The Lions' Pride

The initial stuff from the game.

Refs blew from what I saw at the game. Waiting to see a couple of those on replay.

McGloin still has some times he gets out of whak(when he has to move his feet a ton unscripted, i.e. not a designed roll or what have you), but his reads have been much better. He forces some still which scares the beJesus out of us. But he is seeing the proper reads often(from what I can see as my opinion). As the season progresses, and they WR's and he get in tune, they will do even better. He is starting to try and throw the WR open at times and they werent ready for it occasionally. Think we can and will be better should he stay healthy and protected. Had some GREAT throws today to go with a few he forced.

Allen Robinson- Going to be a force for the opposition to deal with. ON the long TD, give MM credit too. Pump fake then nice touch over the top of one and in front of another.

Kyle Carter- Kid has hands. And if we get locked up with a zone defense team, he is the guy. He keeps moving to get open as plays are stretched longer than originally scripted.

Lehman has skills and nice size as well. Think he should be the #2 TE receiving option easily right now

Zordich- Better feet than I would have expected at times. Not gonna blow any open without help, but he isnt going to really hurt you either. Versatile.

Zwinak- Nice to see his play today. He looked pretty good out there. Pretty consistent and with O'B figuring this group runs better from a deep back set, we may have a solid run game coming into B1G play

OL- I think, still, that we can be solid here. Get Smith back and keep working these guys in. Get assignments figured out on a more consistent basis and go from there.

Dukes? Bueller? Bueller?- Clean uni when coming in for special teams late. What's O'B say though? Next guy up!

Liked much of what the offense showed today. Kenney more I would like. Keep finding other options so Robinson is forced to be guarded honestly..not with 5 guys(yes and intentional exaggeration)

Our defense loves to hit.

Mauti/Hill were what I expected. Hodges still a beast though I thought he lost contain a few times today and was yellin at him(Im sure he cringed) :D

CJ did well today. The ends playing were young, but the experience will help them much down the road. They arent "there" yet, however I find it tough to not say they show promising qualities.

Hull is still progressing nicely and I still am a big fan, no change there. :)

Carson I like more and more weekly, mostly since he is solid on sideline to sideline this year. Cut down on some bad angles and go to the next level even..

Our defense loves to hit.

Davis in @ CB with Morris and Amos to safety was fun to see and our "Nickle" with Hull out there. Be interested to see how that does down the road.

Our Defense loves to hit.

Morris can cover. Better with looking for the ball...still not good enough. Still want him out there fo' sho'.

Amos is just an athletic lookin dude, I will just say that. Pick a position, that statement doesnt change.

SOA- Still like his progression. Willis leads a good bit I think and solid. Just keep healthy and keep meshing DB's

Davis still has a ways to go, but toss him to the wolves and hope they learn fast will be something we need to become accustomed to.

Thought Butterworth had a good day out there and good for Sam...I was happy for him and hope he can gain some confidence better, just needs to get those kicks up some(trajectory).

Coverage units with Mauti/Hull/Kline/Zordich and others should be good, quite formidable looking out there . Love seeing some of those guys out there. Our punt block/return unit much more organized and doing multiple things and showing multiple looks.

Temples kicker will be getting some NFL action I think and they had some solid looking players out there. We controlled nearly all the game though and that was nice. Cut out some errors and it was a pretty solid game for our boys.

Enjoyed meeting some more of the board tailgating as well. Good times.