sneakypower

weird, then why don't they just throw constant jump balls to whomever of Marshall/Jeffrey/M.Bennett's being singled? you don't need any arm to do that

The eye test seems to indicate that McCown is terrible in the end zone because his arm isn't strong enough to make the necessary throws in a compact field. i get that, but wouldn't that show up in the stats? the only way i can see your observations being true and deceiving the stats, is if McCown's always able to drive to within the goal line and Forte & Bush are getting stonewalled while the playcalling doesn't trust McCown's arm enough to throw in that spot for example, 1st & goal on the 5 is probably something like ~6 expected points; two straight failed runs puts you down to ~3 i'd imagine - this is where i can see your theory holding water some but conversely, you're also saying this like it's occurred enough to be a point of frustration, so he must have been making these unsuccessful passes there, too; you could have situations where RBs/WRs are tackled in the red zone, and McCown's wasted downs with tipped passes or whatever - that would certainly show up in the stats, where he has subtracted from their EP in those situations i'm obviously interested in this argument because i'm not entirely convinced a Cutler return is a bad thing for the Lions' playoff odds; i feel more of a need to defer to the stats because it's not common to be able to find much objectivity regarding Cutler (and by extension, McCown) around here

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i hope Cook is ok after getting hit like that...by nothing

turns out we need to keep defending several seconds after the shot clock expires, just to be safe

Advanced Stats suggest a significantly higher level of play from McCown than from Cutler, if you care for statistical comparisons

i wish our OC would get poached

it's amazing how well they've turned it around after getting rid of Cam & Rivera

3-2 in Trey Burke's starts...1-13 in their other games MVP?

would you believe Jose Vizcaino was in the bigs for 18 seasons?

the Dexter McCluster route

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Calvin had 329 in the one game against Dallas

he's been in the league for 12 years

bummer

go for two here, please

Royce Jenkins-Stone for Dontre Wilson & Marcus Hall? oh yeah, i'll take that tradeoff

oh look, here's all the offensive creativity that had been missing the last...8? games

this is just about the most frustrating 7 point lead possible

as far back as the FG plate discipline data goes (2002), there hasn't been a season (min. 100 PA) where a player has swung less often than Kottaras did in 2013

i hate you

I've seen 14 already. my god, that is easy money

easily my most hated broadcaster in football; just an unbearable, sanctimonious, know-it-all [expletive]

incredible

we're going to lose by 30+ this week