Comments on: Week 6 Preview: Lions at Vikings http://www.detroitlionsblog.com/wp/archives/2008/10/11/week-6-preview-lions-at-vikings/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:17:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Steve http://www.detroitlionsblog.com/wp/archives/2008/10/11/week-6-preview-lions-at-vikings/comment-page-1/#comment-35568 Steve Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:56:00 +0000 http://www.detroitlionsblog.com/wp/archives/2008/10/11/week-6-preview-lions-at-vikings/#comment-35568 If anything can be taken from Sunday's performance, the Lions haven't quit, and as poorly as they have played all season, they have some ability to play physical and not just lie on their backs and watch teams walk over them. The brand of the football that they played was much more palatable, even if they will struggle to win even one game this year. If anything can be taken from Sunday’s performance, the Lions haven’t quit, and as poorly as they have played all season, they have some ability to play physical and not just lie on their backs and watch teams walk over them.

The brand of the football that they played was much more palatable, even if they will struggle to win even one game this year.

]]> By: Yukon Dan http://www.detroitlionsblog.com/wp/archives/2008/10/11/week-6-preview-lions-at-vikings/comment-page-1/#comment-35565 Yukon Dan Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:21:33 +0000 http://www.detroitlionsblog.com/wp/archives/2008/10/11/week-6-preview-lions-at-vikings/#comment-35565 This was starting out to be the perfect football weekend. It starts off with the Mighty Rockets of Toledo winning a tight game against Michigan. Next the Spartans win. Then the Lions seem to be winning . . . they have Minnesota backed down with time running out in the 4th and then the referee insightfully noticed that Bodden could not have made such a play without the assistance of contact (which I did not see) and threw a flag. The Defense was excellent. I was very impressed with the way that they came to play. For long stretches throughout the game they were actually in the backfield putting pressure and even (dare I say it?) sacking Frerotte. Blogman--"Polish Pop Gun" may be quite descriptive. He did throw for 450 feet. On the bright side--no interceptions. I actually enjoyed watching the game--which is something that I have not said yet this season. This was starting out to be the perfect football weekend. It starts off with the Mighty Rockets of Toledo winning a tight game against Michigan. Next the Spartans win. Then the Lions seem to be winning . . . they have Minnesota backed down with time running out in the 4th and then the referee insightfully noticed that Bodden could not have made such a play without the assistance of contact (which I did not see) and threw a flag.
The Defense was excellent. I was very impressed with the way that they came to play. For long stretches throughout the game they were actually in the backfield putting pressure and even (dare I say it?) sacking Frerotte.
Blogman–”Polish Pop Gun” may be quite descriptive. He did throw for 450 feet. On the bright side–no interceptions.
I actually enjoyed watching the game–which is something that I have not said yet this season.

]]> By: Steve http://www.detroitlionsblog.com/wp/archives/2008/10/11/week-6-preview-lions-at-vikings/comment-page-1/#comment-35563 Steve Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:15:27 +0000 http://www.detroitlionsblog.com/wp/archives/2008/10/11/week-6-preview-lions-at-vikings/#comment-35563 Mike-- It was a nice defensive performance, much more aggressive and hard-hitting than the rest of it's body of work, so far. That being said, the Vikings aren't necessarily a prolific offense and there is no logical excuse for the number of coverage breakdowns they have from week-to-week. It's amazing to see receivers run 10-15 yards from the nearest Lion, when they don't even play man coverage, where blowing a coverage, by getting beat, is more common. At least the Lions addressed the O-line, it wouldn't have been easy to keep Man-Ram and Gos in, but they clearly didn't cut it in the first half. Now if there was a ready replacement for "Sackus", then the Lions might be in business. Mike–

It was a nice defensive performance, much more aggressive and hard-hitting than the rest of it’s body of work, so far. That being said, the Vikings aren’t necessarily a prolific offense and there is no logical excuse for the number of coverage breakdowns they have from week-to-week. It’s amazing to see receivers run 10-15 yards from the nearest Lion, when they don’t even play man coverage, where blowing a coverage, by getting beat, is more common.

At least the Lions addressed the O-line, it wouldn’t have been easy to keep Man-Ram and Gos in, but they clearly didn’t cut it in the first half. Now if there was a ready replacement for “Sackus”, then the Lions might be in business.

]]> By: Mike http://www.detroitlionsblog.com/wp/archives/2008/10/11/week-6-preview-lions-at-vikings/comment-page-1/#comment-35495 Mike Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:33:54 +0000 http://www.detroitlionsblog.com/wp/archives/2008/10/11/week-6-preview-lions-at-vikings/#comment-35495 Where has THAT defense been all year? Our OLine is so bad, I don't think Brett Favre could win too many games with it. Where has THAT defense been all year? Our OLine is so bad, I don’t think Brett Favre could win too many games with it.

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