The Ever Present Voice of Reason: Jason Hanson
November 20, 2007 on 11:09 pm | In Uncategorized |In Sunday’s New York Daily News, Jason Hanson was quoted as saying this:
A lot of Lions fans are pretty jaded. Until we hold up our end of the bargain, they are always kind of having their fingers crossed behind their back. The proof is coming up in the second half of the season so everybody is waiting to see what we do.”
Wow, he said that before Sunday’s almost-but-not-quite there stab at respectability. With consecutive losses, the Thanksgiving Game against the Packers will likely determine the course the rest of the season will take for the team. The Lions are 2-18 during the Millen Era while playing the grueling 3 game sandwich that is jammed into the tight space of twelve days leading up to Thanksgiving. It is not difficult to see the Lions finding their way to 2-19 in the upcoming 48 hours, either, I am sad to say.
The Lions had this game within reach, which exacerbates the frustration we feel about the probable continued demise of this season. Nothing is more bitterly disappointing than watching a season that once appeared to be so promising slowly devolve into a more or less typical season for this franchise.
The Lions offense is reeling, Kevin Jones’ feet are sore, Calvin Johnson is still under-utilized, and Jon Kitna, as tough as he is, is still a very average NFL QB. Tom “Killer” Kowalski recently made some interesting points about the flagging state of the Lions offense and the importance for Rod Marinelli to interject himself to help sort out the current situation on that side of the ball immediately.
He makes several strong points about the continually developing disintegration and dissension amongst the rank and file offensive personnel, with Martz being the primary recipient of derision due to his polarizing, unorthodox nature.
As a Lions fan, I still have my fingers crossed, but am afraid, like so many times before, that the Lions season is about slip out of control, much like the errant pass that Shaun McDonald allowed to be interecepted to end the Lions faint hopes on Sunday.
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Sunday was a heartbreaker. I confess to having blasphemed several times during that game. In particular when I had my hopes up. One thing that is somewhat telling, when the Lions were on the march at the very end of the game, my feelings of excitement were tainted by an ever-present feeling of impending doom. I almost expected the third interception. I hate to admit it, and maybe it makes me sound like a jackanapes, but I just kind of expected it. It was the feeling that you get when it’s the bottom of the ninth, a man on third, two outs, the Tigers are down by one, and Brandon Inge comes up to the plate. Despite the potential, I can only predict the most negative outcome.
The Lions are starting to remind me of a certain Don Gibson tune . . .
Comment by Hondo — November 21, 2007 #
Like Jason Hanson stated, how could you NOT have been conditioned for what has transpired the last two games. This organization will not have officially arrived, unless it can avoid a run of disappointing losses, where they are clearly in disarray, like they have experienced in each of the last two games.
The Lions have no excuses, either. It was laid out nice for them to win each of the last two games and remain one game behind the Pack, now they are three games back.
Hopefully, the Lions can wave off the carrion from their rotting corpse of a season for at least one more game. BTW Did I mention how much I dislike Brett Favre?
Comment by Steve — November 21, 2007 #