Just a few thoughts here: 1) In his first two games, Stafford was missing receivers by overthrowing them. In this game, he missed several receivers by underthrowing them. Is this more of an indication that he's dialing in his accuracy, or that he can't hit the broad side of a barn? 2) Pettigrew and Delmas played well. This alone gives me more hope for the Lions under Mayhew (than under Millen, but there was never any hope for the Lions under Millen, so that's a pointless statement.) 3) Our coaching staff, which I also entertain some hope for, needs to step up. We just got beat up by a team running a West Coast offense and a Cover 2 defense. I don't remember seeing them do anything on offense or defense that was unexpected, but we couldn't handle it. Ugh. 4) I knew that Matt Millen was the Bernie Madoff of the Detroit Lions, but it's beginning to look like he's left a curse behind for us to deal with. This last game was the hardest loss I've ever had to swallow, personally. How the hell do we turn over the entire coaching staff (ignoring Kwan, which seems the best option) and 60% of the team and still play EXACTLY the same as last year? I could swear i was watching the Marinelli version of this team for the last 3 quarters. It was uncanny, and possibly paranormal.
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