Detroit gave good teams problems all season!!

[juck]

whatever makes you feel better.

Cowboys still lost to the 2nd worst team in the league.

didnt u lose to tampa bay?same thing.

 

[superpunk]

The only thing that kept Detroit from beating two playoff teams in two weeks (one being the NFC-leading Chicago Bears - who are just as fraudulent as our team) is Mike Williams. He had the game-winner in his hands two weeks straight. He just dropped the first one. It doesn't make me feel any better, but that's the way it is.

 

[dbair1967]

The only thing that kept Detroit from beating two playoff teams in two weeks (one being the NFC-leading Chicago Bears - who are just as fraudulent as our team) is Mike Williams. He had the game-winner in his hands two weeks straight. He just dropped the first one. It doesn't make me feel any better, but that's the way it is.

yeah...the Bears playing the game kinda like it was a preseason game might have had something to do with it as well...also, they were missing both starting DT's

David

 

[superpunk]

yeah...the Bears playing the game kinda like it was a preseason game might have had something to do with it as well...also, they were missing both starting DT's

David

Excuses, excuses.....

 

[stealth]

The point of the thread is not to sugar coat crap but to let some of you the "sky is falling" folks realize that detroit isn't a horrible team. The prevailing thought on here is if we got beat by detroit and they are the second worse team in the league, according to the whole world, then OHHH NOOOO we must be worst. Thats just not the case.

 

[utrunner07]

Detroit playing like they did was not all that surprising, if you analyze their season...

they almost beat:
Seattle Seahawks (lost by 3)
New England Patriots (Detroit led the entire game)
Chicago Bears (Lions led by 4 in the 4th and almost held on)
St. Louis (lost by 7 in a shootout)
and many other close games

They beat the Buffalo Bills by 3, creamed the Atlanta Falcons (30-14), and beat us (our 4 turnovers and Roy's INT called back sure helped).

It's not like we got blown out by an inept team...

the Lions passing offense is top 7 and 1 yard/game from being top 5 in the NFL:
http://www.nfl.com/stats/teamsort/NFL/OFF-PASSING/2006/regular?sort_col_1=8

Who cares none of that matters, the good teams found a way to win, we did not...

 

[firehawk350]

The point of the thread is not to sugar coat crap but to let some of you the "sky is falling" folks realize that detroit isn't a horrible team. The prevailing thought on here is if we got beat by detroit and they are the second worse team in the league, according to the whole world, then OHHH NOOOO we must be worst. Thats just not the case.

You are who your record says you are. Not many games in this day and age are decided by much more then a TD anyways, you either win or you lose. Close only counts with an atomic bomb.

 

[Bleu Star]

Detroit playing like they did was not all that surprising, if you analyze their season...

they almost beat:
Seattle Seahawks (lost by 3)
New England Patriots (Detroit led the entire game)
Chicago Bears (Lions led by 4 in the 4th and almost held on)
St. Louis (lost by 7 in a shootout)
and many other close games

They beat the Buffalo Bills by 3, creamed the Atlanta Falcons (30-14), and beat us (our 4 turnovers and Roy's INT called back sure helped).

It's not like we got blown out by an inept team...

the Lions passing offense is top 7 and 1 yard/game from being top 5 in the NFL:
http://www.nfl.com/stats/teamsort/NFL/OFF-PASSING/2006/regular?sort_col_1=8

At the very bottom of this story it reads "Dallas lost their season finale to a 3-13 team. That's pretty much the bottom line. It's sickening but as each day goes by we get closer to Saturday when we can put this all behind us.