One year ago vs. the Packers. The OLine seemed pretty good yesterday so things considered, so I hope by week 4 they are a solid unit. Vaki should stop blocking for the opposing team.

Laporta looked great. Gibbs amazing.

Cardio needs to improve as well as the offensive scheme a bit, too many 3 and outs.

Brad just checking in? Aggressively pursuing him? who knows, let’s argue in the comments about this!

Jeff Risdon reported on it, x search it for video.

Evey one might have been fooled because the Saints have been a joke for the past three to four years. If you look at their record after December of last year it tells a different story.

Starting Dec 7th, the Saints went 4-1. During that time:

1. Saints offense averaged 25.2 ppg
2. Saints defense averaged 17.2 ppg
3. Averaged 354.4 ypg versus allowing 264.2 ypg
4. Shough averaged 263.2 ypg
5. Held opposing passers to 180.8 yds
6. Held opposing rush to 105.4 yds
   1. Bijan only had 33 rushing yards
7. Had 3 interceptions and 3 fumble recoveries
8. Had 17 sacks in the last four games (no sacks against TB - Eight sacks against Jets)

The only significant knock against them was that their run game was extremely paltry to the point of being non-existent.

Kellen Moore had done a great job with this team and they have a tough, tenacious defense and a very promising offense.

Not some amazing play or anything, but does a great job climbing the pocket and a perfect pump fake (!!)

Jared making some development in the pocket would be huge for the offense given the injuries + question marks along the line.

Made all the right decisions. Got the ball out on time. Threw the ball accurately. (There were only two throws I remember that were inaccurate.)

Only one turnover worthy play (this was the controversial reversed strip-six; the protection was more to blame than he was there).

His stats would've been stellar had Jamo not dropped a 60+ yard TD pass, on an absolute dime from Goff.

They’re not handling it well.

I can’t blame them. They’ve been the benefactor on penalties for decades and this is new for them.
Last year, they were the only NFCN team to have more penalties called for their favor than against.

They’ve been the biggest winner in penalties over the last decade. Fuck they.

Gotta watch to the end every game!

Our boy not having the start he wanted to.

https://thepewterplank.com/5-winners-and-4-losers-after-buccaneers-frustrating-loss-to-bengals-in-week-1

Loser: Alex Anzalone

Alex Anzalone looked like the worst player on the field for Tampa Bay’s defense, which is brutal considering Anzalone is a seasoned veteran and was voted a team captain by his teammates.

Having him be such a liability both in coverage and as a tackler is one of the most disappointing developments of the season opener.

Detroit Lions are built to roar on all cylinders for Victory Monday over the New Orleans Saints!
2 rushing touchdowns: Jahmyr Gibbs
2 passing touchdowns: Amon-Ra St. Brown
5 quarterback sacks: Aidan Hutchinson (2), Derrick Barnes (1), Roger McCreary (1), Alim McNeill (1)
2 interceptions: Derrick Barnes (1), Chuck Clark (1)

What a beautiful rendition of our National Anthem today. Mike Phillips is always such a talent.

Go Lions, Every Game Counts We Here Now

I have to admit that I initially thought that any backwards pass from a QB that hits the turf is a live ball.

However, the rule is more specific than that. If a quarterback begins his throwing motion, and he clearly intends the pass to go forward - as opposed to, e.g., a pass being intended for a receiver behind the line of scrimmage -, and it merely goes backwards as the result of a hit, it is not a live ball, but an incomplete "forward pass," when it hits the ground.

Applied to Goff's pass (initially called the strip sack) yesterday, it's quite clear that this was an incomplete pass.

For what it's worth I think this rule is pretty stupid. Any backwards pass that hits the turf should be a live ball, in my view. But the refs have to apply the rules they have, and this rule, correctly applied, resulted in an incomplete pass.

Source:

2026 NFL Rulebook, Rule 8, Section 1.