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So apparently, Goff is 1-23 when down by 10 or more at the half. Not good news for Lions fans.

And approaching the half, Washington has already scored more against the Lions than against us. Oof.

More like Lions are better not putting the game on their QB's hands.

Jared Goff may be pulling off a Sam Darnold and turning into a pumpkin.

Again, look at these offenses taking little dinky plays and getting something explosive out of them.

Personally, once a QB gets past the line of scrimmage, they should only get the same protections any other player on offense would have.

Lions can do a little dump-off like that and get a big play. We do that, we lose two yards.

One of the biggest lessons life has taught me.

Going empty on 3rd and 1 even though you're running the ball well? Sometimes, you get a little too cute and it bites you hard.

Whatever the case, it's somewhat similar to what Canales does from time to time, calling pass after pass after pass. You're just begging for the defense to tee up on it and get your QB in big trouble, especially when your O-line isn't the best in pass protection already.

In fairness, the Cowboys and Steelers haven't played well enough recently to be in position to benefit from favorable calls. Also, I still remember that Steelers vs Seahawks Super Bowl. I may not care much for the Seahawks, but man, it sure looked like the referees were doing everything in that game so that Cowher could finally get a ring.

I checked and after the Mixon touchdown, the Texans ran the ball one time for the remainder of the game. It's almost like after the Fairbairn missed XP, the offense played as though they were down multiple scores.

Boy, now the Texans are just hoping Stroud didn't suffer a serious injury just now.

Stroud is not Mahomes enough to get those calls.

Mahomes doing Mahomes things in the playoffs. What's new?

This game so far has not been a major surprise. The Chiefs have allowed just about every opponent they've faced this season to stay right with them, only to find a way to win at the end. That's the thing the Texans will need to overcome.

There's a reason why so many great receivers have come in mid/late rounds. Scouts and fans will overvalue raw metrics and potential while another guy who actually does the little things right get overlooked because their 40 time doesn't stand out. I'm hoping the success so far we've had with Coker will get our team to look for more guys like him going forward rather than guys like TMJ/Mingo.

Texans really love running slants.

Coker is an example on how really knowing how to play the position can compensate for not having gifted athleticism. That said, I still can't comprehend how he broke away on that long touchdown. Could just be an extra gear he only has going on a straight line.

Personally, I think Goff has one of the easier jobs compared to other QBs. His guys get schemed to where they're no one within tackling range and better yet, those receivers get ton of YAC as well. You still give credit to Goff for doing his job, but that's more of an example of a staff that is making everything as easy as possible for their QB. With our staff, you have to give them props for working with Bryce after the benching. I do think, however, that the massive turnaround in performance took even the staff by surprise to where the bigger issue now is that we're not really ready to exploit his emerging skillset yet. It's going away from fixing him to more using him properly.

From a personality standpoint, Young and Canales seem to be a good pairing. There aren't too many coaches who could bench a guy and yet keep that guy's trust in you. Absolutely they're nowhere close to Mahomes/Reid, but in the Atlanta game, some of Canales's playcalls were about as bold as his QB was. A good sign Canales himself is gaining the confidence to call what he wants without worrying too much whether his players could execute.

Not sure if this says more about how good the support Bryce had around him this season or how terrible it was his rookie season. I'm still inclined to say it's more the latter. Is there's anything Bryce learned his rookie season that was an aid to his development? If anything, just about everything that his prior coaches and on-the-field experience taught him had to be wiped clean.

I do think someone out there will give him another chance, but he and his agent need to be real and not ask for a ton of money, so he can go to a much better team. Only way to silence his critics is to prove them wrong, but he won't be doing it playing for the Raiders or Browns. It's what happens when you have too many teams in the playoffs and you have a year where there's a big disparity between the good and bad teams.

This is hilarious. At one point, Darnold held the ball so long that Paul Allen, the Vikings radio guy, was yelling at him.

It's getting to the point where a Steelers receiver should be on no one's target list. You're just asking for trouble.