Detroit Lions Week 8 Preview: Leading Rams to The Slaughter

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Published: November 1, 2009

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... one of the busiest offseasons in recent memory, the Lions overhauled their entire roster and coaching staff and immediately went to work. It isn't an easy task. When practice is not merely practice, but a season-long tryout, it wears on a man—on an organization. When a new coach constantly shuffles the lineup to find where his talent lies, chemistry is that much harder to find.

Currently, the Lions rank 21st in strength of schedule, a rank much lower than one might guess. Yet, the number seems misleading.

To make matters worse, the Lions faced a murderers row for the first half of this year—two division leaders, Minnesota and New Orleans, as well as last year's Super Bowl champions, the Pittsburgh Steelers. Those three teams have a combined three losses.

The Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers are teams which certainly have holes (as witnessed in their fustercluck of a Sunday night game in Week 1). Both, however, are years ahead of the Lions in te...

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