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Well no wonder Joey-Jo-Jo was a terrible QB in the NFL. He was only four feet tall! Leave it to Millen to draft a fucking midget for a quarterback! I think I see why ole’ Matty boy likes to see Kitna lying on his back too. This picture was taken just prior to Millen lifting his diminutive signal caller and giving him a mad passionate tongue kiss! Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but for Christ sake keep it off the football field! Yes sir just before the kiss and just after the wet willy.kinky sons-o-bitches! It’s truly a wonder that between Joey the Oompa Loompa as their field general and Millen the kink master slipping his moistened booger digging finger into every orifice he can find that the Lions have won any games at all, sheesh! |
Sixty-three, sixty fucking three, this is the number that represents the reason why the Lions should not have drafted Calvin Johnson (the best wide receiver since the invention of the position.I hear) with the second pick in last weekends NFL draft. Sixty-three is the reason they should have taken Joe Thomas, the highly regarded offensive lineman from the University of Wisconsin. Don’t get me wrong I do believe Johnson will be an all-world wide receiver in this league for many years to come, but sixty-three is the number of times Jon Kitna , Detroit ‘s quarterback, found himself on his ass before launching the ole’ pigskin into the wild blue yonder last season. That’s about four times a game and fourteen more than the next closest QB. How many blitzing linebackers, speedy defensive ends or bull rushing tackles is Johnson going to block in pass protection? I believe the answer to that will be zero.
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Johnson will be exciting to watch but he’s not going to be Detroit ‘s savior unless they improve in other areas first. I believe Thomas would have been the better choice for winning now and last year’s stats support my rant. Unless there’s some reason Matt Millen likes to see Kitna on his back? Huh!? |
The Lions already had an effective receiving core and no I haven’t been drinking while writing again. Just listen to this smart ass. Mike Furrey had a NFC leading 98 catches and Roy Williams had another 82. For those of you who are math retards, that would be 180 catches from the Lions starting wide receivers. How would you think these other top receiving combinations in the NFL might compare with that? Torry Holt/Issac Bruce of the St. Louis Rams , Marvin Harrison/Reggie Wayne of the world champion Indianapolis Colts , Larry Fitzgerald/Anquan Boldin from the Arizona Cardinals and TJ Houshmanzadeh/Chad Johnson of the Cincinnati Bengal’s.
It may surprise some of you to learn that besides Harrison/Wayne, who had 181 receptions, the Lions pair had more catches than any other starting duo in the entire NFL. Plus they signed an interesting free agent prospect this off season, Shaun McDonald, who has spent the last four years in St. Louis and should already be familiar with Mike Martz’s offense.
Just for my sanity I would like to compare Marc Bulger’s (Martz’s QB on his previous team, St. Louis ) to Jon Kitna ‘s (Martz’s QB on his current team, Detroit ) final stats from the 2006 season. Bulger completed 370 passes for a 62.9% completion rate, had 24 TD passes, 8 interceptions and a QB rating of 92.9. While his two starting wide outs caught just 167 of his throws. Meanwhile Kitna completed 372 passes (more than anybody else in the league, buy the way) at a rate of 62.4% with 21 TD’s against 22 interceptions for a QB rating of 79.9.
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Actual photo of Joey Harrington without his orange skinned concealing make up. Here he’s looking back in disappointment because Matt Millen has once again failed to give a courtesy reach around, poor Joey! |
The most obvious difference is the interceptions. How do you suppose everything else can be so similar and that one thing (one of the most important things) can be so different? Is Bulger that much better than Kitna? Maybe. I personally think it’s because the Rams O-line gives their quarterback that much more time to throw. Bulger was sacked 14 times fewer or about one per game less than Kitna was. Imagine if Kitna had completed 62% of those 14 that would be 8-9 more completions. Then let’s say 12 of those interceptions were because the QB had to hurry his throw. I know I know there are a lot of what ifs.
The bottom line is all my football life the simple fact that a football game is won and lost along the line of scrimmage has been one of my core beliefs. I don’t care if Kitna completes 400 passes and the trio of Williams, Furrey and Johnson catch 220 of those with 25 TD’s. If the Lions give up another sixty sacks they will throw 20+ int.’s and will not be any better than a five win team. Mark my words, because I hope I’m wrong.
My final conclusion is that Millen and Rod Marinelli (the Lions coach) know all of this and are expecting to lose again this year in the hopes of building toward the future, which has been Millen’s mantra since he was hired. That’s OK Matt take your time. I must add that I believe an elite offensive lineman would have made the Lions successful this year. How about a Super Bowl before I die guys?
Now I have to get my steel toed boots on. Someone’s taint is about to get a beat down!



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