2 Steps Forward - 1 Step Back
Okay, I admit it. I might have gotten caught up in the euphoria surrounding this year’s version of the “Greatest Show On Turf”. The Lions went into Philadelphia with a great looking offense and they actually appeared to have a shot against an 0-2 Eagles team that spent most of it’s time defending itself from it’s QBs statements on race relations. Boy was I wrong.
Of course, the Eagles totally dismantled the Lions 4000 - 0 (or something close to that), and the Lions looked like more like last year’s Lions than the Mike Martz Rams. The defense was pitiful. Flat out pitiful. Donovan McNabb had a career day, Brian Westbrook had a career day - heck, even Kevin Curtis, the free agent WR that the Lions failed to acquire in the offseason had a career day. Sure, that little dude is fast, but oh, the irony!
So how good are the Lions? Or should we be asking, how bad? The Lions are probably not as bad as last week, and probably not as good as they looked in the first two weeks. In other words, the truth lies somewhere in between. This might be a .500 team at best, and in a surprisingly tough NFC Central (Favre has the Packers looking amazing, and how long before Adrian Peterson has the Vikings on a roll), the Lions could be on the outside looking in before we even hit mid-season.
The real test, as I have been saying for a while now, will be this week’s contest against the Bears. The Bears got crushed at home by the Cowboys, that vaunted Chicago D is starting to show some cracks and Rex Grossman is finally on the hot seat, where he belongs. If the Lions defense can muster a pass rush and get to Grossman early, we all know that sexy Rexy will implode. If the Lions can capitalize on the turnovers and rack up a few early scores, the Lions could be the upset pick of the week. Of course, if they lose to the Bears, we’ll have a much clearer understanding of just how far this team has yet to go.
Will this week be another step forward, or another step back? I don’t know about you, but I’m really looking forward to the Bears game.
Posted: September 25th, 2007 under Game Recaps.
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