My thoughts are all over the place regarding the Lions. None of them good. So this post may feel more than a little disjointed.

1. When did I realize the Detroit Lions were in trouble?

In 1971.

But against St. Louis?

When the Lions gave up a touchdown on a Rams fake field goal near the end of the 1st half.  Be it within kicker Josh Brown's range or not, the kick would have been from 54+ yards out, The odds of making such a long attempt are minuscule. Hell, the Rams even contemplated going for it. Yet the Lions madly rushed the kick, leaving the fake open to the Rams like so much low hanging fruit, there for the picking.Which they did.

If that play isn't the past 5 decades of Detroit Lions football in a nutshell...

This loss had me wanting to toss my cookies as well...

2. As reported by John Niyo in the News, Jim Schwartz had the following to say in the post game media scrum:

"We had chances to make plays. We didn't get it done. But I don't see a trend there."

DON'T SEE A TREND? This is a 50 fucking year long TREND! A never ending trend...

I really want to believe in Schwartz, but this loss shook my confidence. You have to beat the Rams. There's no excuse. None.

The Rams were a putt within the leather, an easy layup, a can of corn, even a penalty shot against Jimmy Howard. The game was a gimme!

And the Lions blew it. Gagged like Greg Norman on the Sunday back 9 at the Masters.

3. After losing to the Rams, do you seriously believe this Lions team can win another game? The Browns at Ford Field, maybe. I don't see any other game they are capable of winning.

Not even against the Seahawks, bad as they are at 2-5. Seattle is a road game, and the Lions haven't won away from Ford Field in what feels like several generations. Plus, Matt Hasselbeck may not be what he once was, but he's still good enough to pick apart the Lions' bend, break, then bend over, defense.

From looking at the schedule, and seeing little opportunity for more than 1 more win, the Lions are on track for a top 3 draft pick. God forbid they manage to snag the first overall pick again, as it would DESTROY their salary structure and eliminate any salary cap flexibility.They would be begging teams to take the pick off their hands.

Knowing the Lions luck, I wouldn't bet against it happening.

4. The official attendance was 40,837, the smallest crowd to see the Lions since the late 80's when Darryl Rogers was wandering the bowels of the Silverdome looking to get fired and Wayne Fontes was laying the groundwork for his buffoon act.

The Lions must have done some creative counting, as from what I saw on FOX, and reading reports from hilarious and incredulous fans in the stands on Twitter, Ford Field was a barren wasteland. The place was about half full, which is 32K or so, and I'm probably being generous.

By the end of the season, this will be a legitimate question in Detroit:  What if you hosted an NFL game, and nobody came?

Well, at least we can say we're living through history. An epic fail sort of history, but history all the same.

5. If there was one good thing today, it's Zack Follett. He's going to kill someone on kick coverage. Follett's jacking up the Rams' Danny Amendola can be seen at NFL.com. I didn't get to see it live, thanks to the streaming fiasco, but all I can say is...HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!

I'm sore just from watching the hit...over and over and over.

6. The fake field goal was just more of what we've come to expect. It eas the Lions' not-so-special teams at their hilarious worst. One of the loopy commenters at Mlive put it best...

Stan Kwan needs to be fired, re-hired, kicked in the nuts, then fired again.

A-fucking-men.

FIRE KWAN!

7. Center Dominic Raolia got into it with what few fans were left at Ford Field late in the game.

Killer Kowalski at Mlive has the details:

In Detroit's final drive, Stafford had thrown four incompletions and most of the throws weren't close to a receiver. According to Raiola, the fans chanted "Hey Matt, throw it to me, I'm open, I'm open.''

Stafford just looked at them and turned away. Raiola did not turn the other cheek. While he didn't flip them off (like he did to some fans in Detroit last year), Raiola did sound off, firing a few obscenities in their direction.

Raiola did kinda, sorta apologize after the game, saying fans have a right to be upset, but he has Stafford's back.

This is different from last year's "Raiola flips off the fans" controversy.  I have no problem with his response, as the fans were being drunk asshats. They don't know shit, either. Stafford was not the reason the Lions lost.

If Stafford had receivers who could CATCH THE BALL, we aren't having this mopefest. The Lions receivers dropped a good 10 passes against the Rams.

Schwartz called out all his receivers in the post game presser:

"We had drops from all our positions, wide receivers, running backs and tight ends. We were a little bit rusty in the passing game - I'm sure that Matt (Stafford) will put all of those on himself, he'll say he could've made a better throw in all those situations - but all of them are balls that our receivers should be able to get."

If there is one player on this team, other than Calvin Johnson, the fans shouldn't get all over, it's Matthew Stafford. The players know this, and kudos to Raiola for standing up for his QB.

But fans have every right to be morons. They did pay their money...which was a moronic thing to do as well.

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