NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Detroit
So Jacksonville managed to avoid running the streak to 21…on a desperate last second field goal.
Sigh.
I still think Urban Meyer is out before the end of the season. Possibly still this week? I mean, if I own the team, beating the Dolphins in London just isn’t enough to save your job.
Next week, Detroit plays the Rams.
Speaking of out, Ed Orgeron out as LSU head coach at the end of the season, apparently by mutual agreement.
He won a national championship in 2019, but they went 5-5 in 2020. Of course, 2020 was so screwed up that, frankly, if I were in college or pro athletics, I’d just throw any stats from that year out the window.
They’re 4-3 so far this year. And Orgeron has allegedly had problems with some of his players sexually assaulting women and NCAA investigations.
When you mentioned the last minute field goal, at least Detroit is getting better? This week the didn’t do that. They managed to screw up so badly, that a field goal was not needed at the last second.
Actually, while things in Detroit look about the same as they always do, their is a bit of difference. They are clearly a better team than they were last year, in some areas. The offensive line is better, only they lost the big center, Frank Ragnow, for the year, due to a big toe injury, that took a surgery, and that hurts immensely. Jeff Goff is not the same quarterback that Stafford was, but he is adequate.
The two problems are first, the defensive secondary is a mess. The bigger problem and one that they will never win, unless they solve, is that of a couple of fast, quality wide receivers who can go downfield with speed that can catch the ball, and run with it. right now, they don’t have one. They are counting on a tight end and their running backs to catch the passes. Not a good thing.