Doom and Gloom
Well, Mike Brown is out and that's probably the worst part of the debacle from yesterday. I'm not overly concerned about the loss because I thought we had a lot of adversity to overcome. The Chargers were 14-2 last year, they have mostly the same team intact, they were at home, their fans were pretty loud, and they have lots of talented players that compliment each other on the field.
The Bears played a pretty good game but I think we still don't have any solid, go-to plays on the offense. Also, the running game is now a major concern. I watched the Jets game and T. Jones wasn't stellar, but he was a guy that seemed to take a quarter to get warmed up - then, when defenses were starting to wear down, he would turn on the afterburners. Speaking of burners, maybe we could pick up Michael Turner for an NIU one-two punch.
Long and short - we need to be able to win these big games against the AFC. We lost to NE, Indy, and now San Diego. I would put us 4th behind those three teams (in whatever order) in the league overall.
Also, I still like Adrian Peterson (the original). He did fumble, but he also saved another broken play from becoming a fumble. He did convert one third down but he missed the second one. However, Benson had two shots at it and couldn't get it done, either. That either speaks to the San Diego defense against the run, or we need help. My prediction is that Benson will end up hurt and the Peterson/Wolfe combo will be good.
Last place in the NFC North. It's bizarro world.
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i can't believe the lions put up that many points on the raiders at home.. they have (had) a good defense. maybe the lions are for real this year! ..did i just write that??
On the plus side - the hardest game on the Bears schedule is out of the way, and (according to all reports) we held our own. Next week we get to unload all of our frustration on Herm's hapless Chiefs. That should be fun.
Tom, remember the golden rule of Football: The Lions and Cardinals have always (and will always) suck.
it's true...especially after last night's monday night loss to the 49ers. they held the 49ers to 20 YARDS total offsense the entire 2nd half until the last drive.
Crown em!
It also eliminates the whole plot line where the '72 Dolphins are waiting around with the Dom Perignon. Get over it already!
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