I think we’ve got our guy now. He will of course be at the end of his contract when the season ends, but given how fragile Matt Stafford is, Detroit might better trade him to a QB-less team (egad, maybe even the Vikings) keep Drew Stanton, and at the very least move him to second string behind Shawn (who’s also out on injury). He looked a little off today compared with last week, but the results were better. GB has a hot defense, but the Lions’ defense was a whole lotta bench today and got it done better than usual. The offense of GB looked very good, just got knocked down when it counted. Lions offense was mostly three and out, as it was last week.
- Shaun Hill should keep his finger taped even after it heals.
- Dominic Raiola contributes bad PR and stupid penalties; may be time to get someone younger, and trade his ass while he's still worth something in trade.
- I don't give two hoots for the Lions' position in the draft picks. Like any team, then need a stronger supporting cast, not supposed star players.
- The sad thing is, Schwartz will rebuild the Lions, take them to the playoffs twice, and then get the boot because he can't quite close the deal (particularly after he's been fired).
Historically, Mariucci took the team to 5-11 in his first season (the previous season under Mornhinweg they were 3-13; Mornhinweg was 5-27 in his two seasons), 6-10 in his second season, and was fired four days
after coaching a Thanksgiving Day loss; his partial third season record was 4-7, and interim replacement Dick Jauron finished off that season 1-4.
Marinelli was hired by the cipher Matt Millen and led the team further into the maelstrom (3-13, 7-9, 0-16) -- but at least that provided the impetus to the apparently catatonic owner of the team to sack the whole pack of rats and start semi-fresh (Millen's replacement was found somewhere in the offices).