St. Louis Rams Vs. Detroit Lions: Early Preview

James Butler tackled for a safety.

I got a feeling they are going to show up on Sunday. They have some play makers on offense and will be a good test for our D.

Leon was trash talking Donnie during pregame warmups. Donnie butted his hat on Leon’s mask and shut him up quick! Nice to see the players taking no B.S from anybody. The team is adopting a smack you in the mouth attitude that I love. The D is playing as one unit, it is great to see.

this will be a awesome match up. I think the lions are seriously underrated i mean they almost beat the packers for goodness sakes and should have beat the chicago bears. To me it’s anyones game the rams have some momentum coming in but the lions have some real playmakers and are hungry for a win. I want to see bradford tear it up and show suh why he was the #1 pick. No dis to suh im still a fan of him.

Though the win-loss record doesn’t show it, they’re a much better team than they were last year, with more playmakers on both sides of the ball.

Their pass rush has been particularly impressive, and the combination of Calvin and Best is scary. Two of the NFL players most likely to make me say “wow”. Despite having Stafford on my fantasy team, I hope he sits this next one out or plays tentatively.

On the other hand, their defense (particularly against the pass) is still pretty hideous and needs to be exploited.

I wish Schwartz and the Lions nothing but the best in every week but this next one. Now let’s crush them.

of what Best is going to do next week.

It’ll be a test for our defense for sure.

Look who they have faced this season. They about punched the Packers in the mouth for their first win. I certainly think the Rams can beat them and I hope they do, but if they dont, I wont get to bent out of shape about it.

They are more talented than the Rams. The Rams have to beat them with Discipline and the details and let the lions shoot themselves in the foot. The Rams should be able to manage that I mean we were the kings of that in previous years…hell a couple games ago.

I hope the Rams take the lions very seriously. We of all people should understand what a winless team like that is capable of.

This seems like the perfect time for a letdown against a team that’s hungry for a win.

However, I also have the feeling that Steven Jackson is going to come out and get 150 yards again and we’ll run away with the victory, setting up SJ39 for the Rams record at home against the Chargers. We’ll see. Their run defense is horrible, and they don’t defend the pass real well, but I think their D will come out ready to play. Hopefully we match that intensity. If we can contain Jahvid Best, we should be fine. The Lions are improved, but still are bad.

we blew 7 points on that Clifton Ryan fumble in the 5 yard line and lost by 4, then we blew 3 points with that Josh Brown missed field goal and lost by 2. As ugly as those first two games were, just those two plays would have put us at 4-0.

This game will be a test for our pass blocking, this Detroit defensive line can rush the passer very well. I’m hearing that Suh is struggling a bit against the run but his 3 sacks shows that the pass rush is there. I think SJax will be the one to lead us to victory in this one.

They are hungry, have great players at skill position, and are at home.

That being said, the Rams keep getting noticeably better after every game. I expect this one to be a nail-biter.

They definitely have had no problem putting up points. Even with Shaun Hill at QB. Against the Packers and Eagles no less!

I mean that. Us Lions fans know as well as you guys do how it feels to be a doormat for the last three or four years. Hopefully both our franchises are turning the corner away from that. We are looking at this game as a great chance to win our first game [we have already said that three times this season, most of us wrote off the Green Bay game], not because your team is a pushover [obviously not] but because we are home after playing three of four on the road. I think you guys appreciate the importance of home field to a young team and rookie QB.

I think the game will be very close with the team that makes the most plays getting the win.

Note: I hope all the “Don’t pick a QB at # 1” naysayers have had their eyes opened by Bradford’s play. It is difficult to believe how large an impact a quality QB can have on your team. Looks like you guys have a keeper there.
Lets hope for a good competitive game with no injuries. We still have eleven games to play after this one.

We need to contain Best and always know where Suh is.

Remember, Bradford cost Suh somewhere between 10 and 20 million dollars. He’s likely inclined to take it out of Bradford’s ass if he can.

I would be lieing if I said I thought that the Rams would improve this much so soon

its lying so i guess if you didn’t know, then editing wouldn’t have made a difference (spellcheck though?)

It should come to no surprise that these two teams have been compared to each other, for a couple years now.

you meant no one’s but still if you glossed over it, you would have noticed it…

The Lions didn’t know that Josh Brown was Peyton Manning’s third cousin,twice removed, and he was practicing that throw since he has been in the league

spacebar helps – and that he was practicing that throw since he joined the league – last part is nitpicky, but i had to re-read that sentence three times

The Lions have been playing great football, and hasn’t been out of any game until it was offically over well besides the Vikings game.

The Lions have been playing great football, and they haven’t…. man

sorry im so picky but i don’t want a front-page posts to have this many grammatical errors… call me a grammar Nazi if you want, but its not your writing, its your grammar (that’s a good thing too, i’d rather this than the other way around…)

The spellcheck on here sucks compared to Microsoft Word, I appreicate the grammer help though. Also sometimes (seldomly) it doesn’t save my changes. Thanks for the help I will work on it next time.