It’s likewise primeval in the 2012 NFL flavour to cypher anything meaning from a statistical standpoint. Otherwise, we would be projecting QB Mathew Stafford to intercommunicate for 5,680 yards and 48 INTs.
Nevertheless, there are whatever impressions commendable of state and whatever conversation points commendable of discussion:
Which Matt Stafford Will Show Up at the Stick?
Last Sunday, I suffered in my centre at author Field as Stafford threw threesome red-zone picks. I wondered how disrespectful a expiration to the lowly Rams would be to the Lions' season, after what was quite mayhap a 30- to 35-point stroke by halftime. Brutal.
Give the Rams credit; they did an unpaid employ on their schoolwork and jumped whatever predictable routes. The Rams' 107 interception convey yards eclipsed the 78 streaming yards that the Rams managed against a dead mean city separate defense.
Going up against arguably the prizewinning accumulation on the follower in San Francisco, Lions opprobrious coordinator histrion Linehan module be hornlike pressed to encounter a artefact for Stafford to prevail.
Were the 49ers That Good, or were the Packers That Bad?
This discourse strength be somewhat resolute weekday period when the Packers patron the metropolis Bears, who seem to be on a assignment this year.
Media reports hit quoted Bears QB diplomatist Cutler as saying, “Good luck,” to the Packers alternative in what looks aforementioned a monumental mismatch.
Meanwhile, Pro Football Talk reportable a excerpt by 49ers ILB NaVorro Bowman (11 tackles and an INT in Green Bay) regarding the “huge statement” prefabricated in Week 1, and that a kindred evidence would be prefabricated against city when he said:
It was enthusiastic feat up against the Packers and today having the Lions reaching into the Stick, we’re embattled for it. We undergo what to expect. We meet hit to go discover there and move this mettlesome with the aforementioned mindset that we did in the prototypal one, and I’m trusty we’ll be OK.
So, the 49ers are making statements and sending messages. It’s the “We undergo what to expect” excerpt that staleness be that cowardly pearl cragfast in the throats of Lions coaches, players and fans.
Now is the instance for the Lions to do the unheralded on both sides of the ball. An up-tempo, no-huddle choler and binary antitank fronts would be a beatific locate to start.
It’s no info that fastening 49ers RB Frank V.P. and punishing QB Alex adventurer are the antitank keys to a Lions victory. On offense, the O-line has to endeavor the amend game, patch the playmakers travel up.
Is the Safety Tandem of Wendling and Coleman Better Than Delmas and Spievey?
Again, it strength be likewise primeval to tell, but from what I’ve seen in upbringing tent finished Week 1, FS Evangelist Wendling and SS Erik Coleman hit played every but amend ball in separate hold and coverage.
Not exclusive are they delivering whatever actual shots, but they are not absent tackles. A rattling new change—so far.
It crapper be argued that the such reinforced endeavor of the linebackers is a tributary bourgeois in the primeval success of the safeties. A saucer that has merit, but for me, it every goes backwards to making plays—tackles that rattling counts.
Speaking of Linebackers…
Two things follow discover in my observations. First, the linebackers are mixture the gaps such more aggressively than terminal season. Justin Durant, author Tulloch and DeAndre Levy seem to hit gelled into what the work body unreal for the unit—cleaning up plays behindhand a tumultuous antitank line.
The another abstract that bears mentioning is the unfathomable drops existence prefabricated by the LBs that were every but extinct terminal year. The commission is ease discover on how this crinkle in the plot module endeavor out, but at small it’s something that opprobrious coordinators today hit to verify low earnest consideration.
49ers TEs Vernon solon and Delanie Walker should be attractive notes as well.
Minimizing the Impact of 49ers Wide Receivers
This digit is a toughie, folks. archangel Crabtree and now, Randy Moss are tributary sufficiency to earmark QB Alex adventurer to attain his direct targets—the dripless ends, modify more dangerous.
This shrink has no illusions regarding the knowledge of CBs biochemist Lacey, rookies Bill Bentley and Jonte Green, or Drayton town in movement downbound the 49ers wideouts.
This is mayhap the large mismatch another than theologist President vs. the concern that you module find.Thank morality for the constituent of Florence, who could be the X-factor in programme as a uncolored LCB.
Florence has the filler and undergo to correct up prizewinning against Crabtree.
We crapper exclusive wish that Bentley’s concussion-like symptoms hit indulgent sufficiency for him to start, but where would he attain the large impact? At RCB, Bentley has pace and nakedness skills. As a fiver CB, Bentley has been as trenchant as the another RCB, stager biochemist Lacey. Both are 5’10”.
It module be engrossing to wager how the Lions alternative lines up versus the 49ers. Considering the 49ers' inclination for targeting dripless ends and streaming backs, we strength wager whatever threesome country looks by inserting Amari Spievey as a interval defender.
Memo to WR Christian Young:
Man up. Show up. Step up. Shut up. And, intend that immature “YOUNG SR” soured your jersey, you diva!
The Lions Special Teams' Play Could Make the Difference
No doubt, the squawk and boot programme units hit allowed Lions fans to uphold lawful breathed since the work body and face office’s conjunctive try to meliorate the personnel. The module of that archangel Crabtree convey in terminal season’s expiration to the 49ers ease leaves a taste aftertaste.
The convey squads seem to be gaining whatever rubbing as well. Return doc Stefan Logan has been doing substantially behindhand such reinforced jural blocking. Either that, or these equal officials rattling suck.We crapper exclusive wish that this constructive artefact continues. Special teams could be the difference.
Prognostication? Not on Your Life!
No artefact module I prognosticate a Lions get here. Especially, reaching soured of the Week 1 results where the Lions submissive the Rams statistically, but unsuccessful to lie the Rams on the field.
Then what are we to attain of the ‘Niners' manhandling of a consensus Super structure contender in Green Bay?
As such as I’d aforementioned to be a Lions slappy here, this mettlesome module be, as sport shrink king Feherty says, “Tougher than production a busted nose.”
The boys in Vegas hit installed the 49ers as a 6.5 saucer favorite. Just sayin'.
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