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Manocad wrote:This team is getting close to being a really good team. If they can get rid of the stupid mistakes they'll be in pretty good shape. The problem moving forward is that the Green Bays and New Englands don't make those mistakes. You slip up against those teams and you're done.

On what he means by saying Cooter is hard on Stafford: "Listen, no quarterback is perfect and there are times where you're watching film and you go, ‘Hey, he knows this. I don't have to point it out or belabor the point.' Jim Bob never lets any of those things go. He's always pointing out everything that he needs to do better."

On the biggest impact Cooter has made to Stafford's game: "I don't know if I could pick one. They're tireless in the amount of footwork drills that they do. Listen, I think they did a good job coaching him here in the past so this is certainly not talking about anything that's happened here before. But, just the consistency and the routine in what they do. The way that we install the offense, how detailed he is, how he holds him to the details and just keeps reviewing so that by game time it's all second nature. So, I think that position is about having a routine and a thoroughness to what you're doing and every week kind of doing it the same way at the same time, watch your cut-ups kind of in the same order, ‘Here's what I do,' and you kind of have a checklist. So, he's gotten him in a really good routine."

On what one thing has helped pick up the offense the last couple weeks: "Listen, I wish it were one thing because it'd be easy to keep doing it. But, it's probably us coaching better, us game planning better, it's probably calling better plays, players blocking better, catching better and throwing better. It's an overall effort, you know? It's that whole thing about, at 211 degrees water does nothing and at 212 it boils. Little changes can make big differences and I think it's just been every position, every coach just doing a little bit better. It's just such a fine line between scoring nine points and scoring 28 points. It's that one first down that you might have got that kept a drive alive or it's the one third down conversion you had, or the one guy that caught it instead of dropping it. There's just so many factors that go into it, so I think it's just everybody doing a little bit better."



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Manocad wrote:Not the prettiest game against the Vikings but a crucial win since the Pack went down. Could this be the year the Lions win in Green Bay? I think they're capable.

ElectricMayhem wrote:How can Suh be so smart in some aspects of his life and such an idiot in others? The suspension is all on him. You could argue that he deserved it or not, but it doesn't matter. What matters is that he put the league in the position of deciding his fate. He's selfish on the field and there's no way anyone can argue that these moves are unintentional anymore. I'll certainly be happy to see the Lions kick Raiola to the curb. As for Suh, I'll be a little more ambivalent when he inevitably sells himself to the highest bidder this offseason. He makes everyone on the defense better and plays an unselfish team game, but it's the individual crap like this that I won't miss.

Lionlifer wrote:AHHHHH I'M STILL LIVID OVER THAT PICKUP!

Granted the Lions really only had 1 good quarter in my eye, but still, that was huge!

SO ANGRY, FIRE GODDELL, SMASH EVERYTHING!

Manster7588 wrote:
Not sure why your team wasn't more aggressive after the hot start. Seemed like you were playing not to lose.

Manocad wrote:

Manster7588 wrote:
Not sure why your team wasn't more aggressive after the hot start. Seemed like you were playing not to lose.

That's exactly what me and my buddy were saying needed to happen but wouldn't. The Lions have unfortunately for a number of years and through many coaches not learned that killer instinct. They don't know how to put their foot on the gas pedal when they should. Get up a couple of scores, try to play "safe" and coast, leave it all up to the defense, and lose. I've lost track of the number of games I've seen over the years that played out exactly like this one.