Detroit Lions Fan Blog

It’s tough being a Lions fan. Here we have a team off to a 2-0 start in the pre-season and it is impossible to enjoy it. You can’t brag to your friends. You can’t even mention that the team looks good, because after all - ITS THE LIONS. Just try mentioning to someone around the water cooler how great the offense looked against a decent Browns defense. Try discussing how the offense ran up and down the field, looking almost unstoppable, and vaguely reminiscent of Mike Martz’s Rams of old. Just try it. And wait for the laughter.

But it’s true. The Lions kicked the Browns’ butt on Saturday and even though the score ended up 23-20, with the silver and blue coming out on top, the game was not really that close. Rookie Browns QB Brady Quinn rallied his team to rack up some last minute points, but that was against the Lions’ third stringers and they were playing soft. The team looked impressive on offense (as usual) and the defense even stepped up for once, recovering a fumble and grabbing two INTs to keep the Browns from gaining any momentum.

Conventional wisdom states that only the third pre-season game is a good indicator of where an NFL is at. The other games are merely showcases for rookies and free agents to see how well they are picking up their team’s systems. So it would be unwise to get too optimistic at this point. But with two solid pre-season wins under our belts, and an offense that seems to be ready to surprise many around the league, it is easy to be hopeful. Just don’t tell anyone about it.