Alright now that I am done shattering my remote, punching the wall and dropping F bombs I would like to look at some positives and negatives...
On defense we looked great. The 20 points the Lions managed to put together cannot be blamed on the defense. 7 came off of the blocked FG where it looked like our guys were running in slow motion. Then a lot of the other points were because of the offenses turnovers giving Detroit good field position...
Urlacher looked like the beast we have come to love. Smothering Kevin Jones' feeble attempts at running the ball to the outside. Dropping back in coverage, nearly making a diving interception.
Lance Briggs looked absolutely outstanding. That man was all over the place. He may challenge Urlacher for our team lead in tackles.
On the line Tommie Harris looked solid. He put some pressure on Harrington a few times and I was impressed considering it was his first NFL game.
Ogun looked pretty good consider Harrington is the hardest QB to sack in the entire NFL over the last 10 years. He also had a nice play tackling Harrington from behind right at the line of scrimmage on 3rd and long.
Also Michael Haynes played solid with a sack.
On the offensive side of the ball there were not as many things to be happy about...
Thomas Jones looked real good. While he didn't put up as many yards as most would have liked he had big runs when we need them. On 3rd and 1 he was automatic and he also punched in the 2 TD's from the 1. One of which looked like he was going to get stopped all the way back at the 9. I love how we run so many passes to him, he didn't drop a single on and can really do some things after the catch.
Grossman had some good plays but overall was barely average. I was especially pleased with all the 3rd and longs he was converting with DT. On top of that he was automatic on short passes, and he places them well to enable the receiver to pick up some YAC.
DT was great inside the out of bounds lines. As I said he had 3 or 4 1st down catches on 3rd and way long. It was really good to see him succeed with Shoop gone.
Outside of DT none of the receivers really showed me anything. Clark had a costly fumble and Lyman dropped an easy 20 yarder.
The pass protection was great minus Q Mitchell. Generally Grossman had a fair amount of time to throw.
But that same offensive line wasn't so great blocking for the run. There weren't too many lanes for TJ all game.
Now for some negatives...
The defensive backs were very very unimpressive. RW is the same idiot who commits pass interference in the end zone on an overthrown ball.
Tillman, while the ball didn't go his way too much, didn't look great. It was his man, Az Hakim, who caught the TD to put the Lions on top.
Mike Brown did lay one man out when he was juggling the ball, didn't do the same to Roy Williams when he had the chance. Sure it was one of the best catches you will see this year, but Mike Brown could have made it nothing. While Williams was juggling the ball Mike Brown just stood and watched. Overall I am not too worried about him.
Q Mitchell. Wow I don't have to say too much. This guy is crap. On two straight plays he committed false start and holding. Not good. It was also him who allowed James Hall to get to Rex and force a fumble. Paging Rex Tucker...we need you bad.
Penalties. Holy crap did we play stupid. Whenever David Terrell wants to act like he has caught a damn pass before is cool with me. That taunting penalty killed that drive.
Kreutz also had a terrible personal foul.
Too many men on the field, offsides, holding, pass interference, false start, personal foul...I could have sworn I was listening to someone reading me the rule book.
All in all this team definitely shows some promise. The looked fired up and never quit. If they can correct the immaturity and utter stupidity they have the talent to win 7-9 games this year.
Now let's beat the f***ing Packers!!!
By the way...I fixed my remote. Damn duct tape is handy.
