tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20500414.post115646383469159210..comments2023-10-20T10:53:46.272-04:00Comments on The Wayne Fontes Experience: TWFE Detroit Lions season preview, part 1: OffenseBig Alhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08745424963722654158noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20500414.post-1156598980662546562006-08-26T09:29:00.000-04:002006-08-26T09:29:00.000-04:00DBs getting torched all game? CheckLBs getting to...DBs getting torched all game? Check<BR/>LBs getting torched on draws all game? Check<BR/>Untimely penalties? Check<BR/>Turnovers? Check<BR/>Bad calls? Check<BR/>WRs dropping balls? Check<BR/><BR/>Judging from last night's game, I'd say the Lions are in midseason form.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20500414.post-1156557344115408972006-08-25T21:55:00.000-04:002006-08-25T21:55:00.000-04:00I'm with the naysayers. I think there's too big o...I'm with the naysayers. I think there's too big of an adjustment with the new coaching staff and their systems on each side of the ball to expect a significant turnaround this season. <BR/><BR/>The offense should improve, because - really - how could it be worse? I agree that Martz is keeping things plain during the pre-season, but he seems to get the best out of his players. <BR/><BR/>It's the defense I'm worried about. I don't know if Marinelli has "his guys" (like Martz has gotten his) yet, and if the linebacking corps doesn't start healing, that could be a really ugly unit. <BR/><BR/>I'm saying 6-10 this season. I'd lean toward 7 or 8 wins, but in the Millen era, the Lions don't get unexpected wins against teams they're not supposed to beat.Ian C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01249763037058741373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20500414.post-1156525190412628392006-08-25T12:59:00.000-04:002006-08-25T12:59:00.000-04:00Hey, no offense taken there Al, but as wrong as it...Hey, no offense taken there Al, but as wrong as it is for me to say it, I put a lot of the blame on Joey. Like I said, right or wrong, that offense stunk because he was just about as overrated as overrated can be. I don't follow the Lions too much, just more of a college guy than pro guy, but I really think this team has the look and feel of that "dark horse" team that we always see every year.<BR/><BR/>Besides, if you look at their division, it is by far one of the weakest in football and you have to ask yourself "someone has to win it, right?"<BR/><BR/>Chicago - please, last year was luck and I do not see them doing it two years in a row. Their best bet is to have Lovie Smith wake up and put Griese in because Rex Grossman is just as good as Harrington... you get the point.<BR/><BR/>Green Bay - sorry, I love Favre, but Green Bay's entire team is one step away from the retirement home. Besides who the hell is the head coach - I never heard of the guy!<BR/><BR/>Minnesota - probably the team with the best chance to win the division, but Brad Johnson is standing in line with Brett Favre at the socail security office, know what I mean.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, just looking at this division and looking at the Lions schedule I don't see how a 9-7 record is not only feasable but easily reachable. Besides, like I said, Joey is gone and that is the best news out of Lionstown I have heard in a long time.<BR/><BR/>I will, however, miss Joey blaming all of his shitty passes on the wind though!the sports dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11771895433975427893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20500414.post-1156518843655163522006-08-25T11:14:00.000-04:002006-08-25T11:14:00.000-04:00The beat writers say I'm supposed to be patient, t...The beat writers say I'm supposed to be patient, that it'll take time for the new staff to turn things around, but I ran of patience a long time ago. Despite all the new faces, I feel just like Brian, Dude. This is the most down I've felt about the Lions in a long time. <BR/><BR/>Dude, I wish I could be as enthusiastic for the Lions chances as you, but like Brian, I just don't see the talent. If you don't have the horses, the best coaching and most innovative schemes won't make a bit of difference.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure that Martz is keeping things somewhat vanilla, but I'd like to see a little production from the offense. <BR/><BR/>You think I was hard on the offense? Just wait till I talk about the D. It has looked far worse than the O up to this point.Big Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08745424963722654158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20500414.post-1156517604464109612006-08-25T10:53:00.000-04:002006-08-25T10:53:00.000-04:00I feel about as negatively about this Lions team's...I feel about as negatively about this Lions team's prospects as I have ever felt, or at least in the last 15 years or so. <BR/><BR/>I don't know what it is, but something about this team seems off. In past years, I had hope going into the season -- this year I'm just hoping for 8-8. I would take 8-8 in a heartbeat and that's just sad. <BR/><BR/>That said...it doesn't surprise me that you're seeing a lot of vanilla out of the offense at this point in the season, Al. If Martz is smart and egotist or not, he's definitely smart -- he won't tip any surprises he has with the Lions offense in the exhibitions. <BR/><BR/>Now that said...I doubt there's the talent on the offensive side of the ball to adequately take advantage of any surprises he may have. But that's another story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20500414.post-1156517032470983692006-08-25T10:43:00.000-04:002006-08-25T10:43:00.000-04:00I still think Martz is just sitting on his hands b...I still think Martz is just sitting on his hands because he doesn't want to scare his players. Look, they went from a tart in Mooch to a mad scientist in Martz, it's like asking a preschooler to jump to high school in a year!<BR/><BR/>Look, I know no one wants to hear it and everyone will think that the sports dude is smoking the chronic with Rogers, but I still see the Lions at a 9-7 mark at worst, but I still got that 10-6 in the back of my mind. Journeyman or not I still think Kitna is 100 times better than Joey and something tells me that Jones will have a season of 16 games that look like the last 8 of his rookie season.<BR/><BR/>My Lions stuff will come in two weeks, next week is all college all the time, but if you ask me this is the most positive feeling I have had about the Lions since... I take that back, I don't think I ever had a positive feeling about the Lions!the sports dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11771895433975427893noreply@blogger.com