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I think the NFL Trade Tracker must be broke.

 

Broke like the Raiders offense.

 

Think I pissed them off.

 

Crosby highlights were fantastic, that guy is freeking spastic, love it.

 

Impressive as Hell! @Campbell

 

The Raiders named Antonio Pierce as interim head coach and Champ Kelly as interim General Manager shortly after firing Josh McDaniels and Dave Ziegler.

Pierce becomes head coach after spending this season and last season on McDaniels’ staff as linebackers coach. He has previously been an associate head coach and defensive coordinator at Arizona State under Herm Edwards, and he had a nine-year career as an NFL linebacker.

Kelly is in his second season as assistant general manager of the Raiders and previously spent seven years with the Bears and eight with the Broncos. There’s not a lot for a GM to do between the trade deadline and the end of the regular season, but for the next two months the job is Kelly’s.

The Raiders said in their announcement that they will have a comprehensive search for a head coach and general manager once the season is complete.

 

The Raiders have selected who will call offensive plays going forward this season after firing head coach Josh McDaniels, General Manager Dave Ziegler, and offensive coordinator Mick Lombardi.

Per Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, quarterbacks coach Bo Hardegree will be promoted to offensive coordinator under interim head coach Antonio Pierce.

Hardegree joined the Raiders along with McDaniels in 2022 after spending the 2021 season with New England as an offensive assistant. He previously worked under former Dolphins and Jets head coach Adam Gase in Denver as an offensive quality control coach and in Chicago as an offensive assistant. Hardegree was then Miami’s quarterbacks coach from 2016-2018 and an offensive assistant with New York from 2019-2020.

The Raiders also have former Washington offensive coordinator Scott Turner on staff as pass game coordinator.

While Lombardi held the title of offensive coordinator, McDaniels called Las Vegas’ offensive plays.

The Giants will head to Southern Nevada to play the Raiders on Sunday.

 

For a guy who should be one of the league’s best feel-good stories, he sure does come across as an A-1 douche rocket a lot of the time.

 

Great Work Lym! You are definitely disproving the notion that REALLY OLD PEOPLE and technology can not co-exist.

 

Speak up, Skippy so I can hear you.

 

I'm afraid to say it too loud. I was told long ago you're a crack shot with those Geritol bottles.

 

I think, if a penalty is discovered on a reviewable play, they should either not overturn a play, or the penalty is enforceable if they do.

I’m no fan of the Cowboys, but the TD that was overturned on 4th down was short because the TE was already being tackled before the ball arrived. Had the defender not taken his legs out before the ball got there, his momentum would have carried the ball across the goal line.

 

Id move the Vikings up about 5 spots, but i dont know how.

 

Here's an opinion, maybe not a popular one, but i was looking at the Lions 2023 schedule and what they have actually done. In doing so, I did it with consideration as to their climb up the NFL Power Rankings by just about everyone under the Sun. They are a talented team, period and I love Campbells fiery attitude, which seems to be the way the Lions play now, but here's my opinion/critique.

Week 1, in KC the Lions squeaked out a 21-20 W and the already rolling hype train took off with even more momentum.

Week 2, at home vs the Seahawks the Lions went down, 37-31.

Week 3, at home the Lions dumped the Falcons, 20-6.

Week 4, it was the Packers. Lions won that, 34-20.

Week 5, at home the winless Panthers and another Lions win.

Week 6, Lions take down the Buccaneers.

Week 7, Ravens destroyed the Lions, 38-6.

Week 8, the high and mighty Raiders were the Lions next victim.

Week 9, BYE.

Too my point - The Lions have played a weak schedule so far. They have played 8 games and only 3 of the 8 were +.500.

Overall records of the Lions opponents through 8 games is 34-34... Thier 6 wins came against teams with a combined, 22-29 record.

So, where is the 'power' ?
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This isnt about Lymans PR's either, this is something that popped into my head as I took a look around the NFL football web-sites and seen all the PR's out and how the Lions keep trending up. One writer said, when commenting about the 'coach of the year' award, that Dan Campbell was strong, even without a "quality win" on his resume... I thought to myself about the win in KC, so this got me thinking about the Lions schedule and stuff and quite frankly, bashing the Lions or any other NFCN team on a slow, rainy, windy, crappy day was good for my psyche.

 

Probably because the Lions two losses are being weighed more than the wins. They have beaten every team they were supposed to beat. The two losses have a combined record of 12-5, both look to be playoff teams. Then, as you stated already, they have the signature win on their resume against the Chiefs.

I'm not marking them Super Bowl contenders yet, but as for power rankings, who would you move ahead of them?

You bring up the win opponents record, but if you factor in the losses, they actually have the second hardest schedule in the NFC to date.

 

@Willie.

• Barring the presence of a tie, for every win a team gets, another team gets a loss. That means that, at any given point in time, the league W/L Pct is .500.
• When I calculate a team's opponents W/L record, I subtract the team's wins from their opponents combined losses and, conversely, I subtract the team's losses from their opponents combined wins. That tells me how a team's opponent fared against the everyone else on their schedule.
• In the NFC, the best "Opponent's W/L record" is 0.548 and the worst is 0.387. That means the average record equals 0.456. Therefore, the Lions' 0.533 is well above the average.

 

If the Texans win in Cincinnati, they gotta be Playoff threats in a big way. Very big game for them and the Bengals.