I've seen a few articles calling for the Lions to finish second in the division, with a 9-7 or 10-6 record. I'm really not seeing it.
Calvin Johnson is a year older and having trouble staying healthy. I don't think Golden Tate will repeat what he did last year. The Oline is pretty shaky, pretty much the same crew that allowed 45 sacks last year.
On the other side of the ball, the Lions had a great D last year, but lost Mosley, Fairley, George Johnson and of course, Suh. Baltimore was willing to let Ngata go for a reason, he won't fill Suh's shoes. They had no corners last year, and have none again this year.
I'm not sure why they are being picked to do well.
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Lions fired OC Joe Lombardi, OL coach Jeremiah Washburn, asst OL coach Terry Heffernan, as @caplannfl and @jkatzenstein reported.
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
"Never, never ever support a punk like mraynrand. Rather be as I am and feel real sympathy for his sickness." - Woodbuck
Even better!
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/02/...spite-arrests/
Jim Bob Cooter!
Cooter was arrested in 2006 for DUI, but he was arrested again for a more serious – and bizarre – offense in 2009. According to WVLT in Knoxville, Tenn., Cooter was charged with aggravated burglary after allegedly getting into bed with a woman after climbing into the window of her apartment and stripping down to his underwear. The woman called the police, who arrested Cooter, and he was released on a $10,000 bond the next day.
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
Not too serious. ^^^ But what everyone wants to know is did he poop in a laundry basket?
"Never, never ever support a punk like mraynrand. Rather be as I am and feel real sympathy for his sickness." - Woodbuck
Is Sullivan's career in jeopardy? Sure sounds like it if they took out one of his spinal column disks...
Detoilet is reaching Cleveland sad status....
C.H.U.D.
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/02/...spite-arrests/
I like this part, totally out of context, but still:
I can't wait for Buck and Aikman to refer to him as Coach Cooter on TV.According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning had a close relationship with Cooter
Yea, it's possible. I guess I know now why they traded a competent linebacker for an undrafted rookie. Although there are two points to be made. Replacement Joe Berger has been playing very well and according to one report, although LB Gerald Hodges was pretty quick and making some plays, he made too many mistakes and Zimmer wanted him out.
Good news about Detroit - if you're a Packer fan. The team president, Tom Lewan, goes back almost 20 years with the Lions. I heard a Detroit reporter say yesterday that he is "like a son" to the Fords.
This would appear to mean that the guy who brought you Matt Millen and Martin Mayhew will still be around to throw Caldwell under the bus after the season in order to keep his job. And if Mayhew can ingratiate himself in the same way, the Lions will be the Lions for years to come.
"The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
KYPack