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Post by Xmassader on Jan 25, 2024 18:11:39 GMT -5
Going to conjecture that Anzalone, LaPorta, Ragnow and Reynolds will all play. I think Kalif will be 50-50 and I’m guessing Jackson is out. I agree with the comment that the absence of both O linemen and LaPorta would make it a steep uphill climb for the Lions.
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Post by Ignutz on Jan 26, 2024 16:35:28 GMT -5
Kalif ruled OUT for NFC Championship game per Sports (Last man out please turn off the lights!) Illustrated.
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Jan 26, 2024 16:46:38 GMT -5
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Post by purplehaze on Jan 26, 2024 16:46:38 GMT -5
What is his injury ?
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Post by Xmassader on Jan 26, 2024 17:14:28 GMT -5
Going to conjecture that Anzalone, LaPorta, Ragnow and Reynolds will all play. I think Kalif will be 50-50 and I’m guessing Jackson is out. I agree with the comment that the absence of both O linemen and LaPorta would make it a steep uphill climb for the Lions. As expected, Jackson is out and Kalif as well (on the wrong side of the 50-50). Everyone else mentioned above is in. Kalif’s injury is a knee injury. Don’t know the precise nature. When he and LaPorta were injured in the last game of the regular season, it looked generally like the same injury. LaPorta came back a bit sooner than I expected and, unfortunately, Kalif not as quickly. Lions will just have to win on Sunday and give Kalif two more weeks to heal😊
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Post by cruskater31 on Jan 27, 2024 20:40:05 GMT -5
As an aside, happy to see Kalif's wedding picture in the HC Magazine!
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Post by HC92 on Jan 28, 2024 11:02:59 GMT -5
Go Lions!
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jan 28, 2024 19:16:33 GMT -5
Good first quarter, Xmass!
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Post by td128 on Jan 28, 2024 19:51:53 GMT -5
America’s Team !!
#MCDC 🦁🇺🇸🦁
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Post by cruskater31 on Jan 28, 2024 21:28:23 GMT -5
3rd quarter adjustments by SF and typical Goff throws are killing the Lions
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jan 28, 2024 21:46:01 GMT -5
Kalif doesn’t drop the two balls that Josh Reynolds did.
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Post by cruskater31 on Jan 28, 2024 21:53:52 GMT -5
Dropped passes, a woefully underthrown (like 20 yards) flea-flicker by Goff, and Campbell going for it instead of taking 3 points, twice! All adds up to an epic 49ers win.
Too bad we can't see Kalif in the Super Bowl. Going to be a heck of a game with the Chiefs and Niners.
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Post by matunuck on Jan 28, 2024 22:37:08 GMT -5
Lions choked.
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Post by Xmassader on Jan 28, 2024 22:44:23 GMT -5
Dropped passes, a woefully underthrown (like 20 yards) flea-flicker by Goff, and Campbell going for it instead of taking 3 points, twice! All adds up to an epic 49ers win. Too bad we can't see Kalif in the Super Bowl. Going to be a heck of a game with the Chiefs and Niners. Or an epic Lions loss. Gotta go for the FG in third quarter up 24-10. The FG, if made, puts Lions up more than two scores again and slows the SF momentum. As soon as they didn’t make it on fourth down, the 66 yr. Lions fan in me said that this will not end well. Over the years, I’ve frequently had that feeling and, unfortunately, seldom been proved wrong. Like with most cliches, there’s a lot of truth to them and so it is that “SOL” (Same Old Lions) reared it’s ugly head again…just took longer this year than most. Nevertheless, a much better season than most expected. What’s the famous refrain ? “Wait till next year”.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Jan 29, 2024 6:55:55 GMT -5
Khalif or no Khalif, I would've been much more excited for a Chiefs-Lions Super Bowl.
But SF-KC should be a great matchup between clearly the 2 best teams in the NFL right now. I'm seeing a 21-17 type of game.
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Post by dadominate on Jan 29, 2024 7:15:35 GMT -5
Khalif or no Khalif, I would've been much more excited for a Chiefs-Lions Super Bowl. But SF-KC should be a great matchup between clearly the 2 best teams in the NFL right now. I'm seeing a 21-17 type of game. despite another major playoff letdown yesterday - capitalized by a meme-worthy goal line strip - it's hard to say that SF is clearly better than the ravens. the ravens clobbered SF on their home field late in the season, the week before clobbering miami even more decisively the following week in the battle for the number 1 seed.
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Post by mm67 on Jan 29, 2024 7:37:57 GMT -5
Here is where analytics comes up short. The claim is that the numbers show that if team X goes for it on 4th down there is _% of succeeding. However analytics does not address the situation of these particular players at this particular moment against these particular opponents in this particular game. Nor do analytics address the momentum which is at hand. TBT I was saying "No Dan. Don't go for it now. Take the three." Campbell did not make the correct call not only because it failed but because it was not the correct call. In baseball I have watched the Yankees sacrifice their hitters and in some cases pitchers, too, due to over reliance on the altar of analytics which are intrinsically flawed.Would that life could be so easily reduced to mere Xs & Os.
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Post by dadominate on Jan 29, 2024 7:50:32 GMT -5
Here is where analytics comes up short. The claim is that the numbers show that if team X goes for it on 4th down there is _% of succeeding. However analytics does not address the situation of these particular players at this particular moment in this particular game. Nor do analytics address the momentum which is at hand. TBT I was saying "No Dan. Don't go for it now. Take the three." Campbell did not make the correct call not only because it failed but because it was not the correct call. In baseball I have watched the Yankees sacrifice their hitters and in some cases pitchers, too, on over reliance on the altar of analytics which are intrinsically flawed.Would that life could be so easily reduces to mere Xs & Os. agreed. while some would argue that analytics in aggregate take momentum into account, there are non-quantifiable factors in certain types of situations (like momentum in last night's conference championship game on the road) that require more nuanced thinking outside of what analytics suggest in aggregate.
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Post by mm67 on Jan 29, 2024 8:07:36 GMT -5
Here is where analytics comes up short. The claim is that the numbers show that if team X goes for it on 4th down there is _% of succeeding. However analytics does not address the situation of these particular players at this particular moment in this particular game. Nor do analytics address the momentum which is at hand. TBT I was saying "No Dan. Don't go for it now. Take the three." Campbell did not make the correct call not only because it failed but because it was not the correct call. In baseball I have watched the Yankees sacrifice their hitters and in some cases pitchers, too, on over reliance on the altar of analytics which are intrinsically flawed.Would that life could be so easily reduces to mere Xs & Os. agreed. while some would argue that analytics in aggregate take momentum into account, there are non-quantifiable factors in certain types of situations (like momentum in last night's conference championship game on the road) that require more nuanced thinking outside of what analytics suggest in aggregate. You said it better and more succinctly than I did. . Thank you.
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Post by Ignutz on Feb 1, 2024 16:18:30 GMT -5
Khalif or no Khalif, I would've been much more excited for a Chiefs-Lions Super Bowl. But SF-KC should be a great matchup between clearly the 2 best teams in the NFL right now. I'm seeing a 21-17 type of game. despite another major playoff letdown yesterday - capitalized by a meme-worthy goal line strip - it's hard to say that SF is clearly better than the ravens. the ravens clobbered SF on their home field late in the season, the week before clobbering miami even more decisively the following week in the battle for the number 1 seed. No team (or fandom) that celebrates Ray Lewis should ever have good fortune.
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Post by hc1998 on Feb 1, 2024 20:53:30 GMT -5
OK, he may have conspired in a murder, but he never did spend any time behind bars. He was a "star" after all. You do realize that his co-defendants were found not guilty...not because Lewis committed the homicide, but because they did, but acted in self defense. If you want to think 2 people put their lives in a jury's hands to protect a "star" you are crazy. I also don't know how you conspire to murder in self defense.
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Post by hc1998 on Feb 1, 2024 21:47:48 GMT -5
You're the one who said Lewis was one who committed a homicide. I never did. A conspiracy charge was what brought him into the investigation in the first place. I also never said anyone put their lives in a jury's hands to protect anyone. Where on earty did you get that bizarre story? Please don't involve me in your fantasies...some could say that such actions are "crazy." I try not to make personal attacks like that. You might think about doing the same. Haha, you talk of fantasies, and your entire post is one. The first mention of Ray Lewis and homicide/murder came from you...indeed my first comment on the subject was in response to you. You should also get your facts straight, Lewis was indeed indicted on murder charges, he received a plea bargain to obstruction in return for his testimony. My "bizarre" story came from your inference that Lewis somehow avoided jail due to his star status...
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Post by dadominate on Feb 2, 2024 6:50:53 GMT -5
You're the one who said Lewis was one who committed a homicide. I never did. A conspiracy charge was what brought him into the investigation in the first place. I also never said anyone put their lives in a jury's hands to protect anyone. Where on earty did you get that bizarre story? Please don't involve me in your fantasies...some could say that such actions are "crazy." I try not to make personal attacks like that. You might think about doing the same. Haha, you talk of fantasies, and your entire post is one. The first mention of Ray Lewis and homicide/murder came from you...indeed my first comment on the subject was in response to you. You should also get your facts straight, Lewis was indeed indicted on murder charges, he received a plea bargain to obstruction in return for his testimony. My "bizarre" story came from your inference that Lewis somehow avoided jail due to his star status... despite being from baltimore, i really don't care much about the nfl anymore and detest special treatment for athletes, actors, politicians, etc. but i do care about regurgitation of lazy media takes. while ray lewis rolled with a rough crowd of thugs back then and stupidly put himself in risky situations - and should have informed police right away about what happened - you are correct here and obviously are more studied on what occurred that night and in the case than some other posters. it was not the first time - and won't be the last - that inebriated criminals/wannabe tough guys incite violence with star athletes and/or their crews... who are themselves idiotically putting themselves at risk of drawing attention from inebriated criminals/wannabe tough guys.
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Post by newfieguy74 on Feb 2, 2024 7:42:39 GMT -5
This is the Kalif thread, please.
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Post by Ignutz on Feb 2, 2024 11:03:09 GMT -5
This is the Kalif thread, please. You're right. I started this, and won't comment further. Now back to our regular programming...................
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Post by rgs318 on Feb 2, 2024 11:12:25 GMT -5
Ditto
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