Why the BYE will destroy the Lions...

In past years I have always written about how the Lions will probably lose every week, including the bye. Why is this? Because strange, strange things seem to happen when the Lions don't have a game.

Charles Rogers, in the midst of a rookie season that seemed like it would lead to a rookie of the year award, gets tangled up with a player during practice and falls down -- and breaks his collar bone. Rogers is never really ever heard from again....unless you count the police blogs.

So...

Injuries...

The Lions must carefully guard against injuries this week. Yes, the Franchize is supposed to start practicing again this week, taking all of the snaps after spraining his throwing shoulder in the second quarter of the first game of the season.

This would seem to be the perfect "Lions' time" time for something incredibly stupid to happen in order to set Stafford back again...probably for the rest of the season. The Kong may get to close to him and his awesome gravity may knock the quarterback down again on his shoulder...who knows? Dude may trip in the parking lot on the way into the training facility in Allen Park...Schwartz, put Matt in a bubble. That's all I'm saying.

Furthermore, put Ndamukong Suh in a bubble too. The man is a beast and in the tradition of outstanding Lions rookies...he may get hit my a falling piece of space debris or something. Hide him in your basement...

The Penalties will not be corrected...

If the coaching staff is unable to pound, perhaps physically with a rubber mallet, the stupid penalties out of this group of guys, the losing will continue. Offsides and illegal formation penalties are really unforgivable. Unnecessary roughness and personal foul penalties should result in player fines.

Some new and sadistic tactic needs to take hold of the coaching staff that will produce results in the minds of the players. Winning teams do not get penalized back into the stone age.

Some new blood?

Now the trading deadline has officially passed and the Lions sat with their hands in their back pockets and looked away when it did. The linebacker position for the Lions this season has been manned mostly by untrained chimps. Zack Follett has been learning on the job, but he has not shown much progress and now he's been injured in what was an ugly head to head collision. There is a strong possibility that the bye week will not be enough time off for the "pain train" to clear his head and play again.

DeAndre Levy is hopeful to return in two weeks, but the Lions have been saying that since training camp, so who knows?

Two of the three linebacker positions are major question marks. Martin Mayhew has to comb the waiver wire now and find somebody with a pulse who can fill the proper gaps and make a play every once in a while.

I'll be holding my breath for the next two weeks.