At this point last season our Detroit Lions were 7-4, this year they are 4-7, last season they were 2nd in the NFC North, this year they are in last place behind the freaking Minnesota Vikings! Last season QB Stafford and WR Johnson were breaking records, this year they look just broken. Calvin may still be putting up yards, but he only has four touchdown receptions this year, not to mention he has been playing off an injury as well. Stafford's struggles can be duly noted as well incompleting passes that he completed last season. Not to mention last season it looked like the Lions offensive line gave Stafford plenty of time, this year? It looks like they forgot how to block. WR Titus Young looked destined for a breakout season this upcoming season yet instead has dropped easy TD passes, can not get open and is having serious off the field issues.
The only constant from last season? The secondary being mediocre, allowing big plays to happen consistently, then again maybe it is some serious coincidence with S Delmas being out for a number of games. In conclusion, the QB losing accuracy, the WRs unable to get open or drop passes, the OL forgetting how to block. I do not think this is due to a lack of talent, not at all, I know the Lions are a very talented football squad, this looks like to me however...some serious bad luck. Especially with the bad breaks that have gone our way like the missed passing interference call against the Green Bay Packers last Sunday or the referees not knowing Texans RB Forsett was clearly down on Turkey Day. To me there is no more question what is wrong with our Detroit Lions, it just seems too obvious with how unlucky this season has looked so far.
Too coincidental that we are 4-7 at this point, the opposite of the record we were at last season. My official diagnosis? We are infected with the Madden Jinx. It has become a bad omen for the Lions this season to have had Calvin Johnson on the Madden cover, it may have not gotten him but it surely looks likes it has gotten the whole team. Has to be a shame since we were just getting over the Bobby Layne curse and now we have a new one in the Madden Jinx. The good news from the past of the Madden cover is it should only last one season, so we should get back to the Lions football we were playing last season. I do challenge the Detroit Lions however from this point forward to make the Madden Jinx not look real, in fact defeat the Madden Curse, something these teams in the past nor all players have ever done. I just hope head coach Jim Schwartz, GM Martin Mayhew (though he blew it for not trading up for Jenkins in the second round), offensive coordinator Scott Linehan nor defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham become a victim if it does continue.
Monday, November 26, 2012
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