PLAYERS:
Ndamukong Suh,
Matthew Stafford,
Jim Schwartz,
Matt Millen,
Kyle Vanden Bosch
TEAMS: Detroit Lions
TEAMS: Detroit Lions
If you’ve been with us long, you know how we feel about someone anonymously ripping someone else. We just don’t care for it.But we completely understand that 99% of the time, it’s the only way to get someone to give their true feelings on a subject. Just as a rival GM did anonymously with the Detroit Lions.Unlike most that believe that the Lions are much improved and knocking on the door of big things, this GM just doesn’t see it. Not only does he not see it, he thinks the Lions are a mess and there are problems everywhere. And that isn’t even mentioning the fact that he thinks Ndamukong Suh belongs on the “All-Hype team.”The GM gave his surprising take to Pro Football Weekly:“The one thing that is clear – they are not as close as people have tried to make it seem,” the GM told PFW. “They are a one-dimensional offensive team that if the quarterback (Matthew Stafford) is not on, people are figuring it out. If you take (WR Calvin) Johnson out of the game (one TD through four games, co...
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