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The Wayne Fontes Experience:
Once again, the Lions Congregation meets to discuss all things Detroit Lions. This week Reverend Spielman of The Church of Schwartz asks the best and brightest of the Lions' blogosphere to tackle special teams, the defensive backfield and give our predictions for Sunday against Seattle.
To read what the rest of the Lions bloggers have to say, click on over to The Church of Schwartz.
1. How do you fix our special teams units? (after, of course, firing Stan Kwan)
Good drafting in the lower rounds. Find a few undrafted college free agent diamonds in the rough. Using the waiver wire judiciously. Hiring a new special teams coach...who knows what the Hell he's doing. More than a little luck.
In other words, there is no quick fix, save for putting more of your starters on special teams, and that's not going to happen. A long term fix can be found, but it'll take good scouting. Which was nowhere to be found during the Millen years, and a big reason why special teams are ...
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