Hope We Truly Can Believe In!

Good morning/afternoon/evening to all of my Lionettes depending on where you are in your respective time zones. Anyways let's dive right in shall we? Since my last post we played our first pre-season game against the Pittsburgh Steelers and lost 23-7. There are a lot of positives we can take from that game. Our first team offense and defense played extremely well. Our pass rush led by DE's Cliff Avril and Kyle Vanden Bosch was right on target. For once it was nice to see the other team's QB scramble for their lives like we have had to see time and time again of ours. Matt Stafford was awesome and connected with Calvin Johnson AKA Megatron for a nice end-zone touchdown pass. Like I mentioned in the last post I have learned not to take much stock in pre-season games. Hell I'd be okay with going 0-4 in the pre-season if that meant we go 16-0 in the regular season.

By the way if some of you are wondering about the title of this blog entry I figured it made sense since we are in election season. Unlike Obama's false hope, campaign promises this Detroit Lions team really does give us hope. That is what I saw in the Pittsburgh game, legitimate hope! Although I am concerned with the defensive play of the secondary and our depth for other positions is also a concern. Like Coach Schwartz says we don't want to say when were healthy were a good football team, we want to say when we get injured were a good football team.

That is why depth is important! Although it is not as bad as it was a couple of years ago depth is still a concern with the Linebacker Corp and Secondary. How do other players respond and step up their game if heaven forbid Delmas or Levy are out for the season. They have been very active in bringing in players to fill secondary positions. As of this post here is the current DB (Defensive Back) roster.

40 Aaron Berry CB
32 Dre' Bly CB
39 C. C. Brown SS
26 Louis Delmas FS
33 Jonathan Hefney CB
23 Chris Houston CB
29 Eric King CB
43 Randy Phillips S
36 Paul Pratt CB
25 David Roach FS
38 T. J. Rushing CB
30 Ko Simpson FS
42 Amari Spievey CB
24 Jonathan Wade CB
41 Dante Wesley FS

31 Jack Williams CB (Active/PUP)

As we get closer to the regular season I will give you all my prediction of projected starters and back-ups. I do apologize that my posts are as of late few and far between. As the seaon is upon us I should post more frequently although sometimes it may be tough because of the election season. I am also planning on doing a Mortal Kombat Bracket, NFL Mascot Edition pretty soon! Should be quite funny.

Tomorrow night we are set to play our second pre-season game against Saint Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos although it is doubtful that Tebow sees the field due to sore ribs. It'll be a fun game to watch I am certain of. Not sure what the line is not that also matters but I'm hopeful to see more of our defense in action. Speaking of defense. DT Ndamukong Suh's debut was pretty solid. Although he did not have any tackles or sacks he was occupying two blockers. The Pittsburgh offensive line was obligating two Offensive Linemen to block him and that only frees up other DLine men to attack their QB. That is why we should feel encouraged with our revamped DLine we can finally get to the Quaterback and make them have a seat on the turf.

Next week I'll recap the Lions Broncos game and look at our Linebacker Corp. That is the only other area of major concern that we'll need to look at before the regular season begins. Well my Lionettes it has been a really long day and I am very tired. Enjoy the game tomorrow night remember kick-off is at 9:00 p.m. and should be carried on your local Fox Affiliate. Until next time keep the faith believe that there is hope on the horizon and last but certainly not least GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!