Heavens To Megatron: The Key To Lambasting The Lions

But I think this week we start getting things rolling. Roddy gets into this game big time! But turner is the key. Putting things into perspective Green Bay, last year was 3-3 at week six also.

As I am their DLine. Frankly, I think we are going to get destroyed up front. Megatron is going to get his, hes good, but that line is a freakishly good squad.

The Lions do tend to let some huge runs go through the D-line. Gore’s two longest runs came between tackles last week.

if Hawley starts been looking at some of the games and he keeps being stood up and basically negates any kind of run up the middle. Running to the edges is going to be the better plan but knowing MM its going to be run up the gut on first down, incomplete pass on 2nd down and 4 yard pass on 3rd and 10 I hate MM

Megaton can’t do that. I hope they target him all game. I think Brent has a good game just from his body of work. When QB’s stare down their #1 Brent seems to have a good day.

I won’t take anything away from a team that was 13-3 the year before and was a sexy superbowl pick this year even. The Falcons have struggled up until recently, with their offensive line and defense being their main struggles. These 2 reasons are why Detroit will win in my opinion.

Detroit played poorly last Sunday, maybe even the worst performance I’ve seen thus far and still almost won against a really good 49ers team. Had Bobby Carpenter not overpersued the tight end in the endzone and actually helped Delmas stop him a half a foot shorter than where he landed, we would’ve won despite the poor performances. The Lions I’m sure will use that loss as motivation for this Sunday.

The Lions will, I repeat, will limit Turner’s impact on this game. Its no surprise that this offense flows through the running back so they are gameplanning to take Turner outta the equation and make Ryan beat us. Not that Ryan is a slouch, but they would just rather take their chances and having that pass rush to neutralize Ryan’s effectiveness and force errant throws will be one of the reasons we win.

Overall, the Lions offense will expose the Falcons secondary woes as Calvin will get his Sunday, and their d-line will get the best of Atlanta’s struggling o-line. Falcons will still put up a fight, but it won’t be enough to beat these Lions.

Atlanta 23, Detroit 31

with all the talk of “best in the league” Suh, is our own special DT—I speak of the USS Babineaux of course—who’s hopefully recovered enough to have his own break-out game, maybe show some folks we can play DT in the ATL just fine ourselves.

Jahvid Best is on concussion protocol and Jerome Harrison is getting treatment for his brain tumor. I hope it’s not bad form to say the Lions will have trouble running the ball.

1. The Falcons have already proven they can’t catch a cold on defense so stopping Megatron isn’t the issue. The issue is pressuring Matthew Stafford. Can the falcons play aggressive on both sides of the ball? Can we stop playing a soft zone and a soft zone blitz and play a hard blitz?

2. Turner is and will be the focus for the rest of the year, but Ryan and the crew have to make plays.

3. The offensive line will only hold up if we don’t pass for 35 plays and run for 5 in the first half. There has to be balance and that begins with running the ball and moving the chains anyway possible. That includes going for it on fourth and short.

4.The passing attack is somewhat tied to how well the run game goes. I still say Julio would probably be better in the slot at times than HD. Now, Roddy seems to be healthy, practicing fully for the past few days, but he has to step it up.

It’s So Cold in the D vs. The Crazy Marta Girl

But I think it should be mentioned that one of the reasons offensive lines have struggled against Detroit this season is simply the crowd noise at home…After years of futility, the Lions fanbase finally has a reason to make a boatload of noise. It doesn’t help that the city itself is economically depressed so the opportunity for fans to come to a game and collectively scream out their frustrations not just about the last 50 years of futility but the depressed nature of the city’s economy has proven to be quite the home field advantage.

Between Chicago and the Niners, the crowd has accounted for 15 false start penalties, not to mention a handful of illegal motions, illegal formations, and forced timeouts. If y’all have concerns about the abilities of your O-line, especially at the tackle position (it seems most of the false starts are occurring from the tackle that Kyle VB is lining up against), then this should definitely be someting on your radar for Sunday.

As a Lions fan, I can’t say there is much I have against the Falcons which is an interesting conundrum for me as a fan in this young season considering every previous week there was something that I just didn’t like about the teams we played.

I think the biggest question for us comes down to whether our offense can bounce back from their worst production of the year on Sunday. If they do what great teams are expected to do, I could see them putting up 30+.

I’m concerned because timing plays aren’t this offense’s forte.

let’s face it. we can have Optimus Grimes or Dunta whoever line up against Megatron, and even double team him, but he will get his catches. even if we manage to limit his production, Stafford has other targets, and he will complete his passes, more than likely, given how inconsistent our pass rush can be.

Turner will gain lots of yardage, but we all know how predictable MM can be. it takes a couple of bad runs by Turner (mainly when we run him up the gut) for us to abandon the run altogether. or an early multiple score lead by the lions. then we are in 3rd and longs, and praying for Ryan’s life. and we have to be realistic, if he doesn’t get rid of the ball quickly, he’ll get sacked 4-5 times.

So I agree with Dave, we can rely on Turner, but at some point Ryan will have to win it for us with his arm. all pieces of our passing game, including TG and HD, will be important, but none will be as important as establishing that Ryan-Roddy connection. assuming JJ is out, Roddy will have to stretch the field and force some double teams.

Prediction: 27-23 Falcons. and Grimes intercepts Stafford with Lions desperately trying to score a TD in the final 2 mins.

that all the talent they’ve accumulated is showing on the field…but let’s get this W this weekend.

We could very well win this game easily. That’s not to take anything away from the Lions, who are playing good football, but we’re capable of playing really, really, really good football, if we can figure ourselves out.

The Lions are playing the best ball that franchise has seen in some time, and even 2008 us was brought down to earth a few times.

That being said, I don’t know if we’ll see Championship caliber Falcons this weekend. I’ve yet to see them much, if at all, this year.

We’re still searching for a real juggernaut effort, whereas the Lions are playing juggernaut football. Something’s gotta give eventually.

a good team. You would expect that with all the high drafts. The problem is that no one knows what ATL is going to show up.

to both teams this weekend. I’ve had the opportunity to watch the Falcons a couple of times and they have been inconsistent. The Lions also have been inconsistent and are coming off of a tough loss. Unsure of how they will rebound from that, but if the Lions are truly to turn the corner they need to learn to respond from the tough losses.

Looking forward to a great game between two solid teams.

Good luck this weekend. GO LIONS!

Lions 24, Falcons 3 or
Falcons 24, Lions 17

Maybe Dunta will put a helmet on helmet on that big guy.

we win. If they fall back into their bad habits, we don’t. It’s as simple as that.