I have said this a lot over the past five to ten years but the Lions are not in too bad of shape going into week one against the Green Bay Packers. Sure you can say they were 1-3 in the preseason. That is just it, it is preseason. It means nothing at all. The team is put together in the preseason and most teams run there basic offense and defense.
They did not look great, but when the first unit was on the field, they moved the ball, but just could not find the endzone. They still moved the ball on most of the drives they were on the field. Joey looked decent, which is saying a lot but again he looked good last season and stunk it up on the field once the season started. We should have a high powered offense if Joey can get the ball to his wideouts and JK can run all over the place like he did to finish the season last year. The O-line should be improved, at least on paper it is. Lets just hope the unit can pull it together and work as a team come Sunday afternoon.
The defense is the only thing I am scared about but I think they will be able to stay off the field more this year with a much improved offense. We will see come Sunday.
Go Lions!!!!!!
My weekly predictions:
Lions 27
Packers 17
Joey Harrington 14-26 236 yards 2 tds 1 int
Kevin Jones 23 carries 109 yards 1 td
Charles Rogers 6 catches 98 yards 1 tds
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I agree that the O-line is the biggest concern.
Not just Raiola and Backus but Butler, he looked good at times but also got away with a bunch of facemask penalties and whatnot. He's young and there are going to be some problems in learning to handle exotic blitzes and elite rushers.
I think the D will be a little better than we expect. Holmes, Lehman, and Davis all had 100+ tackles last year and we haven't had Rogers/Hall much in the preseason. Plus Bailey will get better and better.
I'm thinking 8-8.
Yay
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