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A few notes: the '09 Lions are much better than the '08 Lions. They will win a couple more games. Stafford is going to be a big-time quarterback, provided he stays healthy and learns to put a little more air under a few of his throws (he's always tended to throw flat passes, which is a little easier to get away with in the SEC than the NFL). Assuming they can get a mild upgrade at the end of the season, they will be a team to be taken seriously in '10. They're just not there yet.
Is it better to be lucky or good in the NFL? I think it's a moot point when the outcome is a win. The Bears have definitely exploited some lucky breaks, but they're 3-1 headed into a bye week. The bye week couldn't have come much sooner with a few of the injuries on both sides of the ball.
Peyton Manning may be quietly putting together the best season by any quarterback ever. If you watched him on Sunday, he reinforced his side of the argument that he understands the game better than anyone else involved in it.
The '08 Lions are about to be eclisped by the '09 Rams as the worst team in the history of the NFL. That includes a lot of the 70's "Aints".
Brady Quinn looked very courageous carrying that clipboard yesterday.
How bad is the Raiders season about to get? Not only are they sucking almost as badly as the Rams, but they're about to lose their head coach for an extended period. Cable is probably going to get arrested for punching his assistant Randy Hanson, breaking Hanson's jaw. Even better, the real culprit is probably Al Davis since Hanson was suspected of being Davis' spy on the coaching staff and sewing dissention among the staf. It's getting to the point that the NFL needs to force Davis to sell, even though it means basically firing a Hall of Fame owner. Sad really.
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