A True Story. A tale of rebuilding the hopeless Detroit Lions!!!

[kenp86]

Re: A True Story. A tale of rebuilding the hopeless Detroit Lions!!!

i ont knwo why. its pisses me off. hell be looking at the open guy and decide to throw to a double covered wr and miss most of the time

[Mike2001]

Re: A True Story. A tale of rebuilding the hopeless Detroit Lions!!!

that sucks and frustrating at the same time, im playin head coach 06 for ps2 and the qb does that some or most of the time for me

[kenp86]

Re: A True Story. A tale of rebuilding the hopeless Detroit Lions!!!

Before game 10, I re-signed Brandon Meriweather to a 3yr/3.18M 1.5M bonus contract.

Game10 @Carolina:
Woodson: 11-29, 205 yrds, 1TD, 1 INT
Calhoun: 25 att., 62 yrds
McDonald: 1TD
Lenon: 1 sack
Lenon/Briggs: 11 TKL ea.
Briggs: 2FF
Adibi: 1 INT
Rolle: 1 FR
LOST 20-14
"This was a hard game for us. It was so close at the end. We just couldnt get there." - Paris Lenon.

Game 11 vs Tampa Bay:
This agme was a blowout from the start. At halftime, we were up 21-0.
Woodson: 19-35, 379yrds, 5TD, 1 INT
Calhoun: 38 att., 133 yrds
C.Johnson: 7 rec., 149 yrds, 2TD
McDonald: 5 rec., 116 yrds, 1TD
Roy/M.Lewis: 1TD ea.
D.White/C.Campbell: 1 sack ea.
Bodden/Hamlin/Kelly: 1 INT ea.
D.White/L.Jackson: 1 FF ea.
Millard/Babineaux: 1 FR ea.
WON: 41-7
(NOTE: There only TD was a INT returned for TD)

"The defensive played great. Like Ive never seen before. We shut the Bucs down today. thats a greeat feeling." - Calais Campbell on the defensive play today.

"It was just all working today.The defense, offense and the special teams. Our receivers and tight ends helped me out a lot today." - Andre Woodson

I would like to re-sign Shaun McDonald, but he is asking for 5 or 6 years at a total of 16 million with around a 5 million bonus. Thats to much for a third wide receiver. I want to keep him cuz its like him and Woodson have some sort of connection.

Woodson is named NFC OPOW

[Mike2001]

Re: A True Story. A tale of rebuilding the hopeless Detroit Lions!!!

the carolina game was heartbreaking but great win against tampa

[kenp86]

Re: A True Story. A tale of rebuilding the hopeless Detroit Lions!!!

yeah the carolina game was bad. we were down 17-14 and Serna missed a 40 something yard FG to tie it and who knows what wouldve happened after that. and we just dominated TB.

[Mike2001]

Re: A True Story. A tale of rebuilding the hopeless Detroit Lions!!!

yeah the carolina game was bad. we were down 17-14 and Serna missed a 40 something yard FG to tie it and who knows what wouldve happened after that. and we just dominated TB.

from readin another career serna will miss some here and there. whats your record now 9-2?

[kenp86]

Re: A True Story. A tale of rebuilding the hopeless Detroit Lions!!!

yep, 9-2... man i could run the lions right now.

[Mike2001]

Re: A True Story. A tale of rebuilding the hopeless Detroit Lions!!!

lol i think i could run them too

[kenp86]

Re: A True Story. A tale of rebuilding the hopeless Detroit Lions!!!

Game 12 vs Titans:
Woodson: 15-35, 312 yrds, 3TD, INT
Calhoun: 24 att., 45 yrds
McDonald: 2 rec., 114 yrds, 2TD
R.Williams: TD
Campbell/Briggs: 2 sacks ea.
Millard/Babineaux: 1 sack ea
Hamlin/Lenon: INT ea
WON 24-17
I couldnt run for crap........
"Haynesworth is a beast. Its no wonder we couldnt get anything going on the ground. We're just thankful Andre had a good game for us." - Brian Calhoun on the running game.


Game 13 vs Minnesota:
Woodson: 13-22, 292 yrds, 4TD
Calhoun: 25 att., 114 yrds
R.Williams: 5 rec., 110 yrds, 2TD
Johnson/McDonald: TD ea.
Millard: 11TKL, 2 sacks
Babineaux/White/Briggs: Sack ea
Pollard: INT
WON 28-21
"This was a tough game for us. They passed the ball very well today. We wernt expecting that from them. But we held up and got the win. Its unfortunate that Paris and Ernie got injured in the game, but it happens and we will look to continue to win for those guys." - Linebacker Millard on the teams game today.

Millard named NFC DPOW

Lenon/Sims both out 3-5 weeks

Game 14 @ Colts:
Woodson: 15-24, 237 yrds, INT
Calhoun: 20 att., 45 yrds
Faulk: 14 att., 42 yrds, TD
McDonald: 7 rec., 157 yrds
Redding/Campbell: Sack ea
(They won on a last second FG)
LOST 20-17
"We just couldnt stop them late. Thats what it came down to." - Dwayne White on todays tough loss.

Game 15 vs NO:
Woodson: 14-28, 178 yrds, TD, 3 INT
Calhoun: 18 att., 41 yrds, TD
Faulk: 14 att., 56 yrds
Johnson: 7 rec., 96 yrds
Williams: TD
White: Sack
Bodden: 8 TKL, 2 INT
Hamlin/Briggs/Adibi: INT ea
WON 17-14
"We squeeked a win out today. It wasnt a good game ball any means, but we won the game and thats all that counts. We gotta play better, more consistantly." - Ken Hamlin on his teams victory today.

Bodden named NFC DPOW


Game 16 @ GB:
Woodson: 12-17, 163 yrds, 2TD, INT
Calhoun: 21 att., 36 yrds
McDonald: 6 rec., 103 yrds, TD
Johnson: TD
Briggs: 10 TKL
Pollard: INT
WON 17-12
We played an all around good game. Well we have to get our running game started again if we want to get far in the playoffs. And that falls on me." - Brian Calhoun.

We finished the season at 13-3.
Our passing game has been brilliant at time with Woodson. But he misses the open WR/TE way too much or just plain over throws them. Our running game is inconsistant. We need to fix that. We have horrible secondary despite the stats put up by them. CB will be my first priority in the draft and FA along with getting more pressure on the QB from our DT. But first the playoffs.

[kenp86]

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SEASON NOTES:
The Chicago Bears have finished their season at a miserable 0-16 record. How funny is this. The Lions in real life and the Bears in the game.. HAHA.. The Patriots went 15-1... We finished the season with the 4th best record in the NFL.

Player stats:
Woodson: 225-420, 3865 yrds, 42TD, 19 INT
Calhoun: 383 att., 1252 yrds, 5TD
McDonald: 65 rec., 1484 yrds, 14TD
R.Williams: 51 rec., 851 yrds, 11TD
Johnson: 59 rec., 1003 yrds, 11TD
Campbell: 19 sacks, 2TD
Hamlin: 6 INT

96 overall approval at regular seasons end.

Head Coach firings:
Jauron/Lovie Smith/Whisenhunt/L.Kiffin

AL DAVIS RETIRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NFL NVP: Brian Westbrook
Offensive Player of the Year: Brian Westbrook
Defensive Player of the Year: Julian Peterson
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Calais Campbell
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Andre Woodson

[Mike2001]

Re: A True Story. A tale of rebuilding the hopeless Detroit Lions!!!

great season did you get home field through out the playoffs

[kenp86]

Re: A True Story. A tale of rebuilding the hopeless Detroit Lions!!!

we were 2nd in the NFC behind a 14-2 Tampa team

Round 1: BYE

Round 2 vs Philadelphia:
Woodson: 13-34, 159 yrds, 2TD, INT, 2 Fumbles, (sacked 7 times)
Calhoun: 21 att., 53 yrds, 4 fumbles
M.Lewis: 2TD
Briggs: 6TKL, 2TFL, 3 sacks, INT
White: 5TKL, 4TFL, 2 sacks, INT
Millard: 2 sacks, 5 TKL, 3TFL
Adibi: 5TKL, 2TFL, sack
LOST 27-17
The blitz killed us as u can see. BUT we had our chances,. Down 27-17 with just undr 3:00 to go, Woodson threw a TD to Roy...BUT tere was a holding penalty which negated that TD

So off to the offseason. Lets hope i can fill some holes we have. Desperately need a strong DT presance, CB help, depth at LE(L.Jackson was pretty much injured the whole season), LB, also need a HB(might just wait for Boar Jackson whenever he shows up), TE and a WR...

Also i went through the offseason(game froze, so im gonna wait till monday to start the offseason over), i hear all this talk about Boar Jackson(could really use him) and he isnt in my draft class this year same for other players ive heard about.. Any reason why?

[kenp86]

Re: A True Story. A tale of rebuilding the hopeless Detroit Lions!!!

Our pro-bowl selectees:

Andre Woodson, Shaun McDonald, Calais Campbell, Jonathan Babineaux, Cory Redding, Lance Briggs, Ernie Sims, Ken Hamlin, Bernard Pollard.. I think there Bodden might have been selected but cant remember.

[kenp86]

Re: A True Story. A tale of rebuilding the hopeless Detroit Lions!!!

QB: Set with Woodson. Stanton is only backup right now look to sign a better backup

RB: Need a Starter. BADLY preferrably one that doesn fumble a lot. Faulk will be released.

WR: Releasing McDonald due to high demands. Need a replacement

OL: Mulitalo will be let go. Riola may be too. So I would need a LG/C replacement.

DL: RE is set with Campbell/Bake/White. Need depth at LE. Jackson was injured most of the season.

DT:Babineaux and Redding were good, but I need more pressure. Rubin will stay hopefully he gets better during offseason

LOLB: Briggs starts. Adibi backs up and plays great

MLB: Lenon starts. He is alright. Millard is a great young player who plays great when he starts.

ROLB: Sims is there. Need depth

CB: HELP NEEDED BADLY!!!! Bodden is OK but not great. Law/Rolle will be let go due to high demands. Still have Meriweather and Lowry hopeing they improve with a new coach(hopefully i find a good one)

FS/SS: Solid there with Hamlin and Pollard starting. Alexander and Campbell are solid backups.

[BoKnowsBest]

Re: A True Story. A tale of rebuilding the hopeless Detroit Lions!!!

If you have the draft with joe kain, marquies acho, etc you will get boar jackson next year. Not really a spoiler here but this draft has a TON of great defensive linemen that can go in the 1st round, and you will find a fit somewhere in the 1st for either DE or DT no matter what philosophy you run

However, if you want Boar i think its neccesary to trade for a future 1st, since i had to give up the 9th overall, 11th overall, and a future 1st rounder to move up to the 1st overall and pick jackson.