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this has to be our best chance to win, we really have to put pressure on Stafford
this has to be our best chance to win, we really have to put pressure on Stafford
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Re: Calvin Johnson inactive for Lions against Rams
I don't know why, but I haven't been too worried about a win this week. Normally, I am digging for every bit of Rams news, checking out the odds and point spread, but this week, I haven't worried about it.
The news about Calvin Johnson sitting on the bench just makes me wonder if this is an omen that the losing streak ends TODAY.
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Re: Calvin Johnson inactive for Lions against Rams
well i dont like players missing time through injuries but on this losing streak we have been on..nobody outside the Ram Nation mentions our own injuries. so screw all that...in the words of the God amongst men in the hearts of all Raider haters,Al Davis....JUST WIN BABY!!!
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Re: Calvin Johnson inactive for Lions against Rams
i would have loved for the Rams to have faced Stafford and Johnson and still won, but at the moment id rather give Quincy Butler an easier time in his first start!!@EssexRam_Comment
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Stafford practices with Lions Tuesday
1 hour, 15 minutes ago
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP)—Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz wasn’t about to tip his hand about the recovery of quarterback Matt Stafford.
Stafford wasn’t much more forthcoming himself as the Lions returned to practice Tuesday after their bye week.
The rookie quarterback has missed the last two games with a knee injury, and with backup Daunte Culpepper (hamstring) also at less than 100 percent, Schwartz is going to make the St. Louis Rams try to prepare for Stafford, Culpepper and third-stringer Drew Stanton.
“Absolutely nothing,” said Schwartz, when asked what he would reveal about Stafford’s participation in Tuesday’s practice. “I do think the bye came at a good time for getting people healthier, and everyone was able to at least do something, but that’s as far as I will go.”
Stafford took part in the individual drills that are open to the media, but acknowledged that he wasn’t fully involved in the full-team portion of the session.
“I was limited,” he said. “I didn’t get all the reps, but I took a few. This is the most I’ve done on it, and it felt pretty good.”
Stafford, though, knows that he’s been down this road before. The last time he tried to go through most of a practice, the knee swelled and he had to have a second MRI.
Stafford’s biggest target, Calvin Johnson, is also recovering from a knee injury. He was limited to playing catch on the sidelines with a Lions staffer during the early portion of practice.
“I did exactly as much as coach said I did,” Johnson said. “I feel a lot better than I did a week ago, so I’m definitely optimistic, but I’m not positive. I’ll see what I can do tomorrow.”
Schwartz was equally close-mouthed about the left guard position, which was being manned by longtime tackle Jon Jansen in early drills Tuesday. Daniel Loper and Manny Ramirez have split time at the position in Detroit’s first six games.
“I’ve never played anything but tackle in an NFL game, but I’ve practiced all over the line,” said Jansen, an 11-year veteran. “I’m anxious to take any opportunity I can to get on the field.”
The move puts Jansen next to left tackle Jeff Backus, his college teammate at Michigan.
“It’s great playing next to Jeff, because I know him so well and we’ve worked together,” Jansen said.
The pair played together until Jansen finished his college career in 1998.
“I’m excited to be out there next to Jon,” Backus said. “The last time we played on an offensive line was 10 or 11 years at Michigan. I know what kind of player he was then, and I know he wants to show people that he can still be that type of player now.”-10-27-2009, 04:32 PM -
Hey Rammers!
Don't know about you all but I am going to the Lions game next Sunday (as its an easy drive from Canada). I think this is going to be our 3rd win of the season, as long as we bring pressure towards their QB. Should be fun!
How many of you guys will be there in attendance?-10-04-2010, 07:37 PM -
Calvin Johnson WR Georgia Tech. In other news, Ford Field has apparently been burned to the ground...
In all seriousness, the Lions beat the 'boys but lose Brady Quinn(assuming they would have drafted him). This franchise just can't catch a break.-01-01-2007, 11:04 PM -
Lions hope to extend Rams’ 17-game losing streak
By LARRY LAGE, AP Sports Writer
Oct 31, 12:04 am EDT
DETROIT (AP)—Somebody’s got to win, right?
Detroit, which has one victory since enduring the NFL’s first 0-16 season, is hosting the winless St. Louis Rams, who might have their best shot to avoid joining the Lions in league infamy, in an oddly intriguing game.
“Both of us are hungry for a win,” Lions linebacker Julian Peterson(notes) said.
Starving, really.
The Lions quietly slipped out of the national watch of terrible teams when they finally won a game in Week 3, snapping a 19-game losing streak and ending talk about the possible pursuit of Tampa Bay’s league-record 26-game skid.
Detroit hasn’t won since beating Washington, though, and its 2-28 mark since the middle of 2007 matches the worst 30-game record in league history.
The Rams are winless through seven games and if they don’t beat the Lions, they might be bad enough to replicate Detroit’s unenviable achievement with an 0-16 year and match the Buccaneers’ mark for futility set during the 1976-77 seasons.
Detroit running back Kevin Smith figures the Rams are looking at the matchup as their week to finally win.
“If I’m St. Louis, I’m saying, `OK, you’ve got a 1-5 Lions team that went through our situation last year, let’s try to get a jump start on our season with a win versus the Lions,”’ Smith said. “You have to anticipate that’s what they’re thinking.”
Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo insisted that’s not the case.
“We don’t go there,” Spagnuolo said.
The message has sunk in with his players.
“Records in the NFL mean very little,” quarterback Marc Bulger said. “Arizona was 9-7 last year and I don’t think anyone gave them a chance of going to the Super Bowl. You treat every week like it’s own Super Bowl and I think that’s what coach is trying to preach to us.”
The Lions have a chance to get their top two players back on offense— receiver Calvin Johnson and quarterback Matthew Stafford—after both missed games with injured right knees.
“Calvin obviously changes the game,” Detroit coach Jim Schwartz said. “He changes not only our offense, but he changes the way defenses play.
“The strides that Matt had made early in the season, he needs to be able to pick that back up again.”
Stafford, the No. 1 pick in the draft, said he learned something while he was relegated to standing on the sideline.
“It was tough watching, I don’t really like it,” he said. “You feel like you learn more playing than you do just sitting there watching because you’re so much more in tune.”
The Rams are out of sorts on both sides of the ball, especially when they have it inside opponents’ 20. They have scored on just half of their...-10-31-2009, 06:11 PM
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