Nobody should ever call Theismann the biggest windbag in the business as long as Phil Simms is calling games.
It was disappointing to see Dre Bly blow it in last night's game... nice to see he's still hurting the Lions even after being shipped out of town. Still seems surreal to me that the Lions had a shot at first in the division this late in the season. We'll see if they can keep it up, but they seem to have a lot of the intangibles in place. They're not the most talented team out there, that's for sure, but Marinelli seems to have them playing for each other. They just plain outscrap their opponents for victories.
Denver-Detroit is a very intriguing matchup for next week, even though it'll probably get no hype. The Lions will probably try to run it a lot, as they've been doing recently. I don't think they're going to want to risk the INT's with Bailey and Bly back there. With Bly, there could be a revenge factor as well. Cutler is an interesting one.... he seems to go dormant for large portions of the game, and wakes up just when required. The Lions defense has been turnover happy this year, we'll see if they can make a young QB pay for his inexperience.
The Broncos probably play better fundamental football, which is why I would give them the edge, but Detroit has yet to lose at home. Looking forward to it (while the rest of the world eagerly anticipates the Manning V Brady Bowl).
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