1. Kong! Two sacks, five tackles, and a fumble recovery for a touchdown. Suh currently leads all defensive tackles in the NFL in sacks...he is well on his way to a defensive rookie of the year award.
2. The Lions should never ever again kick off to Brad Banks or Tony Banks or whatever Banks that guy was...because they can't cover kickoffs.
3. Stafford came back and looked really rusty. Sure he threw four touchdown passes and had a QB rating of over 90. But he dropped back 45 times and accounted for only 215 yards. That's only 4.8 yards per attempt. The good quarterbacks are usually up at 7 or 8. He's got a way to go.
4. I hope I'm not wrong, but I foresee another 3000 Stafford to Johnson touchdown calls.
5. Who was this guy that showed up in a Kevin Smith uniform, because he looked a hell of a lot better than the real Kevin Smith.
6. Nate Burleson needs to start thinking more about ball security and less about looking good.
7. The Lions are still committing way too many penalties. It might work against the Redskins, who have a penchant for giving away games that they should win, but it won't work against the Jets next week and there's no way it'll ever work against the Patriots in a few weeks.
8. The Redskins play an ugly brand of football and then they drag you down to their level. How this team beat the Packers is beyond me. How this team is 4-4 is a huge mystery.
9. An optimist would say the Lions are now tied for third place in the NFC North...but it's still the cellar. The Lions, now 2-5, are tied for last with the Minnesota Vikings. I bet those guys are really glad they flew down to Kiln to talk the Devil out of hunting squirrel and into coming back and playing for them. He has looked lousy. And it makes me smile.
10. If it wasn't sweet enough to get a win...it looks like the Lions may have lost C.C. Brown for the season too. Now, I'm not happy the guy got hurt. I'd never wish misery on anybody. But the Lions are now pretty much forced to put Amari Spievey out on the field now to see if he can be the long time safety partner to Delmas. I don't know if Spievey is the guy, but I do know that Brown wasn't.
3rd and 3 or less
The Lions did awful on third down in general, but they were also fairly pitiful on 3rd and 3 or less. The Lions were 1 of 3 rushing and 1 of 4 passing. That brings the season totals to 9 of 14 rushing and 8 of 18 passing. My theory that running the ball on 3rd and 3 or less 90% of the time is much more promising than passing is looking really good.
Still haven't blocked a punt
Not only will the Lions seemingly never block a punt, mostly from pure lack of trying, but it appears that they no longer have the ability to cover a kickoff either. Banks had two kickoff returns for touchdowns yesterday (one was called back on a penalty) . That's really, really bad special teams.
Wouldn't it be great if the Lions had cheerleaders?
Beyond the fact that the game was blacked out in the Detroit market another reason that most Lions fans should have hoped for an away game against the Redskins, besides the chance of ending the road losing streak, is the fact that the Redskins have one of the preeminent cheer squads in the NFL. Most impressive.
Where's the fade stop?
Now, I can't really complain about the Lions not using the most unstoppable play in the modern era of football this week. One, because I didn't actually "see" the game and can't tell you how close they came to running it. Also, Megatron had three touchdown catches on the day. The Lions coaching staff was doing a pretty good job of using him...you can't argue with results.
Tales of the Inept
Every year the Lions race to their version of the Super Bowl--eagerly losing game after game after game to secure the highest possible pick...but so far this year, even though the Lions have only managed a measly two victories, they are far behind in their annual race to total ineptitude.
1-6 Dallas Cowboys - The Cowboys rolled over and took everything the Jaguars wanted to give them. Then they crawled under a rock. Currently, they are waiting to see if Wade Phillips will be fired before Tuesday.
1-6 Carolina Panthers - The Panthers lost to the Rams....the team the Lions trounced just three weeks ago. Poor John Fox, a good coach who'll be looking for work after the season.
0-7 Buffalo Bills - The Bills scared me yesterday, taking the Kansas City Chiefs deep into overtime before losing. As much as I hope that the Bills will join the Lions in history as another completely winless team...they've fought pretty hard these last two weeks.
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