The Knee Jerks for 11-9-09: Burying the Lions

Believe it or not, half of the Lions’ 16-game NFL schedule has been played, so I suggested a Lions roudtable to my co-host on our weekly gabfest “The Knee Jerks”, Greg Eno of GregEno.com. So we gathered around the campfire and had ourselves a mid-season review. Our guests were Michael Schottey and Dean Holden, two of the premier Lions writers for Bleacher Report, making a return appearance. Those two guys chimed in with analysis, mid-season letter grades, and a look ahead at the season’s second half. It’s not “feel good” radio, but these are the Lions, after all! After burying the Lions for about an hour, Eno and I delved into some juicy topics around Detroit sports. We segued into the mess in Ann Arbor as it relates to the football program. Once again, we openly wondered how much time U-M officials will give coach Rich Rodriguez after yet another second half collapse, this time to Purdue at home. Eno went off a more than a little bit (understatement) on the type of football be...