| 21 September 2009
Sorry for the delay in posting my what's going to be relatively short thoughts on another Lions loss. On Sunday night I was felled by, and still feeling the effects of today, some sort of illness caused by a virus/the flu/watching bad Lions football. My best guess? The flu. Then again, the Lions make me feel sick every Sunday...
Now, without further adieu...
TWFE's WEEK 2 FACEPALM AWARDS
Facepalm #1 and 2 - Matthew Stafford: Why a double facepalm? check out the following from my live blog:
Stafford is going to throw again...DOUBLE FACEPALM. Stafford forces the throw, Greenway steps in front and takes it deep into Detroit territory at the 16. Merry Christmas and fuck us all.
So 2 more picks, ugly ones at that, guarantees you a Double Faceplam award. At this point, maybe I should call them the "Matthew Stafford Memorial Facepalm Award," as I see a weekly Facepalm in Stafford's future...at least as long as he stays under center this season. I keep telling myself Stafford's a young QB, and he's going to need time, and lots of it. Then I see Matt Sanchez's stats, and 2-0 record with the Jets...FACEPALM.
Facepalm #3 - Jeff Backus: His allowing Jared Allen to take a free and unblocked shot at Stafford, separating the Lions' rookie from the football (and nearly his head from his body), setting up another Vikings score, was Facepalm worthy. How on earth could you could miscommunicate the blocking scheme on the Vikings' best lineman is beyond me, but that is exactly what Backus claimed. Dude, you're so getting a facepalm!
Facepalm #4 - NFL Referees: The Lions, once again, found themselves on the short end of an NFL referee’s bad call. This one was a phantom chop block called on Gosder Churilus. Replays showed, one, it was a legal cut block as the Vikes lineman was not engaged with a Lions blocker above the waist, and two, it was Stephen Peterman who made the block, not Cherilus. Either way, it was a blatantly blown call. NFL referees have raised incompetence to a facepalm worthy art form.
Facepalm #5 - Kevin Smith: If there is such a thing as a momentum changer, your fumble early in the 2nd was it. Running hard doesn't make a difference when you put the ball on the turf deep in your own territory. It'll get you a facepalm every single time.
Matthew Stafford Memorial Facepalm - Brett Favre: In leading the the Vikings to a pair of wins, the Wrangler pitchman is being hailed as a "game manager." Isn't "game manager" a derogatory term inferring "you aren't good enough to make plays on your own?" If the shoe fits...
Larry Foote Commemerative Facepalm - Larry Foote: He's far too good for this team full of wannabe's, usedtobe's and never-gonna-be', the only defender who has been making, as I like to call them, "plays." I'm sure Foote gives himself a faceplam every time he thinks about just how ugly a football situation it has become in his hometown.
On second thought, maybe I do have the Lions flu. I wasn't feeling anywhere near this crappy while watching the Wolverines...
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