OT: MIchigan Sports Thread: UM wins Natty Championship

[Winger98]

The Tigers have signed a ton of young international players. Are any of them good?

Chris Rodriquez is a big signing. Has a bat that projects up with legit power if he develops but so did Tork so...yeah.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

I would rather get to the Super Bowl than not get there.

Kudos to AG for keeping the patchwork defense going as long as he did. Unfortunately, the wheels fell off against a mobile QB which was already a known weakness. Shortcomings on defense were always saved by Goff and Co. stepping up and Goff had a stinker of a game.

Gibbs is magical.

I am not as optimistic as I was after leaving the NFC Championship in Santa Clara last year but Lions will be a contender again. Hoping injuries are minimal next year. Lions must have set an injury record this year. Big moment for MC/DC and having to potentially replace AG and Johnson. Sounds like AG is a lock for the Jets or Saints job.

I hope we elevate Kelvin Sheppard and he doesn't leave with Johnson or Glenn.

 

[StreetHawk]

Everyone is piling on Goff, but the fact is the Lion's receiving corps really isn't that great. Outside of St Brown and LaPorta their receivers are average at best. A position that needs to be addressed in the off-season.

Honestly, when you have what most would consider the Best OL, plus 2 terrific RB, and one of the Best TE plus slot WR, that's a pretty good group on Offense. They'd love more out of Williams, but that 2022 WR class with Wilson, Olave, Dotson, himself, Burks have not played up to their draft status. Could use an upgrade but there are clearly other areas that need bigger upgrades.

Off-season, need to upgrade the Defense and think practically as well. They will have to find guys to replace players they won't be giving another contract to in the next year or so. Like how they had to replace OG Jackson whom they weren't going to sign.

 

[chances14]

What a waste of a good football team this year. Injuries on defense finally caught up to them and Goff choked big time.

 

[jkutswings]

What a waste of a good football team this year. Injuries on defense finally caught up to them and Goff choked big time.

I think nearly the entire team choked. Definitely unforced errors by Goff, but also less protection by the offensive line and horrendous tackling by everybody. It felt like the first game this year where instead of playing their own game, taking what the defense gave them on offense and getting at least the occasional turnover or timely stop on defense, they panicked and got very reactive on both sides of the ball.