According to ESPN analyst, Mike Golic, The Detroit Lions have had the best offseason and i totally agree. Jim Schwartz has began building the Lions into a respectable franchise, bringing in players that can turn the Lions around. Nate Burleson, Kyle Vanden Bosch, Ndamukong Suh, and Jahvid Best bring with them the new Jim Schwartz attitude.
Now last year was a learning process. Jim Schwartz needed to know what he was working with. Obviously there wasn't anything spectacular about taking control of an 0-16 team but thankfully it's what we needed. It resulted in a revamp of the administration, which then led to getting key building blocks and veterans that could teach the bright new stars. This year Schwartz has been rebuilding the defense. Completely changing a defensive line that was just plain awful. Then adding more weapons on the offensive side of the ball to help give our promising new quarterback and wide receiver a little help spreading the ball around. Adding Nate Burleson and Tony Scheffler will be a tremendous help for Matthew Stafford and Calvin Johnson.
Looking at these key additions from the free agency and the draft, you can honestly say the Lions are done being the joke of the NFL. They are looking to build a new franchise that has some attitude. Being a Detroit Lions fan myself, i can say each year you hope the Lions to get a couple wins. This year I'm hoping for 8 wins and hopefully a playoff push, wild card would be nice. It'll show people we mean business and we are slowly on the up-and-up.
So lets start believing and lets show some support for these new Detroit Lions.
Oh by the way if you don't know who Zack Follett is.....you better start doing your research. He's going to be the next great Lions linebacker. Check out some of his hits on youtube from his Cal days.
-Josh
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