Jimbo, I want the truth.
Were the Lions REALLY that bad today?
Since Jimbo was more sensible than I was, let me give this a shot. First off, I planned to post earlier this afternoon, but my 3 yr. old son fell in the kitchen, hitting the ceramic floor. Mild concussion for my son, no damage to the floor. This relates to the Lions in that, my boy hit the floor harder than the Lions hit any Falcon. Actually I don't think the Lions defense actually hit anyone!
The amazing thing is that the Falcons were actually a game I thought we could win. Rookie QB, rookie coach, etc... Well the rookie QB's first toss was a 62 yd. TD! Turner runs for 220 yds., and his backup runs for an additional 92 yds. Marinelli talked about "bad tackling", I would call it "no tackling", they barely touched these guys.
Don't let Kitna's numbers fool you either. This guy took only what the Falcons let him have. On one play, he rolled out to his left from the Falcon's 10 yd. line, and could have walked into the end zone backwards, but instead he overthrew a receiver who was double-teamed. When we needed a big play he threw an interception, or threw the ball away. Countless bad decisions. On another drive, he called TO to argue with the receivers coach, and this was a drive we were actually moving the ball on. (We did score, despite the argument.)
The only bright spot I found was Kevin Smith. Again, don't let the numbers fool you, he had 59 yds on 12 carries, 4 additional carries netted him a neg. 11 yds. due to line breakdowns. A star in the making, if he is fortunate enough to ever escape Detroit.
The bottom line is this: the coaching staff did not have this team ready to play, and even if they had, I'm positive we don't have any talent anyhow. It's depressing to see the whole season shot within 10 minutes of the first quarter. If this were my team, I would have left MILLEN and MARINELLI in Atlanta without airfare home.
END THE MILLEN ERROR NOW!
