Lions Trends
24 November 2004

Am I the only person amazed that the Lions were only able to gain 41 total yards in the second half versus Minnesota in 5 drives! It has become apparent that the Lions offense is ineffective and getting worse:

Team/ TTL YARDS OFFENSE
----------DET/OPP./+/-
GAME1 262/342/-80
GAME2 266/386/-120
GAME3 256/402/-146
GAME4 227/279/-52
GAME5 125/434/-309
GAME6 325/325/even
GAME7 284/357/-73
GAME8 322/229/+93
GAME9 190/415/-225
GAME10 213/319/-106

The Lions have only attained 300 yards total offense in two games. One of which they lost. In only one game have they gained more than their opponent (the atrocious Mark Brunell QB'd Skins). As you can see in most games they have been outgained by a sizeable margin. It is very apparent that through time of posession and the differential in yards gained that as the season wears on it may even become more difficult for this team. The defense has played too many downs and logged too much time on the field due to the lack of a running game and the horrible slump that Joey Harrington has been mired (or Mirer-ed?) in.

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