It's August 1st...did I miss anything?

How many probowls again?

The big problem with being a Lions fan...is you know Lions history and every time the team does anything...you can make a parallel to a similar thing they've done...that has failed.

This past weekend the big news was the signing of Stephen Tulloch, a MLB from Tennessee to a one year deal.

There is a lot to like about Stephen Tulloch...but there's nothing to do cartwheels over either.  He's only 26 years old...which means he should be coming into his prime...which means they should have locked him up for longer than one year...but...eh...these are the Lions.  The one thing that I really like about him is...he's never missed a game in six seasons.  There's a lot to be said for the ability to stay healthy in the NFL.  He's also played four seasons under the Schwartz in Tennessee...so he knows the system.

But...

Six season, no probowls.  Last year, playing middle linebacker he had a career high 111 tackles...111?  As a middle linebacker?  This is worrisome.  As I recall Chris Spielman used to average like 180-200 tackles a year....a middle linebacker has to be a tackling machine...

I hope he grows into a star, which is highly possible playing behind the mega DL the Lions have put together over the last three years...

Welcome Back, Chis Houston!

This is a bigger move in my opinion than the Tulloch pickup.  The Lions were looking line up with Eric Wright, who has been on again off again his entire career and Nate Vasher who is on the down, down, down side of his career.  Pair that with the fact that Alphonso Smith, last year's most promising CB is already wearing an air cast on his foot and you get a really big need to shore up the CB position.

Houston was good, not great last year, and hopefully, with all the hype about the DL...good will be good enough.

National Reporters are idiots

A couple of years ago it was Dan Pompeii picking the Lions to go to the Super Bowl...this year it's Peter King...now, while I do have a lot more respect for King, they're still both idiots.

Thanks guys, it's hard enough in Detroit as it is...why'd you have to jinx us too?