Lions Overcome 10-Point Halftime Deficit To Beat Browns, 35-27

I was pissed the defense was giving up so many points, but at least Detroit had the firepower to take the victory.

I was glad to see Cleveland was able to set a decent game plan so the DBs could learn from their deficiencies.

…. After this game, I’m not sure K Smith is going to make this roster. As a GM I would be shopping the crap out of him as a back field of Best, Mo Morris and brown would be fine with me.

 - Stafford looked dynamite. Very confident, very comfortable. One thing I have noticed about his play is how cautious he is with the ball. He doesn’t always try to fit it into crazy holes anymore. He picks his spots and delivers it with pace. I seriously hope he carries this form into and throughout the season because if he then he may not be far off a pro-bowl call-up. Big words I know, but that’s how he looks so far.

 - Best, I mean, what do you say that isn’t already encompassed by his name. He only had one carry, but that was enough to have me as high as a kite. Smith on the other hand had a very up and down day, possibly more down then up. He managed a TD and a few decent runs, but he also had a costly fumble and a couple of meagre runs. He’ll need to pick it up if he doesn’t want to drop down the depth chart.

The other backs showed a bit as well, Aaron Brown managed 2 TDs and looked very shifty, while Felton ran just about as good as I’ve ever seen him as a Lion. He ran with purpose, strength and surprising speed.

 - The Offensive Line played well since I didn’t really notice them. Gos had that one bad penalty which wiped a big gain but other than that they gave Stafford the time to execute.

 - No real bright spots from the receivers, just solid play all round. CJ had two big catches, BJ managed a good TD catch and our TEs performed well.

 - I don’t know what to think of the defensive line. They looked dominant the past two weeks, but couldn’t produce the same amount of pressure against the Browns. In saying that though, it wasn’t a total bust for them. Avril and KVB managed to produce pressure at times, but often a costly penalty would negate…case in point, Suh’s facemask penalty. Once again, the pick of the young ones was Willie Young who managed to get a sack fumble which sealed the game. He’s becoming a favourite player of mine.

 - LB’s appear to be a problem to me. Levy missed pretty much the whole game and no one really stood out. Peterson made some plays, but he’s a gamer so that is expected. Follet didn’t do anything to dampen the criticism he’s been getting of late either.

 - Ups and downs also appeared in the secondary. Houston managed a TD recovery, but not much else and King was horrible…again. At safety, Delmas played only a small portion, and done enough to show how much of a leader he is with a good 3rd down pass deflection. Phillips was all over the place making tackles and forcing a fumble. Spievey also showed up with a sack and a couple of decent tackles. He did allow a big catch to Cribbs though.

Overall, it was a performance where the offence led the team, with the defence doing enough to get the win. I wanna see the defence step up their game to the offence’s standard by the start of the regular season, and if they do, we may just have a good team on our hands here fellas.

one time out of 5 possessions while allowing 3 touchdowns and one field goal.

Our D looked miserable. short drops and quick passes. negate the D line and cherry pick the defensive back field.

We better get a ton better back there or we are in for a very long season again.

Has to be limit penaltys. the flags were inexcusable we can’t have those period. Let alone multiple times in a drive.

Needs to be relinquished of a starting role. He just is bad. How many times did Rob Rubick have to say he doesn’t located the ball before you figured it out? lol.

Hopefully Bly steps up and Wade comes back fast. We need someone to help our secondary and also the linebacker core. Hopefully we can get a veteran off the waiver wire once final cuts are made. There always seems to be some poor dude who gets cut because a rookie “seems” to play better.

Pre-season or regular??

I thought Spievey looked pretty good considering he was just changed from corner to safety. He gave up the big play to Cribbs and didn’t wrap up on that HIllis, aside from that I thought he looked decent. They gave him plenty of playing time. Was CC Brown ever in? They started the game with Delmas and Randy Phillips.

Are coming along nicely aren’t they? It is good to see the fruits of a pretty solid draft. Yes, Suh hasn’t got a sack but just imagine his big ass arm not knocking down balls or getting double teams and well we would be getting handed every game.

Phillips could be good if they work with him. Spivey as well. Willie Young has been making some noise, Toone hasn’t done too much but could make the team.

Put that together with last years draft and the team is coming together. Next year you better bet your sweet patooty that Schwartz and CO is drafting defense!

Does anyone else get turned on from this ?

Best didn’t play the rest of the game because Detroit coach Jim Schwartz said his legs were tight.

From yahoo,

I think it was something more like this:

Best didn’t play the rest of the game because Detroit coach Jim Schwartz said his legs were tight. he had a full-fledged hardy from watching that 51 yard run and was embarrassed.

said this but.. i hope everyone saw suh’s demolition of delhomme. I know it was probably a dumb penalty, but his strength and toughness were on full display when he basically ripped off delhomme’s head, put it back on and then body slammed him. that was sick. i haven’t seen d-tackle/line toughness like him and kvb in a while. i can’t wait till they’re doing that to qb’s when they still have the ball in their hands, preferably cutler week 1.

Does anyone else get turned on from this ?