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Week 14 Preview, Calvin Johnson, Sniping Cowboys

I can with a great deal of confidence assure you that this Sunday against the Cowboys, the Lions will continue to uphold their promise of unloading heaping helpings of excrement onto the playing field, that have been drawn from the vast reservoirs of their chamber pot of incompetence.

The Lions already featuring a one-dimensional, ineffective offense, will sorely miss Roy Williams’ playmaking ability.   The Cowboys edge rushers, Marcus Spears, Chris Canty, DeMarcus Ware, and Greg Ellis will thoroughly overmatch the Lions OT’s.  

Jon Kitna, he of unwavering faith, will have to utter several prayers to assist in him remaining healthy by the end of this game.  It is really that simple, the Lions, if they can muster up some decent blocking, may be able to exploit the relatively weak Cowboys secondary.  Otherwise, I don’t see how they can keep this game even remotely close.

I expect them to lose 42-9, but adding insult to injury, the final score will be 42-16 as J.T. O’Sullivan leads the Lions on an “inspired” march during the last two minutes of the game, which will ultimately spark another “QB” controversy in Detroit. UGH!!!

In regards to Calvin Johnson.   His career has certainly taken on a Harringtonian cast, hasn’t it?  Unlike his fellow first round wide receivers, Mike Williams and Charles Rogers, Johnson doesn’t have maturity and character issues slowing his development.   Unfortunately, in spite of all of the pre-season hype, the Lions never had a clear plan how exactly they were going to utilize his abilities, much like Harrington.  

Mike Martz doesn’t appear to be very infatuated with Johnson as a playmaker, much like how Mooch and Marty never concealed their disgust of all things Joey.   The Lions had better find a way to integrate Johnson into their offensive milieu, or they will be in deep trouble in their remaining four games.

I believe that the Lions will struggle to score without Roy Williams, since teams will be able to roll coverage to Calvin Johnson and force the Lions to beat them with Shaun McDonald, Mike Furrey, and Troy Walters. 

All of the pre-game sniping by the Cowboys confirms what many of us believe, around the league the Lions have a reputation for being soft and having no backbone.   The trash talking of Terrence Newman and Bradie James, I believe, is meant to get inside the Lions heads.   They know that come Sunday, Lions will likely fold like a cheap tent, and rather than be spurned on by the Cowboys idiocy.  James and Newman have a healthy disrespect for the Lions and realize that even with providing the Lions with some bulletin board material, the Lions have little resolve to back it up. We are likely to see more of the clinical, dispassionate play that we were treated to last Sunday in Minneapolis.