LONG LIVE LION

WOOOOOOHOOOOO!

I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight

Florio thinks Lions win.

LONG LIVE LION!

Simmons

SAINTS (-10.5) over Lions

You've heard the case for Detroit: It's going to be a shootout, the Lions are going to throw on New Orleans, they're used to playing indoors, and even if they're getting mildly blown out, that extra half-point is a biggie (they can always pull off a backdoor touchdown (a Calvin Johnson specialty over the years). My counter in three parts …

1. You shouldn't pick any playoff team unless you think it can win. You're telling me this same shaky Lions team that just made Matt Flynn rich is beating a juggernaut that's been ripping through everyone in football for two solid months AND has a scorching-hot QB? We just watched Flynn shred that depleted Lions secondary for 16 touchdowns and 987 yards (all numbers approximate). Brees' past eight games: 2,430 yards, 22 TD', 3 picks, 5 sacks, 8-0 record. Brees at home this year: 2,864 yards, 29 TDs, 6 picks, 8 sacks, 8-0 record. What am I missing?

2. You beat the 2011 Saints (and the 2011 Packers, and maybe even the 2011 Pats) with the old Super Bowl XLII game plan that the Giants used to break my sports heart: Shorten the game, run the ball, move the chains, keep their offense off the field, and when they're out there, hit the crap out of the QB. The Lions don't have that type of team. To say the least. All the Lions have going for them is that extra half-point and the "Weird things usually happen in Round 1 on Saturday night" thing going.

3. New Orleans won nine of its 13 victories by 11 points or more. Every time the Saints went up by double digits in the fourth, they eventually won by 11 or more. By contrast, in 11 of Detroit's 16 games, the Lions trailed at some point in the second half (seven times by 10 points or more). We know all about their penchant for comebacks, but that's the thing about the 2011 Saints: You don't come back against Brees. Not this year. Given the recent history of these two teams, there's an excellent chance the Saints will be leading in the fourth quarter by double digits — let's say, 30-17 — and will have the ball with a chance to go for the kill. You really want to bank on a backdoor cover at that point? Come on. Don't try to be a hero. It's the playoffs.

The pick: New Orleans 37, Detroit 17.

1. Yes, look at only the Lions' bad games. Not like the Saints lost to the Seahawks last year or the Lions were missing two of their best secondary players. Not to mention the earlier losses to GB and NO which were largely self-inflicted. Need to cut the dumb shit, yes, but they're perfectly capable of beating good teams. Still can't believe they lost to the 49ers.

2. Lions have shown they can hit the crap out of the QB. With the Saints' defense and the capability of Stafford, that should be all that matters.

3. Saints lost to a few of the worst teams in football.

LONG LIVE LION!

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successful heroism attempt

@JimmyTraina:
Looking forward to seeing how dirty & chippy the Lions get tonight when it's 48-10 Saints in the 3rd quarter.

I've had a few tussles with this guy in the past. He d-bag.

Fuck Simmons and all the other pieces of shit who don't think the Lions even show up for the game. Fuck them all!

LONG LIVE LION!

Shock the world, you guys.

I didn't see anyone picking us, but I havne't watched much pregame bullshit either.

If the Saints don't blow us out, we win.

Anyone know kickoff time? Do we have to listen to the NBC fagz for an hour or so?

That was a friggin thing of beauty. Who needs a running game?

This will be fun.

Anybody hear a gagging sound coming from the south?

Fuckin dumb ass play call right there.

^ 2nd and 10

White boi got it goin on!

Wendling

LONG LIVE LION!!!

phuqueasaynt

I'm rum n' coke'n this mutha fucka.

Shove your booing up yur fuckin N'orlins asses. No flag on that tackle by Fairley.

Damn!... lucky mofo
btw we shoulda had a TD on the Breeze fumble... incompetent refs continue to fuck us over

fuickin ref cocksucking mother fuckin assholes.

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- Simmons

- KVB is douchey

- The Process.

Waiting for someone to get thrown out...

CJ, what a beast.

- Simmons

- KVB is douchey

- The Process.

Why is it that every time I come here after (or during) some painful playoff loss by a Detroit team that's not the Pistons I have to see this typical Glan post?

Lions D got no pressure on Brees, couldn't tackle and gave up big plays. We need a better secondary for sure, but what about stopping the run? Is Gunther deserving of some questioning?

That and we got some bad calls against us. Someone should shove that line judge's whistle up his ass for killing the run-back on the fumble

Payton's a bit of a douche.

Can't believe they'd run up the score like that.

Honestly, I feel the Lions are only going to get better.

Long Live Lion.

Lions have nothing to be ashamed of, Saints are the best team in football. It just wasn't time yet, but with a few tweaks this team looks good to go.

Sorry that you don't like that I calls em likes I sees em, DE.

It's cool Glan. It's just when I've finished watching a painful loss I'm looking for more catharsis from fellow fans.

Backus tore a biceps.

sigh.

salary cap hell will keep this team from being what it could.

that is all.

i get the whole "not their time yet" thing, but tough to swallow. i thought they played well enough to win, they just refused to tackle for some reason. i really don't like schwartz, but i got to give him credit, blowing the whistle on that defensive touchdown followed by them spotting the ball for the saints about 8 yards further than it should have been got me pretty riled up. all season i thought his inability to maintain composure was killing the lions. he took that sequence pretty well.

It's cool Glan. It's just when I've finished watching a painful loss I'm looking for more catharsis from fellow fans.

I'm not a Lions fan, have laughed at them in the past, but really admire the path that they are on.

Just scanning twitter this morning, I see many Lions fans are less optimistic than I am. If you just want feel-goods, I suggest you avoid @kj1974.

Wish we would have have won one of those games down the stretch and we wouldn't have had to go to NO. But we sucked for a while there and ended up having to go on the road to play a good football team.

true story.

Aaron Berry goes off on Twitter (http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/01/08/12/Lions-Aaron-Berry-goes-off-on-Twitter/landing_lions.html?blockID=642094&feedID=3701)


Berry — who had a potential momentum-shifting interception slip through his fingertips, his arms, then his legs — had this to say on his account @LockDown717, presumably in response to a rash of negative Twitter feedback thrown his way:

“Y'all can go back to being Broke & Miserable...now back to regular scheduled programming...”

Ooh-wee. That stings. For someone.

He then attempted to recant his incendiary comment by deleting the first tweet and publishing these two:

“I apologize to my loyal fans for my tweet...jus disgusting how ppl can get when they don't know nothin at all...”

Followed by:

“Now y'all making it seem like I was talking to all the fans in Detroit...boy y'all funny...Have a blessed night!!!”

wonder if he has neck tats.

Yes!

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