Winning Ugly

The Detroit Lions pulled out a 7-3 win over the Green Bay Packers today and I swear the game felt like it was played outdoors.
To both teams credit, the defenses stepped up.
For the Lions it certainly helped that Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers had to leave the game with a concussion. DeAndre Levy also came up with a timely interception that thwarted a Green Bay scoring opportunity. It was an ugly win but I’m sure coaches, players, and fans will take a win any way they can get it.
Both teams were offensively challenged and it was the Lions that were picked apart by a short passing game. Drew Stanton wasn’t as sharp as he was last week, throwing two ill advised interceptions. I’ll give him some credit, he didn’t fold and led them to the winning scoring drive.
He (Stanton) may not be a Lion next year, but if he keeps playing well he’ll have a job somewhere.
Green Bay’s defense isn’t chopped liver and neither is Chicago’s. Stanton earned another start next week if Shaun Hill isn’t able to come back from injury. And no, Matthew Stafford shouldn’t be brought back under no circumstances.
This was a good win for the Lions as they’ve been 0 for forever in the division and actually won a game no one gave them a chance of winning.
There also wasn’t a gang of pre-snap penalties or penalties that came at a bad time. They didn’t fold when it counted and they played through mistakes.
Today, they were big, now we’ll see if they can handle a little prosperity.
The last time we thought they turned the corner they had a disheartening loss to the Jets. This time let’s see them build some momentum and translate this into a few more to close out the year. Then we can start talking about progress.