Why the Lions will devour the Rams...

I got sucked into the hype last year about how the Lions were supposed to be able to beat the Rams...and the Lions screwed me. It won't happen again this year.

Although there are reasons for hope and I do want them to win, of course, I'm certainly no where near convinced it's going to happen.

The Kong!

Sam Bradford, in the first four weeks of the season, has been sacked 10 times already and thrown six picks. The Lions front four should be able to apply ample pressure to the rookie signal caller.

Add in the fact that Bradford's collection of targets is far from sparkling and a formula becomes clear to beat the overachieving Rams. No quarterback does well with pressure in his face, especially rookie quarterbacks. If the Lions can press the mediocre wide receivers and tight ends, make Bradford hold on to the ball for an extra second or two, then the Kong, KVB, Avril, and Corey Williams should be able to bury him in the field turf.

Of course that should be the recipe for defeating every quarterback, but in this case the Lions probably have a better chance of making it work this weekend.

The Rams' Schedule

OK, so the Rams are 2-2. So what! Look at who they've played.

They lost to the Arizona Cardinals, a team that has already fired two quarterbacks this season.

They lost to the Raiders who has already fired one quarterback and frankly...we all know how the Raiders have been so jealous of the Lions ineptness the last ten years that they've tried as hard as they can to be just like the Lions...

They managed to beat the Washington Redskins...um, guys, the Lions beat the Redskins last year....the Redskins do not appear to know how to beat the teams they are supposed to beat.

And lastly, they beat the Seattle Seahawks, a team from the NFC West, need I say more...let me go this far, if the Lions could somehow trade places with any team in the NFC West, they'd most likely be talking playoffs.

That's how bad the NFC West is as a whole.

The Cavalry is starting to come back

Nate Burleson is supposed to return this week to take some more pressure off of Megatron. Best is now two weeks away from his turf toe injury and should be that much more healthy.

The Kansas Kid has started to really rely on one of the Lions offensive strengths, the tight end. Brandon Pettigrew, a few drops aside, has turned into a formidable receiving threat.

Alphonso Smith is most likely taking over the corner back position formerly held by the pylon wearing the "Wade" jersey and C.C. Brown is looking like he's on his last legs.

In other words, the Lions are getting healthier and better by the sheer fact they're starting to bench the guys that have played pitifully. If the Lions can just get the Franchize back and DeAndre Levy, good things could start happening all over the place.

Well, I can hope anyways...