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Lions Lose Their 15th Cosecutive Game at Lambeau Field on Sunday

It comes as no shock that the Lions lost Sunday’s game against the Packers.  The Lions continue to show that their chances of achieving victory in their remaining games this season are slim, if not impossible.  The means in which they found to lose this game are growing increasingly familiar.

Brett Favre did not have one of his more memorable outings on Sunday.  He threw three interceptions, one of which could have led to a late Lions lead, had they been capable at all of scoring a touchdown inside of the “red zone”.  The Lions again found an embarrassing opportunity to defy conventional game logic, in the most inopportune of times.

Jon Kitna twice chose to audible from the play that was originally called to a quarterback sneak.   The first one, on a third-and-five yards situation, was an unbelievable decision that failed miserably.   The second sneak, on a third down inside the “red zone”, was an unfathomable decision when you considered that the same play had been stuffed earlier in the game.  The botched sneak eventually lead to the Lions having to settle for a Jason Hanson field goal.

Jon Kitna continued his string of 12 straight games with an interception.   The offense sputtered without the eminent threat of a ground attack.  Kitna was sacked six times, three of those coming from DE Cullen Jenkins.   The combination of an utterly absent running game and a leaky, patchwork offenive line has spelled disaster for Kitna in recent weeks.   At this point, despite the poor play by Kitna, it would be nearly impossible to evaluate Josh McCown or Dan Orlovsky if they were utilized instead of Kitna.   It would actually be patently unfair to throw them out to the wolves, or Bears as it were, when you consider the current state of the Lions offense.

So at 2-12, with another fan protest on the horizon in store for this Sunday’s home game against the Bears, what is left for this miserable excuse of an organization in it’s remaining games?  What can the powers that be do to assuage the growing discontent and apathy among Lions supporters.   The Lions will likely surrender meekly to the Bears, hopefully the Bears will exercise enough Christmas mercy that the embarrassment is kept to a bare (or Bear?) minimum.