This could be a damp squib of a game or an absolute shootout. Both teams have got better but still have weaknesses. 

I'm going to say 45-42 Jags and Lawrence to keep his game winning magic going.

So it's probably going to end 6-3. Sorry!

Welcome back D6, always enjoy reading your takes.

Thanks. JagFan81.

An added dimension to this game from the standpoint of the Lions Defense attempting to limit the impact of Travis Lawrence, is that edge player James Houston was signed from the Practice Squad early this week. Houston was elevated to the Game Day roster against the Bills on Thanksgiving Day and had 2 sacks on only 5 snaps. Not the clean up type of sacks.  

James Houston is familiar to UF and SEC fans in general, as he was with the Gators until transferring to Jackson St. for his final college season.  Houston was drafted by the Lions in the latter part of Round 6 in the 2022 Draft.  He showed promise in training camp but didn't survive the cutdown to 53 players.  Houston cleared waivers and signed a Practice Squad contract with the Lions.  Then, taking advantage of his first regular season game opportunity 8 days ago.

I'll will keep an eye out for him and hopefully has a great game next Sunday!!

I remember chatting a few times over the years about the direction of the Lions and how they could be about to turn the corner only for it to be another brick wall. An experience we are all used to here.

I think we spoke when Goff got traded for Stafford and the Lions seemed to be in tank mode but I like what Dan Campbell has done in a short time in Detroit even with Goff not being the answer at QB. Jamaal Williams has been great for you guys at RB and from the bits I've seen of the Lions, Amon-Ra St Brown looks a solid #1 WR for the future. I watched the win over the Packers and the D played great but that seemed a bit of a one off performance from how they've done this year.

How you feeling about the Lions so far? Feeling optimistic?

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First of all, Jags have already blown two teams out.

the game vs colts was only won 24-0 cause colts players thought there was still a clown out by local jags fans ,and  the big win vs chargers was only cause LA had tons of key players out with injurys at the time. Jags are not a good team ,yet,they get lucky. Lost to winless Texans in Jacksonville. Thats still Texans only win.

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the game vs colts was only won 24-0 cause colts players thought there was still a clown out by local jags fans ,and  the big win vs chargers was only cause LA had tons of key players out with injurys at the time. Jags are not a good team ,yet,they get lucky. Lost to winless Texans in Jacksonville. Thats still Texans only win.

Don't bother, you'll give yourself a stroke lol

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First of all, Jags have already blown two teams out.

the game vs colts was only won 24-0 cause colts players thought there was still a clown out by local jags fans ,and  the big win vs chargers was only cause LA had tons of key players out with injurys at the time. Jags are not a good team ,yet,they get lucky. Lost to winless Texans in Jacksonville. Thats still Texans only win.

So then if the Jags wins are 'lucky', then how do you classify the wins of your Super Bowl pick, the 4-8 Cardinals? After reviewing them, I think all 4 of their wins were lucky.

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"Remember Red, Hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies."  - Andy Dufresne, The Shawshank Redemption

the game vs colts was only won 24-0 cause colts players thought there was still a clown out by local jags fans ,and  the big win vs chargers was only cause LA had tons of key players out with injurys at the time. Jags are not a good team ,yet,they get lucky. Lost to winless Texans in Jacksonville. Thats still Texans only win.

So then if the Jags wins are 'lucky', then how do you classify the wins of your Super Bowl pick, the 4-8 Cardinals? After reviewing them, I think all 4 of their wins were lucky.

Because Calamari is the best.


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"What do I know of cultured ways, the gilt, the craft and the lie? I, who was born in a naked land and bred in the open sky. The subtle tongue, the sophist guile, they fail when the broadswords sing; Rush in and die, dogs - I was a man before I was a king."

So then if the Jags wins are 'lucky', then how do you classify the wins of your Super Bowl pick, the 4-8 Cardinals?  After reviewing them, I think all 4 of their wins were lucky.

Because Calamari is the best.


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Being lucky is part of the game of football. Sometimes the ball bounces your way and sometimes it doesn’t. I remember in 1996 the Jaguars played @ New England and the Jags were losing 22-0 with 4 seconds left in the first half. Brunell threw a pass from beyond the 50 yard line that was tipped and bounced into Jimmy Smith’s hands for a TD.

Brunell threw another pass from the 50 yard line in the 3rd quarter, and Andre Rison ripped it from the defender and scored a TD.

With 3 seconds left in the game Brunell threw the ball 65 yards and Willie Jackson caught it with 1 hand in a sea of blue jerseys and was marked down at the 1 inch line. Game goes into overtime and Patriots win.

Don’t even get me started on the Morten Anderson missed FG. Or how Mike Hollis doinked about 5 kicks off the upright during that 1996 playoff run.

Luck is part of the game.

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Though you cannot control luck, The key is to create enough opportunities where things eventually go your way.

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Thanks. JagFan81.

An added dimension to this game from the standpoint of the Lions Defense attempting to limit the impact of Travis Lawrence, is that edge player James Houston was signed from the Practice Squad early this week. Houston was elevated to the Game Day roster against the Bills on Thanksgiving Day and had 2 sacks on only 5 snaps. Not the clean up type of sacks.  

James Houston is familiar to UF and SEC fans in general, as he was with the Gators until transferring to Jackson St. for his final college season.  Houston was drafted by the Lions in the latter part of Round 6 in the 2022 Draft.  He showed promise in training camp but didn't survive the cutdown to 53 players.  Houston cleared waivers and signed a Practice Squad contract with the Lions.  Then, taking advantage of his first regular season game opportunity 8 days ago.

I'll will keep an eye out for him and hopefully has a great game next Sunday!!

I remember chatting a few times over the years about the direction of the Lions and how they could be about to turn the corner only for it to be another brick wall. An experience we are all used to here.

I think we spoke when Goff got traded for Stafford and the Lions seemed to be in tank mode but I like what Dan Campbell has done in a short time in Detroit even with Goff not being the answer at QB. Jamaal Williams has been great for you guys at RB and from the bits I've seen of the Lions, Amon-Ra St Brown looks a solid #1 WR for the future. I watched the win over the Packers and the D played great but that seemed a bit of a one off performance from how they've done this year.

How you feeling about the Lions so far? Feeling optimistic?

After seeing that the Lions activated DE Romeo Okwara off the PUP list on Saturday and placed his younger brother Julian Okwara on IR because of an elbow injury he suffered against the Bills, it's uncertain if James Houston is going to get an opportunity against the Jaguars. The Lions have 7 players currently on the 53 man roster that can play DE. Austin Bryant, a former Clemson teammate of Trevor Lawrence will likely be a Game Day Inactive player for this game.  If another edge player is Inactive as well, Houston might be the odd man out.  DT Michael Brockers, who is very likely in the final few weeks of his impressive NFL playing career, probably will be Inactive for this game.  Assuming Bryant and Brockers are Inactive, the question comes down to whether the Lions will go with 9 Defensive Lineman, instead of 8 for the game?  Josh Paschal, John Cominsky, and even Aidan Hutchinson will probably see action in some expected passing situations at DT, in addition to being on the edge in early and short yardage downs. 

Injuries setback the Lions substantially earlier in the season.  The Lions enter today's game against the Jags as healthy as the team has been since the regular season opener against the Eagles.  As was mentioned later on in this thread, WR Jamison Williams was activated from the NEI list on Saturday.  I thought that the Lions would wait another week to activate him.  My guess is Williams will probably be used in one or two packages in this game.  With a greater workload in the coming weeks, if he stays relatively healthy from this point forward.  Williams is who I'm envisioning as the Lions # 1 WR for the long term, with Amon-Ra St. Brown being the # 2 WR.  Regarding today's game, I think the Lions are going to try to use Williams as a speed decoy to a large extent, in order to try to open up opportunities for St. Brown and some others underneath. 

Two weeks after the win over the Packers, the Lions Defense had a strong performance against the Giants.  The Lions run Defense was tremendous against RB Saquon Barkley, with Barkley having only 21 rushing yards on 15 carries in the game.  If as expected Jags RB Travis Etienne is on the team's active roster today, I'm anticipating that Lions DC Aaron Glenn is going to keep an extra Defender in or near the box in a high % plays that aren't long yard situations (regarding the yards needed to get a 1st Down).  

Overall, I'm optimistic about the Lions future, though Dan Campbell's time management during games needs to improve.  The Lions have the LA Rams 1st Round Pick for the 2023 Draft, as the final piece of the Matthew Stafford trade compensation.  With the Rams placing Stafford on IR, joining WR Cooper Kupp, and DT Aaron Donald missing his first NFL game because of an injury (high ankle sprain) later day, I think the Rams 1st Round Pick will be somewhere in the top 10.  If the season ended today, it would be Pick # 3.  The Lions have four picks in the top 2 Rounds in 2023, including the Vikings 2nd Round pick as a result of the T.J. Hockenson trade.  Between this and a more favorable salary cap situation, there's definitely reasons to be optimistic.  Yet, there are a number of key decisions that have to be made, headed by the QB situation.  Jared Goff is the type of QB who a team can win with if there's plenty of good players on the roster.  But with Justin Fields already displaying differential abilities with the Bears, a QB with a noticeably higher upside than Goff probably is in the Lions best interests for the long term.

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They have a rookie WR debuting against us

Either we use that ti our advantage and get Campbell to bully him into gifting us some easy picks or we make him look like the next big thing

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if wingard starts Jags have a chance. if he doesn't lions will win for sure.  Wingurd has started 2 of last 3 games,and Jags went 2-1. Started vs raiders ,and Ravans,and jags won.  didn't start againest the chiefs ,and jags lost.  

He is a biger part of Jags d then anyone wants to give him credit for.   Wingard is a fired up defenseive leader,other players on d are just out there.

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snowwolf titans owner in madden.

note titans owner means im undeafted againest them. 

Of course Jamo makes his return against the Jags.

Old Desean Jackson made a big play last week and now a dude who runs a 4.3 is back.

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if wingard starts Jags have a chance. if he doesn't lions will win for sure.  Wingurd has started 2 of last 3 games,and Jags went 2-1. Started vs raiders ,and Ravans,and jags won.  didn't start againest the chiefs ,and jags lost.  

He is a biger part of Jags d then anyone wants to give him credit for.   Wingard is a fired up defenseive leader,other players on d are just out there.

Agree. Dewey is the key. DEEEEEWWWWWEEEYYYYYY.

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Jags win Big 42-10 and all that!!! BOOMMM!!!

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ETN is weak

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ETN is weak

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Any given Sunday should be every given Sunday an NFL team has to scratch and claw for everything. There are no gimmes.

I’ve watched an 0-13 team lay the smack down on a 13-0 team.

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According to the Times-Union, the Jags set another record yesterday. It was the 20th straight loss to an NFC opponent. The NFL record for out-of-conference losses in a row.

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