Lets get to it.John Matthew Stafford:
To all the box score warriors like Danny, you played a spectacular game in Lambeau. But for those who watched the game... you were slightly above mediocre. You still seem to have a problem overthrowing wide open receivers that are not only as tall as your average fuckin' grizzly bear, but can probably out jump a red kangaroo and catch bullets with their teeth. I'm glad you didn't turn the ball over, despite having junior varsity third stringers holding down your trenches, but you still continue to make horrible decisions. The loss of Larry just makes our line that much worse. With the incredible turnaround our defense has taken, and how potent our offense has been in recent years... I should have a full on pink-headed yogurt slinging boner but you're still 0-16 on the road against teams with a winning record. Now, you have to win three straight (potentially two straight) on the road in places like Seattle, Green Bay, and Arizona which are arguably some of the hardest places to play. I have faith, but forgive me if my one hole friction whistle has begun to retreat like Franklin the turtle when all his friends wanted him to go into the haunted house in Season 1, episode 4; "Franklin's Halloween."
Mentally retarded teams:
Hey, we didn't allow a kickoff or punt return for a touchdown in 43 games before this past Sunday. All it really took was one missed tackle and he was gone. It happens. However, when your only job is kicking a ball 100+ times a day, every day... you shouldn't kick the ball out of bounds on a kickoff. Period. And it couldn't have come at a worse time. We had just gained momentum and it was the third spark Aaron needed to light the fire under our asses for good. (First being his WWE style entrance and the second being his beard tugging) Probably unnoticed by most, was the holding penalty by Mohammed Seisay backed the Lions up on their own 10 in the 4th quarter. The first play following the hold was an intentional grounding for a safety by my man Staffgoat.
There were some bright spots though... the blocked FG, the 41 yard return by Ross after Rodgers made his return but those were overshadowed by the other backbreaking special teams blunders IMO.
Defensive line/SuhgodI'm just going to combine these two. Lacy ran a train and became the only 100 yard rusher against the Lions this season. Hell, even Starks averaged over 5 YPC against us. We forgot how to tackle, period. Most of his yards (I may be wrong but I'm going out on a limb) were after contact. It was cringeworthy. The Lions came into the game allowing 63.8 ypg and the Packers more than doubled that total. I'm glad it happened this week so they can fix it next week but god damn, if that same run defense shows up against arguably (not really) the BEST offensive line in recent memory, then we are going to get destroyed. Again, I do have faith that it won't happen against Dallas but at this point I'm kind of left in limbo in regards to my feels.
Suh: On second thought... this section alone will probably turn this entire thread into a "omg so dirty, ban that scum, thug, 'inappropriate African-American label', so I'm not even going to bother. There's already another thread dedicated to him.
Jerry's Final ThoughtI do think that Matthew Stafford will break his winless streak against winning teams this Sunday. In recent years the Lions just seem to have Dallas' number. (Ryan, please work your magic for me.) They need to shake this loss off and focus their attention on Dallas. Caldwell says it best so I won't even begin to summarize it:
http://www.detroitlions.com/media-center/videos/Caldwell-on-looking-forward-to-playoff-season/60160182-8130-4815-a1d2-93500d228eeaOh yeah, and Suh rightfully won his appeal... fuck you Graz lmfao!:
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