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Favre, Cherilus, and 6500 Available Seats…

Apparently, Brett Favre isn’t spiteful and vindictive, after all.   His phone call to Matt Millen, coincidentally the week in which the Lions were about to face his former franchise, the Green Bay Packers, was just to coordinate a “hunting trip” with his good friend, “Ole Matt”.  Yeah, Right!!

Favre boasts an incredible legacy as a NFL QB, especially with his seemingly, untouchable consecutive games started streak in tact. That being said, he is among the worst public liars in mediated history.  He’ll never be able to repair the damage that he has done to his credibility over the last season, or three.

Favre can call upon his “Palin”-esque, everyman charm all that he wants, and much like last season’s “Spygate”, no one is going to accept this lame excuse.

What I find even more remarkable in this case, whether Brett called the Lions or not, is that the Lions are such a widely agreed upon unmitigated failure, that no one has even questioned why they would even consider utilizing Favre’s assistance in the first place.  This is a firm representation of just how low the esteem in which they are viewed leaguewide is, in my opinion.

Gosder Cherilus has apparently responded well to his demotion last week, and will likely start Sunday’s home game. The Lions constant personnel shuffling along the offensive line is another poor reflection upon the organization.

Most team’s find it important to develop some consistency and coordinated effort among their offensive linemen and choose to make changes only when truly necessary.  Unfortunately, the Lions are choosing a more recombinant approach, it the first group doesn’t work, just mix-and-match the players, and see if that works any better.  Yikes!!!

Lions fans, “Do You Believe in Now”, apparently, not.  If 6500 available tickets for Sunday’s game against the playoff-contending Washington Redskins does not send a strong enough message to the Ford’s about the level of fan dissatisfaction, combined with the desperately flagging Michigan economy, then nothing ever will.

The Ford Field consecutive “sell-out”  streak is almost certainly going to “bite the dust”, Jimmy “Spider Man” Allen-style, this week, that’s for sure!