High(er) hopes

[Jimmer]

The first team looked good.
The rook Alexander got a pick.
Duckett hammered a couple and got a TD.
Simms got a pick in the redzone.
I started saying 0-16, revised that to 4-12. I'll stretch it to 5-11 now.
:lol:

[thousandcasts]

I definitely have higher hopes for this season, but I'll keep them in check until I see how they do in the regular season.

I didn't see R. Williams or Furrey in the boxscore--did they not play last night? I didn't happen to get the game on the radio until the end of the first quarter.

[MEL]

The first team looked good.
The rook Alexander got a pick.
Duckett hammered a couple and got a TD.
Simms got a pick in the redzone.
I started saying 0-16, revised that to 4-12. I'll stretch it to 5-11 now.
:lol:


The Superbowl is in Phoenix this year. Just thought I'd let you know so you can start making your plans:dizzy:

[Ranger Ray]

Lions Suck!

[Munsterlndr]

They held out a lot of the starters last night, with minor injuries. Williams (hamstring) Furrey (Knee) Edwards (ankle). The injuries are not severe, they are just being careful. No sense losing a starter before the season

Pre-season is mostly about evaluating talent before the final roster cuts. While it's fun watching them and there are encouraging signs, you can't really tell how they are going to perform until the regular season starts.

That being said, the Cleveland fans have got to be geeked about Brady Quinn after last nights game. For a rookie, he looked pretty composed out there.

[Joe Archer]

That being said, the Cleveland fans have got to be geeked about Brady Quinn after last nights game. For a rookie, he looked pretty composed out there.

The Lions were up by three scores with little time on the clock so they had third stringers playing the "prevent". They didn't even cover the back out of the back field and that accounted for 80% of Quinn's yardage. He looked good, but I could have made those throws.
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[live2fishdjs]

The Lions were up by three scores with little time on the clock so they had third stringers playing the "prevent". They didn't even cover the back out of the back field and that accounted for 80% of Quinn's yardage. He looked good, but I could have made those throws.
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I'm a big fan of Quinn (I mean he's no Drew Stanton, buuuuttt:dizzy:), and think he will be a great NFL QB...that said how can you take away from him what he did his first time walking on a pro football field after only a few days in training camp? Give he and the O Coordinator for the Brown's credit for picking apart the defense and taking the open pass-that's what QB's are supposed to do-pass to open receivers.

I'm a Lion's fan and glad they won, but it was fantastic seeing Quinn on the highlight reel again.

[radiohead]

Cornbread! Cornbread!

[doublell]

I'm a big fan of Quinn (I mean he's no Drew Stanton, buuuuttt:dizzy:), and think he will be a great NFL QB...that said how can you take away from him what he did his first time walking on a pro football field after only a few days in training camp? Give he and the O Coordinator for the Brown's credit for picking apart the defense and taking the open pass-that's what QB's are supposed to do-pass to open receivers.

I'm a Lion's fan and glad they won, but it was fantastic seeing Quinn on the highlight reel again.
:yeahthat: Hey the ND haters are like the Bush haters any association real or imagined is fair game to pile on. If Quinn had gone 3 for 17 they would be saying the kids no good see we told you he's a bust etc etc.. It was obvious the Cleveland fans like him and he did not disappoint them. Cleveland got a STEAL when the got him and my guess is he will be paying dividends for the Browns long after most of the Lions recent drafts are but a bad memory.

[Joe Archer]

...Give he and the O Coordinator for the Brown's credit for picking apart the defense and taking the open pass-that's what QB's are supposed to do-pass to open receivers.....

Yep! They took the bait! The Lions were basically saying "go ahead, hit the back out of the back field and run out the clock for us". In the NFL the prevent seems to fail more than it succeeds, but keeping everything if front of you and running out the clock is precisely what it is designed to accomplish. Usually, I say it "prevents" those who run it... from Winning! Saturday it worked for the Lions.
Seriously, I could have made those passes myself and I am 48 years old! Brady Quinn's future is yet to be determined. Call it in the air.....
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[CMR]

...that said how can you take away from him what he did his first time walking on a pro football field after only a few days in training camp?

Simple, he played against the 4th string Lion players...the ones that are fighting for jobs.
Yup, they made him look real good.

Put him up against 1st stringers and see what he can do. :lol:

[Munsterlndr]

Sure Quinn was playing against third stringers in a prevent defense and that's bound to make anyone look good. But he did a good job with clock management, spiked the ball when he was supposed to and got the ball to the receivers. I thought he did a good job for a rookie.

Guys have been upbeat about Orlavsky and O'sullivan, remember that they were mostly in against 2nd & 3rd string defenses, too.

[live2fishdjs]

4th string or not they are still pro players right? He's a 3rd string QB.

I didn't say he was taking the Browns to the big one this year, I'm just saying he is going to be a good QB...I honestly hope he doesn't get thrown into the fire right away and has a chance to learn the game at the pace of many of the great QB's who didn't start out as starters.

Joe-can't wait to see you suit up and throw some completions-at 48 you'd get quite the publicity, until you took your first sack...you may want to take your head out of the cornbread oven. Give Quinn one more set of downs at the end or put him in earlier and the Lions would have lost with that "prevent defense".

[y2ba]

I remeber another quarterback that did something similiar in his first preseason against Baltimore and he picked them apart. After that he never even nibbled anyone apart on the field...remember who he was???????????? Lets hope Brady doesnt go the same way as Jonathan Joseph Harrington did. Of course...Brady does seem a little like a "strawberries and wine" guy as well.

[Joe Archer]

Joe-can't wait to see you suit up and throw some completions-at 48 you'd get quite the publicity, until you took your first sack...

Heck, I can still wing it 50 - 60 yards in the air..... with some "touch" even.
Unless they are going to pay me the 17 million/season that they payed Quinn... The only way I am passing to the back out of the back field.... is "touch" football amyway.. :lol:

Don't get me wrong, I liked Quinn. He very well may be a decent QB one day. I still would have taken Stanton in the second round over Quinn in the first. I put the odds at even that either of these guys can become franchise type quarterbacks. If Quinn starts this year, you can be sure that Cleveland will be picking in the top ten in next years draft. Besides Rothlesberger and Marino.... very few rookie QB's succeed as starters.
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