Another game bumbled away with coaching negligence. The Detroit Lions had lead the entire night, but since Jim Caldwell is afraid to let the kicker with the longest field goal in NFL history attempt a 55-yarder indoors and later a 60-yarder indoors, the Detroit Lions will come up short 16-15 over a Tennessee Titans team that they should have slaughtered. The team only turned the ball over one time, on the final desperation drive of the game. Stafford played very well. The offensive line gave him plenty of time. The team ran the ball plenty well. The receivers played like crap, dropping balls left and right, but it still should have been good enough if Jim Caldwell wasn’t cripplingly conservative.
There are no environmental factors to consider. Matt Prater made a field goal in the pre-season from 60, that would have been good from 70. Yet captain conservative is afraid to use him. Matt Prater has made field goals of 64-yards and 61-yards in his career. For fucks sake, 55-yarders are chip shots for this man.
Jim Caldwell would rather punt and play the field position game instead of putting points on the board.
The Lions acted the entire second half like they were sitting on a three touchdown lead and they could afford to play super soft. In fact, the most they ever lead by was just nine points. When the Titans have their biggest play of the night, Jim Caldwell would rather just sit on the sideline befuddled instead of calling timeout to get his defense organized. All they need is a stop and the game is over. Nope, he’d rather leave my defense out there after their getting shredded the entire fourth quarter.
The penalties were awful for both teams. Yes, the Detroit Lions lost a touchdown on a bullshit one. But at the same time, you cannot blame the referees ever and especially now when they were so bad both ways. They kept the flags in their pockets for the entire fourth quarter and just let them play, like they should have the entire night.
You can’t defend this man anymore. I don’t have the official count of games blown by coaching negligence with the man, but you seriously need to examine making a change before he blows this season.
You may call this an overreaction, but I cannot sit idly by and let Jim Caldwell blow yet another Detroit Lions season. He shouldn’t be allowed to pace the sideline next week and should be replaced immediately before he blows a game that his players earned a win in.