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The Baby Steps of the Detroit Lions

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:45:06 +0000

It was only a few short weeks ago when the Detroit Lions, with two wins through twelve games, were being talked about as the same old Lions. Some of us were making the argument that they were passing the “eye test” while others were arguing that if the wins were not there then there was no improvement whatsoever.

Fast forward a month and even the most pessimistic among us have to be surprised at what has happened and where the Lions are through 15 games. They halted their NFC North division losing streak at 19 games with their win over the Green Bay Packers at home. They snapped their NFL record road losing streak at 26 games and followed that up with another win on the road at Miami. The ending of these streaks is significant, make no mistake about it. You have to walk before you can run and the baby steps they have taken to end this season will pay off down the line.

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The fate of Jim Schwartz

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:30:46 +0000

The Detroit Lions continue to stay competitive with very good teams through twelve games in 2010. There are patterns emerging and the big question that everyone wants the answer to is why they can’t finish games. What is happening that makes this team hang with the NFL’s leading teams late into games and then collapse? We can see it happening before our eyes. You can point to a few plays every week that completely undo the Lions. Ultimately they come up short almost every week.

With all the losing happening here, there has to be some question about Jim Schwartz’s job security. While I think it is too soon for this kind of speculation I can understand why those that look at the win/loss column would speculate. It is obvious that Jim Schwartz feels this also and yesterday he tied his fate directly to Matt Stafford.

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Analyzing the Detroit Lions Schedule

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:30:03 +0000

It is easy to look at the standings and dismiss the 2010 edition of the Detroit Lions as just another awful football team. Through eleven games the Lions have won only twice. It is safe to call the Lions win/loss record extremely disappointing. The NFL standings do not tell the real story about this edition of [...]

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