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Wow does this miss the mark. In other comments you asked for facts. Here you go. CJ Gardner Johnson was not a big loss for the team. He was injured almost the entire 2023 season. A far greater loss was Josh Reynolds. He was a very, very steady receiver who was unfairly blamed (grossly unfairly) for the playoff loss to SF. Yes, Jonah Jackson was a loss, but they have multiple players able to fill in and not shelling out big dollars for Jackson meant retaining plenty of cap space. They are still rated as having a top-3 offensive line and many rate them at number one. There is only a brief and dismissive mention about additions to the secondary but lots of talk about how bad they were against the pass last year. Consider, with that defense, they got within a hair of the SB. They are undoubtedly improved. No call out for the many team strengths, including the numerous outstanding draft picks over the last couple years, retaining both the offensive and defensive coordinators and much more. As for metrics used by Dan Campbell, it should be noted he got a team that was a mess a couple years ago. In three years, he (and Brad Holmes) rebuilt the team to a top 10 (maybe top 5) roster last year and improved it for this year. If you are asking viewers to make a choice between Campbell's decision-making metrics and yours, I will choose Campbell. Your opinion is noted, thank you. Are the Lions a shoo-in for the SB this year? Hardly. Plenty of great teams this year The Lions are one of them with a solid chance to make the SB --- and make it this year. As for 'dreams shattered,' you have again missed the point.
@@unsatisfied99 love the actual discussion. Thank you ahead of time. As for CJ, it will be a bigger loss than lions fans think and asking rookies to be supermen asap is a lot to ask but Detroit assume away. If the DB rookies are supermen in year one, congratulations. You briefly cover the defensive backfield but ok, and you move to Josh Reynolds at WR. Not blaming him but was he a supreme playmaker in the grand scheme of things, nope! Multiple players to fill in for one as only one player at a time can play! Hmmmmm, good luck and it will be a tall task in this league! As far as Dan is concerned, I’m he’s aggressive and some years it may work but some not BUT some of the decisions were a definite no go but his persona thought otherwise. Will he tone it down? Will he feel like he needs to maintain his edge? Either way, with his percentage and obvious results in going with me, lol!! Do the Lions have what it takes defensively, yes BUT that secondary must grow like a chia pet on steroids! Will the offense be able to increase their output? The OL is top 6, not 3 and Goff has to be better than he was last year and some have him at a #12-15 QB in the league. I’m pulling for Detroit, I want Barry and Charles to boogie with the superbowl crowd at least once for the BS they endured and Detroit has most of the roster to do it but let’s be honest, questions still remain. I’m taking they MAY not win the bowl as I said. Again, MAY not!!
Come on back! I'm hoping they make a deep run and hell win the NFC BUT they won't win the bowl imo. Talk that if they run through the NFC and I'll fess up
To sum this up. Lions did so good last season. They had their weaknesses. During the off season they upgraded essentially everywhere except for losing a middle of the pack safety who used to be decent when he was on the saints. SOMEHOW after essentially only upgrading the roster during the offseason they won’t do good next year. And if you go read the comments about how no one agrees with him he’ll just comment “homer”.
Middle of the pack? Why? Because he left? lol...Don't ignore facts and you don't realize how difficult it is for rookie DBs to transition (to answer your question, YES I DO). That being said, I'm pulling for the Lions.
@@TheSecondWindConsultationMedia If you're going to make your predictions "statements" then get upset at people's reactions, you're going to spend All Your Time here in the comments section justifying this. Now the scientists in the white lab coat from the "How it Should Have Ended" series walks & says "here's an idea: why don't you include your justifications _IN_ the video. That way, no one can pick it apart & you can stop having to waste time answering these." It's so simple it might just work.
@@TheSecondWindConsultationMedia he was hurt for a big majority of the season (from game 2 until the playoffs). Losing him is not the big deal you try to make it be.
@@TheSecondWindConsultationMediaso it is likely that you are a fan of one of their division rivals. Perhaps the Bears since the Vikings fans are not the kind to resort to posting crap like this. If you had any cojones, ya would have named them to begin with.
@@TheSecondWindConsultationMedia You're saying things like "they need another superstar talent to set them apart in the NFC." Why? Can they not overcome Kadarius Toney with what they have? Did you present the # of superstars that Every S-B Winning Team has ever & always had? does it matter what positions they play? Aside from Brady & often One Receiver who can name me the rest of the super-stars that helped them win 6 rings? You're making nothing but Unsupported Statements. If you read in some marketing study somewhere that This Works, it only sometimes works when there are two talking heads arguing about facets of these opinions & even then, only because that way people get to hear Their Own Opinion _also argued,_ not just some stranger's. This is a glutted market. If you wish to crack it/grow your channel, Do Better. There *are other channels* offering way more than what's here both in entertainment & analysis. *Multiple ones.* I would suggest offering something they _don't already offer_ because if all you have is what they already do but even less, people may give you a Second Chance. But not a third.
If the Detroit Lions have a chance to make the Super Bowl, they must do it THIS SEASON. Their O-line isn't getting any younger, and their key FA pickups are due for either more money or a new location.
I think they have a 2 year window with what they have plus upgrades. They drafted two young DBs and their defense is good. The HC has to get out of the way and not be 'River Boat Ron 2.0'
Any Superbowl contender could see their team succumb by injuries to key players and/or sub-par performances...shit happens. See Eagles & Browns. BUT the Lions' brass has moved to mitigate that by building a deep roster with talented backups. By 2025, the Lions' defense could become as good and deep as their offense....who itself will have a talented backup to Goff with 2 years of learning the position in the event that Goff misses some games.
You were doing pretty well, until you decided CGJ was the lynchpin to our potential success. Is making it back to the conference championship not a “deep” playoff run?
He's not the determining factor BUT they made a deep run with him and now they don't have him along with two rookies. Learning curve for rooks, everyone knows that but lets hope they play above their paygrade!!
They can't make a deep playoff run... After they were a couple plays away from making the Superbowl last year!? You're talking like they didn't even address their secondary concerns.
You don't gamble when you have the game won already and if you lose you give them a chance to get back in the game and did it there times and lost all three times and probably lost a Superbowl ring in the process just to gamble for no reason. Nothing to win because the game was already won but everything to lose if the gamble doesn't pay off its like betting everything for a bag of chips it doesn't make sense but he is a great head coach just a lousy gambler everything to lose vs nothing to win. Extremely bad bet considering the circumstances. You gave them their only chance to get back in it by going for overkill and gave them the momentum and a spark of life.
Cjgj didnt even play this season really lol, and in the championsship game he was horrible and kinda cost them the game along with Reynolds dropping passes
This man can not be serious. They won’t make the Super Bowl, but holy shit they’re good. CJGJ was obviously no help cuz are secondary sucked. If anything CD3 brings more of a veteran presence than he did.
@@TheSecondWindConsultationMedia it’s a good strategy to get like a thousand views a few times. After that, it won’t work for returning customers. If you’re married to this strategy you’re gonna have to start doing LeBron/Jordan content. And even with that, still not very lucrative alone.
So they are really good and improesd and they are bad because one of their playoff wins were close? what kind of crap argument is that, this video has to be rage bait this video just dont make too much sense youll never be seeing me here again
@@TheSecondWindConsultationMedia Not if he's cancer in the locker room. He didn't want to play here so he didn't. Case closed. Move on. And yes I like the rookies and the new experienced guy over someone who just took a yr off and collected pay.
@@TheSecondWindConsultationMedia No. I am stupefied that you actually believe CJGJ was the reason for the Lions success, that he is irreplaceable and his loss will spell doom for the Lions. Rookies compete for jobs. Really good ones get the job they want. Last year Sam LaPorta, Jhamyr Gibbs and Jack Campbell started as rookies. The year before that Aidan Hutchinson, Brian Branch and Amon Ra St Brown started as rookies. And before that Peneii Sewell started as a rookie. Ever heard of these guys? They were all NFL ready. All Star talent. Coincidence?
This is moronic. The Lions gained a ton of experience, kept everyone of importance or replaced them with better players. The secondary is totally revamped. They nearly beat a team that has either been in the Super Bowl or NFC Championship the past 4 years. And NO CHANCE?? NONE?? Get out here! Guessing you're a fan of a rival team! LOL
His next video is about how the Packers will win the SB next year lol he also thinks the Packers are the greatest team ever if you read the comments in it so he's kinda not a lions fan
