformation of Dan Campbell into Kyle Shanahan has begun.
except mike shanahan has an iq of >0
Fact Check: inconclusive
My edit ruined your point. Sorry.
That was a terrible go-for-it call.
Terrible throw
Only cause they didn’t make it
Unless their kicker is nicknamed ‘Stumpy’ they needed to tie the game there.
WHAT DO YOU DO??
They had to take points there. Had to.
I think a big part of the calculus is that is a hard place to kick (from 40+)
If your kicker can’t hit from 45 in the NFC championship when you’re down 3 with about 5 minutes to play then why is he even on the roaster?
“roaster”?
Go home, autocorrect. You’re drunk.
I’m as disappointed in the result of that very fun play as Jerry Jones was in the success of the Civil Rights Movement back when the Lions last won a road playoff game
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YEEEEEE-HAWWWWWWW I AM
FUCKING RACII MEAN A PRODUCT OF MY TIMES!!!!/49er defender runs into Lions WR, knocking him off balance just before ball gets there and glances off WR’s hands
Greg Olson: “That’s a great no-call!!”
The narrative cannot be denied. Resistance is futile
every other lions offensive play now is an adventure
THESE DETROIT LIONS I CALL THEM A MORMON HOUSEWIFE BECAUSE THEY WERE A LITTLE AWKWARD FLICKING THAT FLEA AND PROBABLY FEEL BAD NOW
I am trying to control my laughter so my daughter doesn’t ask what’s so funny
“Daddy’s invisible friends made a funny!”
“OK, Dad, that’s great.”
/starts frantically searching “rest homes near me”
She needs to know
In fairness to Goff, he’s hitting these guys in the hands.
Not for nothing, but Jared Goff throws an awful ball. Wounded ducks fly more direct routes.
I’ve seen more than a few. Truth!
Is there a stickum shortage in Santa Clara?
Momentum is the next day’s starting pitcher