Monday, September 18, 2006

Is Detroit afraid of the endzone?

Sometimes I often wonder if the Lions are afraid of scoring.

Ok, living in Kansas I get to watch the Lions play about 1 maybe 2 games a year. Saturday I went to my Tivo thingy and went to set the games to record... WHATS THIS!? The Lions are going to be on!! YES! Christmas time baby!
Fast forward 24 hrs. I'm in my normal pissed off Sunday mood.

What impressed me...
1. Kitna. He had a really decent day. His passing was pretty much spot on. No INTs, good completion percent and a rushing TD.
2. Kevin Jones, kinda. He did do decent against a hard ass defense.
3. Man, I wish there was a third thing...

What made me nervous...
1. THREE turnovers on fumbles. THREE. I don't care who you are, or who you are playing... you cannot win in the NFL with three fumbles.
2. FOURTEEN penalties!? 104 yards... guys, look at a football field, you gave that to them with the 3 fumbles. I thought we were going to be a disciplined team and yet we look like the Oakland Raiders out there. Jamar Fletcher, you owe Boss 6pts... I'll be looking for that next week.
3. SIX sacks... hmm again we look like the Raiders. What the hell is this crap? We protect our QB like we protect the ball.
4. A missed field goal from 40? Hmm, hope it was windy that day.
5. We converted only ONE of nine on 3rd down. That is unacceptable.
6. The Bears converted 50% of their 3rd downs.
7. The lack of dirt on Rex. Did we even touch their QB?
8. Our secondary is looking realllllly thin.

Next Week.
We host the Packers. Two weeks ago I would say there is a strong chance that will be our first win. I'm not as sure anymore. If I have to pick, I say it will be Detroit 10-7. We have GOT to get pressure on Farve.

Final Thought.
Just a win vs Green Bay is not enough. The Lions need to really stretch the field, lets see some of the famous Martz play book! Show me why I defend Roy Williams as one of the best wide outs in the game! Show me that same defense you did in week one. Show me a grown up version of that rookie that was the first to rush for 1,000 yards. Show me SOMETHING.

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