Well I think I’ve found a new way to say that the Detroit Lions lost this past week.
They suck!
There was a lot of talk from the Lions head coach Rod Marinelli about how the Lions needed the game last week to get them psyched up and to play well. They needed a nationally televised game and to play a good team so that they would play better. They needed to pressure to perform better. Well the nationally televised game simply showed the rest of the country that they were right all along-that the Lions play poorly and don’t step up in the big games and don’t know how to win. The 47 to 10 loss showed everyone-including die hard Lions fans-that the Lions have nothing left to play for this season. They are 0-12 and are looking more and more like they will indeed be the first team to ever finish 0-16. They may be the next perfect team-but not in the way any of us want to be remembered.
From the second play of the game the Lions showed how not to play-they fumbled on a running play and it lead to a Titans touchdown less than one minute later. The only Lions highlights for the game was Jason Hanson’s 53 yard field goal in the first half and a fumble recovery by the defense who nearly ran it in for a touchdown. If not for these there would have been NO Lions highlights! Truthfully-the local sportscasters were calling the highlights, “lowlights” on the late news. The Lions seem to have very little to play for anymore-except maybe pride. Pride for themselves and for their fans.
I hope they win at least one of their final 4 games. Yet with them playing Minnesota, Indianapolis, New Orleans and Green Bay at Lambeau I don’t expect any miracles to happen, or many smiles to occur.
Lions/Titans Box Score
http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter?game_id=29704&season=2008&displayPage=tab_gamecenter&week=REG13
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
