Let's get this out of the way, the Lions lost on Sunday to the Texans 28-21. It's like ripping off a band aid, do it quick and it won't hurt as bad. What was the defensive game plan against the Texans? They couldn't stop Steve Slaton and Ahman Green on the ground. Those two backs were getting good chunks of yards. Matt Schaub was equally impressive through the air. He found the open spots in the Lions zone, and ran the bootleg play to perfection. It looked like the linebackers and defensive line were out of place, losing containment on every play. A few positives were the play of Dewayne White and Daniel Bullucks. These two have played better than Ernie Sims, supposedly the Lions best defensive player, for a few weeks now. The Lions also played some of their youngsters on defense. Alama-Francis, Avril, and Fluellen all made some plays during the game.
On offense the Lions couldn't block well enough to give their young quarterback any time. Orlovsky had his happy feet for a second straight game. When the announcers are even pleading with the Lions to get the ball to Calvin Johnson, you know the Lions game plan is ridiculous. Calvin needs to be thrown to at least 10 times a game. He got 4 looks I think, not enough. Kevin Smith did a good job the few plays he was allowed to run the ball, but when you're behind 21-0 you won't be running too much.
Players were allowed to be evaluated in this game, so hopefully whoever takes over this team was paying attention, because there is a lot of fat that needs to be cut on this team. The Lions need young, hungry players, who in the right schemes will be able to compete in this league, and that sure isn't happening right now.
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