Official Detroit Lions Forum Thread

[mgoblue2290]

Lions are overrated. They'll have a 500 season, but no playoffs yet. Still need a corner, and the injury bug to go away.

A 500 season works for me.

[Cornelius]

Lions are overrated.

Haven't heard that ever. Thanks.

[PEYMAN18]

Quick thoughts from the game vs the Pats.

Stafford is for real, everytime he throws the ball its BEAUTIFUL, 24/31, his stats are 356 Yards 5 Td's, 0 Int's, 154.0 QB Rating this preseason.

This game felt more than a pre-season game, the sold out crowd was nuts, the Lions starters sent a message: We can hang with the best of them.

The Dline looked great considering they were missing KVB and Fairley, Suh had a couple of great shots on Brady. The whole line put tons of pressure on Brady, and he made unbradylike mistakes the entire half.

I NEED MOAR TITUS YOUNG. His first grab a 19 yard rec. I can't wait to see what he does when he gets more than a few days worth of practice.

Our RB's are still worrying me, Harrison has shown flashes of being a good player, but he still isn't playing at the level we need him to.

I know this is just preseason (insert 2008 preseason story here) but this team looks great.

I'm really really really excited for the start of the season.

[JeremyHight]

Other than the fact we have no running game, I really think the Lions looked good. That being said, I'm dreading the fact that I am hopeful for this season.

[dave]

Pre-season games mean nothing. I believe Detroit will be a much improved team this season, but drawing conclusions on pre-season games is stupid.

[Aso]

I was one of the people that said the Lions were overrated but I have to admit they have looked very nice and Stafford does look for real. He just needs to stay healthy. I can see them passing the Bears and Vikings in the division (those two aren't that impressive) but we'll see. I still wanna see them in the first couple weeks of the regular season before I say anything about making the playoffs as a wildcard.

[BigBucs]

Definitely has me worrying about week 1 with how we have looked the past 2 weeks. Granted I havent watched last nights game and only saw what NFL network was showing but we cant seem to score TD's unless its a 2 min drive. We need to implement some more hurry up offense. That said Im not gonna panic but we better be ready week 1 because Det has been looking good.

[Fappin Raptor]

Lol, Lions overrated.

[Cornelius]

Pre-season games mean nothing. I believe Detroit will be a much improved team this season, but drawing conclusions on pre-season games is stupid.

You'd better hope so, Eagle fan.

[mgoblue2290]

Pre-season games mean nothing. I believe Detroit will be a much improved team this season, but drawing conclusions on pre-season games is stupid.

The outcome means nothing but the fact that our starters out played the Pats starters means something.

[PEYMAN18]

R.I.P Tom "The Killer" Kowalski

He was my favourite Lions reporter. It's such a shame he will never see the team he lived and breathed win a Super Bowl



His last article:

http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2011/08/quarterback_matthew_stafford_h.html

“The entire Lions organization, the Ford family, and me, personally, were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Tom Kowalski this morning, Tom was a true professional, the consummate beat writer, somebody who brought a lot of tremendous information to our fans — even in times of disagreement; we always had the utmost respect for his professionalism. He will be sorely missed and our deepest sympathies go out to Diane and to his entire family. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of them."

“On behalf of the team, we consider him part of the family; we saw him every day, I dealt with Tom every day; I’d see him out here. (It will) take a lot of time to get over this. In the end, Tom always had the best interest of everybody in that locker room. He always wanted to know more about why things happened on the field and he always did a good job of that. He was a good person; he was fun to be around. (I) had a lot more personal relationship with him, so that was some tough news to hear.”

[Buzzman]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51JceEEYjLk"]Matthew Stafford - NFL Sound FX Week 2, 2011 - YouTube[/ame]

Fucking love Stafford.

[mgoblue2290]

This team just proved they are a legitimate contender for the playoffs. To comeback on the road being down 20-0 is pretty tough.

[BigHouseUSA]

Easily our most impressive win so far.

[Buzzman]

Do not get carried away, that o-line got exposed heavily that game.