Why the Lions will take down the Giants...

There are many rays of hope that will lead us down the ever dangerous and chilling doom of Lion optimism. Dash those hopes now or else you will wind up once again muttering incoherently in the dark to whatever you believe in...pleading for some semblance of justice...and the darkness does not answer.

Of course they aren't saying that Matt Stafford, The Franchize, isn't going to play...but in all likelihood, he won't. The word on Calvin Johnson's shoulder injury is...um, maybe?

This is scary...

The Detroit Offensive Line?

Technically, they've been playing fairly well, which is a very twilight zone'esque change from the regular Lions norm. Oh sure the Lions still don't have a 100 yard rusher yet and the idea of picking up a 3rd and one off tackle is as logical paying space aliens to repave my driveway.

But still...they haven't given up an obscene amount of sacks and they have given the Kansas Kid ample time to get rid of the ball. Did you see how much time Hill had on his touchdown pass to Pettigrew, going back and looking at it again, you'd think he was playing against the Lions instead of for them.

Can they hold up against the vaunted Giants front? We'll see...

Jahvid Best, Pettigrew and Tony Scheffler

The biggest strength of the NY Giants is a ravenous collection of beasts they use for defensive lineman. When this group is not chewing on puppies and knocking down buildings, they are concentrating on tearing every quarterback in their path limb from limb.

But what is one of the best ways to neutralize such an aggressive defensive line? The screen pass. And the Lions are running the screen better than any other time I can recall. Both the tight end screen and the half back screen have worked almost to perfection so far this season and it will need to work overtime against the Giants.

The Lions secondary?

Alphonso Smith and Chris Houston have really answered the call in the last two weeks. Smith has picked off three passes in the last three games and Houston is getting into the action too. How will they do against Peyton's little brother, Eli?

Well, I've never really been all that impressed with Eli. In fact, I'm pretty sure he must be adopted. Compared to the way Peyton plays, Eli may in fact be the illegitimate love child of Archie Manning and a syphilitic chimp. He is nothing compared to how his brother plays and I'm pretty sure that the Giants Super Bowl win a few years ago was a strange dream...it couldn't have really happened.

Not to mention the Giants offensive line hasn't exactly been stellar so far this year. The Kong, KVB, Corey Williams and Cliff Avril might be able to get some pressure of their own too.

Hope is evil, isn't it?