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Lions-Bears: Too Many Questions

Posted: 5th October 2009 by Ben Hammond in NFL
The questions keep coming.á After a devastating loss against the Chicago Bears, I start wondering if these Lions are improved, or are they the "Same Old Lions." Last week, I was drinking the Kool-Aid.á The Lions were coming off their first victory in two years, and the Bears were struggling against a dilapidated Seahawks team. The Bears game was a confounding game for Lions fans.á We saw what seemed like a mirror ...

Detroit Lions: Better Than Advertised?

Posted: 30th September 2009 by Ben Hammond in NFL
Step in line, I'm serving up some flavored water.á I'm looking at the Lions schedule and I see possibilities that most find impossible.á I find hope where people are giving up.á I see salvation where others see Flavor-Aid. I see the Lions winning more than six games.á I even see glimpses of a team that could make the playoffs. Playoffs?!á We're talking about playoffs?! Okay, back down to earth.á I see that it could ...
Coulda, shoulda, woulda. We need to pound the rock more. We need to wrap up on our tackles. My dead grandma could play quarterback for the Detroit Lions. We need to get seven in the red zone, not three. Fire Matt Millen. Same old Lions. The Lions have been so bad, they have their own clichés. One that Jim Schwartz is living by is, "Stick to your guns." He's announced that Matt ...

Lions-Saints: Finding Some Positives

Posted: 14th September 2009 by Ben Hammond in NFL
We lost big time to a certain playoff team in the New Orleans Saints.  I like seeing that the coach puts up a front of "everybody sucked", but is it really that bad?  Sure, we gave up the most passing TDs (tied) in Saints QB history, we let up a 14-point lead early, and our rookie QB has a rating of 27.4 after a 3 INT-0 TD performance, but there ARE some ...