Goff is impressive-he threw one errant ball, the rest were accurate. My main concern for the Lions is their crazy play style. RB Gibbs is a Kamikaze, so is Montgomery. That team plays lights out and may be too injured by game 17 to compete.

The game was amazing, though. These Lions were not the same team who played the Packers in Week one and the current Packers (Offense/OL) will not be able to deal with them presently. It didn't take long for Detroit to re-orient after losing so much of their coaching staff. Culture and good coaches are everything and they have some good ones-the D coordinator was a acolyte of A. Glenn. He had that Defense grooving.
Good coaches are foundational and they bring their expertise and expectations with them. Ben Johnson is another one.

The Ravens have an overrated defense and they were playing without their best DL Madubuike. But the Lions still deserve a lot a credit for this one with two offensive drives over 90 yards and an impressive goal line stand in the second quarter (not easy to do with the Ravens' offensive weapons). And throw in some excellent coaching by Campbell, who found a way to get a first down when he need it with a gadget play (Are you watching, MLF?).

Lions drugged a couple of weeks ago? Or is the Packers defense that good?...Maybe somewhere in the middle, but right now I'm leaning more toward the latter.

Cinci can't run the ball...and now they can't get the ball to their playmakers. Their defense is less than meh. They're cooked, and the Vikings--whose defense plays aggressively upfield--were happy to help cook them. Wentz is barely a game manager, but he's seen enough to not be overwhelmed by odd defensive looks like Ponder...I mean, McCarthy...was This might qualify as a "get well" game for the Vikes in their string of four straight "home" games, and I think Pittsburgh--who they see overseas this week--isn't very good, but the Steelers will pose more of a challenge than Cinci did. If Wentz plays well this week, they might have a QB controversy on their hands.

The Bears beat a bad Dallas team at home. Even last year under Eberflushed, they had a couple breakout home games, but were mostly trash otherwise. This game doesn't do much to convince me they're any good, but it gives their fans something to crow about. Their defensive stats are mostly skewed by the flogging they took from Detroit, but they weren't lights out in their other games, either. I don't see a different team, yet, regardless of coaching. I think they'll struggle in a low-scoring, sloppy game in Vegas this week...they might win, but I'd take the Raiders and the points.

The Lions were impressive last night. Yes, Baltimore was missing some key pieces on defense--best pass rusher and best DL--and that gave the Lions OL a break. Harbaugh usually has his guys ready to play and they respond to challenges like this...usually by leaning on Jackson. They didn't have enough last night, and with the exception of one run, Derrick Henry looked old and slow--which might be a pretty significant problem for them. The Lions aren't unbeatable, though. I think their CBs can be had and the catch and run game for the TEs worked against them pretty effectively. They're going to win 12 or so, and should beat the Browns handily at home this week.

Three teams at 2-1 and the Bears with a resounding win over our opponent next week, Dallas.

Dallas on defense is as porous as the limestone of South Texas. They're giving up almost 40 ppg.

I have nothing to add or comment on, so I'll do it here.

Thanks for all you guys (writers and commenters) keeping me on the straight and narrow.

GPG!

Yeah. This week we were the joke in the division. So what? Let them crow. It’s week 3. Besides, we’re still in first.

The Lions interior OL is paper thin. And not good. One injury and they’re toast. The way to fluster Goff is to make him a drop back passer and move him off his spot. Which we did in week 1. As was mentioned above, the style they play is going to lend itself to injuries. Further, they have no pass rushers outside of Hutch, and their CBs are bad. Dobber is right. They’re good. But they can be had. And the future isn’t bright for them. Cap problems on the radar.

The Bears suck. I expect them to be better than they are now by the time we play them, but the roster just is not very good. A lot of work to do in Chitown. Good thing their GM just got that extension. 😂

The Vikings also suck. The Bengals are going to be competing for the #1 overall pick without Burrow. JJ is as raw as can be and Wentz sucks. They have very little draft capital and they are the oldest team in the division by a mile.

…Oh-oh—did I miss the rapture(?)…and I’m a believer too—not good!
I said in a post last week that the best thing to have happened to the Vikings was the McCarthy injury—wentz is better than McC—especially with the exceptional Viking JJ and soon to return Addison.
My previous nosedive comments re the Lions may have been premature. They look very good. Their 4th-down success looks super…until it isn’t.
I don’t know what to believe about the Bears?…I hope it’s more about a pathetic Cowboys team.
I did previously believe the Bears were trending up.
Go Packers!!!

In a weird weekend in the league the NFCN was among the weirdest, with all the teams pretty much having games other than what was expected for them. In the grand scheme of things I don't think most of them from this week will matter much after the next weeks' worth of games are played.

Here at the next 6 games for the NFCN:
The Vikings play the Steelers in Ireland, at Cleveland, vs Philly, at Chargers, at Detroit, vs Ravens.
Da Bears are at Las Vegas, at Washington, vs New Orleans, at Baltimore, at Cincinnati, vs the Giants.
The Lions host the Browns, at Bengals, at KC, vs Tampa Bay, vs Minnesota, at Washington.

Talk about the Division when we add up all those results.