Lions are on the rise
by SuhSuhSuhdio on Jan 20, 2012 1:22 PM EST
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Scan the FanPosts and things are generally positive. We have continuity in our coaching ranks, a GM who is in the running for executive of the year, and young and talented playmakers remaining under contract on both sides of the ball. You know things are pretty good when some people are talking about trading down in the draft. If the Lions can get consistent production from the running back position (and I believe they can), this offense will be unstoppable.
In the meantime, all is not rainbows and lollipops elsewhere in the NFC North. I have no illusion that the Packers will struggle in coming years. Even so, their fans on APC are wondering how they got so thoroughly outplayed on their home turf last weekend, and debating whether Jermichael Finley should be allowed to walk in free agency. The Vikings fans are so concerned about their offensive line that they can't even say whether Ponder is going to be good enough to risk passing up RGIII in the draft. And the Bears...where to begin...they have a whole pile of issues, whether it's ownership, front office hiring, love lost for Lovie, or Forte's contract. Here's a sample post headline from WCG:
The Effects Of a Mike Tice Departure-An Indictment of the Lovie Smith Era
And 204 comments down that post, the comment:
Wow.Our threads reek of cynicism and despair. Bears fans are not in a happy place right now.
I don't delight in other fans suffering (with the possible exception of some Bears fans <cough> Dane Noble <cough>) but all I am saying here is that Lions fans have a lot to feel good about right now.
Is there anyone who would argue that the Lions are NOT on the rise heading into the 2012 season?
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I would argue they are setting their tee times heading into 2012...
But I agree next season holds more promise for us than any Ive seen in my lifetime
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Think of it this way...
The Lions haven’t held an offseason training program since 2010.
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Maybe that's the problem with previous years.
Perhaps the Lions should just skip camp altogether!
"Life's hard. It's even harder when you're stupid."
- John Wayne
Another good draft...
and some decent FA pickups and I think we are right there. I’m interested to see what happens with cliff and tulloch but I’m getting pumped to see what next year has in store for us.
There was plenty of clamoring to trade down instead of picking Matthew Stafford
…and we didn’t do so well the previous year.
Just saying.
I would not however, argue with you.
The Lions are in fact on the rise!
Let’s just make sure we don’t pull a “Tampa Bay Bucs” next year.
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We are a way better team than the Bucs
Staff over Freeman
Our Running Back Group(If Healthy) over the Bucs
Johnson over Williams
Pettigrew over Winslow
Dont know anything about their Oline
Suh over McCoy
Tulluch over Foster
Its their secondary that is better than ours.
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The Bucs major malfunction
was leadership, experience and character issues. There is talent on the team but some of the bucs stars were (are) low character guys. Without veteran leadership and a (players) coach they are underachieving. Kellen Winslow II, Tanard Jackson, Mike Williams, Aqib Talib and LeGarette Blount all had character issues coming out of college. I also attribute the loss of Barret Ruud to be a big reason for their defenses epic fail. We need to resign Tulloch. KVB has been instrumental in the Lions success and I am not sure our D-line is ready to leave the nest yet. If we lost KVB and Avril we would be toast. Barber and Wright are a wash, Talib has the talent to be a superstar but will never get there and I would take Houston over him. Bucs safeties aren’t better as a unit than who we have in Detroit. Staff is way better than Freeman and obviously CJ over Williams. Suh over McCoy. TE’s as a unit are hands down better than the Bucs TE’s. I think you are right, the running backs as a group are better than Bucs RB’s but it’s debatable. Ernest Grahm and Mourice Morris are equal, I can’t say anything about Mikel Leshour but as a unit I think K Smith and Best have the edge on Blount and Lumpkin.
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Defenses around the NFL will fall victim to the fatal disease "Natecalvintitus"
Right, we have our superstars
we don’t really need more of them. We do need starting-caliber players to fill the various holes in our depth in our OL, RB, and secondary.
If all of our starters stay healthy and perform at the level we expect from them this is a playoff, maybe even super bowl team. Our problem is the dropoff in talent from starter to backup. Our starters are solid players, but our backups shouldn’t even be playing in this league.
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by TheLoneDavid on Jan 21, 2012 5:16 PM EST up reply actions
Bingo
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I would actually be inclined to trade up.
We aren’t very far off from being a great team. Couple this with the new Rookie Pay Scale and we could look to make a splash.
This is a trait that knows no team allegiance
Every team’s fans think their team should trade down, acquire more picks, and still get a great player. If every team listened to the fans, there would be 5-7 first round picks a year. People fail to realize that in order to trade down there has to be a team looking to trade up.
I'm so ahead of my time, my parents haven't met yet
Pats
trade every year, they seem to be pretty good.
They have destroyed their last few drafts.
I don’t know if they have a single guy that is making an impact in from their draft this year.
I'm picking them at 12-4 next season
This would have been a sign of insanity in previous years.
The task for the Lions during the off-season is straightforward.
It is the same as every season where you do not have a lockout or strike. Some of the keys to the upcoming season will be difficult to see. It is hard to evaluate how well the Lions will refocus and get on the right page for next season. We don’t get enough information to evaluate progress of injuries until OTAs and camp. Nevertheless, those two factors might have more bearing on the success of the Lions next season than roster changes do.
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I went into a sports store in ND
and they actually had Lions stuff. We really must be on the rise if stores are preparing for the bandwagoners.
I watch the Detroit Lions and I....
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