Can we finally stop with all the hype about the Lions? Yes, that includes you, Jon “11 wins” Kitna! I’ll stop riding the Detroit Lions when they finally prove me wrong and win some frickin’ games.
They selected Calvin Johnson, yet another wide receiver, in the draft and I know he’s the best to come out since Randy Moss, but I hope for the sake of all you Lion fans that Johnson lives up to his hype.
Did I mention Playoffs Kitna? When is this guy going to retire? He’s already getting back spasms and it’s barely September. He’s a good back-up despite the others that think to the contrary. The Lions do have Kevin Jones and Tatum Bell back there running the football, but both are a little dinged up and again, the season has barely begun.
The Lions will score some points against lower ranked defenses, but it won’t be enough to offset the problems on defense where they simply don’t have the right players to make the Cover 2 defense work properly. Yeah you’ve got big Shaun Rogers there on the on the line but it will take more than him to stop the run. Cornerback Stanley Wilson is going to try and replace Dre Bly with the operative word being TRY.
The Lions are still a couple of years away from really contending in the NFC North. After Mike Martz has a couple of years to mold Drew Stanton into a hottie NFL QB instead of hottie NFL backup, then the Lions might have a chance to show the world that Matt Millen actually deserves a job in an NFL front office. He should have been outta there a few years ago and that’s where the Lions will be by week 7!
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