Comments on: NO LETDOWN FOR MY BELOVEDS VS. LIONS

By: CZ

CZ — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:55:19 +0000

Sure, Cutler did good. He’s got guts and skill.

But did you see Orton pull it out v. Dallas?

All this time I thought the McCaskeys couldn’t spot a good quarterback at a Manning family picnic.

By: Douglas

Douglas — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:46:31 +0000

In the pre-season, the WGN sports guy (I don’t usually watch it, I just didn’t turn the channel)was talking about cutler, and delivered one of the best lines about the bears I’ve heard in years.

“Big expectations for cutler as he’s expected to deliver something Chicago isn’t used to. He can pass short, he can pass long, and there’s even some receptions in there.”

Cracked me up.

By: P. Aaron

P. Aaron — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:01:27 +0000

I was at last week’s Lions win over the Redskins. That game was a first on many fronts: the Lions finally beat the Redskins. Their last win against Washington was during the Pleistocene. It was the first NFL game I ever attended, and they finally(!) broke their losing streak.

I don’t expect the Lions to roll over the Bears. I just want to see a game where if Chicago makes a mistake; Detroit can take advantage of it, and/or stays competitive. For a growing team that is constantly “rebuilding”, I don’t expect miracles, I just want a competitve game.

The Lions’ 2nd half performances have been worse than spotty. They held up and prevailed against Washington, but they got a ways to go against the many great NFL teams to be contending in any way.

If they win, that is a plus.

An Aside: Since this was the first NFL game I ever attended, and having 20+ years of NFL television programming to undo; I did not take my eyes off the field after each play. Instead, I was expecting any replay to just materialize in front of me (like on TV), it took about 20 minutes to get used to looking to the giant TV screens at either end-zone to watch the replays.