August 14th, 2010 at 7:39 PM ^
technical difficulties in pittsburgh...
i told them not to let roethlisburger near the camera woman...
August 14th, 2010 at 7:41 PM ^
A fair catch at the 4 yard line
August 14th, 2010 at 7:41 PM ^
quality production they have going here.
August 14th, 2010 at 7:43 PM ^
The lack of being able to see commercials was nice while it lasted though.
August 14th, 2010 at 7:41 PM ^
Technical difficulties here in BC as well. :/
August 14th, 2010 at 7:41 PM ^
3 minutes into their preseason, I can already tell the Lions are a Super Bowl team. Book it
August 14th, 2010 at 10:14 PM ^
Blonde chick at 1:50 going in for the reach-around!
August 14th, 2010 at 7:42 PM ^
The lions look mysteriously like funny military doctors this season. I am even more confused by recent draft choices now...
August 14th, 2010 at 7:43 PM ^
So, I'm watching Chad Henne throwing darts and Brandon Marshall and Fasano(?) dropping them. Henne looks good though.
August 14th, 2010 at 7:47 PM ^
and I have Cleveland-Green Bay. Woodson.
August 14th, 2010 at 7:50 PM ^
The D-Line Looks very good so far
August 14th, 2010 at 7:51 PM ^
agreed!!!! that is huge for the lions defense! good to see!
August 14th, 2010 at 8:09 PM ^
You know this is preseason and means ABSOLUTELY nothing, right?
August 14th, 2010 at 8:59 PM ^
You're doing it wrong. The score and outcome and such mean absolutely nothing, but you do realize that was the first-team defense in there with the defensive line blowing things up? The same one that's going to be in when the games count? I for one was impressed. This isn't a roll of the dice - looking good now means there's a decent chance they'll still look good when it matters.
August 14th, 2010 at 9:50 PM ^
Remember in 2008 when they looked good in preseason on their way to a preseason championship of 4-0 ?
August 14th, 2010 at 10:37 PM ^
I'm surprised some snarky person out there hasn't printed up "DETROIT LIONS PRESEASON CHAMPS" t-shirts.
August 14th, 2010 at 10:41 PM ^
"The score and outcome and such mean absolutely nothing"
He already beat you to that point. . .
August 14th, 2010 at 10:44 PM ^
You're still doing it wrong. You just don't get it. In 2008 they won four games and looked like ass in the process.
- The Giants' first two QBs completed 19-of-26 passes (that'd be against the first-string defense) and the Lions' leading rusher was Drew effing Stanton. The running game sucked ass.
- The 3rd-string offense scored 17 points in the 4th quarter against what was presumably the 4-11-1 Bengals shitty third-strong defense. The running game still sucked ass and the leading rushers were Artose Pinner and again, Drew Stanton. Dan Orlovsky played most of the game and sucked.
- They actually played decent against the 4-12 Browns.
- The Bills played some guy named Gibran Hamdan at QB for the entire game.
By contrast, you just watched our tremendously upgraded defensive line dominate the shit out of Pittsburgh's first-team offensive line. I remind you this is not Cleveland or St. Louis - the Steelers are a real actual team and that was best against best.
August 14th, 2010 at 7:54 PM ^
there's the lions i know and I love
My prediction for the season 4-12
August 14th, 2010 at 7:56 PM ^
Hooray for 4 wins!
On a side note, it's confusing being a Michigan and Lions fan
August 14th, 2010 at 7:57 PM ^
Man, the respect Suh gets as a rookie by the Steelers' O-line. Wow.
August 14th, 2010 at 8:02 PM ^
Double team on all the plays I've paid attention to Suh thus far. Yes he gets blown back a couple yards, but that'll change soon enough. Psyched
August 14th, 2010 at 8:06 PM ^
The pre-season for the Lions is phase II: The Lulling phase. You know they're going to be bad, but they just start lulling you in to thinking maybe this year will be different. This lasts about three weeks of the regular season, on average.
August 14th, 2010 at 8:07 PM ^
Detroit Lions 2008 and 2010 preseason champs, book it.
August 14th, 2010 at 8:12 PM ^
Nice play by Megatron.
August 14th, 2010 at 8:17 PM ^
Is this the Lions? I am seeing competency. Wait...Competency...YES! THE LIONS ARE COMPETENT!
August 14th, 2010 at 8:19 PM ^
The kid looks really good. He made a couple catches and put a spin move on James Farrior that was sweet. Can only hope he can stay on the field without injury because he has a lot of potential.
August 14th, 2010 at 8:21 PM ^
Anyone have a useful online stream?
Thanks in advance!
August 14th, 2010 at 8:34 PM ^
Thanks, much higher quality there than other streams I had found.
August 14th, 2010 at 8:23 PM ^
The stream is not great but it is better than nothing.
August 14th, 2010 at 8:24 PM ^
Stafford and Calvin and Best and Burleson plus the D all impressed, way to go coach Schwartz. I now officially lose interest in the game with the starters likely out the rest of the way
August 14th, 2010 at 8:41 PM ^
man, I still think Dixon should have won the Heisman if his knee didn't explode like it did in 2007.
August 14th, 2010 at 9:14 PM ^
but I think the team's perrmance after his injury should've cemented the case that he was the best player in college football that year.
August 14th, 2010 at 8:50 PM ^
Ford Field is looking a lot like South Korea.
Anybody else getting Mash while the "problem is corrected?"
August 14th, 2010 at 9:02 PM ^
Dude the game is in Pittsburg, and Ford Field is a dome
August 14th, 2010 at 9:07 PM ^
is not a dome...
August 14th, 2010 at 9:25 PM ^
Any stadium that has a roof is a domed stadium. In fact that is the exact definition of a domed stadium.
Wow look at that, a roof.
August 14th, 2010 at 9:50 PM ^
does not make a building a dome. Ford Field is a roofed stadium. a dome is a facility with a circular base and permanent roof.
August 14th, 2010 at 10:00 PM ^
Ford Field's roof is permanent. It does not retract.
August 14th, 2010 at 11:27 PM ^
But a roofed sports stadium is not necessarily a dome.
The Palace isn't a dome. The Joe isn't a dome. Crisler isn't a dome. Yet all three are roofed sports stadiums. I don't think Ford Field is a dome, either.
August 14th, 2010 at 11:48 PM ^
I see what you mean, but I'm pretty sure you're wrong. Say the dictionary definition as a sentence: "A dome is (among other things) a roofed sports stadium." The dictionary is not referring to a tendency for sports stadiums to be roofed with domes -- it is providing an objective definition. People might not refer to those buildings you listed as domes in colloquial speech, but the dictionary begs to differ.
August 15th, 2010 at 11:43 AM ^
Dictionary definitions aren't always perfect, coextensive synonyms. Often, those definitions list a larger, easier to envision group of which the defined word is a subset.
For example, one definition of "house" is "a building that serves as living quarters for one or a few families." Yet, that doesn't mean that all buildings that serve as living quarters are "houses." Apartments, igloos, tepees, and dorms all meet the same definition, and wouldn't be called houses.
Likewise, "domes" are a subset of enclosed sports facilities, but other facilities that are NOT domes (such as arenas or fieldhouses) meet the same definition. After all, Yost is an indoor sports facility, and I would hardly consider it a dome.
Lord this is a dumb debate. Kickoff needs to happen soon.
August 14th, 2010 at 9:06 PM ^
you've gotten any feeds from Ford Field. I'm stuck watching the preseason game taking place in Pittsburgh
August 14th, 2010 at 9:09 PM ^
Didn't know where it was at and watching Mash doesn't really help me with that info.
August 14th, 2010 at 8:54 PM ^
My TV service is breaking up, and for atleast 10 minutes during a Pittsburgh drive, I got a blank screen. Damn, as I was typing it was just suspended for lightning. This is upsetting me.
August 14th, 2010 at 9:17 PM ^
If that's how it's spelled, the rest of the game will be cc for the hearing impaired...