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NFL Playoffs – Conference Championship edition
Too much work, not enough play. Another short recap this week. Hoping things get back to normal around here sometime in the very near future.
The NFL Conference Championship games are Sunday. Four teams left. In the first contest of the day, at 3pm, the Jets come to Indianapolis to take on the [...]
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January 24, 2010
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NFL Playoffs – division weekend
Here’s quick preview of this weeks games. There were a couple of surprises last week. I didn’t think the Ravens could beat the Patriots, even with Welker out, and in no way expected the shoot-out in Arizona. Wild game there. This week is the divisional playoff games, the winners moving to the conference playoffs and [...]
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January 15, 2010
NFL Playoffs Wildcard Weekend Rundown
Here’s a quick run-down of this weekends playoff games. They begin this afternoon at 4:30pm with the NY Jets (9-7) taking on the Cincinnati Bengals (10-6) at Paul Brown Stadium in Cinci. Both teams can run the ball and both have very good defenses. This will be a tough game fought in the trenches. Vegas [...]
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January 09, 2010
Stan Kwan is gone!
The Detroit Lions fired special teams coach Stan Kwan today. About damn time. Special teams were dismal this past season and Kwan was one of the major reasons. Adding depth to that position would help (trade for Josh Cribbs) as well as getting someone in there who knows what the heck they’re doing. Speaking of [...]
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January 08, 2010
Rumors and Rambling – What’s next for Detroit?
The Lions signed nine free agents today including TE Dan Gronkowski and DT Terrence Taylor. They also signed WR’s Michael Ray Garvin and Kole Heckendorf, DB’s Jonathan Hefney, Paul Pratt and Jahi Word-Daniels, OG Kurt Quarterman and DE Robert Henderson.
I certainly hope the Lions can make a splash in free agency (scheduled to start 03/05/10) [...]
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January 05, 2010
Lions lose again, get #2 pick in 2010 draft
Another disappointing season is finally over. The Lions were beaten by the Bears this afternoon, mostly in the 2nd half, which was the norm for the entire season. I’m not doing a recap as it was depressing enough the first time. With that loss and a loss by the St. Louis Rams, the Lions will [...]
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January 03, 2010
Bears at Lions – Week 17 – End of the road
Da Bears come into Detroit today for the final game of the season. And what a season it has been, for both teams. The Bears are coming off a great overtime win over Minnesota on MNF but will be missing the playoffs for the 3rd year in a row and some are saying they’re playing [...]
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January 03, 2010
Lions lose to San Francisco 20-6
Short and sweet today. The Lions lost, again, yesterday to the San Francisco 49ers 20-6. The first drive of the game for the Lions looked pretty good until they got into the redzone and couldn’t get the TD. They settled for a Jason Hanson field goal to go up 3-0. It all went down hill [...]
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December 28, 2009
Lions at 49er’s – Week 16
Short and sweet this weekend as I’m writing this on Thursday and heading back up north for Christmas with the family. I won’t have access to a computer again until Sunday evening or Monday afternoon.
The Detroit Lions travel to California Sunday to take on the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers playoff hopes were dashed last [...]
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December 26, 2009
Stanton gets the nod
Lions quarterback Drew Stanton (here’s a link to his website) will get the start against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. Drew was drafted in the second round (43rd overall) in 2007 by he who shall not be named’s regime. Stanton played in 3 games in 2008 and came in last week after the [...]
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December 24, 2009
Cardinals at Lions – Week 15
The Arizona Cardinals come to town today to take on the Detroit Lions. The Cards can clinch the NFC West with a victory over the Lions. They lost last week on Monday night, mostly through their own mistakes, and should be looking for an easy win today in Motown.
QB Matthew Stafford will be out today [...]
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December 20, 2009
Lions – The Week in Review
The Lions released veteran fullback Terrelle Smith on Wednesday and claimed guard Roy Schuening off the waiver wire. Schuening was a 5th round pick by the St. Louis Rams in 2008 and only played in one game as a rookie and spent most of the ‘09 season on Oakland’s practice squad. [...]
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December 19, 2009
Monday Rumors and Rambling
The Detroit Lions confirmed today that running back Kevin Smith is out for the year with a torn ligament in his left knee. That’s too bad. The kid was coming into his own in recent weeks and is turning into a heck of a player. I just hope that when all is said and done, [...]
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December 14, 2009
Jim Schwartz post-game press conference 12/13/09
Here’s a link to the highlights of coach Jim Schwartz press conference after the beat-down from the Ravens on Sunday. Boy does he look pissed. I’d wager that there will be some changes come Tuesday, possible a few cuts. I hope Culpepper is the first one to go.
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December 13, 2009
Jim Schwartz post-game press conference 12/13/09
Here’s a link to the highlights of coach Jim Schwartz press conference after the beat-down from the Ravens on Sunday. Boy does he look pissed. I’d wager that there will be some changes come Tuesday, possible a few cuts. I hope Culpepper is the first one to go.
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December 13, 2009
Lions suck in 48-3 blowout by Ravens
Wow. I’m not sure where to begin here. The Lions looked like a pee-wee team playing out there today. It was a totally embarrassing game that made me wish the season was already over and we could start looking to the future. I don’t think I can handle 3 more weeks of this crap.
The first [...]
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December 13, 2009
Lions at Ravens – Week 14
The Lions head to Baltimore to take on the Ravens this week. Starting QB Matthew Stafford will sit out and back-up Daunte Culpepper will get the nod. I’m not too excited about Culpepper starting. He has NEVER won a game as the Lions quarterback and he will most likely be gone at the end of [...]
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December 13, 2009
The Lions Congregation – Week 14
Rev Spielman over at The Church of Schwartz continues his Q&A with several of the internet’s top Lions bloggers. It is, as usual, a good read. Go check it out. Here’s the questions for this week and my responses.
*Note: Half the guys turned in their responses before Williams failed his physical.*
1. [...]
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December 11, 2009
Culpepper gets the nod for Sunday against the Ravens.
Daunte Culpepper will get the start Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens.
“We want to avoid the situation where it becomes something chronic. Structurally, everything is still on course there, (but) it’s a tremendous amount of pain, it’s sore and we just wanted to avoid a continuing cycle of come back, get hit, come back, get hit. [...]
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December 09, 2009
Lions at Bengals – Week 13
The 2-9 Detroit Lions travel down I-75 today to face off against the 8-3 Cincinnati Bengals. This game could go either way, a complete slaughter by the Bengals or or a close squeaker, with both teams having a shot at winning. Either way, it should be an entertaining game. I’ll actually get to watch it [...]
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December 06, 2009
Thinking ahead for the rest of the season
The Lions season is over. It was over, really, before it started. Almost everyone was drinking the Kool-aid and hoping for a 5-6 win season. It looked possible on paper but with the sieve that is the secondary, the revolving door that is left tackle and the plethora of injuries to key positions, hell, most [...]
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December 05, 2009
Motown Madmen
The Lions were beaten pretty efficiently on Thanksgiving day, losing to the Packers 34-12. Matthew Stafford and Calvin Johnson both started and played the entire game but both are pretty banged up. You could see Stafford wincing over his left shoulder and CJ limping around and not playing up to snuff. The game was bad [...]
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November 27, 2009
Stafford to start against Green Bay
Phil Zaroo at M-Live is reporting that sources close to the Lions say that Stafford will start today. I also just heard it on the Fox pre-game show from Jay Glazer. This is good and bad. I just hope his shoulder doesn’t become worse by taking a bit hit during the game. The O-Line will [...]
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November 26, 2009
Packer at Lions – Turkey Day
The Green Bay Packers are coming to town on Turkey Day and it looks like the only turkey on the field will be Lions back-up quarterback Daunte Culpepper. Matthew Stafford, who was injured in the 2nd to last play in Sundays victory over the Browns, will likely not play. The Lions should start Drew Stanton [...]
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November 25, 2009
Matthew Stafford is the real deal.
The Lions defeated the Cleveland Browns 38-37 Sunday on a last second TD pass from injured quarterback Matthew Stafford to rookie tight end Brandon Pettigrew.
And I do mean injured. Matthew Stafford was diagnosed with a separated left shoulder after taking a huge hit by Browns defensive tackle C.J. Mosley that drove him hard to [...]
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November 24, 2009
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