Items of note for Sunday and beyond

For the first time this season the Detroit local market will be unable to see their Honolulu and Blue warriors due battle...who am I kidding? This might be a good thing. It's probably safer for our hearts and minds. Sure the Lions have spent all week ramping up hope for the rest of the season, but that doesn't mean anything unless it is all backed up with wins.

And if they are unable to do that, there could possibly be a huge backlash...if we could see it.

On the other hand, if it's all true. If all of the planets have aligned...we're going to miss it. And that's a real bummer. Just like last season, when the Lions ended the horrible record breaking losing streak against these same Redskins and the entire metro area had to hear about it second hand...

Bobby Carpenter

It appears, according to several reports, that Carpenter was brought in, not for depth, but more importantly to compete for a starting spot at linebacker. This is a desperate act by a team that is in desperate straights in the middle of their defense.

DeAndre Levy will come back this week, but has been out for pretty much the entire season with groin and ankle injuries. Who knows how long he'll last. Zach Follett was put on the injured reserve list and lost for the season after his near paralyzing neck injury against the Giants. And Julian Petersen has not exactly played up to expectations so far this season.

The Lions already know that linebacker would be one of the top priorities heading into the off season, but they are hoping that they may get lightning in a bottle with Carpenter, another former high round draft pick discarded by his original team. Much like the Lions hope with the acquisitions of Alphonso Smith and Chris Houston...who so far have been fairly impressive...the hope is that Carpenter can become part of the future in the Lions land of misfit toys.

The return of the bomb?

There is a going theory at the moment that with the return of a healthy Franchize and Megatron the Lions may go to a much simpler offensive plan. Instead of having Megatron constantly double and triple teamed on intermediate routes, the best option may be to have him use his 4.3 speed and blaze right past everybody on straight line deep routes which will take full advantage of Stafford's massive cannon of an arm. Here's hoping.