Okay I'm drinking the coolaid.

He can still make some plays but he is no favre. They have to put it on peterson and let jackson manage the game. If we can take care of Adrian and hold of Jared Allen (BACKUS!) then we have a really good shot.

most of the Packers crossing routes start on the weak side of the defense where the OLB has containment and rushing responsibilities. When you take an OLB that used to be a Safety (Caleb Campbell) and put him in a coverage situation with solid pressure from the d-line, you can force the receiver deeper in the route. The deeper in the route, the longer the ball is in the air and it will throw off the timing of the play or offer an INT opportunity. I think that the Lions will start Follett and use him on rushing downs, and use Campbell as the 2nd/3rd & long OLB.

IF the Packers get ballsy and start going to the strong side, they will bring in a physical corner to play bump and run with a safety helping out and JP bringing the hammer. If the line can force the pass to be thrown in 4 seconds or less on a consistent basis, it can only help the secondary.

poor some of that kool aid sizzurp! I definetly think we have a chance now to at least take a game from minnesota if Brett Favre is gone. T jack is about to get jacked up. Though obviously the packers will still beat us, I believe we can steal a game from minnesota(withough favre) and definetly fight to the end with the bears for a game or maybe both.

Plus some of our non division games don’t look so bad, though not so good either lol

with this recent news i definetly hope for 6-10

No need to underestimate them though.

Let’s shake up the boggle game and see what falls into place. First we look at the Bears. A team that is a lot like our own Lions filled with a lot of hope some shiny new toys on Defense and even if we got on the field toys for offense, they got a damn good OC in Martz and even if I think Cutler is a joke of a QB he is a former Pro-bowl QB who has fast WR’s. Now let’s move on to the Vikes. With or without #4 the Vikings are going to give us fits with their blitzing schemes and that vaunted front 4 even with the 2 DT’s that should be allowed to play for half a season. As for T-jack he is a victim of circumstance his first year he was just that a rookie on the field with hardly NO weapons, his second year he was just getting into a groove with Rice and then Rice got hurt and so did T-Jacks chance’s. If any of us recall when Rice came back T-Jack started looking good again, I argued over on the Norseman about how they were better without #4 because T-Jack was their future but they are thick skinned Vikings fans. Now we come to the Packers. Yes they have arguably the best QB in the division even if #4 comes back. But with as many times as he got hit last year his body has got to be still hurting, and I don’t think Baluga is going to just step in and stop all these great DE’s that are now in the division at least not in his first year.Rogers is going to be put on his back a TON again this year and the Pack really don’t have a running game to take the pressure off of the front line.We as Lions/Bears fans have a ton of reasons to believe that this year is going to be a toss up for all 4 of the teams in this division. I can see the lions going 2 and 2 against the East winning our games at home and losing on the road since we still have not figured out a way to win on the road. once again we should be able to beat most of the teams in the West since Arizona lost Warner and the Rams are even shittier than we were last year, Seattle is as good as Hasselbeck’s back and history has not been to kind to him the last 3 years, so bye bye Seattle. I’d love to say we are better than SF, but I just don’t see it, they are on the verge of being dominant again for a good long time with all the young piece’s they have on offense and a dominant D. Having to play the AFC’s best division is not cool to me because playing the Pat’s and the Jet’s does not sound good to me and the dolphins are going to be harder than hell to beat now that they have a legit WR in Marshall and Henne going into his 3rd year with one of the strongest running games in the league.Notice I don’t even mention the Bills.IF and that is IF our Lions can win 4 road games this year we are going to be playoff bound but that is a BIG IF!