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I have recently submitted an article for a Fantasy Football website. I will be serving as their Detroit Lions correspondent. The article is a review of the Lions Free Agent signings this offseason The site appears to be a valuable resource for fantasy football-related information. As poorly as my teams have done in recent years, I will definitely have to bookmark the site in hopes of gaining an edge.

This week’s USA Today Pro Sports Weekly had some interesting remarks from Matt Millen:

“I think right now we’re in pretty solid shape,” Millen said. ” I don’ t think we’re exceptional, but I think if you take a step back and look at the big picture, this is where we’re at. We have increased our team speed to the point where we’re one of the faster teams in the league, offensively and defensively. I think we’ve increased our talent level, our skill level.” “We have people who can make plays. We’ve gotten to the point where, schematically, we’re on the other side of the learning curve.”

What is interesting about these comments is that I don’t disagree with them. Even after a disappointing 6-10 season, I believe these statements to be correct. It is certainly time to put up or shut up for this current version of the team. I am also not surprised to see him applying external pressure by increasing his expectations for the team’s ability to perform at a high level. It is obvious, that in a Moss-less division and with Brett Favre’s career definitely on the wane, that the Lion’s are member’s of a division that is ripe for the taking. It is up to Mariucci and the coaching staff to adequately prepare the team and it is especially important for the team to execute at a higher level. Another 6-10 season will lead to major changes throughout the organization, that’s for sure.

It appears that the free agent signings from here are on out will have a lot less sizzle and sparkle, especially since the team officials are probably bunkered away in preparations for the draft, potentially the most important in years. The Lions appear to be one or two contributing players away from being able to win the NFC North in my eyes. They may be able to enlist immediate help in this draft.

In a different note, I have been recently enjoying an e.p. by a new San Diego band, Louis XIV. They posess a raunchy mix of both 70’s rock and the current wave of mainstream indie rock. Their “Finding Out True Love is Blind” may be one of the cooler takes on feasting on a smorgasbord of the opposite sex of all different shapes and sizes. Who can’t but help to find a little bit of enjoyment in decadence that you can hum along to!