What Has to Happen

Ok, so Rex has been Bad Rex thus far. Benson has looked average and has coughed up the ball more than once already. Berrian and Muhammad seem to be half-assing it and drop passes. If you're the Lions defense, it's not too difficult to figure out how to keep your squad off the field - blitz Rex. The Bears o-line will crumble and Rex will panic.

What do we do? The basics - aggressively. Complete some short, high-percentage passes early. Mix in some running plays that have worked in the first three games. Create a positive momentum early and FINISH THE DRIVE. Field goals are not acceptable once we're in the red zone.

Our defense should consider (especially with all the injuries) that Kitna put up 400+ yards last week. Conservative defense - aggressively. The key here is to contain. The league-leading yardage by Kitna still fell short of a win.

Bottom line - we need to forget all the catch phrases ("we're a running team") and just do the basics. Aggressively. Oh - and look up Chris Leak. That could still be the feel-good story of the year if we were to bring him in and let him run with it. Hopefully, he's bagging groceries...