Schwartz Not Impressed By Play During Lions Opening Win
Despite a Detroit Lions win Sunday, coach Jim Schwartz still wants to see more from his team.
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Despite a Detroit Lions win Sunday, coach Jim Schwartz still wants to see more from his team.
Josh Freeman felt helpless watching Detroit's offense move up and down the field on Tampa Bay's reeling defense. By the time the Buccaneers offense finally got rolling against the improved Lions, it was too late.
The Lions had two big concerns coming out of training camp - stopping the run and running the ball.
In past years, the Lions would be looking to pick up the pieces entering Week 2. This year, all they need to do is clean up some loose ends after a mostly impressive 27-20 opening week win at Tampa Bay.
In a sense, the Lions had little to gain and much to lose on their trip to Tampa Bay Sunday.
It was an awesome weekend for sports in Michigan! Every single sports team won (put your hand down, CMU)! But I am going to focus on the NFL. We're off:
The Detroit Lions win their season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27-20 on Sunday.
The Detroit Lions have ruled cornerback Alphonso Smith out for Sunday's season opener at Tampa Bay.
Earlier today, rumors swirled around the Internet that LeGarrette Blount had called out Ndamukong Suh on Blount's Facebook page.
Dominic Raiola along with Matthew Stafford, Jason Hanson and Vanden Bosch were named the Lions team captains today by Jim Schwartz.
Nate Burleson is looking forward to his matchup with Bucs veteran CB Ronde Barber. "I played against Ronde my rookie year in 2002 and I remember he jammed me up," he said "I was thinking to myself, 'I am doing all right if I'm getting jammed up by Ronde Barber.
Lions coach Jim Schwartz, perhaps trying to stamp out a fire before it sparks, huddled his team at midfield early in practice on Thursday.
The main theme at Lions practice on Thursday seemed to be two-fold.
If you had to boil the 2011 season down to one sentence for the Lions it might go something like this: As long as quarterback Matthew Stafford stays healthy, the Lions have a legitimate chance to make the playoffs.
The Lions will go into the game Sunday with a very questionable running game. Jahvid Best, hampered by turf toe injuries last season, was limited late in camp by a concussion.
