Packers-Lions Game
The Packers will lose today, so it's just as well that I have to work while watching the game, ...so I might as well post my angry comments up here during the game.Kickoff
An improvement, we're not starting inside the 20!
1st Series
All that talk about the Packers abandoning the run last week has continued into this game, ...3 passes, two dropped.
Lions Drive
It's nice to see consistancy in your team, ...guess how the Lions got their first two first downs? Dump off screen pass to a running back out of the backfield. Sound familiar?
Jennings TD
Wow, what is it about Jennings? In the pre-season most of his big plays and TDs came on broken coverages where defenders stumbled into one another or rubbed each other out. Now it's happened in the regular season. I give that credit to McCarthy, designing routes that give his players a chance to get open and get down field.
Two commercial breaks since the TD and no replays of it??
Oh yeah, and you can tell we're a bad team again, getting Ron Pitts and grandpa Simpson two weeks in a row. At least we're not getting Maas, ...if Favre retires, expect a healthy dose of Maas next year.
Lions TD
Ah, yes. There it is. A running back out of the backfield completely fools the Packers and makes Marquand Manuel look like a flailing rag doll. All you need now is to replace a bunch of all-pro players with a bag of acorns and you have the mission statement of the Ted Thompson regime.
Defensive TD
I feel like I should make the sign of the cross for protection while saying these words, ...Ahmad Carrol makes a great play on the ball. And right now I'd prefer to see him starting over Manuel.
Herron
I've never understood the desire to keep Herron on the roster. He's never done anything to warrant it, except possibly suck slightly less than other cast-offs. What did Ron Wolf say last year about NFL Europe players?
2nd Half
I'm assuming Herron is already on the bus enroute to Green Bay because the new guy is playing.
After an uneventful 3rd quarter, the Packers defense shows up and pins the Lions deep in their own territory, get good field position, and Favre authors a gutsy TD drive.
Finale
The Packers step up again on defense and manage to hold off the Lions for the rest of the game, surrendering only another FG.
But, lest we forget that we are watching the worst team in the league play the third worst team in the league, Ahman promptly fumbles and gives the Lions one more drive to try and tie the game.
But Kitna couldn't get the ball into the end zone and with that, we ended the sordid-but-very-real possibility of an 0-16 season.
Can we really ask for anything more?
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