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Alright, thatÆs enough. If youÆre still hungover from the Detroit LionsÆ victory over the Washington Redskins, grab some coffee. WeÆre getting back to business. There are 13 more weeks of football to be played, so pay attention. The Lions played a good game last week, but it was full of holes. Even the most dominant win leaves room for improvement. While they were strong, the Lions were not quite dominant, no matter what ...

Chuck Darby is once again a Detroit Lion. Is it 2008 again? No, canÆt be, the Lions have a tally in the win column, and Rod Marinelli will be coaching on the opposite sideline this Sunday. So if Marinelli is over there, what is Chuck Darby doing over here? And I distinctly recall Adam Jennings getting cut a few weeks ago. Why is he back in Detroit? Furthermore, why is Aveion Cason getting a ...

Remember last week? Remember life before Sept. 27, 2009? It was a time fraught with anxiety, despair, hopelessness. It was a time where columnists like myself were predicting that last SundayÆs game against the Washington Redskins was going to be the Detroit LionsÆ last chance at a victory until after their Week Seven bye. Now, suddenly, that seems a bit hasty. This team has finally won a game, and in somewhat convincing fashion. They didnÆt ...

There are many reasons for Lions fans to dislike Jeff Backus. He seems like a nice enough guy, and IÆm sure he is. You never see him get into trouble, and he has quietly been a Detroit Lions starter for almost a decade now. But he gives up a lot of sacks, and tends to personify the entire Matt Millen era by being his very first ever draft pick. ItÆs not his fault, ...

Welcome to Week Two of the 2009 Detroit Lions Roundtable. This week, in addition to Keith Shelton and myself, we have Lions featured columnist Michael Schottey adding his insight on the team's collapse against the Minnesota Vikings last Sunday. So let's get started with our first question of the week. Q. The Lions looked like a great team in the first half against the Vikings, and sub-par in the second as they let ...

Now you can be disappointed. At the end of the first half against the Vikings, the Detroit Lions were in complete control of the football game. They were up 10-7, and the seven didn’t come until after the two-minute warning. Final score: Vikings 27, Lions 13.  That’s something to be angry about. Last week, at New Orleans? Not so much. That was a game the Lions were supposed to lose, and while they ...

Like many of you reading this, I have been a Detroit Lions fan for my entire life. Unlike many of you, I have never bought a ticket to a Lions game. So the Lions avoiding having their home opener blacked-out is not something I had a hand in. But that doesn't mean I'm not impressed. In fact, I'm not sure the Lions deserve such loyal fans. They've certainly done little to deserve ...

Everyone just calm down. I’ve heard a whole lot of comparisons to the 2008 Detroit Lions after Sunday’s 45-27 trampling at the hands of  the New Orleans Saints. It’s understandable; they did lose by 18 points, and they are the 2009 Lions. It’s natural to compare them to last year’s version. As I remember, though, the 2008 Lions lost to roughly the same Saints 42-7, and that was without an injury to their ...