Brian Billick: LION HOMER!

[denverYooper]

I am surprised the Lions didn't come out playing harder, like a playoff game. They did seem to have something to play for. And I am happily surprised that the Packer offense did not treat the game as a joke to be gotten through.

I'm curious about the Packer defense. Yes, it sucked, as it has most of the time, but did Capers call a vanilla game? I wondered if he deliberately played some very straightforward, pre-seasonish packages. The announcers mentioned that in the first half the Packer offense was pretty vanilla, but what about the defense?

It seemed like they were just trying to get a look at who could play well enough opposite Clay. I don't recall anything exotic, really, just kept seeing different guys lining up and rushing from the outside. They even let Bishop take a whack at it.