IMPROVEMENT?

Hey Detroit Sports fans, lets get back to sports talk.

The detroit lions are said to be another "Suprise team," which was also said last year and the year before. But, I think they might actually be a suprise team if they improve on the following topics.

They really need to work on their offensive line. Even though Kevin Jones is.....well........pretty good, The offensive line really needs to step up and block. Cory Schleschinger is out 6 to 8 weeks and will probaly miss two weeks of the regular season. For that reason, the lions need to start off strong and without blocking, Kevin Jones may not be as productive as last year. This is a major problem because he is the major force in the lions offense. Schleschinger is one of the best blockers along with Jeff Backus and recently aquired Rick demulling on the lions. Unless Kevin Jones is better than we think, he needs some major help.

Joey Harrington has made some improvement in confidence. Last year, he was kind of shaky and made a lot of turnovers. He made a couple fumbles but that was the offensive line. (No BLOCKING!!!)


The defense is getting stronger with the addition of RW McQuarters, Jon McGraw, and draft picks. I think that Dre Bly feel very confident knowing that they have help coming from better safties. The defensive line has a lot of potential, especially the defensive end position. 8 of the 10 linemen from detroit are under 30. Looks pretty bright in the future.

The lions may have a chance of making the playoffs if they imrpove on their offensive line, careless mistakes, and confidence. I predict that the lions will go about 7 and 8, or 6 and 10. If they do worse than 5 wins, I'm giving up.