4th Down, 8-bits to Go | Week Two | The Thaw in Green Bay
Week two for the Detroit Lions has turned out just as good as week one, with a 42-20 whomping of the Green Bay Packers at Green Bay. With this win, the Lions take a very important lead on the NFC North, and Green Bay will be playing catch-up. The explosiveness of the Lions offense showed it's might again this week as the franchise player Barry Sanders ran for over 220 yards, and a very impressive 4 TDs. Rodney Peete proved that the Lions are not just a running team today, also, with his 100% completion stat, and connecting with Clark for his first TD pass of the season (Peete also ran in a 14-yard TD beforehand).
Although the defense allowed more points than last week, and were worst in terms of stats than last week, they did what it took to help win the game. Spielman had another big showing today with 2 sacks, and 2 TFL (tackle for loss). The Packers must have had a talk with Washington after last week, and tried to strike hard at the end of the first, but, like the Redskins last week, they couldn't quite make it as the Lions defense caught up with them.
The Lions coach spoke after the game to a key point where he felt the game was in Detroit's hands: "When Cofer got his big hands up there and blocked the extra point after their [...] first touchdown, I felt the entire crowd die, and the momentum washed up on our side of the sea". He continued: "the Packers looked lifeless after that, and it was our job to pounce on them". And pounce they did, scoring 14 unanswered points after that play.
The press conference took a turn after that, when the coach was asked about "running up the score at the end of the game": "running up the score is the most ridiculous thing you reporters can ask about. We play s 60 minute game of football, and so do our opponents. If they don't want us to continue playing, they should leave the field." And when he was asked why his QB doesn't just take a knee at the end of the game when up by such a score, the coach smiled and said "because Rod's not looking to get married, just to score." and walked out of the press conference.
Hopefully the coach's demeanor stays light-hearted next we talk to him, which will be after next weeks game again Dan Marino and the Miami Dolphins (1-1-0).
Injury Report|
- Mel Gray (PR/KR/RB#2) did not return this week, and doctors don't know when he'll be back
- Richard Johnson (WR) went down at the end of the first quarter, and was replaced by Campbell
Week 3 | Miami Dolphins (1-1-0) @ Detroit Lions (2-0-0)
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