Analyst: Expect 9-7 season for Detroit Lions

kellmellus50 · Post #1 » by **kellmellus50** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:24 am

I say 10-6, if the first pick is a WR or a RB ,anybody have other predictions

http://www.freep.com/article/20110410/S ... t|Sports|s

Post #2 » by **ajaX82** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:39 am

I'd want to see a schedule before a definitive answer, and see who we draft, but an early 8-8 or 9-7 sounds fair

TSE · Post #3 » by **TSE** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 4:15 am

We were perfect in the last quarter last year, and now we will have our QB back, along with some new high draft picks and probably some good CB help in FA, and we are also one of the more favorable teams in terms of not having key players to lose and amongst the leaders in the league in youth, so we should easily project ourselves to be over .500 next year, so 10-6 or 11-5 should be our realistic expectation. I think a good offseason could actually put us ahead of those numbers as well, but as long as the draft doesn't go 0-12 in terms of the worst 12 picks to come off the board, then those numbers are good for our target.

Bartender · Post #4 » by **Bartender** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:35 pm

ajaX82 wrote:I'd want to see a schedule before a definitive answer, and see who we draft, but an early 8-8 or 9-7 sounds fair

We already know who the Lions play. Just don't know who we play at home or away.

cochiseuofm · Post #5 » by **cochiseuofm** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 10:01 pm

Man, you guys are all a bit out of touch. Dates and times not set, but who we play and where we play are.

Home Games

Green Bay Packers
Chicago Bears
Minnesota Vikings
Atlanta Falcons
Carolina Panthers
San Francisco 49ers
Kansas City Chiefs
San Diego Chargers

Away Games

Green Bay Packers
Chicago Bears
Minnesota Vikings
New Orleans Saints
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Dallas Cowboys
Denver Broncos
Oakland Raiders

Assuming there is a season...

Liqourish · Post #6 » by **Liqourish** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 1:39 pm

I agree with the prediction of 9-7. I predicted 3 wins in 2009 and 6 wins in 2010, so the next logical prediction is 9-7. If we can stay relatively healthy, maybe 10-6 with a possible wildcard run. But 9-7 should be within reach, even with a good (not nessecarily great) draft.

kellmellus50 · Post #7 » by **kellmellus50** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:18 pm

How Lions could go 9-7 this year or better ,game by game below.

http://www.freep.com/article/20110724/S ... ext|Sports

TSE · Post #8 » by **TSE** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:02 pm

Hate the article. It implies a premise that 9-7 is at the top end of the spectrum of what we can achieve and then goes on to postulate how things could work out in the best case scenario where that high level is in fact plausibly attainable. But our ceiling is much higher than that. It's like if I wanted to do a presentation about space travel, I could show a theoretical "how can we" get to Mars if we wanted to go there and it would be then believable in theory despite the fact that we have never been there before. But then I shortchange the topic to explain how we can get to the moon, but we've already done enough to cement the moon as an already established destination, as our team is significantly better than the average team and we already have an expectation to perform higher than that level at the very least.

What planet is this guy watching from?