Thoughts on Lions and next week

[Pez]

Originally Posted by HoosierinFL

No long list of key points or stupid grades but:

I think its telling that the offense looks so much better when we use the weapons that have been making plays all year (and some last year). That is, instead of forcing it to TY Doyle and Burton and Taylor, we use the creative personnel matchups that come with spreading it around to MAC, Pascal, Hines and Wilkens. ....

And speaking of defense, it still blows my mind that we have a top 3 defense in the NFL, one that has a legit shot at being #1 when all is said and done. And even now, legit #1 run defense. You can't run on this Colts D? what?...

Great points, I love that our defense is really fun to watch now. Our line is improved our LBs are improved... I think our issues on pass defense are 50% scheme and 50% execution. Honestly though, were ranked #6 in passing yards allowed that blows my mind also.

Darius forced fumple vs stafford was awesome. When I see #53 crown the line my eyes are almost always drawn to him. Seems like 80-85% of the time he crowds the line then drops into coverage. On the play vs stafford, he crowded the center of the line, then dropped back at the snap, then stunted around to the right to get the fumble. It's a beautiful and violent finesse. The first 5 years of every marvin harrison route are identical. The first 2 seconds of every darius leonard play is identical.

I think there is a 25% chance we win next week, and a 25% chance we get blown out. If we are still In the game halfway through the third quarter we might pull off the shocker. We have a stunningly difficult schedule... Ravens, Tits, Packers, Tits. At the end of that stretch we will know what kind of team we have. If we come out the other side of that stretch with the #2 AFC seed on our pocket, the December steelers game will have all sort of implications.