We are going to surprise a lot of teams this year. We look good in the 1st halves of these preseason games. (the time that matters, no newsflash that we are not deep with talent) We out scored the Steelers in the 1 Quarter with our main starters only playing 1 drive. The steelers only took the lead with 1:30 left to play in the second quarter with our 2nd team in. Our Defense held strong Against the 1st team of the Steelers minus Ben, who they will be without for the 1st 4 games anyway.
Saturday We held Denver Scoreless until late in the 2nd quarter While we scored 13. Both teams let all their 1st Team players play the whole first half. Stafford was (I think) 12-16 130 yards, no picks, and a touchdown. (that's damn good for a half) Jahvid Best is averaging 5-6 yards a carry, he is freakin fast and turns a corner and is up the field in the blink of an eye. Dre Bly had a pick in the first quarter against his former teammate Kyle Orton. Good to have him back since 06. Our Defensive Front 4 pushed Denver's offensive line back each play and put a ton of pressure on Kyle. Suh pancaked his defensive lineman when he wasn't double teamed. He is going to be great. Nate Burleson is taking the pressure off of Stafford as he now he has many weapons to throw to and time to throw. Nate has great hands and goes over the middle well, no more double covering Megatron and play man to man on everyone else. Hell Our O-line gave Stafford plenty of time to throw the ball in both games. Eveyone saying our O-line is weak, bullshit, they block well for Jahvid and the announcers for Denver were commenting on how clean Stafford's Jersey was in the second quarter.
Orton picked on our DB King, our secondary is where we are lacking. I hope we can shore that up and make it a bit better. King needs to turn around and look for the ball. They had 3 Penealties for 44 yard though. They need to cut that shit out.
All in all we are going to make opponents score less this year and we are going to score more as long as the team stays healthy. We should win some games this year. Jim Schwartz and Martin Mayhew have done a great job in bringing in talent. Now it's time to see some results. No Superbowl yet, but they are not the same Lions as in 2008. You can't go from winless to division champs in only a couple years but maybe next year I think we could if we continue to build and hold on to good players. We are a young team.
Browns fans watch this weekend August 28th 5pm, you will see a different Detroit team! Maybe we can meet in the Superbowl in 2013?!