Detroit Lions’ Offense Can Be OK, But Defense Still Wins Championships
Published on: 5th March, 2010
In producing a list of the all-time great NFL quarterbacks, anyone who knows a lick about pro football wouldn’t have Terry Bradshaw anywhere near the top. A sane-minded individual wouldn’t put Bob Griese up there, either. The list would include, in the upper echelon, Francis ...Rich Rodriguez: Still Desecrating University of Michigan’s Football Program
Published on: 25th February, 2010
To say that Rich Rodriguez has had a bumpy two-year start to his tenure as the football coach at the University of Michigan would put you in the Hall of Fame of Understatements. Rodriguez has done nothing but lose football games on the gridiron, and now he’s losing traction as an ...Detroit Lions Fans, Take Heart: Even Arizona Cardinals Became Winners
Published on: 19th December, 2009
So even the Arizona Cardinals got it right, eventually. There’s something wrong with the world in which I now live. Since when did they change slapstick and make it into refined theater? The Arizona Cardinals are now a championship contender for two years in a row. The blind squirrel found a nut—twice. The Arizona ...Matthew Stafford: He’s Proven His Toughness, Now Get Him Out of There!
Published on: 7th December, 2009
OK, I get it—this kid, Matthew Stafford, is tough. So I wish the Lions would quit forcing him to prove it every week. Actually, it’s the Lions’ offensive line—feel free to put the accent on the second syllable—that’s putting QB Stafford in peril every Sunday. Just as I feared, way back ...Hey NFL! Leave Detroit’s Thanksgiving Day Game Alone
Published on: 28th November, 2009
I’m going to make a preemptive strike here. An end-around, if you will, to head them off at the pass. I’m getting my own iron hot. Not enough time to wait for others to reach the proper temp. This is for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and those who would petition him on ...Matthew Stafford’s Legendary Tale Gets Rewritten by Packers
Published on: 27th November, 2009
Cinderella's coach really did turn back into a pumpkin. Hansel and Gretel got caught after all. None of the pigs got around to building a joint out of brick. John Elway's legend is safe once again. Whoever sculpts those busts for Canton needn't rush out to procure a head ...Last Night On “The Knee Jerks”: A Football Extravaganza!
Published on: 24th November, 2009
First, a semi-major announcement—“The Knee Jerks” will be moving up a couple of hours! Beginning Dec. 14, you’ll be able to get your jerkosity two hours earlier. The show will debut in its new 9:00-11:00 ET time slot, so everyone can get some sleep on Monday nights! Now moving on... The Michigan Wolverines ...Michigan-Ohio State Not All That Anymore
Published on: 21st November, 2009
They’re putting a Michigan-Ohio State football game on this Saturday, right on schedule. The third Saturday in November, usually. You used to circle the date. Now you happen upon it, by accident. “Oh, is THAT still playing?” Michigan-Ohio State creeps up on you now, like your wedding anniversary, or a dentist appointment. ...Last Night on “The Knee Jerks”: Lions’ Report Cards Are In: “SEE ME!”
Published on: 10th November, 2009
Believe it or not, half of the Lions’ 16-game NFL schedule has been played, so after a suggestion from Big Al Beaton, my co-host on the weekly gabfest “The Knee Jerks” , we gathered around the campfire, and had ourselves a mid-season review. Our guests were Michael Schottey and Dean Holden ...Lack of “Franchise” Defensive Lineman Detroit Lions’ Bane for Decades
Published on: 31st October, 2009
Football has had a fascination with the morose when it comes to handing out monikers to the game’s greatest defensive platoons. We’ve had Steel Curtains and Doomsday and Purple People Eaters. There were the Killer Bees down in Miami. Detroit and Los Angeles—when the NFL actually had a franchise there—shared the alliterate ...Featured Sponsors
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