I agree, but it's not that leshoure can't catch, pett is horrid, scheff is an oaf, etc. this season was the biggest accumulation of the worst timed drops, piss poor throws from staff, and pathetic play calling I've seen in years. There is talent there. You can disagree with that all you want (even though I will agree they need a #2 WR). How many throws did stafford completely F up where he had a guy wide open and he threw a pathetic ball yards behind, in front of, or above a WR? Dozens, in key situations. This team was pathetic on 3rd down and timing was a big part of it. Just seemed like nobody was on the same page...and linehan didn't change the gameplan to try and fix that.

I agree, but it's not that leshoure can't catch, pett is horrid, scheff is an oaf, etc. this season was the biggest accumulation of the worst timed drops, piss poor throws from staff, and pathetic play calling I've seen in years. There is talent there. You can disagree with that all you want (even though I will agree they need a #2 WR). How many throws did stafford completely F up where he had a guy wide open and he threw a pathetic ball yards behind, in front of, or above a WR? Dozens, in key situations. This team was pathetic on 3rd down and timing was a big part of it. Just seemed like nobody was on the same page...and linehan didn't change the gameplan to try and fix that.

I had been thinking this since Staffords rookie season, how little of it we saw. He tosses the ball high very often. I am not convinced this guy is the future. Is he better than what we've had......I'm not quite so sure on that. I wanted to see Hill come in on a number of occations this past season. Hill does not have as strong of an arm but I feel he is much more accurate. How many of the "drops" were partly the Qb's fault due to the quality of the pass. Or look at YAC, if the ball would have been closer to target how many more yrds could the receivers have gotten, CJ especially. I've also read that Stafford is not very vocal.....don't really know. A QB needs to lead by example and be a vocal leader IMO.

I would really like to see Stafford get in a receivers face for a drop/bad route. That would do much more good than the shaking of the head and looking at the ground.


Anyway, Here's to next season Hope its a good one.

Frok

Calvin Johnson broke receiving record playing through broken fingers
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Posted by Michael David Smith on February 21, 2013, 12:21 PM EST

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Lions receiver Calvin Johnson broke the NFL record for receiving yards in a season in 2012. And that was even harder than previously known.

Johnson played with at least two broken fingers most of the season and is still being seen around Detroit with his hand wrapped, Chris McCosky of the Detroit News reports.

Although Johnson was banged up a lot last season, the fingers weren’t among the injuries the Lions listed on their official injury report. Johnson frequently missed practice with knee and ankle injuries and also said at one point during the season that he had suffered a concussion and nerve damage, although he later backtracked on that claim, after questions began to be raised about why the Lions’ medical staff cleared Johnson to return to the game in which he allegedly suffered that concussion.

Asked about it today at the NFL Scouting Combine, Lions coach Jim Schwartz would not confirm that Johnson had broken fingers, but he hinted that the report was true.

“I am not going to comment on any of our players’ health,” he said. “But that’s not uncommon for a wide receiver. . . . We don’t have any injury reports this time of year. And you know how I am about injuries.”

And we know how Johnson is about injuries: He plays through them. And plays like the best receiver in the NFL.

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