September 20th, 2009 
Todd Tennis 
Posted in The Lions go into halftime with a 10-7 lead, which has got to be a much better situation than most fans hoped for. Detroit has shown creativity in getting the ball in the hands of Calvin Johnson and toughness in the running game. The defense looks like a different team than the one that New [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Technically Speaking
As I was breaking down the film of Matthew Stafford’s first start and going back to read my previous Stafford breakdowns I realized two things. First, there were typically a few very common themes on almost every play. Second, those were really long articles. In the interest of efficiency I decided to change up the [...]
Ex-Lions Lineman Kowalkowski Dies
The Detroit Lions’ lost one of their own on Thursday night as former offensive lineman Bob Kowalkowski died at a suburban Detroit hospital at the age of 65. Kowalkowski played most of his 11-year career with the Lions after being drafted from the University of Virginia in 1965. He was subsequently traded to the Cleveland [...]
Tags: Blitzkreig Bashing
Over the last several days, I have been reading many discussions about the Lions’ lack of blitzing against the Saints. Many fans wanted to see more blitzes, especially after the Saints got out to a sizeable lead. Fans wanted to see a drastic difference in the defensive philosophy after three years of the Tampa 2. [...]
Armchair Observations from Week One
Fellow gabbers Anthony Kuehn and Jason Metzler have already hit the highlights and lowlights of Detroit’s season-opening loss to the New Orleans Saints, so I won’t revisit already trodden ground. What I will do is expand on a few things they touched on. First off, we finally got to see Matt Stafford in live action. [...]
Reasons for Optimism After Week 1
Being on the wrong end of 45-27 doesn’t inspire much optimism. Especially when it’s the 17th straight loss suffered and the 24th out of 25 games. If the Lions are ever going to break out of the eight year funk they are mired in, they need to take small steps. All those losing streaks actually [...]
Monday Morning After Thoughts: Week 1
Good morning…..or I guess not, since the Lions just dropped their 18 consecutive loss yesterday after losing to the Saints 45-27. Then again….I thought signs of great change were pretty evident in the game, the most significant of which was the attitude exuded by the players. Many times the defense looked more resilient and confident. [...]
Lions-Saints Preview
Let me start out by saying that I have a low opinion of game preview articles. They are written, at best, by people who see only a keyhole view of the ins and outs of game planning and strategy. At worst, they are written by uber-fans who think that their constant observance of all things [...]
