I just got through watching the Detroit Lions pre-season game with the Cleveland Browns and they are awful. The defense couldn't stop anyone, the offense was not much better and the Lions special teams gave up the opening kickoff for a touchdown Joshua Cribbs only to have a penalty bail them out. Then Cribbs returned a punt for 6 later in the first quarter.The Lions gave up 17 points in the first quarter to the Browns.
"We started off the game poorly;" First year Lions head coach Jim Swartz said. "I know Cribbs is a good returner, but there is no reason to start the game off the way we did on special teams. It's a work in progress, but we are going to find out who can tackle and who can't and that's going to be the major criteria for making this team."
There you have it Lions players. Either make a play or the turk we pay you a visit.
Oh it's gets better Lion fans. The first time the Browns offense had the ball they marched 74 yards on a touchdown drive, Cleveland's first offensive touchdown since November 17, 2008. Cleveland had gone 6 regular season games and one pre-season without a touchdown on offense. The Lions defense solved that issue.
Then their is your franchise quarterback Matt Stafford, whose first pass against the Browns Saturday night was picked off. Stafford finished 5 of 13 for 34 yards and a horrible 14.6 passing rating.
"I just couldn't find a rhythm." Stafford told the Detroit Free Press.
"That's probably a good way to put it; he wasn't in rhythm." Swartz said.
And just when you thought it couldn't get any more ridiculous, tight end Carson Butler and defensive end Dewayne White got into a fight during pre-game warm-ups.
Could the Detroit Lions be staring at 0-32? Detroit Free Press columnist Drew Sharp says that just might be a real possibility this football season in Motown.
The Lions looked like the most inept teams in the history of sports. Enjoy this season Lions fans, it's going to be another long one.
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