Detroit Lions Tuesday rant – this is all too easy
September 8, 2008 by James Edwards
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Michael Turner of the Atlanta Falcons. And where are the Stinkin Lions in this picture?
The Detroit Lions stink.
Maybe this should end right there, but that would tell you nothing, because they always seem to stink. They should be renamed the Detroit Stinkin Lions.
How can they lose to the Atlanta Falcons? Oh, that part is easy; any NFL team can lose to another on their home field. But how do you get blown out by a team with a rookie coach, rookie quarterback, rookie linemen, heck probably a rookie water boy (The falcons water boy out executed the Lions water boy by several sips of water.)
And we hear again and again and again that Marinelli is the guru of defensive linemen. He helped turn Warren Sapp and Simeon Rice into stars. Well, maybe Sapp and Rice turned Marinelli into a star. Because yesterday, Matt Ryan looked awfully comfortable in the pocket the few times he tried to pass. And when the Falcons ran, the inexperienced line mauled the Lions defenders. The clock was already ticking on Marinelli, and yesterday’s game moved the hands forward a little bit.
Can we call for Matt Millen’s head already? Will Jon Kitna still be our quarterback 10 years from now?
Were there any good parts for the Lions?
Calvin Johnson looked great at receiver.
Kevin Smith looked pretty good for a rookie running back.
Roy Williams had a nice touchdown grab.
What about Atlanta? Are they for real? Well, Matt Ryan had a nice debut at QB, but still only had to throw the ball 13 times. That may never happen again. Michael Turner looked pretty good at running back. Ok, he looked awesome, but it was the Stinkin Lions.
Ryan’s first NFL pass was a 62-yard touchdown. Running back Michael Turner — LaDainian Tomlinson’s understudy in San Diego the past four years — followed with 66- and five-yard touchdowns to give the Falcons a 21-0 lead in the first quarter.
Turner finished with a career-high 220 rushing yards. His career high for a season is 502.
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The D-Line looked half dead out there and Travis Fisher makes me vomit
Goerge Foster got raped repeatedly, as well as Peterman, probably Backus too– I stopped paying attention to Backus two years ago.
Mike Furrey, I’ll give him credit, is a quality reciever, but WTF did they have him returning kicks for the first couple of kickoffs.
This nepotism/incompetence is really starting to tick me off!
Surprise? Lions suck? What’s changed during Fords 50 years of ownership? Nothing. Lions suck. There are some things in life that remain constant. Some things you can count on every year. Lions suck. Nuff said.
Furrey returning kicks was a stupid use of his talents.
Why is Kitna still the QB?
Who would actually bet on the Lions? :) (inside joke)
Hint: Take the Christians and the points. Lions suck.