The biggest one being Kevin Smith. Smith is solid, if not one of the better running backs in the league. I don’t know what you’re seeing, but its not like he’s running behind an all pro line. The kid keeps his legs moving constantly, and gives second effort on just about every run.

I’m not sure where your assessment of Backus vs. Felton on the blocking tip came from… Backus is a subpar LT, and Felton is almost an H-Back, who blocks well enough and couples as a decent weapon in the backfield. He’s an underrated part of our offense.

I don’t know why Fitz is still on the squad either, and it doesn’t matter now that Gronkowski got picked up off the PS.

The d-line is banged up, with little talent. I’d say Jason Hunter or Dewayne White are our best talents, and that isn’t saying much… Calvin has been hurt this year… but even so, he hasn’t produced as well as he could.

I admit that the offense has made some head scratching calls, but things just haven’t been gelling as of late. The thing I like is I’m not seeing our players get down on themselves like they did last year. Think about it, we’re only one win better, and I’m still seeing fire from each game, regardless of how in it we are.

No one said this year was going to be easy or fun to watch. They’re called growing pains for a reason.

is that I need to stop jumping the gun predicting wins. I was sure we beat`em… They seemed so…beatable, idk. But reality is that we share the same cellar and we`re no better than Rams to say the least. It`s just disheartening! And what the EFF is that dropped pass epidemy? If impotence is conveyed by some virus I`d say it travells and strikes different units – secondary, ST, now WR.

While he hasn’t been lighting up the show, he has been solid and definitely not our worst performer. To answer your first question, I don’t know. I was thinkint 5-11 before the season and I thought that prediction wasn’t far off before this game. Now, 3-13 if we are lucky. This offseason will be huge.

…the Rams are who we thought they were! Unfortunately the Lions aren’t what I thought they were, and apparently they’re actually worse than the lowly Saint Louis Rams. This game, so appropriately referred to as the Toilet Bowl, lived up to its billing. For 30yrs now I’ve been subjected to many terrible Lions games. I’ve watched incredible moments and seen great dissapointment. This one was without a doubt the worst game I’ve ever been to. In a battle between two teams struggling to avoid being the worst in the NFL, it looked exactly like that. Mistake after mistake on both sides, with neither team ever really “stepping up” to seize control of the game. The Rams are still one of the worst teams in the league, but the Lions have come back down to the cellar with them…and after that dreadful team effor they deserve to be there.

K Smith talks an awful lot for a guy who really doesn’t do too much. I’m also sick and tired of him saying “Next game I have to prove myself” or “I want to carry this team”. Well your doing a shitty job. You have just 1 100 yard game (101 vs. Washington) and really don’t do all that much. I wouldn’t mind as much but he talks like he is a premier running back and, quite frankly, he isn’t.

Flat out horrible.

Here we have Gunther Cunningham that HAS turned Chicken Shit into Chicken Soup….

and then there is Linehan… Who can’t even cook a steak!

WTF.

Thanks for ruining my week!!!!

PS, FIRE STAN KWAN!!!!!

showed a graphic that list Smith as being among the top 5 in backs with the greatest percentage of touches per game for their team.
In other words, he handles the ball a lot.
This means he is taking a lot of hits.
Consequently, unless he has a better line, he will break down as he did Sunday.
I too would like to see a better line in front of him, which is why I wanted one of those first two first round picks to be an O-lineman.