Quote:Grats on a  big win yesterday for the boys in blue!  I'm pulling for your Lions in the NFC this year.  Hopefully they can put it all together and finally make the Super Bowl!  Looks like the way is paved for the playoffs, at any rate!

 

Also, thanks for your contribution to the board.  Always a pleasure.

 

 Thanks,  JaguarKick!     My pleasure with my contribution on the MB.    Each time I participate,  I learn something new.    Often many things new.

 

 Yesterday's win in Chicago felt like a playoff game.     Much like in the previous 2 games that basically went down to the wire  ( loss vs. Bengals,  win vs. Cowboys ),  this game had a multitude of twists and turns.    Nick Fairley went from a goat,  after a foolish roughing the passer penalty early on the Bears final drive,  to a football hero when he stuffed Matt Forte in the backfield on the Bears second 2 PT conversion attempt.    It was an emotional win.    It was fitting that Calvin Johnson caught two TD passes in this game and one was upheld by instant replay.     Especially when considering the TD and likely victory was taken away from the Lions at Soldier Field in 2010 because of one of the worst officiating calls in NFL history.    Hence,  this became the Lions first win in Chicago since 2007,   Megatron's rookie season.     The Lions now have swept the Bears and hence hold the head to head Division Tie Breaker.

 

 Plenty can happen from now to the end of the season.   The key for the Lions is to stay relatively healthy and remain focused.   There are a number of games coming up that the Lions will be favored in.   How this team handles being the team to beat in the NFC North will go along way in whether the Lions win the division.    There are no easy games in this league.

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