…it would let the more experienced of the two QBs play against both the Steelers and the Packers, two very good teams (obviously), without making it seem like he is being benched for some reason. He shouldn’t be benched anyway, but I am just saying…it gets him to 100%…he comes back after the bye week playing some less than stellar teams (Rams, Seahawks, Browns, etc.) and can continue to work on his game.

With that being said, I am very impressed with Stafford’s play thus far. Yes, the Bears game did not finish the way we would’ve liked. But I am not down about it. There are very particular holes in our team that Schwartz is VERY aware of….and they will be fixed. Just like I said before the ‘Skins victory, give them time to work it all out. It will take all season and into next season to get it going, my friends. But I’m having fun anyway.

Early Christmas present for a Ravens fan please. Beat the hell out of the Squeelers. GOOO LIONS. Let’s hear that mighty roar!! (as a kitten squeeks out a meow) Go anyway.

1.) About damn time they brought in Follet to crack some skulls in KO/P coverage…. good move!
2.) Looks like this Marvin white had 83 (just under 7 per game) tackles and 1 INT over 12 games. He is only 25 and was a 4th rnd pick.. not a bad pick up. If he is a sure tackler than I am all for it. All these diving tackles pissed me off during the bears game.
3.) Anyone know anything about the guys that tried out on tuesday? I just read up on sowells and quarterman on the browns site, they were not impressed at all with either. Henderson did little in camp for the giants. Vernon fox i guess is a good special team tackler, The guys over at pats pulpit really like ciurciu, he is very good on special teams. And Johnson was a good not great special teamer. ( I see a pattern now)
4.) i hope stafford plays, he is getting better every week and I think playing a very good team like the steelers (say what you want, they spanked SD) would be a good experience for him.
5.) I dunno if firing Jim would be a good idea, isnt he one of the pieces that turned around a 2 season removed 119 loss team to a world series participant in 2006? grant ti they did shoke it away and I m pissed about it, but I dunno if I can agree to canning jim over it.

If I am not mistaken. This will be he first taste of a 3-4 defense. And since he will face the Packers twice a year. Who better to to get his feet wet against. Than the Steelers.

It just makes the most sense to me. CPep can at least manage the game against the Steelers and let him take the pounding. Plus, I don’t think its going to come down to QB’s for this game anyway. We need to find a way to rush against the Steelers and STOP their rushing attack. As is the case with any Steelers game, the difference between an L and a W will be in the trenches.

Gronk will replace either Heller of Fitz next season and Murtha is being groomed to replace Backus in 2 years. So far, I’d have to say the 2009 draft was pretty good. Jury is still out of course…
As for Leyland, I think he did an outstanding job with what he had to work with. Hitting has been a problem all season long, if someone has to be blamed, its Dombrowski.
I hope the Twinkies beat the snot out of the Yanks.

I dont dislike Coach S but some changes need to be made within the coaching staff. I think it would be stupid to wait till next year. If he doesnt see that we need a new special teams coah then maybe we need a new head coach who can make that decision. I guess we will have to wait and see how it plays out.

But I am super pissed off about Tom Kowalski publishing an article supporting the idea that the Knox fumble was “an illegal forward pass”. I call BS, BS, BS!!!!! Knox clearly dropped the ball BEHIND himself BEFORE the BALL crossed the plane of the goal line! His MOMENTUM carried the ball forward into the endzone! He did not throw the ball in FRONT of himself by any means! By rule, it should have been an automatic TOUCHBACK upon review of the play (if Schwartz had thrown the red flag). I understand that it matters not at this point, but Killer needs to shut his F-ing mouth. Anyone with eyes, who can see and watch the replay, can see that Knox did not toss the ball forward. For it to be an illegal forward pass, as Kowalski and the idiot that calls himself an NFL spokesman claim, the player would have to intentionally throw the ball in FRONT of himself, which he clearly DID NOT.

Jim Leyland did a spectacular job last night in my humble opinion. I do not want to see him replaced. Yes, he pulled Porcello before I thought it was necessary (but how could Leyland know that the bullpen would not shut down the Twins? They did it 3 times in 3 of the Twin losses of their amazing 16-4 run)…..yes Miner came in and gave up a 2 run homer and blew the save (that is not Jim Leyland’s fault, it is Zach Miner’s fault for hanging a slider on a 2-2 count)…..yes we failed to score with men on first and third with one out after Granderson’s single against Nathan (again not Jim Leyland’s fault….but rather the fault of Polanco for watching a called strike 3, and Granderson for not freezing on the Ordonez liner to short that caused a double play to end the inning)…..and yes they did not score with the bases loaded with one out in the 12th inning (again not the fault of Jim Leyland, but rather the fault of Randy Marsh for not calling the HBP on Inge,and Gerald Laid swinging at a low pitch on a 3-2 count, striking out when he should have walked in the go ahead run!).

We should have been up 7-5 in the top of the 12th with 2 outs and the bases loaded! Jim Leyland did not cause the Tigers the game with any bad coaching decisions…..the Tiger players and the shoddy umpire cost the Tigers the game with bad decisions and bad calls. Firing Jim Leyland would be a colossal F-up in my opinion. He has consistently gotten us within reach of the playoffs (except for last season, which was not his fault either) and he got us to the World Series in 2006! We were simply outmatched by a superior St. Louis Cardinals team in 2006…..how is that Leyland’s fault? Jim Leyland should retire as the TIger’s manager…..and if Dombrowski is dumb enough to fire one of the best managers in baseball, then I think Mike Illitch better consider a new GM.

“I didn’t see the passion,” Lions LB Zack Follett said of the teams’ recent special teams woes. “I feel like a pit bull that’s been caged up, has been watching every week and just waiting for my chance.”

as seen on http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/rapid-reports/team/DET

1. Great move bringing in Follet! As was proven Sunday, we need special teams tackling badly! Unleash the pit bull!
2. According to the SB Nation scouting report, Marvin White is a good tackler, good special teamer, and has good effort. Sounds good.
3. Jehuuuuuuu Caulcrick is a T.J. Duckett clone, only he works cheaper. Is T.J. still unemployed? If so, my hunch is it’s because he’s asking for too much money. I haven’t been impressed with Maurice Morris so far…..wouldn’t mind giving Caulcrick a look if he’s got something. Vernon Fox is a safety that played for us in 2004-5, mostly on special teams. Remember, before Stan Kwan was hired in 2007, Chuck Priefer (who retired) was one of the best special teams coaches in the league. Fox was one of his guys. SB Nation scouting report says he is a big hitter/hard worker who brings a lot of intensity to special teams tackling. I like it. And yep, the pattern is there…..Schwartz/Mayhew are definitely making moves to upgrade the tackling on the ST coverage units. I said as much last week when the Lions held that big audition. I suspected even then (before the bears game) that Schwartz was concerned about the ST tackling…..turns out he had good reason to be concerned. I like that Schwartz anticipated this, even if he was limited in the band-aids that he could apply last week…..but he’s still trying this week.
4. Players play hurt in the NFL to some degree every week, but you’ve got to be careful with your $72 Million QB. He doesn’t have to be 100% to play…..at least 90%, good to go.

GO MSU!!!!

Jaruu is a beast… abit slow, but a beast.

but Sean, the Tigers have had 3 winning seasons under Leyland. Before Leyland they hadn’t had one in over 10 years. We can all second guess things to death but as long as Leyland wins more than he loses and we don’t have a shot at LaRussa or Torre to replace him I am fine with letting him finish out his contract.

If he thinks Stafford can handle it, then great, keep the development going. If Stafford isn’t healthy enough, then bring in Culpepper…hopefully he plays well enough for us to draw attention from other QB starved teams.

I see the game is on CBS, not sure if WNEM is outside the blackout zone.

I seen Megadeth and Slayer in Brisbane last night and they were awesome…just thought I’d brag.