Yours truly has said it time and again in the past, but it bears repeating. The Detroit Lions must drive the odds-makers absolutely loony tune bonkers. How else to explain ----
The same team that was pummeled at home 48-17 by the lowly New York Jets just two weeks ago, somehow managed to rise up and knock off Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. Convincingly, 26-10.
True, the Pats were seriously banged up going in. They were without the services of their best pass rusher, half the secondary starters were on the mend, the offensive line had a couple holes, and their receiver corps had been gutted. But still, the Lions --THOSE Lions?? -- upsetting the Patriots? The same Patriots who were coming off a loss to Jacksonville, hence supposedly highly motivated to get a win? THOSE Patriots??
Get outta here.
Besides the Detroit puddy tats were six and a half point dogs. So sayeth (what's the past tense of "sayeth"? "Saideth"?) the above-mentioned odds-makers.
So this game wound up a whopping 32 and a half points differently than how the wise guys thought it would turn out?
It wouldn't be much of a stretch to claim the world of sports has never seen a more wacky and unpredictable team.
They're just about enough to make one want to sleep with the fishes.
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