Tag: Detroit Lions
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Bears Fire Matt Eberflus, Blame Points to Ryan Poles
The Chicago Bears have fired coach Matt Eberflus after two seasons with the team. This comes off the heels of working with the Indianapolis Colts as a defensive coordinator and trying to piece together what other predecessors have accomplished as head featured coaches.
Shamefully, on Thanksgiving Day Eberflus was ruthlessly targeted for his clock management and it was not more apparent in the waning stages of the game between famously Detroit and coach Dan Campbell’s team.
Eberflus refused to call a timeout and the football game was over.
The Bears had just become 4-8 after a strong start to their offense in the beginning of the season and fell to the bottom after regretful Hail Marys and lopsided losses to uncompetitive NFL defenses.
This could not have gone sour under quarterback Caleb Williams who set the rookie record yesterday for most consecutive passes (212) without an interception.
Williams was the first overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft by the Bears and general manager Ryan Poles. Poles triggered the move to trade Justin Fields to the Pittsburgh Steelers and look out for the USC product.
What is it smart?
Maybe, that Fields is not talented and will not be rumored to earn $100 million immediately in free agency by former Super Bowl winner Russell Wilson but the tandem work together, they are 8-3, overcome an impressive Jayden Daniels-Commanders team and Poles is at fault.
He does not look the type to be in the position others strive for. He looks stoic, out of touch and took his inner emotions on the wrong coach two seasons in who just last year provided an excellent speech to the team this year was going to be a turnaround under a rookie quarterback.
The NFC North is stacking up to be huge but the Bears, they are plummeting in season one of Williams.
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Happy Thanksgiving Message
Sports Kingdom resurrected on a quest in the summer of 2022 and cannot be more proud on this day Thanksgiving is feasted around the corner of Christmas Day and New Year’s.
It is a solid time to get behind Sports Kingdom to tell family on this very day to follow SK. It a time to savor the turkey, stuffing, or greens but make it a joyous day with the ones that matter and also watch Detroit like every Thanksgiving who are off to their best start in decades under coach Dan Campbell.
Also, the NFC East rivalry matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants should hold high stakes for Sports Kingdom to cover later whether one of the audience is still in a living room setting or elsewhere.
The Giants lost Daniel Jones so expect Dallas to try and use that to their advantage.
Finally, on Thanksgiving Day it is about eating, sharing, gathering but viewing the Dolphins and Packers game in a slight preview matchup.
Coach Mike McDonald has been on the hot seat but last week Tia Tagovailoa overcame his injury battles and defeated his previous opponent with a declining Tyreek Hill this season who said he amount to 2,000 receiving yards, many of those say they will feast at Thanksgiving 2024.
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Lion Spike: A Simba Moment
An East African tribe used to do a ritual. It was called the Lion Spike. They would encircle the Lion and insert a spike into the lion’s mouth. Ironically enough, the Baltimore Ravens celebrate with the Lion Spike in their locker room after games.
Now would not it be something if the Baltimore Ravens and Detroit Lions met in the Super Bowl. The Lions have played in two conference championships while the Niners are competing in 19 NFC Championship games.
The 49ers came off a slight, impressive 24-21 victory over Green Bay. Green Bay deserves kudos this season, especially Jordan Love. He may not have withered the same outcome vs. Dallas but finished with a 72.4 rating.
Baltimore, meanwhile, is playing lights out. They defeated the Houston Texans by a huge margin score and look to not skip a beat. Defensively, they made sure CJ Stroud felt uncomfortable inside the pocket, and all the reason to believe DC Mike MacDonald is heading towards a head coaching position.
Baltimore issued a bye week in their initial contests so for them to be well-rested and stoked for the Lions, seems to be a Simba moment.
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