Lions Feast on Panthers 49-35

but this is simply our team this year; we are loaded with talent at several spots, but we lack depth and solid players in places. We do not have the pieces at the moment to be a consistent football team. Bright, bright future though.

Blame to go around after the start of the second half. We are simply not good enough to win games right now. Hopefully after next week we can win our third game… I mean, the colts can’t be that good… can they?

How you can play so good in the 1st the you forget how to defend in the 2nd…. It’s ridiculous

the offense scored 35 points. On the negative side – our defense gave up nearly 50 points. It’s a tough pill to swallow since we’re accustomed to the defense being robust and bailing out the offense, but it’s just not the case this season. We’re missing key cogs to the machine – that’s just all there is to it.
I’m saddened by the loss, but not disappointed. A lot of people are going to point to Cam as one of the reasons we lost, since he threw 4 interceptions. But, he’s just trying to force the ball down the field. Not to mention, 2 of those were off tipped passes. In short time, he’s had his ups and downs – but as he matures, I think we’ll see just what an utterly amazing player he will become.
Our defense on the other hand…I don’t know where to begin. They were doing their jobs in the first half, then took the second half off. I don’t think this one can be on the coaches though. I think we just need to draft smart and get some quality FAs in there to compete, regardless of who comes back post-injury.
The offense scored 35 points – which is enough to win most games. However, as someone pointed out in the game thread, the O-line got their lunch money taken by the Lion’s D.

A 2nd WR would do so much to open up our run game and take the pressure off Smitty. Be it a Veteran like Vjax, Djax or Bowe. Or be it a rookie like Blackmon. Then again Lafell is still making big plays. I just want to see Lafell play a full game as a no 2 and see how good he is for the whole game.

After today’s game im very nervous about the Colts. With Miami now having 3 wins and no longer a threat to land the no 1 pick and the Vikes and Rams no threat to draft Luck, I see the Colts trying to win a game or 2 now to restore some pride and self worth now that they can afford to and still land the 1st pick.

Next week i forsee another Panther loss.

I enjoyed the game today. We’re learning things as a team and as individual players. Our defense could use an injection of talent at virtually every level. I thought that Keiser played well in a limited role and at times Senn & Neblett looked very good. Defense started off strong and forced some TO’s and ST’s got a taste of what blocking was like and what can happen when players due their duty. It sucks, and it is not going to be solved over night but we have a good staff of coaches that are going to promote, acknowledge and encourage hard work (Keiser, Pilares, Neblett) & will not tolerate apathy.

I do the best that I can to evaluate our players but very few of us really know what our coaches see in the guys they inherited and who will still be around. We’ve got a few more weeks, our easiest matchup of the season & then several months to evaluate. Lets keep our heads up throughout and cheer for the best!

Why must you keep doing this to me? Get my hopes up, and then crush them… I hate this. Last season the losses didn’t affect me at all really, because I had completely given up on the team, and had waited for the next season. They aren’t allowing me to do that this year, and continue to break my heart week after week…

Offensive tackle has officially moved up to nearly DT/LB priority level this offseason. Gross has been a great LT for years, but he’s getting up there a little in age and it shows. Vanden Bosch had his number most of the game. At this point in the season I feel I can safely assume things that are going on are a trend for the most part. Gross has been getting beaten badly a couple times a game. He plays great most of the game, but a couple times this year, let’s face it, he’s been dominated. I don’t feel he’s a Pro Bowl caliber LT anymore. Certainly above average, but no longer elite. I’ve been touting Zack Brown as our 1st round pick, but with the losses mounting, Matt Kalil makes the most sense IMO. Move Gross over to RT to finish out his career and give Kalil the duty of protecting Cam’s blindside. That turns Byron Bell into more quality depth on the O-Line, something you can never have enough of. Gross can still do the job, but I don’t want a single finger laid on Cam.

Fua hasn’t had a single tackle in his last 5 games (he’s started in every one) and McClain has had 10 tackles in his last 3 games.

quite a few mistakes here…

Is that like shorthand for Reverse-Suh’ed?

is it possible that we can beat the Colts and also Sweep the Bucs (because they are horrible too) and then beat NO on the last game of the season because they will be resting their starters…we could possibly get to 6 wins. I think it is totally doable.