Tuesday Morning Running Back Week Three: Lions Snap Skid

Posted: 29th September 2009 by Dan Pieroni in NFL
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It's the home base of the declining U.S. auto industry, as well as the home of baseball's Tigers, who are clinging to a sparse two-game lead in the AL Central as I write this. Long story short, the people of Detroit needed a pick-me-up to get them thinking positive again. Well, they got it in the most unlikely source. Finally, after 19 straight losses, the Detroit Lions tasted victory for the first time in over a year. Behind the leadership of confident rookie quarterback Matthew Stafford, and the power running of Kevin Smith, the Lions were finally able to halt the snickers from other NFL fans, at least for one week. Of course the Lions victory was aided by the poor play of the Redskins, who missed several opportunities of their own on offense, and could not stop the Lions from running ...

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