Detroit Lions Season At A Glance
Best Game: Detroit played to its potential on Thanksgiving, routing the Green Bay Packers 40-10.
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Best Game: Detroit played to its potential on Thanksgiving, routing the Green Bay Packers 40-10.
Jim Schwartz was hired to turn around the Detroit Lions. He did that for three seasons.
As time expired at the Metrodome Jim Schwartz must have felt the end fitting.
After his Detroit Lions delivered their final disappointing performance in a season full of them, coach Jim Schwartz lobbied for another chance.
Adrian Peterson watched the final game of Minnesota's disappointing season from the sideline, with a groin injury keeping him out.
Will they or won't they?
Some analysts, like Jay Glazer, going out on the line predicting this will be Schwartz's final performance with the team.
The Metrodome might not be the only recipient of the post-game goodbyes.
For Schwartz, the day of reckoning passed.
Sunday was a tough day all-around for Detroit Lions head coach Jim Schwartz.
"His knee and his ankle, his ankle was an issue last week, and it was an issue all week this week. He tried to contribute what he could."
Asked after the game if he responded to fans before overtime, Schwartz said no, but he condemned the booing.
Lions defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham did not explain how he believed the game might change without Cruz, but he cautioned that Cruz is not the only one to whom Manning can throw.
What's the new battle-cry for the 2013 team? "The Lions: they got around to it eventually!" or "The Lions: a team of destiny so much they didn't even try!" or "The Lions: we saved it for the playoffs, and there's a lot left!"
Not surprisingly, many believe Schwartz's job is in jeopardy. The players on his team, at least publicly, seem to be the exceptions.
Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz isn't interested in talking about his job security.
Talking with Karsch and Anderson of 97.1 The Ticket, Schwartz did not concur or disagree with that idea that his job is on the line.
It's the go-to phrase since Tony Dungy said it in the beginning of the season.
On a slippery, snow-filled field against a run-stuffing defense, LeSean McCoy had the game of his life.
"Still being evaluated," head coach Jim Schwartz said. "We'll just see where that takes us. It was sort of a freak thing."
Jim Schwartz said he feels the reputation of Suh and the Lions is in large part a construction of the media.
Erin Andrew reported Thursday that Lions GM Martin Mayhew told her Calvin Johnson has been getting his knee drained throughout the season.
We began the season with collected blood up. Jim Schwartz: On the hot seat.
"If I am blackballed from the NFL for not abiding by the structure or business model of being politically correct or being afraid ... then so be it," Jackson said.
