Offense Moves The Chains

by giggy09 on Oct 5, 2009 3:00 PM EDT Comment 11 comments

I'm not a big fan of the term "moral victory." However, I do believe that there are some positives to take a way from the Bears game. The biggest of those, in my opinion, is the fact that our offense seems to be clicking. Too often in the past, the Lions have had problems on both sides of the ball. But so far this season, it appears that only Defense and Special Teams have noticeably suffered. Now, that's not to say that our Offense has been perfect. But most teams that average just over 20 points per game, like our Lions currently do, win football games. And even with a 1-3 record, I think it's safe to say that our Offense hasn't held a majority of fault in our losses. For the first time in I can't even remember how many seasons, I can watch a Lions game and have confidence in our Offense on 3rd and long, or throwing on 1st down. We keep Defenses guessing, and that's saying a lot from what we've all previously known about Detroit. I think anyone who can't see a vast improvement in this team from last season or even years ago, isn't looking hard enough. This team is headed in the right direction. They'll have their bumps in the road (we've witnessed many already), but for once, we can finally see that someone in the Lions' organization knows what they've been doing wrong, and thus far, has taken the necessary steps to start fixing it.

My confidence is up despite the three losses. How 'bout everyone else?

Go Lions!

This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of Pride of Detroit's main writer, Sean, or the site in general. FanPosts are valued expressions of opinion by passionate and knowledgeable fans.

0 recs | Comment 11 comments

Story-email Email Printer Print

Comments

Agreed

We are headed in the right direction, especially on offence. I’m confident about our future.

2009 = The start of the Lions Golden Age (We hope).

by Hyperion Ecta on Oct 5, 2009 10:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

without question

This is not my father’s Detroit Lions.

by JCruize on Oct 5, 2009 11:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

F*$&% THAT!

I want to see them play more Angry.

I want to see them play agame to the end.

Multiple complete games…. THEN, I’ll agree that as a team they are getting better.

by CLF on Oct 6, 2009 9:34 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree and disagree....

I agree that the offense is not to blame for some of the issues during the losses. As well, I see some very positive things coming out of the offense.

However, I don’t think that they are clicking. They are definitely part of the problem:

1. Linehan needs to do a better job at half time. The Bears were blitz crazy and Linehan did not have an answer. Too many seven step drops….sounds like Martz.

2. Run the ball!!! For the love of Pete, get a stinkin’ line that can run. Peterman looked like an idiot, and Backus of course shows up in the stats as well. False starts and just being beaten so bad that you should have just stayed on the sidelines.

3. Stafford needs to learn to take a little off of his passes. He throws too hard when he doesn’t need to. Joey did that as well. Stafford will have an open receiver (i.e. TE’s all day against Chicago) and miss due to a miss guided laser. A simple missile would have sufficed.

4. A little finesse on the deep ball. He is getting close, but Staff also fires the deep ball a little hot as well. This will come with experience.

Staff sure does have a cannon though. I have some confidence in the future.

by The Maestro on Oct 6, 2009 11:48 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree to a point

I agree that Stafford needs to learn to put more touch on a lot of his throws…..but we already knew that and Brian Billick definitely made it obvious in his commentary. In Stafford’s defense, he is making much better decisions with the ball over the last 2 games and when a ball hits the receiver in the hands, whether too hard, soft, high, low, behind, or in front of the receiver, they have got to make the catch! Too many dropped passes that should have been caught……

As a rookie QB, Matt Stafford is doing a great job…..he is currently ranked 16th in passing in the NFL…..ahead of Favre, Warner, Palmer, Sanchez, AND Matt Ryan…….yes his deep balls are a bit flat (meaning he needs to put more air under his throws….ala touch) but that sort of thing comes with time. Just look at the progression of Brett Favre for example. He came into the league rocketing every single throw, with no touch on any pass. Now he is able to make that rocket throw when needed, and he can also throw a beautiful deep ball that drops right over the shoulder of his receiver…..it will come to Stafford in time.

by KDawg on Oct 6, 2009 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs