This was a polarizing trade deadline. No doubt about it.
I encourage everyone to look at the situation from the perspective of the people in charge (Sheila, Dan, and Brad). Those three have a responsibility to do what is best for the franchise in the present and future. They are trying to build a consistent winner with a historically terrible franchise, in a city that has taken it’s fair share of lumps too. I truly believe they want to establish stability, first and foremost. I wouldn’t be shocked if they take a similar approach to that or the Steelers and Packers. Focus on the draft and add outside talent carefully.
From a fans perspective, it is easy to bang the table to go all in. I understand it. I want the Lions to the win the Superbowl this year just as bad as the next guy. However, the reality is that we have different priorities then the ones in charge. We aren’t the ones with jobs on the lines.
Listen, I was a little disappointed in the deadline until I stepped back and tried to view it through the lense of the teams leadership.
What i am confused about is why many think this is a SB year. That type of thinking is why everyone got riled up during the offseason, and now the trade deadline, about why we aren’t being splashy with signings and trades. The early success this season drove those SB or bust fans even crazier. We were 3-13-1 only 2 seasons ago and cleaning house from our dark times. We went 1-6 last year, made a nice surge to finish 9-8, but now suddenly people think this has to be the year for SB or none of it means shit? It is very strange. I feel like this sub is a mix of young kids who are generationally obsessed with immediate results, and SOL’ers dying for the SB glory even if it means regressing and never winning again. Many people do not seem to care about the long run and overall franchise health and will downvote and try to ridicule you for trying to think anything other than what they do. It is wild to have a franchise with so much potential and have such a toxic group of fans lingering around.
We either trust the management or we don’t.