I’m a Packers fan, and is it weird to say I feel for you guys. Vikings are a very good team, you’d take a 14-3 season any day. But this Lions team is just insanely good, and to think they’re still dominating with all the injuries on defence. The Lions are just that good and there’s not much we can do about it, props to them, and their fans deserve it, they’ve been waiting for ages to enjoy some success.
Yeah the lions offense is shockingly good. May be one of the best offensive forces I’ve seen in my lifetime. The Vikings defense is legit and the Lions just make it look easy.
To all the Vikings fans. Hell of a year guys! 14-3 is bonkers! For a team they projected 7 wins total...KOC is cooking and B Flo did as well as one could in a hostel environment. See u guys in the Divisional round.
Vikings fans, relax….. your record was achieved on the back of a very soft schedule. You should all go back and have a look. Pay attention to a game in late Oct when you played LA and lost 30-20. Yeah, you got a chance though huh…. Ridiculous! Next year you’ll be locked in the North’s basement, right under Chicago. You guys are in for a couple sad years ahead….
Let me know how that Eagles game turns out for ya. Will talk next week? By they way, your "team" won one game in the NFC North this year so you probably should dial back the arrogance just a tad. 😂
Let’s not pretend the Bears Packers game was legit. Bears played well, but the Packers rested some guys and then lost the rest to injury, had no game plan on purpose as to not disadvantage themselves in the playoffs, gifted the Bears all kinds of points, and played terribly, coached poorly, and yet…the Bears really still should have lost. No one care about the Bears winning outside of Chicago. Losing Watson is way way way more painful.
Packers fan here You guys make it really difficult to appreciate a Vikings loss because you're so fucking nice. Packers lost to tha Bears, fuck my life.
Funny because the Packers are the only team that went 1-5 in their division and still made the playoffs, i would say good luck next week but I cannot stand the Packers.
Lions fan here. Everyone said we sucked after we lost to the Bills. Now they’re saying we’re good again. They do this every game. Sometimes you just have bad games where things don’t go your way. It’s good that it happened now and not in the playoffs. Vikings will respond after this performance. It’s the playoffs now so the best course of action is to forget about this game and focus on the Rams. Anything can happen in a win or go home 60 minute game. Good luck.
People have a one game memory and it is showing lol, no disrespect to Ziggy but they had lions like 4 or 5 in this weeks power rankings and he said tonight he thinks they're the best team in the NFL, around the league they all had them down to 4 or 5 but guarantee now they're gonna put them back on top and pretend like they never doubted
The Lions fans are idiots. Violent and pathetic. I have seen people get beaten badly in the old Silverdome. I will never want the Lions to succeed. Dan Campbell will screw up the team in its most important moment.
The jump offsides is a big part of why it is important to go for fourth downs frequently. Everyone on the Vikings defense thought the Lions were going for it. That's why they jumped offside on the fake snap count.
How is Detroit doing this with all their ongoing injuries? How? It's amazing to watch. Even apart from their talent, they have such heart and desire--they want it more. Undeniably, Lions are the Kings of the North. I say this as an embarrassed Packers fan.
@WilliamTillack also lions fan idk about that. The Honolulu flu got em the 1st time. Think it gets em again. Hope I'm wrong cause I'd much rather see darnold again instead of Stafford and puka
You guys are really great for bringing football communities together Packers fan here and I do appreciate the way you guys are fair and try to be unbiased in your assessments I can speak for a lot of Packers fan who like you guys and don’t enjoy the Vikings pain as much as they used because of you guys Hope you guys had a great regular season and excited for your postseason coverage ❤
If you can give the Detroit Lions $2 million bucks for a few tickets, thinking it will help, you can give Darnold 30 to 50 million for the same reason.
Hello Paul from Todd, man you are a die-hard Vikings fans are you 😊. I would imagine you're feeling a little bit better today, but I just want to send you a quick note to apologize and tell you that I'm sorry for being inconsiderate of the hard feelings you're going through yesterday, I should have thought more carefully before sending my message to you. We still have the Monday night football game I'll be rooting for you buddy. Catch you later.
This is what happens every time the Lions beat a division rival: they totally doubt their own team. You clutch your pearls, doubting your own team even though they won 14 games, but you simply can't admit the Lions are better. Your team is good. The lions are better.
@@Musicsportsactually Stafford hasn’t been rolling as of late. Since Buffalo he has been pretty bad in throwing touchdowns…their team including their defense has been great, but not because of Stafford🤷♂️
I'm a Packers fan and us and Vikings fans need to deal with reality. The Lions are now the team to beat in the division. Plain and simple. There no longer a doormat. Idk why people thought Minnesota was winning last night. I had Detroit all day every day. The Lions are an elite team. Minnesota is a good team. There's a difference.
Much respect to Minnesota. They are a worthy team. That said: The Lions left no doubt as to who is the king of the NFC North. The Lions swept the division. In this game, the Lions mash unit defense shut down the offensive "weapons" of Minnesota, exposing Darnold to be the journeyman/placeholder quarterback he is. I know it must be a bitter pill for Minnesota fans to swallow, but it is clear by any objective standard, Stats:The Lions have won five straight, and six out of the last seven games with Minnesota. Spirit: The iron will of the Lions, what Detroit calls grit, enables them to enforce their will on Minnesota, the Lions are the better team. If you can’t score a touchdown, you don’t deserve to win.
I think you guys are missing something. Its not that Darnold was bad, it was that he was under PRESSURE the whole game. He didn't implode, the Lions defense fired by semi nuclear Dan Campbell, just stayed in his face.
Dude Paul sounds so much how I as a Lions fan sounded all through the Stafford era, every year I found a way to convince myself why the team would be good, I remember the 2014 season how I convinced myself we could beat Green Bay and win in the playoffs.Then the Dallas game happened. Or how every time we looked like we would beat Rodgers and the Packers the refs found a way to blow a call or something. I'm from Wisconsin and my best friends are Packers fans, and that was always so hard to watch and sit back and see them win. They lost a lot more in the playoffs than they won though, but they did bring home a championship, which i've never gotten to see my team do. So this year hearing all the packers fans complain about the refs and calls against the Lions, I cannot tell you how sweet that feels now that the roles are reversed.
First props for coming out an doing this even after your team lost. Not a lot of fans would do that. Something I thought of that I wanted to share; So I watched the video you guys made prior to this, the one on the match up, and one thing that Paul said in that is Goff and Darnold were about even in this match up, which was a surprise to me, considering that Goff has been in many big time games and played in the playoffs, has several winning seasons under his belt, whereas Sam Darnold has never played in a game this big, has never had a winning season as a starter until coming out this season for the first time in his career basically. I know the stats showed that he was just a bit behind Goff, but you can't take stats for everything. I'm not saying he hasnt had a good season, but that experience in those big time games over the years adds up, and Goff is clearly the better quarterback, and he proved it again last night.
I've been a Lions fan for decades, i don't have any sympathy for you. After suffering through absolute decades of mediocre football to see them run rough shod over this division....hell yeah!!
Did these people really think that Darnolds struggles were over? Like Cowboys thinking Daks struggles end with $60M in his pocket? The key is ‘processing under pressure’! The great ones heart rate slows under pressure. Watch them when pressure rises, their pace rises too! And the game speed and their heart rate rises with the pressure! Look at their eyes! Mahomes eyes never change with pressure 👁️👁️ The great ones don’t!
Lions fan here. Appreciate you guys bringing the truth. I expected a much tighter game, and although Darnold seemed to crumble to the pressure of a big game, some of the play calling by KOC ad the OC seemed really bad. In all of the goal line drives the Vikings had inside the Lions 10 yard line, , almost no run plays were called. Yes, the Lions defensive strength has been their run fence, but not challenging them with a few runs plays play straight into their 66% blitz game plan. Outside of the one big breakaway run, the Vikings almost never ran the ball in the 2nd half. Once the Lions Defence makes your offense one dimensional - which always seems to be the game plan, you are playing into their defenses hands. If Darnold had connected on just a few passes, the game could have opened up. But the Lions pass rush (which finally woke up in week 18) seemed to really get to Darnold confidence. Also, Hockenson was a ghost in this game. How can a guy who is getting paid $15mil a year be targeted 9 times and catch only 2 passes for 9 yards? No one wants to say it, but I think that Hockenson is scared to death of getting popped again by Kerby or Branch. And no, I don't think that the Lions D secondary is out to end anyone's season by going low. But as long as being allowed to tackle below the waist is legal, all Defensive secondary players in the NFL will try to tackle a player there when they are being outweighed and outsized by 50lbs and 4 inches, rather than try to hit them above the waist where they are at a huge disadvantage. All in all, a hard-fought game between 2 very good teams, and a showcase for the rest of the NFL that the Black & Blue Division is the toughest division in the league. Good Luck in LA. PS Many are interpreting MCDC's comments to KOC after the game about seeing the Vikings again in 2 weeks as condescension. Not at all. Listen to him long enough and you will see that he doesn't operate on that level. He sincerely expects you guys to be back at Ford Field in 2 weeks. You just gotta get there. And Darnold has to show up....
Absolutely love the channel, love the content and you guys (as a Packers fan) are a must watch. Thanks for everything!!! Also, thanks for running the pickem league, was thrilled to have won it considering I can barely win a week of my interoffice pickem league lol
He does not, i don't know where that came from but if you actually stat check that he's only won one game like that, and that was this years Texans game. he's 1-2 in his college and pro career all time in games where he throws 4 or more INTs. I'm a Lions fan btw.
@ Sorry, you’re right. I meant to say that Jared Goff has a 100% winning percentage when he throws five or more interceptions (he’s .500 when throwing four or more interceptions).
@@MarkLeBay He threw 5 INTs in a game in college and lost, so in his career, if you count college, he is 1-1 when throwing 5 ints. weird stat but i saw someone say he was 7-0 when throwing 4 or more INTS, which is rediculious. he only has 1 gamee throwing 4, and 2 games throwing 5 and is 1-2 in those games.
I watch every Sunday and text my buddies who I’ve known for 60 years and use sum it up nicely , and you make me laugh. I haven’t heard sheesh in a long time.
I think you should believe in your team, any given Sunday sometimes things work out better sometimes they don’t, fortunately, for the lions things have been going their way pretty much all season, even with all their injuries. But I don’t like the bulk of the games will be played indoors that’s not football.
I think you should believe in your team, any given Sunday sometimes things work out better sometimes they don’t, fortunately, for the lions things have been going their way pretty much all season, even with all their injuries. But I don’t like the bulk of the games will be played indoors that’s not football. Paul never seen you like this. There’s no fat woman singing yet.
The loss wasn’t all on Darnold. He got pressured all night, receivers were locked down, the entire offence as a hole didn’t play well. Detroit had there number.
Dude.. you guys are 14-3. That's rare air. And I hate to tell you this, I know you don't want to hear it.. but the Lions are arguably the best team in Football. They are legitimately a cut above the rest of the North, at the very least. The Vikings will lick their wounds and be better for it. This is NOT the same old vikings.. and that's coming from a die hard Packers fan who has ALWAYS referred to the Vikings as perennial bed shitters.
Idk that you can say that, they could have the worst season ever next season just like in the past. Moving on from cousins was wise but Darnold shit the bed in this game hard and he will do it again. Can't take the seeing ghosts out of Darnold. Exposed.
@eastsideleek313 you have to be mature and wise to analyze a team's chances independent of record. Poverty teams and franchises victory lap after the regular season (seeding and record). The packers made the playoffs but their season is over right now. It's very evident looking at their play. The vikings season is likely over as well. The lions are now the most vulnerable team because they seem invincible. How many times did the packers have the 1 seed and the best record and just lose. The Lions are counting their eggs now, just wait for the implosion
On top of that, Darnold had one bad game. It came in arguably the most important game of the season, but players have bad games. It’s nearly impossible to play high level football 17/17 games. I have no reason to think Darnold won’t come out next game and play well. As a Packer fan, I thought our team was going to be at that top tier level this year and they just haven’t played that way. And yet, there’s always a chance to beat Philly. I think the Vikings are in a similar boat to us in that we played above realistic expectations for the team, we can beat anyone on our best day, and if we go deep in the playoffs, it’s awesome and if not, it won’t be nearly as crushing as it was post 2010 Super Bowl.
Darnold wasn't scared. He was overwhelmed. He just needs to be in more games like this to get a feel for how to make adjustments and win the battle of the mind.
I'm 35 years old......I remember rooting for the Lions since I can remember...(I'd say 6 years old). This is the best I've felt in a minute. You know though....Respect to Minnesota, O'Connell is a hell of a coach. Respectable team. MINNESOTA FANS, DONT BE LIKE OHIO ST. YOU HAVE A GREAT COACH. And Flores knows how to run a defense. Easily Top 5 coach and DC. I can't hate the Vikes. Awesome home field, awesome war chants. Great coaches. It just feels like it's Detroits time. ONE PRIDE!
They need to blow that Viking horn at their home games less. Save it for touchdowns and 2 point conversions. Maybe field goals? Maybe even first downs inside the red zone, if they must? Maybe I’m wrong but it seems like way too much.
Ok good content good show! As a Packers fan man this makes things a lot better now that we’re all in the playoffs! It’s revenge time for us! Go Packers Go
Hey guys, I appreciate the genuineness of your show. As a packer fan I feel like you’ve built up a sibling rivalry with us as a two team fan base where we share our ups and downs and your ups and downs every week. I think you guys will go in next week and beat the rams. What will be interesting is if you make it to the divisional round can Sam darnold play like he did against us in Minnesota. If he gets out of pressure and makes the throws you can beat any of the 3 teams you would face. What sucks for us all is the lions built a culture where they play not afraid to lose. They’re all in and when lafleur or O’Connell try to emulate what Dan Schneider does it doesn’t work because the culture of being ok to fail isn’t there. Anyway keep up the great podcast I only listen to you guys now. I pray that you guys keep growing as your podcast is awesome. God bless!
Lion fan here.. it all comes down to high leverage plays and in game coaching changes . The Vikes played small when those high leverage plays came around and despite being blitzed to death all game couldnt adjuste with 3 step drops, screens and etc.
As a lions fan I don't think most ppl understand how much depth we have the only players we can't really replace is hutch an alim which is why we keep winning
GG. I know this was billed as the most consequential reg season game ever... but it's still not a playoff game. You're still healthy. You still can go on a run. You need to be saying "We'll see Detroit again in 3 weeks!"
33:20 I get the disappointment. You just want to see your team play well. I’m a Lions fan. I get it. The Vikings have been super impressive this last year; it’s super disappointing to see watch players not play up to their ability.
Usually good and relevant teams already know that feeling, season after season. Only one team per year doesn’t get that heartbreak. No one remembers the failed Super Bowl runs except the fans of that team. I’ve seen the Packers win 4 SBs in my life, the SB I remember the most is the loss to Elway. He was Denver’s QB and Favre didn’t get the back to back SB wins. We lost 31-24 and were heavy favorites. Didn’t pan out.
Vikings fans found out that Aaron Jones has a difficult time running tough and into the endzone from inside the ten yard line. He does really good in the middle of the field but is not a power back to bully his way into the endzone. And on Sam Darnold, he looked like he was in the Twilight Zone once inside the Redzone.
Welcome to the Packers family. We both drew the 2 toughest games of the opening week of the playoffs. If either the Vikings or Packers make it far enough to play Detroit, I hope either can knock them off.
Big hugs for you guys…. I feel the same way after a Packers loss. World is over. Still hate the Vikings, but I’ll have a beer with you guys in solidarity ❤
Lots of nice packers fans comments. Not from me. Love watching the vikings choke after the fan base is impossibly insufferable every year for no reason ❤
As a Packer fan living in MN: (as repetitive as it sounds) relax. There's a crazy guy at my place of work who told me he put money on the Vikings to win the super bowl and that they are guaranteed the result. "It's being rigged." Enjoy the playoffs.
Jeez you guys, you've got an excellent coach, a really good QB, and plenty of talent. If you can't get there this year, it's not like the MN arrow isn't pointed up. You're in the playoffs and that's step 1.
The Lions coaching and play calling and strategy during the game is masterful and devastatingly effective. The Lions exploited Darnold’s Achilles heel - pressuring the hell out of him every passing play.
Hey my friends the Pack got murdered! 2 points loss to the Bears, with the talent the Pack has was an absolute DISASTER! Your team is really good, the Vikings will be fine.😀
Please don’t beat up on your team!! They are a great team! They have come this far and could go further. You guys have a team who is extremely healthy and can still make it and I am a Lions fan!!! It could be a WHOLE LOT WORSE! Continue to believe in them! They just had a bad game! All of our teams do!!! Keep yall head up!
Lions are out 12 defensive starters, I do not know who they even are. As a Lions fan the worst Vikings loss that shocked me was Atlanta beating them in the playoffs in the 1998 NFC Championship Game. Vikings kneeling to run the clock at the end threw me for a loop.
Lions fan here. Jarred goof was the guy who chokes, now he is much better QB. Please don’t lose hope. There is 32 team. There should be a losers and winners. Take it easy. It will be ok.
Hey guys we made it to the second season. Reason to celebrate. Packer backer here. At least you did not lose to Da Bears. Allowing one offensive touchdown and losing is ridiculous
Cheer up guys! None of you expected to come this far this year. Your still in it and all ya have to do is make few improvements for next year. You have enjoyed many great moments this year! Packerfans whine about Rodgers not bringing more titles to GB and totally forget all those amazing games he gave us.
We’ve been getting back about 1 guy a week off IR for the last 3 weeks. Alex Anzalone was huge in putting extra pressure on Darnold and Amik was a blanket on Jefferson. In two weeks we’ll have Monty back to share the load with Gibbs. It’s all about prolonging his career platooning Gibbs.
Vikings got a bad call on the safety but Detroit should have done a QB sneak on 4th and 6 inches instead of turning it over on downs so that probably all worked out in the wash.
I love how the vikings "gave it away" when they lost by 22 points to the lions but the packers got absolutely crushed by the lions when they lost by 10. Love the channel fellas. Also friendly reminder, the last time the packers won the superbowl they went to philly in the first round.
Darnold has been awesome - Lions are a broken buzz saw right now! Dangerous and somehow keeps going Could’ve done with a bell cow RB today but that defense looked nasty (imagine the Lions healthy 🥴)
Detroit Lions, winners of the BEST Division in NFL History! Hopefully the league will address the playoff seeding in the offseason. 14-3 and on the road is total BS.
The Lions D, even since the injuries, have been one of the best at keeping teams out of the end zone. The Lions D was giving up massive amounts of passing yards. That's what made them so bad. Even at the worst they still kept teams from scoring a TD. Look up touchdowns scored from red zone. Lions are top of the list even since injured.
As a Lions fan, I find this conversation crazy. You guys have no idea what it’s like to root for a team that couldn’t win year after year after year after year. Your team has had a great year. Going into this sold out stadium, so loud knowing so much at stake of course everyone had the jitterbugs, including your quarterback. Good grief. Campbell even told your coach we would be playing again in two weeks. That’s how good he thinks your team is.
As a long, long time Lions fan, you now know how Lions fans have felt for the last 60 plus years.
Lions have been winning all season with all the injuries, so why is it such a big deal we still won this game.
I’m a Packers fan, and is it weird to say I feel for you guys. Vikings are a very good team, you’d take a 14-3 season any day. But this Lions team is just insanely good, and to think they’re still dominating with all the injuries on defence. The Lions are just that good and there’s not much we can do about it, props to them, and their fans deserve it, they’ve been waiting for ages to enjoy some success.
Thank you. And Yes we do. Appreciate the Love from the North, and I'd love to see a Lions Packers or a Lions Vikes playoff game.
Yeah as a Vikings fan I gotta agree. Also, no way we could win with Darnold. Same thing every season for us. Props to the Lions
Yeah the lions offense is shockingly good. May be one of the best offensive forces I’ve seen in my lifetime. The Vikings defense is legit and the Lions just make it look easy.
To all the Vikings fans. Hell of a year guys! 14-3 is bonkers! For a team they projected 7 wins total...KOC is cooking and B Flo did as well as one could in a hostel environment. See u guys in the Divisional round.
Vikings fans, relax….. your record was achieved on the back of a very soft schedule. You should all go back and have a look. Pay attention to a game in late Oct when you played LA and lost 30-20. Yeah, you got a chance though huh…. Ridiculous! Next year you’ll be locked in the North’s basement, right under Chicago. You guys are in for a couple sad years ahead….
I'm glad I clicked this to watch the vikings fam meltdown. Thank you for making my day better. 😂 -A Packers Fan
As Lion Fan I too enjoiyed this video. I do feel bad that you guys lost againt the bears. But hey you guys are in the playoff. Good job
Watson and Jaire are out we might be done for 😔
Let me know how that Eagles game turns out for ya. Will talk next week? By they way, your "team" won one game in the NFC North this year so you probably should dial back the arrogance just a tad. 😂
As a fellow Packer fan, Lion fan’s should be the only obnoxious comments here. Bears beat us earlier today in Green Bay. So shut up.
Let’s not pretend the Bears Packers game was legit. Bears played well, but the Packers rested some guys and then lost the rest to injury, had no game plan on purpose as to not disadvantage themselves in the playoffs, gifted the Bears all kinds of points, and played terribly, coached poorly, and yet…the Bears really still should have lost. No one care about the Bears winning outside of Chicago. Losing Watson is way way way more painful.
Packers fan here
You guys make it really difficult to appreciate a Vikings loss because you're so fucking nice.
Packers lost to tha Bears, fuck my life.
The backups lost to the bears. We missed/ lost both our top receivers, our qb, and sat our star RB, and lost on a field goal. Shit happens
The loss to the Bears didn't really matter anyways because the commanders won so even if GB had won we still would have got the 7th seed.
@@smokeywyvern690 You are absolutely right, but I still didn't enjoy it at all.
Funny because the Packers are the only team that went 1-5 in their division and still made the playoffs, i would say good luck next week but I cannot stand the Packers.
@@Cheesehead2025 you were the 6th seed before this week so how for you figure?
Lions fan here. Everyone said we sucked after we lost to the Bills. Now they’re saying we’re good again. They do this every game. Sometimes you just have bad games where things don’t go your way. It’s good that it happened now and not in the playoffs. Vikings will respond after this performance. It’s the playoffs now so the best course of action is to forget about this game and focus on the Rams. Anything can happen in a win or go home 60 minute game. Good luck.
People have a one game memory and it is showing lol, no disrespect to Ziggy but they had lions like 4 or 5 in this weeks power rankings and he said tonight he thinks they're the best team in the NFL, around the league they all had them down to 4 or 5 but guarantee now they're gonna put them back on top and pretend like they never doubted
The Lions fans are idiots. Violent and pathetic. I have seen people get beaten badly in the old Silverdome. I will never want the Lions to succeed. Dan Campbell will screw up the team in its most important moment.
Exactly. One week we’re frauds, the next week we’re the best team in the NFL. Can’t take anything some of these people say seriously.
Glad to know they're sane Lions fans out here.
@@bertisheoffgood thing the lions won twice
Jeremy from Detroit you guys are great you guys are fair and unbiased and I love that about you we don't get that much in this day and age of media
The jump offsides is a big part of why it is important to go for fourth downs frequently. Everyone on the Vikings defense thought the Lions were going for it. That's why they jumped offside on the fake snap count.
They've gotten that a few times this year too. JG hard count as devastating as the tush push
This is one of the best opposing podcasts. Lotta respect for you guys. Also, I'm totally here to drink Viking tears. 😂
Keep going Paul & Ziggy you guys have one of the best Unbiased Sports Podcast out right now. As a Lions fan you guys will be ok!
I believe as a packer fan that next week the Packers and Vikings are done
How is Detroit doing this with all their ongoing injuries? How? It's amazing to watch. Even apart from their talent, they have such heart and desire--they want it more. Undeniably, Lions are the Kings of the North. I say this as an embarrassed Packers fan.
The Rams are licking their chops knowing they will play the Vikings in the first round of the playoffs.
Lions fan here: Vikings will utterly destroy LA next week ✅🔥🔥🔥
@WilliamTillack also lions fan idk about that. The Honolulu flu got em the 1st time. Think it gets em again. Hope I'm wrong cause I'd much rather see darnold again instead of Stafford and puka
@@joshlewis575 I think the Vikes snap right back into shape. They will not be demoralized for long. They will beat LA
Rams will be going from licking their chops to becoming lamb chops. With mint jelly.
Vikings @ Rams, someone is going to get dominated!! Whoever gets momentum first will dominate!! It could go either way!
Packers fan here. Hang in there guys. Vikings are a very good team. They’re in the playoffs. Anything can happen.
You guys are really great for bringing football communities together
Packers fan here and I do appreciate the way you guys are fair and try to be unbiased in your assessments
I can speak for a lot of Packers fan who like you guys and don’t enjoy the Vikings pain as much as they used because of you guys
Hope you guys had a great regular season and excited for your postseason coverage ❤
I'm sorry Paul you guys are great... but I have been watching this on repeat just to relive that night as a Lions fan.
If you can give the Detroit Lions $2 million bucks for a few tickets, thinking it will help, you can give Darnold 30 to 50 million for the same reason.
So there were apparently a lot of Lions fans calling Vikings org and posing as Vikings fans and buying back those tickets they bought lol
Hello Paul from Todd, man you are a die-hard Vikings fans are you 😊. I would imagine you're feeling a little bit better today, but I just want to send you a quick note to apologize and tell you that I'm sorry for being inconsiderate of the hard feelings you're going through yesterday, I should have thought more carefully before sending my message to you. We still have the Monday night football game I'll be rooting for you buddy. Catch you later.
This is what happens every time the Lions beat a division rival: they totally doubt their own team. You clutch your pearls, doubting your own team even though they won 14 games, but you simply can't admit the Lions are better. Your team is good. The lions are better.
No, they’re not any rookie QB could’ve beat the Lions But it was Darnold
This is how us in Detroit had felt with Stafford. The score shows a crushing win but the game was closer than what the score shows.
You lost to the Rams and you will again. Stafford is rolling and wants to put the Lions down one last time.
@@Musicsports Lions beat the Rams (again) in week 1, genius. We lost to Tampa & Buffalo.
@@Musicsportsactually Stafford hasn’t been rolling as of late. Since Buffalo he has been pretty bad in throwing touchdowns…their team including their defense has been great, but not because of Stafford🤷♂️
It was close until it wasn’t
I'm a Packers fan and us and Vikings fans need to deal with reality. The Lions are now the team to beat in the division. Plain and simple. There no longer a doormat. Idk why people thought Minnesota was winning last night. I had Detroit all day every day. The Lions are an elite team. Minnesota is a good team. There's a difference.
Because any rookie QB could’ve beaten the Lions, but it was Sam Darnold like I’ve said all season
The NFC North runs through Detroit. Back to Back
As Mike McCarthy stated years ago, teams like the Lions celebrate division titles but the Packers celebrate championships
Typical for lions fans to flaunt division titles 😂go hang that division banner up bud
Mike McCarty is about to hold up a pink slip
@@40phenom🫢
@@joer1678 the packers haven't celebrated anything in 15 years then
Yall are the small amount of fans I feel bad for, you guys never got cocky and are always fair
They 100% got cocky especially after coming off of that Packers game. The Vikings got exactly what they deserved.
@@codycarney2311 as a Packer fan, being happy isn’t being cocky.
@@codycarney2311fair but with how nice they are to the Packers I’ll let it slide
@@ballknower11 they were never nice to us.
The vickies celebrated last week like they had already won it the division. What are you talking about?
Much respect to Minnesota. They are a worthy team. That said: The Lions left no doubt as to who is the king of the NFC North. The Lions swept the division. In this game, the Lions mash unit defense shut down the offensive "weapons" of Minnesota, exposing Darnold to be the journeyman/placeholder quarterback he is. I know it must be a bitter pill for Minnesota fans to swallow, but it is clear by any objective standard, Stats:The Lions have won five straight, and six out of the last seven games with Minnesota. Spirit: The iron will of the Lions, what Detroit calls grit, enables them to enforce their will on Minnesota, the Lions are the better team. If you can’t score a touchdown, you don’t deserve to win.
Enjoy it while it lasts 🧀
I think you guys are missing something.
Its not that Darnold was bad, it was that he was under PRESSURE the whole game. He didn't implode, the Lions defense fired by semi nuclear Dan Campbell, just stayed in his face.
@chriswalsh1949 No one missed that. It was as I said. The Lions enforced their will on Minnesota.
@El-hefe_ We will. Should these two meet again, the Lions will be healthier.
I can’t wait for the Lions to choke on the playoffs, for such a losing franchise you guys sure love to run your mouths.
Dude Paul sounds so much how I as a Lions fan sounded all through the Stafford era, every year I found a way to convince myself why the team would be good, I remember the 2014 season how I convinced myself we could beat Green Bay and win in the playoffs.Then the Dallas game happened. Or how every time we looked like we would beat Rodgers and the Packers the refs found a way to blow a call or something. I'm from Wisconsin and my best friends are Packers fans, and that was always so hard to watch and sit back and see them win. They lost a lot more in the playoffs than they won though, but they did bring home a championship, which i've never gotten to see my team do. So this year hearing all the packers fans complain about the refs and calls against the Lions, I cannot tell you how sweet that feels now that the roles are reversed.
This is helping me deal with the packers loss. Appreciate you guys for doing this when you’re down.
First props for coming out an doing this even after your team lost. Not a lot of fans would do that.
Something I thought of that I wanted to share;
So I watched the video you guys made prior to this, the one on the match up, and one thing that Paul said in that is Goff and Darnold were about even in this match up, which was a surprise to me, considering that Goff has been in many big time games and played in the playoffs, has several winning seasons under his belt, whereas Sam Darnold has never played in a game this big, has never had a winning season as a starter until coming out this season for the first time in his career basically. I know the stats showed that he was just a bit behind Goff, but you can't take stats for everything. I'm not saying he hasnt had a good season, but that experience in those big time games over the years adds up, and Goff is clearly the better quarterback, and he proved it again last night.
I've been a Lions fan for decades, i don't have any sympathy for you.
After suffering through absolute decades of mediocre football to see them run rough shod over this division....hell yeah!!
Did these people really think that Darnolds struggles were over? Like Cowboys thinking Daks struggles end with $60M in his pocket? The key is ‘processing under pressure’! The great ones heart rate slows under pressure. Watch them when pressure rises, their pace rises too! And the game speed and their heart rate rises with the pressure! Look at their eyes! Mahomes eyes never change with pressure 👁️👁️ The great ones don’t!
Lions fan here. Appreciate you guys bringing the truth. I expected a much tighter game, and although Darnold seemed to crumble to the pressure of a big game, some of the play calling by KOC ad the OC seemed really bad. In all of the goal line drives the Vikings had inside the Lions 10 yard line, , almost no run plays were called. Yes, the Lions defensive strength has been their run fence, but not challenging them with a few runs plays play straight into their 66% blitz game plan. Outside of the one big breakaway run, the Vikings almost never ran the ball in the 2nd half. Once the Lions Defence makes your offense one dimensional - which always seems to be the game plan, you are playing into their defenses hands. If Darnold had connected on just a few passes, the game could have opened up. But the Lions pass rush (which finally woke up in week 18) seemed to really get to Darnold confidence. Also, Hockenson was a ghost in this game. How can a guy who is getting paid $15mil a year be targeted 9 times and catch only 2 passes for 9 yards? No one wants to say it, but I think that Hockenson is scared to death of getting popped again by Kerby or Branch. And no, I don't think that the Lions D secondary is out to end anyone's season by going low. But as long as being allowed to tackle below the waist is legal, all Defensive secondary players in the NFL will try to tackle a player there when they are being outweighed and outsized by 50lbs and 4 inches, rather than try to hit them above the waist where they are at a huge disadvantage.
All in all, a hard-fought game between 2 very good teams, and a showcase for the rest of the NFL that the Black & Blue Division is the toughest division in the league. Good Luck in LA.
PS Many are interpreting MCDC's comments to KOC after the game about seeing the Vikings again in 2 weeks as condescension. Not at all. Listen to him long enough and you will see that he doesn't operate on that level. He sincerely expects you guys to be back at Ford Field in 2 weeks. You just gotta get there. And Darnold has to show up....
28:50 I need to bottle this for future generations.
I need to bottle all lions shows today for future generations
@jdoc6957 That's fair we were talking mad shit.
Queens fans in shambles
Absolutely love the channel, love the content and you guys (as a Packers fan) are a must watch. Thanks for everything!!! Also, thanks for running the pickem league, was thrilled to have won it considering I can barely win a week of my interoffice pickem league lol
"If you ain't got haters you ain't poppin" - Salah
Keep up the good works gents! Been fun watching you boys. Packers Fan. NFC North stand up!!!
27:55 To be fair, Jared Goff has a 100% winning percentage when he throws four or more interceptions.
He does not, i don't know where that came from but if you actually stat check that he's only won one game like that, and that was this years Texans game. he's 1-2 in his college and pro career all time in games where he throws 4 or more INTs. I'm a Lions fan btw.
@ Sorry, you’re right. I meant to say that Jared Goff has a 100% winning percentage when he throws five or more interceptions (he’s .500 when throwing four or more interceptions).
@@MarkLeBay He threw 5 INTs in a game in college and lost, so in his career, if you count college, he is 1-1 when throwing 5 ints. weird stat but i saw someone say he was 7-0 when throwing 4 or more INTS, which is rediculious. he only has 1 gamee throwing 4, and 2 games throwing 5 and is 1-2 in those games.
@@donotseemecricket I agree about the seven games thing, but you are taking this way too seriously.
I genuinely feel sorry for you both and I’m a packer fan that saw that abysmal performance against the bears today. Sheesh.
amen
I watch every Sunday and text my buddies who I’ve known for 60 years and use sum it up nicely , and you make me laugh. I haven’t heard sheesh in a long time.
I think you should believe in your team, any given Sunday sometimes things work out better sometimes they don’t, fortunately, for the lions things have been going their way pretty much all season, even with all their injuries. But I don’t like the bulk of the games will be played indoors that’s not football.
I think you should believe in your team, any given Sunday sometimes things work out better sometimes they don’t, fortunately, for the lions things have been going their way pretty much all season, even with all their injuries. But I don’t like the bulk of the games will be played indoors that’s not football. Paul never seen you like this. There’s no fat woman singing yet.
Head up guys. Seattle just beat the Rams. No reason why you can’t roll over them too.
The loss wasn’t all on Darnold. He got pressured all night, receivers were locked down, the entire offence as a hole didn’t play well. Detroit had there number.
He threw high all day
@ when you have bodies around you all day that usually happens.
@@russdadda these were easy throws rocket balls
This exactly. Too much hating on darnold when the whole offense wasn't doing it all game top to bottom.
Love your show!!! Just subscribed so every time you Lose to My Lions I can indulge in the viking suffering so again thank you for what you do :)
lol we'll take it! Thanks Jonathan
I have been waiting 12 days for this lol
Dude.. you guys are 14-3. That's rare air. And I hate to tell you this, I know you don't want to hear it.. but the Lions are arguably the best team in Football. They are legitimately a cut above the rest of the North, at the very least. The Vikings will lick their wounds and be better for it. This is NOT the same old vikings.. and that's coming from a die hard Packers fan who has ALWAYS referred to the Vikings as perennial bed shitters.
Idk that you can say that, they could have the worst season ever next season just like in the past. Moving on from cousins was wise but Darnold shit the bed in this game hard and he will do it again. Can't take the seeing ghosts out of Darnold. Exposed.
@@lolnocodyit’s one game. He’s been elite all year & won the Vikings 14 games. How can you criticize a year like that?
@eastsideleek313 you have to be mature and wise to analyze a team's chances independent of record. Poverty teams and franchises victory lap after the regular season (seeding and record). The packers made the playoffs but their season is over right now. It's very evident looking at their play. The vikings season is likely over as well. The lions are now the most vulnerable team because they seem invincible. How many times did the packers have the 1 seed and the best record and just lose. The Lions are counting their eggs now, just wait for the implosion
On top of that, Darnold had one bad game. It came in arguably the most important game of the season, but players have bad games. It’s nearly impossible to play high level football 17/17 games. I have no reason to think Darnold won’t come out next game and play well.
As a Packer fan, I thought our team was going to be at that top tier level this year and they just haven’t played that way. And yet, there’s always a chance to beat Philly. I think the Vikings are in a similar boat to us in that we played above realistic expectations for the team, we can beat anyone on our best day, and if we go deep in the playoffs, it’s awesome and if not, it won’t be nearly as crushing as it was post 2010 Super Bowl.
@ why even watch sports if you think like this? 😂 It’s other things you can do with your time my guy
Darnold wasn't scared. He was overwhelmed. He just needs to be in more games like this to get a feel for how to make adjustments and win the battle of the mind.
I'm 35 years old......I remember rooting for the Lions since I can remember...(I'd say 6 years old). This is the best I've felt in a minute. You know though....Respect to Minnesota, O'Connell is a hell of a coach. Respectable team. MINNESOTA FANS, DONT BE LIKE OHIO ST. YOU HAVE A GREAT COACH. And Flores knows how to run a defense. Easily Top 5 coach and DC. I can't hate the Vikes. Awesome home field, awesome war chants. Great coaches. It just feels like it's Detroits time. ONE PRIDE!
They need to blow that Viking horn at their home games less. Save it for touchdowns and 2 point conversions. Maybe field goals? Maybe even first downs inside the red zone, if they must? Maybe I’m wrong but it seems like way too much.
I am from Detroit, ur coach reminds me of young Bud Grant. I Believe he will recover and analyze the situation for the future.
What honest and open opinions and feelings. It was 17-9 when Van Ginkel drops that interception
Didn't see a video of them throwing Sam on there shoulders like they won a Superbowl this week lol...
Ok good content good show! As a Packers fan man this makes things a lot better now that we’re all in the playoffs! It’s revenge time for us! Go Packers Go
Hey guys, I appreciate the genuineness of your show. As a packer fan I feel like you’ve built up a sibling rivalry with us as a two team fan base where we share our ups and downs and your ups and downs every week. I think you guys will go in next week and beat the rams. What will be interesting is if you make it to the divisional round can Sam darnold play like he did against us in Minnesota. If he gets out of pressure and makes the throws you can beat any of the 3 teams you would face. What sucks for us all is the lions built a culture where they play not afraid to lose. They’re all in and when lafleur or O’Connell try to emulate what Dan Schneider does it doesn’t work because the culture of being ok to fail isn’t there. Anyway keep up the great podcast I only listen to you guys now. I pray that you guys keep growing as your podcast is awesome. God bless!
The Lions found a way to geneeate a ton of pressure on Darnold. That was the difference.
Detroit Lions fan…was at the game…playing at Ford Field is a very tough venue to play at. Best defense played in months on Sunday night.
Lion fan here.. it all comes down to high leverage plays and in game coaching changes . The Vikes played small when those high leverage plays came around and despite being blitzed to death all game couldnt adjuste with 3 step drops, screens and etc.
As a lions fan I don't think most ppl understand how much depth we have the only players we can't really replace is hutch an alim which is why we keep winning
GG. I know this was billed as the most consequential reg season game ever... but it's still not a playoff game. You're still healthy. You still can go on a run.
You need to be saying "We'll see Detroit again in 3 weeks!"
All I kept hearing was how Lions defense was decimated by injuries, they dominated the Vikings.
Insane coaching job by AG and MCDC to still be rolling with a ton of practice squad guys running around every snap on D.
the vikings looked like the packers tn, I'm sorry guys. You guys are still insanely good don't get too down
I was rooting for you guys for the first time in my life and you do this….
Ziggy started off so optimistic, he was even talking Paul off the ledge… then do a complete 180 and say I’m not watching the wildcard game 😂😂😂
If it makes you feel better... MCDC said to KOC during the handshake.. "see you in a two weeks".
33:20 I get the disappointment. You just want to see your team play well. I’m a Lions fan. I get it.
The Vikings have been super impressive this last year; it’s super disappointing to see watch players not play up to their ability.
Now they get to feel how we felt for 50+ years😁💪
Usually good and relevant teams already know that feeling, season after season. Only one team per year doesn’t get that heartbreak. No one remembers the failed Super Bowl runs except the fans of that team. I’ve seen the Packers win 4 SBs in my life, the SB I remember the most is the loss to Elway. He was Denver’s QB and Favre didn’t get the back to back SB wins. We lost 31-24 and were heavy favorites. Didn’t pan out.
Who's they?
Try being a Lions fans for 50+ years. I feel your pain.
i love the paul farington show. this one feels good
I do too they should do another few shows about the packer one and done playoff loss and the Detroit one and done playoff loss
I feel you, hugs from a cheesehead
Vikings fans found out that Aaron Jones has a difficult time running tough and into the endzone from inside the ten yard line. He does really good in the middle of the field but is not a power back to bully his way into the endzone.
And on Sam Darnold, he looked like he was in the Twilight Zone once inside the Redzone.
I wanna finish this but I need to watch your other videos before the weekend.
I've been a Lions fan for 30 years, we real Lions fans understand the heartache. Keep your heads up fellows.
My bad Paul I was cheering for the Vikings for my cousins, I'll return to rooting against you next week to ensure you start winning again.
THANK YOU NATHAN
Lion fan here. Our defense is not a "joke." We have had to struggle with a lot of injuries. And inspite of that, we still manage to win.
Thre drive, confidence and will Dan Campbell gets out of every player is special. He gets the best out of everyone
Welcome to the Packers family. We both drew the 2 toughest games of the opening week of the playoffs. If either the Vikings or Packers make it far enough to play Detroit, I hope either can knock them off.
Big hugs for you guys…. I feel the same way after a Packers loss. World is over. Still hate the Vikings, but I’ll have a beer with you guys in solidarity ❤
Lots of nice packers fans comments. Not from me. Love watching the vikings choke after the fan base is impossibly insufferable every year for no reason ❤
feel bad for you paul. we been there as well. skol lions lets go boy
You guys are great. Thanks for the video. Im a Packers fan. Be well, my friends.
Love you guys, great year of shows. Roll on the playoffs. I’d rather be you guys going to LA then us going to Philly…
Love it so much trash talked during the week and the taste of sweet absolute victory
As a Packer fan living in MN: (as repetitive as it sounds) relax. There's a crazy guy at my place of work who told me he put money on the Vikings to win the super bowl and that they are guaranteed the result. "It's being rigged." Enjoy the playoffs.
The guy at work is dumb chiefs 3 peat is inevitable.
@@BornagainKevLions stop the 3 peat and 3 peat themselves creating one of the strongest NFL dynasties seen since Tom Brady and the Patriots
Jeez you guys, you've got an excellent coach, a really good QB, and plenty of talent. If you can't get there this year, it's not like the MN arrow isn't pointed up. You're in the playoffs and that's step 1.
Lions are like the final boss to the Vikings in a video game. For whatever reason, the Lions seem to have the Vikings number in the past few years.
Good game guys. See you in two weeks!
No we won’t they won’t get past the rams
The Lions coaching and play calling and strategy during the game is masterful and devastatingly effective. The Lions exploited Darnold’s Achilles heel - pressuring the hell out of him every passing play.
Dude you guys are still in the playoffs I must have been a lions fan for way too long😂
Hey my friends the Pack got murdered! 2 points loss to the Bears, with the talent the Pack has was an absolute DISASTER! Your team is really good, the Vikings will be fine.😀
Vikings complaining about refs is WILD to me !! They got 10 no calls for delay of game .
Couldn't believe how many they let slide. Anzalone forcing there hand to call it towards the end was hilarious.
Jake Reed Chris Carter Randy Moss and Randall Cunningham were on the same team at the same time...damn
Please don’t beat up on your team!! They are a great team! They have come this far and could go further. You guys have a team who is extremely healthy and can still make it and I am a Lions fan!!! It could be a WHOLE LOT WORSE! Continue to believe in them! They just had a bad game! All of our teams do!!! Keep yall head up!
Lions are out 12 defensive starters, I do not know who they even are.
As a Lions fan the worst Vikings loss that shocked me was Atlanta beating them in the playoffs in the 1998 NFC Championship Game.
Vikings kneeling to run the clock at the end threw me for a loop.
Those two Lion goal line stands were the turning points.
Yall are amazing
Lions fan here. Jarred goof was the guy who chokes, now he is much better QB. Please don’t lose hope. There is 32 team. There should be a losers and winners. Take it easy. It will be ok.
Paul look at it from the perspective that at the beginning of the season you would be thrilled to know you’re going to the playoffs
Damn paul i thought i was having a bad day after that packers loss prayers up skol 😢
The Vikings are not done if they win their first playoff game they can get their stuff back, your team has defied odds this whole season
Hey guys we made it to the second season. Reason to celebrate. Packer backer here. At least you did not lose to Da Bears. Allowing one offensive touchdown and losing is ridiculous
Cheer up guys! None of you expected to come this far this year. Your still in it and all ya have to do is make few improvements for next year. You have enjoyed many great moments this year! Packerfans whine about Rodgers not bringing more titles to GB and totally forget all those amazing games he gave us.
Sometimes getting the bye week is a team's downfall. They come out flat and don't have the game they dream of.
Well it hasn't hurt the chiefs they win after the bye
We’ve been getting back about 1 guy a week off IR for the last 3 weeks. Alex Anzalone was huge in putting extra pressure on Darnold and Amik was a blanket on Jefferson. In two weeks we’ll have Monty back to share the load with Gibbs. It’s all about prolonging his career platooning Gibbs.
Vikings got a bad call on the safety but Detroit should have done a QB sneak on 4th and 6 inches instead of turning it over on downs so that probably all worked out in the wash.
I love how the vikings "gave it away" when they lost by 22 points to the lions but the packers got absolutely crushed by the lions when they lost by 10. Love the channel fellas. Also friendly reminder, the last time the packers won the superbowl they went to philly in the first round.
Darnold has been awesome - Lions are a broken buzz saw right now! Dangerous and somehow keeps going
Could’ve done with a bell cow RB today but that defense looked nasty (imagine the Lions healthy 🥴)
Detroit Lions, winners of the BEST Division in NFL History! Hopefully the league will address the playoff seeding in the offseason. 14-3 and on the road is total BS.
The Lions D, even since the injuries, have been one of the best at keeping teams out of the end zone. The Lions D was giving up massive amounts of passing yards. That's what made them so bad. Even at the worst they still kept teams from scoring a TD. Look up touchdowns scored from red zone. Lions are top of the list even since injured.
As a Lions fan, I find this conversation crazy. You guys have no idea what it’s like to root for a team that couldn’t win year after year after year after year. Your team has had a great year. Going into this sold out stadium, so loud knowing so much at stake of course everyone had the jitterbugs, including your quarterback. Good grief. Campbell even told your coach we would be playing again in two weeks. That’s how good he thinks your team is.
At least you didn’t lose to the Bears and you’re best WR didn’t get hurt for the rest of the season