Thread: Lions up next... so how do we set about going 3-2?

Dont do what Dallas did.

In fact dont do what we currently have been doing.

Despite the win over Caro.

What, choke?

Trouble is these rejeuvenated running OL (Omiyale excluded) and Forte are going to come up against a tougher test in the form of Suh, Fairley and co. It's going to get harder to manage the clock if by some stroke of luck we've built a similar lead.

We learned we have ball control up against a gunslinger.

And ALOTTA ball control at that.

No way to expect 200+ from Forte every week.

Be fun to see what Barber does if he ever shows up.

I think the Lions will be playing us at a good time... pumped from the comeback win in America's Armpit and at home to a team with weaknesses that on paper the Lions are as best placed as they've ever been to exploit.

The Lions have won eight straight regular season games including the end of last season. I know we've gone 1-2 against three straight 2010 playoff teams, but I think this matchup will be as tough as anything we've faced.

Good to see the Lions and the Queens switch places in the division, but this is going to be an uphill battle without the likes of Bennett, Carimi and Harris, such is our lack of depth.


Oh, and the answer for the Bears is the same as it's ever been... win the battles in the trenches... Peppers needs to give Stafford nightmares and the OL and coaching staff need to find a way of releasing Forte from the backfield attentions of Suh and co. Today was a major improvement from Tice in terms of blocking schemes and the OL (minus Omiyale) in terms of blocking, plus Martz in terms of running the damn ball. Just got to hope that we're in contention for long enough that Martz doesn't revert to previous form.

Originally Posted by jackiejokeman

Dont do what Dallas did.

In fact dont do what we currently have been doing.

Despite the win over Caro.

Yeah, don't score less points right? We win every time we score more points, like today, I think????

Seriously don't do what we've been doing for the last three weeks. We can't let them keep the football for 35 to 40 minutes of the game. We'll lose by 40 points if we do.

We couldn't stop Steve Smith with Tim Jennings today and they're about the same size, so how are we gonna stop a 6'5" 236 lb Calvin Johnson with the same 5'8" 185 CB? I start building my defensive game plan around that thought tonight. I hope Marinelli's a night owl because that would keep me up all night long.

After that I'm gonna be thinking about how I don't want another RB averaging 8+ yards per carry like DWill did today or even 5+ yards per carry like Grant did last week. That problem should be under Brian Urlacher's pillow tonight since most of those yards came through the middle where he plays.

And finally our fearless OC and Mike Tice should be looking for a combination of things that keep Suh from trying to take off Jay Cutler's head at the shoulders like he tried to do last year.

That should keep the coaching staff and team captains pretty busy this week.

Basically we need to operate a ball control attack and keep the ball away from Detroit anywhere past mid-field. From there on in Calvin Johnson is a big time threat to put up 6 points. The only way we win this game is by scoring over 30 points because after what I saw today we're gonna have a hell of a time keeping them under 30. We also usually play like shit in Detroit so they have that going for them to.

The way they've been playing the last four weeks our best bet is to hope they get overf confident and screw up at home kinda like we've been doing. It's either that or hope that Stafford, Best and Johnson all have the worst games of their career at the same time.

Originally Posted by motownbear

its as easy as 1 2 3

1. quadruple team Suh

2. quadruple team Cj

3. dont turn the ball over

VICTORY!!!!! lol

How about some chloroform soaked gauze?