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KalineCountry[/color]]This was a great year overall for the Lions...
I think that once things start looking real good, many of us forget taking small steps to get to the ultimate goal....
those have consisted of getting a QB with a great arm, Great WR, solid D-Line, solid veteran help at a couple of positions like LB.
Next in line of improving steps are obvious, Defensive backfield, and O line, and then better depth overall.
Might be 7 months before next season, but lots of excitement in the mean time with upcoming draft, and any FA's or trades.
For years, no decades, it was usually about 1 or 2 players and crap W-L records. These past couple of years have brought more than just hope.
Confidence in Players and GM and head coach.
Since I first started following the Lions in'70, I now have come to realize this season that with perhaps the lone exceptions of Bill Munson and Greg Landry, both who would be decent second-string backups ALL of the Lions ex-QBs look like (at best) third-string backups and pale in comparison to Matt Stafford. Yeah, there was also the wuss, turnover-prone Lions QB Mitchell who deserves some consideration, I suppose, since his passing and TD records that were set nearly two decades ago, were
finally shattered by Matt this past season, but Stafford has not had anyone like Barry Sanders to hand-off to,
as well as Moore, Perriman, and Morton as wideouts, all of whom greatly helped to keep opposing defenses honest in the bargain.
Only Herman Moore truly holds a candle to Calvin Johnson, and despite his controversial performances on the field, and sophomore-ish setback season, the only players that played on the Lions DL who compare favorably to Suh, were DT Doug English, and DEs Bubba Baker and William Gay, IMO.
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