[Reccos]

I think you are being too tough on this team and the defence.

Yes, Printers looked shakey but this is not practice where it is a bit slower. Don't forget it is just coming out now that it was in the warmup that he knew he was starting. I watched the warmup and was a bit surprised that Dickenson was taking fewer first team snaps and that Buck Pierce was also taking a lot of pre-game snaps but it didn't dawn on me that there was anything wrong with the usual starter. Angus Reid said it started to spread through the team when they were in warmup!!!

This is a very good football team with guys who could start anywhere else sitting as backups!!!! The defence last night in the first half made Ricky Ray look like a rookie. It was the only in the second half Ray looked sharp at about the same time as our offence sputtered and left the defence out too long and we seemed to back off a bit.

In the first half the switch from the 30 to the 40 D confused Ray but mostly in the second half he had caught on to what the Lions were doing and made better throwing decisions. He did toss 3 INTs and Printers none.

O'Mahony punted fine but those two missed FGs at the end with minutes to go were brutal. One hit the cross from 14 yards - no points; the other was so weak it was ran out for great field position.

We did get some lucky pass interference calls in the first half when Casey struggled but that is what happens with older DBs who think they are going to be beat. They take penalties not to get beat.

The weakest 6 -0 team in history. That is so wrong it is laughable. This Lions team is likely the best in Lion history and could well go 18 Ws in a row.