NFL Week 11 open thread

Wow, and prior to a couple weeks ago, Vinatieri had never missed a FG or EP at the RCA Dome in Indy. Now he has missed 3 in the past few weeks.

Michael in MI on November 18, 2007 at 1:39 PM

Did you expect something different, JWF? Detroit always overlooks the Sunday before Turkey Day game in favor of the Turkey Day one.

That’s seriously-bad news for me, which piles on top of the Packers’ travails in Detroit on Turkey Day.

steveegg on November 18, 2007 at 2:45 PM

I certainly hope people are not going to let the fraud Lions off the hook for their pathetic performance today, because they were looking ahead to the game Thursday with the Packers. The fact is that the Lions are the most overrated team in the NFL.

Their offense is just average. They have no running game. Their QB is a good leader and tough, but they have no offensive line, so he doesn’t have any time to throw the ball. When he has time, he makes stupid decisions. Just look back to the beginning of the season when he was throwing INTs in the end zone on pretty much a weekly basis. Not to mention that their 3rd Down % is I believe last in the NFL at something like 25%. Their offensive success has almost completely been as a result of the turnovers provided by the defense giving them a short field. In addition, it puts the opposing team’s defense back on the field without full rest. Just go back to the Bears game in Detroit last month. HALF of the Bears starting defense, including their ENTIRE Defensive backfield, was OUT. The Lions did NOTHING for 3 QTRS against a defense which had half backups in there. It was 16-3 going into the 4th QTR.

Speaking of the Lions’ defense, they are horrible as well. They are statistically close to the bottom of the entire NFL. They cannot stop anyone, except when they get turnovers. I already mentioned the Bears game. In that game the Bears moved up and down the field on them. The pathetic Bears offense when Griese was starting his first game in 2 years. The only thing that stopped them was 3 INTs in the end zone. The Tampa Bay game. The Bucs moved up and down the field on the Lions. But of course they fumbled at the goal line and had another fumble where they mishandled a snap and that was the difference in the game. Same with the Vikings game. 5 turnovers by the offense in that game. The only thing that saved them was the Vikings kicker doinked a 40-something yard FG at the end of the game, prior to which the Lions defense allowed the Vikings to move right down the field on them for the FG attempt.

Really, if you go back and analyze the Lions team and how they have won each of their games, they are really not that good.

Now, the Packers on the other hand, as much as I hate to say it, are the real deal. They should romp on the Lions on Thursday and give the Lions yet another embarrassing Thanksgiving loss. I am looking foward to it. heheh :)

Michael in MI on November 18, 2007 at 3:47 PM

And AGAIN! INT!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!

GAME. OVAH.

Packer fans, get ready for a Packer win on Thursday.

Michael in MI on November 18, 2007 at 4:08 PM

Oh, you want to know why I am relishing this so much? 2 weeks ago on all the Sports Talk Radio shows here in Detroit, they were actually talking about winning the division, beating the Packers twice, getting a 1st round bye and… get this… Super Bowl.

None of these fools could even see how fraudulent this Lions team was/is. They actually felt this was a good team.

It is going to be most enjoyable listening this week after Michigan lost to Ohio State and the Lions were embarrassed today. heheh

Now, if only the Bears can pull off a miracle and win in Seattle and make my weekend complete.

Michael in MI on November 18, 2007 at 4:16 PM