Lions Loose Last Three Sundays
The Detroit Lions have lost in their last three games. To most of us who follow the Lions and watch them each week this is not really a shock to our system. To the rest of the country who follows football-and even to Michigan residents-this is what was to be expected. But in the last three weeks they have lost two close games that could have gone in our favor. The games against the Bears in Chicago and against the Steelers at Ford Field could have gone in our favor as the Lions showed offense as well as defense throughout the game. The Lions couldn’t put it all together though and as many of us were trying to keep our life in the land of denial going-at least I was-last week we watched the Lions loose to the Packers at Lambeau by a score of 26-0.
A shut out! We played horridly, and I watched in amazement while the young rookie who hurt his knee just over two weeks ago stood on the sideline laughing and talking with his teammates, while Dante Culpepper pulled a muscle and had to come out of the game. It’s the same story as last year. We have a quarterback we think will start to lead and give us some offense. He gets hurt and then another quarterback gets hurt. We are back to having Drew Stanton come in and finish the game. Hopefully he’ll actually get some time to practice this week and be better prepared to go on the field in 10 days when the Lions play the Rams at home at Ford Field on Sunday November 1st. The Rams are currently winless so perhaps the Lions can beat up on them and squeeze another victory out of this season. They will; be playing games against teams that are under .500 in the next several weeks which could prove to help the Lions record. I hope that it helps us put a few more wins in the column and doesn’t have us sitting here wondering how much longer we have to wait to become a better football team.
Lions 0 Packers 26
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
