In short, yes they could.
How you ask? Well after today’s 35-19 loss to the Dallas Cowboys, the Lions lost their 26th straight road game and judging by the way they’ve been playing lately a road win doesn’t seem on the horizon anytime soon. On top of that, what about losing to a former quarterback Jon Kitna and former wide receiver Roy Williams who just a few days ago referred to this years Lions as the ‘same old Lions’. Not to mention these are two former players who were thought to of been part of darker times in Lions history.
The painful thing about what Roy Williams said is he absolutely right, these are the ‘same old Lions’ and things do not look to be getting any better.
In typical Lions fashion too they left us hopeful, my question though to Lions fans is who actually bought it? Before halftime the Lions were able to recover a fumble in Dallas territory, score a TD then in the 3rd quarter get a safety off of a Dallas holding penalty in the end zone.
After that, the mistakes for the Lions began to mount.
The Lions special teams allowed a 97 yard kickoff return from Bryan McCann. Then two plays later Lions full back Jerome Felton fumbled the ball on the Lions 19 yard line only to have Dallas recover it. Four plays later Kitna all but put the final nail in the coffin when he threw a touch down pass to Miles Austin making it 21-12.
After that the Lions attempted to claw back into it after Shaun Hill connected with Calvin Johnson on a 14 yard touchdown pass to bring the Lions within 2 points.
Like most Lions fans know at this point, one thing that you can depend on this team doing, besides losing is committing costly penalties.
On Dallas’ ensuing possession after the Calvin Johnson touch down, Ndamukong Suh was called for a controversial horse collar penalty when he tackled Dallas running back Marion Barber on a 2nd and 13 for a gain of two yards. Upon further replay, Suh actually tackled Barber by his hair not his jersey which is legal in the NFL. The problem though is these are the Lions, a team notorious for taking their fair share of penalties during a game and because of this you can’t really blame the refs for not giving them the benefit of the doubt.
After getting an automatic first down from the Suh horse collar penalty, Kitna once again made the Lions pay by throwing his third touch down pass of the day.
Now Jim Schwartz and the rest of the Detroit Lions are left wondering, is it at all possible to put any kind of positive spin on the rest of the season? It seems possible with six games left but then again these are the Lions.
Source: Mlive.com
