Motor City Mayhem: A Detroit Lions Dynasty

[tomriddle]

I'm not a lions fan so i dont know their personnel.. ive always seen them as paper champs cuz they keep getting high 1st round picks so the talent gotta be there somewhere..

i always am curious about any lions chise and one thing i can say, take a look at your Offensive Line..

if it's weak, invest some 1st/2nd round picks in some OL to give Stafford that pocket and help that run game..

it might seem/feel like wasted picks taking OL so high consecutively.. but it pays off big rewards

[RJTurneR]

Chicago Stomps Detroit in Big Win

Detroit Lose out to Chicago 24-6

NFL Scoreboard - Detroit Lions (0-0) at Chicago Bears (0-0)

September 12, 2010 1 2 3 4 F Detroit Lions 3 3 0 0 6 Chicago Bears 0 21 0 3 24 Top Performers Detroit Lions - Stats M.Stafford - 45.8 - 17/40 - 180Yds - 42% - 1 INT D.Levy - 9 Tackles - 1 Sack - 1 INT Chicago Bears - Stats J.Cutler - 100.4 - 17/28 - 281Yds - 60% - 3 TD's - 2 INT D.Hester - 6 Rec - 113Yds - 18.8 Avg - 2 TD's

Team Stats Comparison DET CHI First Downs 12 10 3rd Down Efficiency 26% 38% 4th Down Efficiency 0% 0% Total Yards 372 428 Passing Yards 180 278 Rushing Yards 56 71 Penalties-Penalty Yards 1-5 2-20 Turnovers 1 (+1) 2 (-1) Time of Possession 26:59 33:01

OperationSports.com

At the start of the season, expectations are always high, even if your the Buffalo Bills. But this wasn't Buffalo. So expectations for Detroit were fairly high. In the season opener against Chicago, Detroit didn't even come close to meeting expectations. Matthew Stafford played terrible, even with Calvin breaking lose for most of the game.

"It wont happen again. Im gonna come back next week more focused than ever and prove that we are not write offs already, I promise". One man who exceeded expectations was Chicago QB Jay Cutler, who thrived in Mike Martz new offense. Throwing for 281 yards & 3 TD's. Cutler could of been more accurate, but no complaints here, he got the job done.

Coach Schwartz was asked about his teams performance during the post-game conference. "I believe we could of played a whole lot better. Our offense was very shaky for most of the game. The defense didn't do too bad of a job. But we will be back next week, and we will win".

Detroit square off against the Eagles at Ford Field next week. With Jamaal Jackson & Leonard Weaver out for the season, Detroit might just be able to get more pressure on Vick, who was made starter after Kolb suffered a concussion.

[RJTurneR]

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i always am curious about any lions chise and one thing i can say, take a look at your Offensive Line.. if it's weak, invest some 1st/2nd round picks in some OL to give Stafford that pocket and help that run game.. it might seem/feel like wasted picks taking OL so high consecutively.. but it pays off big rewards

Thats why I signed Jake Groove & Shawn Murphy as one year thing unless I feel they have helped being there. Im mainly looking at OL's and CB's in the draft, can pick up WR's in Free Agency so that's covered. I said I like to combine reality and madden in my franchise, so I may take a look at Mankins or McNeil, who right now are most likely going to be traded.