Lions lose 35-32...Kansas Kid looks really bad.

#1 Shaun Hill, the Kansas Kid, should probably give up the game and wander back to Kansas. I'm sure they're hiring at the Piggly Wiggly. The knock against Hill was supposed to be arm strength, but the real problem turned out to be his wild inaccuracy. Hill missed simple screens, long passes and even when he was able to complete a pass, rarely was the ball put in a place that didn't cause the receiver to have to slow down or stop in order to catch the pass. In fact, he looked a helluva lot more like Scott Mitchell than Erik Kramer.

#2 The third and one and fourth and one in the fourth quarter was bad on a couple levels. First of all it was good for Schwartz to challenge his team to get that one yard. Running the exact same play was not so good. No play action...no creativity...nothing. Also, it's really hard to run right over the center when the defense is smashing everybody and their fat uncle over the center...especially when you have a center that's about 30 lbs lighter than your average center.

#3 This game was no where near as close as the score indicates. Even though the Lions were within a field goal with the ball and a little less than two minutes on the clock. The Lions were once again up in the first half, this time 17-7, when they gave up 28 straight points. And the Lions couldn't get their offense going again until the Eagles went to a prevent defense.

#4 Don't take anything as a moral victory...moral victories are for suckers. Don't say, "we only lost by 3" and think that's improvement. 95% of NFL games are decided by 10 points or less.

#5 Jahvid Best is a stud.

#6 The Lions need to go hurry up during pregame warm ups.

#7 Two years ago, the Lions started every game down by at least 17 points when the clock rolled down to the second quarter. This year, the Lions have been up by at least 10 points midway through the second quarter...but have immediately imploded in both games. No lead is safe with the Lions defense. Expect the Lions to lose every week until they learn how to play with a lead. This is a young team and it needs to "learn how to win." It's a process that we've seen before in Detroit and hopefully it's something that Stafford, Suh, Best and Johnson will learn to do by the end of this season.

#8 A lot of star receivers need to get involved early in order to "stay focused" for the entire game. There have been lots of receivers who have had this tag attached to them, ie Randy Moss, Andre Rison, Herman Moore, etc. I don't know if Megatron falls into this category, but I do know that the Lions are not using him nearly enough. It seems like the Lions could be using Megatron on reverses and bubble screens, something to keep the defense honest. Opposing defenses would be forced to play up on Megatron in order to set up all the deep fly routes that the Lions have been sending him on.

3rd and 3 or less...

The average rush in the NFL goes for 4 yards, but most teams think they have to pass on these downs. 3rd and 3 or less is a chance for teams to play "smash mouth" football and impose their wills on the defense. 3rd and 3 or less is about attitude more than anything else.

The Lions faced 3rd and 3 or less three times on Sunday, going 1 of 2 rushing and 1 of 1 passing. So far the Lions are 2 of 4 running in this situation and 1 of 1 passing.

Wouldn't it be great if the Lions had cheerleaders?

The Detroit Lions continue to abhor the traditional sideline cheer squads that decorate the sidelines of other NFL fields. Lions fans continue to suffer under the tyranny of the Ford's and their incomprehensible aversion to professional dance teams--even though The Detroit Pride have begun the process on their own in Detroit.

It seems the Lions are doing everything in their power to dissuade the girls from continuing.

Currently only six of the NFL's 32 franchises have chosen to go without the all important cheer brigades--Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Green Bay, Detroit, Chicago, and the New York Giants.

Tales of the Inept

Next week I will begin the process of tracking the teams who will be in the race for the most important achievement in the NFL. The #1 pick in the draft...the Lions SuperBowl.