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Scanning the Savanna

Zac Snyder — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:10:10 +0000

Scanning the Savanna is a daily feature that brings fresh Detroit Lions and NFL related content to your fingertips each morning. Grab a cup of coffee and let’s scan the savanna together.

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Local 4′s Carmen Harlan sat down with Bill Ford Jr. to talk about his life growing up in Detroit, his team the Detroit Lions and Thanksgiving Day with his family.

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Plenty of Open Seats on the Detroit Lions Bandwagon

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:17:02 +0000

Ouch, that hurt. As “glove-gate” came to a merciful end Sunday in Chicago, the droves of Detroit Lions fans jumping off the bandwagon could literally be heard. Not only were the Lions humiliated in Chicago, but they’ve been once again villified by the national media following their 37-13 loss to the Chicago Bears. Some of [...]

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NFC North Preview: Chicago Bears

Ross Husson — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:00:52 +0000

I’ll continue my series of previews of NFC North teams with the Chicago Bears. If you missed my preview of the Vikings, you can read it here. The Bears finished last season one game away from the Super Bowl. The story of the NFC Championship game was the mysterious departure of Jay Cutler in the third quarter. Cutler faced tons of criticism from Bear fans for not being “Chicago tough”.

The biggest need for the Bears in the offseason was to strengthen their offensive line. Chicago allowed the most sacks in the entire league last year including giving up ten sacks to the Giants in which Jay Cutler got knocked out of the game. The Bears spent their first-round selection on right tackle Gabe Carimi. Before training camp, the Bears let go of veteran and six time Pro Bowl center Olin Kreutz. The Bears signed former Seahawks center Chris Spencer to replace Kreutz. In their first preseason game against the Bills, the offensive line was dismal. Bears fans started to panic but after watching Monday’s game against the Giants, they can feel more confident. All eyes were on the offensive line for the preseason game and they performed pretty well. The pass protection was great but they did have some struggles establishing a running game.
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