Finally! But it's way overdue. Have it been, what? Six years since Millen been ruining Detroit?
Six years, wow... during that time, Bobby Ross quit after five games, Gary Moeller was brought up from coordinator to head coach, then dumped after the season in favor of Marty Mornhinweg, a former ass't under Steve Mariucci, who replaced him after being fired by the 49ers, who was then fired the Monday after Thanksgiving 2005, and replaced with Dick Jauron (former Bears head coach), who won one game by the end of the season, and was replaced by Rod Marinelli, who will be coach for at least a few years I hope, just for the sake of continuity.
Since Kidna can't seem to see whether he's throwing to one of his own when it's far down the field, the entire game plan should be geared around a variety of short passes, with maybe two long pass plays.
That also would fit with the Lions' inability to stop a pass rush of any kind without drawing frequent and costly penalties. Hit the man, and stay in his way without holding him, nimrods.
Detroit should concentrate more on short gains, period, and more ground game football, and control of the ball for more time. Beating on the other teams' defenses is the classic way to own the second half.
Kidna can't seem to see when it's time to run the hell for even short gains. That was a failing of many a QB around the league, historically, so that's not much of a criticism. But he still needs to do more of that, since the pocket collapses so easily. That would actually lead to less pressure in the pocket, because the only reason defenses bring pressure is that they know he'll either stand there trying to find an open receiver, or throw an interception.
Receivers in Detroit aren't worthy of the name. They don't keep an eye on the QB, and can't hold onto the ball. This has been a big problem for the Lions since Moore and Perryman were both downfield.
Drummond is a great return man, but he needs to take a knee when he catches one in the end zone. He costs the Lions yards of field position pretty much every time he takes out of there. Hansen is another great player, and if the Lions could move the ball a little more, could have been put in position to win a couple more games this year.
Tackling is terrible, on all three sides of the ball (offense after an interception -- they also can't recover a fumble to save their lives -- defense of course, and special teams). That's the reason I think the whole team is high.
That ends my fulmination for the day.