Gentle Lion’s fans,

Yes this is truly another year of rebuilding. Nothing to see here so move along and stock up on Tums antacid tablets. Monday night was truly reminiscent of any prior 63 years. Blast out of the starting blocks looking good and then retreat back to past form. Start out by killing a momentum drive with two stupid penalties. Downhill from that point on. Overall stats are deceiving.

Add turnovers and fumbles into the game mix and it’s all over but the shouting. Goff has got to forget about those heroic passes when he is being pummeled into the ground. Lion’s inept defense made for easy pickings for A. Rodgers. Bottom line is that Green Bay made their offensive gains count compared to the Lions. As an aside, Hockenson may be the next wasted talent for the Lions to squander.

The upcoming game with Baltimore is going to be really brutal to watch. Keep you ‘adult beverages’ close at hand.

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Gentle Lion’s fans,

Nothing like the feel of smashing your fingers with a hammer to remind you that being a Detroit Lion’s fan is not for the weak or feeble. Ok, I’ll concede ‘febble minded’. Opening day’s game with the 49ers validated that our “Silver Sieve” defense was fully migrated intact from last season. Consistency is so reassuring.

Don’t be deceived by the final score or the stats. This game was over at half time. San Frans ‘prevent’ defense made the games’ last half ‘entertaining’. Nothing you saw was of any significance with the possible exception of a glimmer of a Lion’s run game. Still way to early to bank on.

Same ole grimace on the new coaches face after every failure to execute on defense. Well, next week we will find out if A. Rogers has really ‘flamed out’ or the just had a bad day. Get ready for the usual barrage of platitudes and commitments to rectify last weeks’ folly of a game. Don’t expect to hear from the new ‘Crown Princess’ of the Ford family any time soon.

For any who had the opportunity to see any of the LA/Bears game, our old QB alum had a great day. Good to see him smiling from the sidelines and not from the bottom of a ‘sack’ pile. We look forward to retribution day on October 24, 2021.

The bells tolling in the background are for the end of the Stafford era in Detroit. Our decimated Lion’s need to be put out of their misery. Matthew Stafford deserves a better outcome than dying on the rotted Lion’s vine. Maybe the Rams could use a seasoned QB?

The Buccaneer’s game was a splendid example for the need of a “mercy” rule in the NFL. Slice and dice was the order of the day. The Lion’s philosophy of putting a thoroughbred as leader of the pack supported by much lesser talent has to be changed. It has not worked for 63 years and will not make any difference in the 64th year of rebuilding.

Our seasons’ finally will, at best, be like watching the dying embers of every other year of rebuilding revealing the same old smoke and mirrors we’ve endured for 63 years.

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Well here we are again. After 62 years of practice, the ‘fat lady’ has the script down pat. Start with high expectations followed by mediocre results. Add in a few dramatic moments of coaching changes with predictable let downs from ‘coulda/shoulda’ moments wrapped around key injuries and initial signals of twilight from an exceptional athletic talent. It’s called the “Detroit Lion’s Way” and registered and patented as a trademark of the franchise. Yes, three more games still remain but ‘blah’ is the order of the day.

Against Green Bay the score only reflects Green Bays sloppy execution during the second half otherwise it is a ‘blowout’. Anyone remember when Cleveland went 0-16? See any of their performances this year? What is Detroit missing?

Sixty three years is a long time for a “rerun” program and some di-hard fans are nearing ‘expiration dates’. So as one of the di-hards, please pick up the pace during our 64th year of rebuilding.

As a beleaguered fan, could we please have the team that played the 2nd half of the Chicago game play out the season? This request is not to awaken dark thoughts of coherent team play but just to demonstrate a reasonable resemblance to competitiveness.

In the fading minutes of Chicago’s last gasp drive, our beloved Lions seemed on the verge of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory again with a stupid penalty. However, this time it was not fatal.

In summary, remember Chicago has a mediocre win/lost record resembling the Lions. We can hope to salvage some ‘Lion’s pride’ if they can capture whatever they conjured up in the games’ 2nd half against the Bears and finish out the season.

Well, you have the answer to “how low can you go?”. This Lion’s performance almost warranted genuine pity. Except, we’ve seen this act before over and over. Patricia should have a hood over his entire head, not a bandit o face mask for this turkey of performance.

In addition to the legacy baggage of feckless execution and performance, an element of ‘social justice warrior’ is now part of the pitiful mess encompassing the Detroit Lions. Never doubt asinine creativity when the Detroit Lions are on national display. Makes one pine for the good old days of W. Fontes and company.

Maybe this was the last act before the launch of our 64th year of rebuilding.

No need to elaborate after reading the title. Don’t bother looking at the stats. Nothing to see there but disaster. Key question. How much more abuse can Stafford absorb before a critical injury ends his career?

In spite of all premonitions, I’ll watch the Thanksgiving day game. Di-hard to the end. Plenty of ‘Tums’ and other anti acid remedies at the ready. Avoiding ‘Adult beverages’ because the effect is only temporary. Also, by definition you have an inherent deficiency of common sense when it comes to being a Lion’s fan.

Upwards and onward to our 64th year of rebuilding.

Let’s start with a ‘victory’ for the “Silver Sieve” defense effort. They barely managed to hold Washington to under 500 yards of offence, 464 yards specifically. Time of possession was lopsided by almost 11.5 minutes which in perspective approaches a quarter of game playing time. How about blowing another double digit lead starting in the third quarter? Sound familiar?

Now for the ‘good’ parts. The Lion’s generously contributed to Washington’s offensive drives with well timed pass interference penalties. Smith was allowed to get into rhythm and resulted in 375 yards passing.

Not to be outdone, Washington upped the level of stupid penalties with a hit on Stafford that was really dumb resulting in a fresh set of down. The rest is history. Prater’s kick looked like it could have cleared 65 yards with ease.

Notwithstanding, this performance does not portend a winning season. The 64th year of rebuilding is still on schedule with new geniuses at the helm.

Key indicators in the last two games stand out like a bad case of herpes! In the Colt’s game it was time of possession and in the recent Viking’s game it was the lopsided ratio of the ‘running game’. In the Colt’s game, defense deficiencies set aside, you cannot reasonably expect your defense to be on the field almost twice as long as an opponents. This week the Vikings exploited Detroit’s fabulous ‘Silver Sieve’ defense at will.

Ok, what’s the answer. Consider the premises put forth beginning with the establishment of the current regime. First, a skilled, superb General Manager knew how to put together a winning team. Secondly, we mated a head coach revered as a defensive genius. This had to be a match made in pro football heaven.

Several years later, here we are again back at another ‘new beginning’. All the platitudes, excuses and alibis are way past ‘use by’ dates. One can conclude that the ‘powers to be’ ie owners either don’t understand winning or couldn’t care less as long as the money rolls in. Or the owner leader ship is completely inept in staffing senior team leadership.

Our Detroit Lions have “burned” through enough raw talent to have produced at least a better than average team performance and are in the final stages of squandering a very good quarterback. Will someone please wake up and smell the roses! The creation of a “Pitty” fan base is on the immediate horizon with implicit financial impacts.

The win over Atlanta was a display of how two struggling teams keep things interesting. Atlanta had the game as they say, ‘in the bag’ and then they gave the ball back to Detroit’s quarter back who has a history of pulling off miracles within minutes to play. Story book ending for Detroit.

Atlanta was in pitiful shape (1-5) coming into this game and they should have never been in contention. Looking at the stats, it’s hard to determine who played over or under their ability.

The Lions have to do better with third down conversion against the Colts compared to previous outings. Expect Rivers to pick apart the Lion’s pass defense because his offensive line provides the protection.

All in all, another entertaining game between two average teams is all you can expect.