Week 2 - Green Bay Packers vs Detroit Lions

Sometimes all we have is hope and sometimes the hope we cling to is a thread, a very, very thin thread. The thread of hope I cling to is frayed and looks like it might be about to snap. This thread of hope is about 40 years old now so you would expect the thread to be old and worn out. You may wonder what is on the other end of this thread of hope or you may already know, it's the Detroit Lions. I don't know why this thread hasn't broke by now and if it doesn't break soon I just might end up cutting it with a pair of shears.

Now mind you there are ways to fix it but the problem is only the Detroit Lions can fix it and I am not sure they can do it. How can they fix this thin thread of hope and start to make it into a thick rope? How about start by finishing the season at or above .500. From here make the playoffs and maybe just maybe actually win a playoff game. Then we can start to dream Super Bowl. Just imagine if the Lions won the Super Bowl the celebration in downtown Detroit. It may not equal the Cubbies if they ever win the World Series but it would be close.

After last weeks debacle in Atlanta where the worse team in the NFL last year manhandled the Lions little hope was left for the rest of the year. I mean how can you give up 7.6 yards per carry and three of those carries was the quarterback taking a knee at the end of the game. How can you allow the worse team in the NFL to set a new franchise record for rushing? How can you let a rookie quarterback playing his first game in the NFL complete his first pass for a 74 yard touchdown? Where are these great wide receivers of the Lions? And why aren't the Lions utilizing them more? Where are this years draft picks? Are the picks so bad that they can't even start on a team like the Lions? That whole game was an embarrassment for a Lions fan.

The Packers, whom the Lions play on Sunday, looked like the same old Packers of the last 16 years. Their defense was good and the offense looked like it never missed a beat even though Brett Farve is gone. Aaron Rogers even threw a couple of passes like Brett would throw.

It's just like the old saying goes "The more things change the more they stay the same." With that being said this weeks prediction Lions 31 Packers 17. That's right you read that right, Lions 31 Packers 17. Why would I pick the Lions? Only by gut feeling. I have a theory (one of many when it comes to picking winners and most don't mean a thing) when picking NFL teams; when a team is on the road and loses bad watch out when they come home to play. They usually play with a chip on their shoulder and they go out with something to prove. Same holds true in reverse when a team comes off a good home game and goes on the road, especially after playing on Monday night, they can have a let down. That is my hope for this week no matter how thin the thread may be getting.

Let the laughter begin.