Lions march into the Devil's Den this Sunday

The shrill horn has sounded and the call echoes heavy in the air as the Lions regroup from another loss and prepare to march into the Devil's Den--Minnesota.

The ancient evil has hung around the Lions neck like a dead albatross for lo too many years.

And yet here they are again, readying themselves to do battle with the Devil that wears #4 for the umpteenth billionth time -- for time long forgotten.

Pay no attention to the fact that his horde of Demon Norseman are currently sporting a record no better than the Lions (0-2). It doesn't matter, this isn't a game about football anymore when the Lions face the Devil. No this is an epic battle for the very souls of every man that wears the Honolulu Blue.

There are only two possible outcomes this Sunday for anybody strapping on the Lions colors--Victory or Eternal Damnation.

And Eternal Damnation is nothing to scoff at. It's really, really bad news. Imagine your entire body being boiled away by scalding oil for all of eternity or worse yet, being forced to watch completely helpless as Sterling Sharpe runs away, completely uncovered for the go ahead touchdown pass -- again and again until your brain explodes...

Brett Favre has owned the Lions his entire career. This may be his last season (Ha! I've heard that horrible lie before.) Will the Lions allow him to own them forever?

It is time for the Mighty Kong to slay that venomous beast. To spear him and chew out his heart.

End the nightmare!

Where is Megatron?

The object of every defensive coordinator is to identify the opponents best weapon and then take that weapon away from them. This is what has happened to Calvin Johnson.

Opponents are double and tripling Calvin Johnson all the time. So the Lions do the age old sin...it makes me cringe every time I hear the phrase...they are "taking what the defense gives them."

Every Lions coach throughout time has used the phrase...and that is why they all deserve the special hell they will receive. You see good teams do not "take what the defense gives them," no they dictate to the defense what they are going to do.

Do you think that teams haven't been double and triple covering Randy Moss for years now? That they didn't do the same for Jerry Rice and Herman Moore and Andre Rison and Andre Johnson and Marvin Harrison and every other great receiver throughout time?

So either Megatron isn't really as good as he's been advertised or the Scott Linehan is a complete moron.

You do not let the other team take away what you do best. You do not let your opponent dictate what you can and can't do -- that is the excuse of losers and nobodies. Look for Megatron to get 10 catches this week or for a pack of wild timberwolves to feast on the corpse of Linehan before he can get back on the team plane Sunday evening.