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Gameday chat: Thanksgiving

Published 2 days ago by noreply@blogger.com (Ty) at The Lions In Winter

We, as Lions fans, don’t have a whole lot to be thankful for—at least, not when it comes to our team.  However, we do have one special day: today.  Our team has been synonymous with this holiday for three quarters of a century.  Today, the record goes out the window, and the ...
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The Watchtower: Packers at Lions

Published 3 days ago by noreply@blogger.com (Ty) at The Lions In Winter

Traditionally, I start each Watchtower with a postmortem analysis of the previous game’s Watchtower . Suffice it to say, the Lions and Browns completely blew all of my predictions out of the water. Regular commenter Matt actually did much better than I: "You have to put the Browns' defense ...
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three cups deep: celebration
— thelionsinwinter.blogspot.com — Explosion. A bar full of people going completely wild; strangers high fiving and shouting and yelling and... pounding the tables. Cell phones ringing, hands clapping, chants, and glasses being drained. In the middle of it all, a young man and his ... (more) three cups deep: celebration

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the lions congregation: week ten

Published 7 days ago by noreply@blogger.com (Ty) at The Lions In Winter

Well, it’s time once again for the Lions Congregation—the weekly series over at the Church of Schwartz . Men living lives committed in service to the Schwartz discourse upon these questions three: Well respected ESPN columnist Kevin Seifert says the Lions have 7 keepers on their ...
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fireside chat #1

Published 8 days ago by noreply@blogger.com (Ty) at The Lions In Winter

Several weeks ago, I posted that I’d be producing some film clips called “ Fireside Chats ”.  Despite my nearly paralyzing self-conciousness about this, here’s the first in the series.  Please, let me know what you think:
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the watchtower: Lions vs. browns

Published 10 days ago by noreply@blogger.com (Ty) at The Lions In Winter

Wikipedia Commons Last week, we had the pleasure of deconstructing a team that had already gone under the knife: the Minnesota Vikings . This was both exciting and troubling: a historical analysis that relied heavily on historical data, run twice, should predict the same result—and we ...
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brownpocalypse

Published 11 days ago by noreply@blogger.com (Ty) at The Lions In Winter

Icon SMI Last night, I watched most of the Monday Night game between the Browns and Ravens .  I’d decided it'd be a good idea to take some notes, effectively TV scouting the Browns. I’m going to be real for a second here, folks: if the Lions can't beat the Browns in Ford Field, ...
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thelionsinwinter.blogspot.com - 12 days ago
three cups deep: reality check
— thelionsinwinter.blogspot.com — It eternally escapes me how a Lions fan--an otherwise rational human being, who wakes up and goes... to work and drinks coffee and does all of the things that a normal person such as you or I might do--can log on to, say, Mlive.com , on a Saturday, ... (more) three cups deep: reality check

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the lions congregation: WEEk TEN

Published 13 days ago by noreply@blogger.com (Ty) at The Lions In Winter

It’s time once again for the weekly worship at the Church of Schwartz! The men of the Lions Congregation--the best Lions bloggers on the Internet, plus me--gathered to moot the issues of the week: If Ernie Sims is ready to play in the next few weeks, where do you put him? Jeff ...
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not midseason grades

Published 16 days ago by noreply@blogger.com (Ty) at The Lions In Winter

Icon SMI Writers with their heads on a swivel, such as Big Al at the Wayne Fontes Experience, and Neil at Armchair Linebacker , have realized that this is the midpoint of the NFL season, and handed out midseason grades—or grade, as the case may be.  I am sullen and ashamed that I ...
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the watchtower: lions at vikings
thelionsinwinter.blogspot.com - 18 days ago
the watchtower: lions at vikings
— thelionsinwinter.blogspot.com — Before we delve into a very, very special Watchtower—the first to feature an opponent that has already... been Watchtower’d—let’s take a look at last week’s installment : Regardless of talent, Gunther Cunningham defenses disproportionately ... (more) the watchtower: lions at vikings

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three cups deep: the interceptioning
— thelionsinwinter.blogspot.com — . . . this is why I was calling for Stafford to be the starter from OTAs... forward.  If the object was for Matthew Stafford to succeed as quickly as possible, he needed reps.  Moreover, he needed all the reps with the ones .  Megatron, ... (more) three cups deep: the interceptioning

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arrrrrrrrgh time for lions already

Published 20 days ago by noreply@blogger.com (Ty) at The Lions In Winter

Seriously, who invented 4:00 kicks?  Time to go to all one time zone.  I'm ready.  Bring it on.  Lions.  Seahawks.  C'mon.  Let's go. Jiminy Christmas, Miami, let's see some Wildcat.  I don't care if New England'll sniff it right out and you'll lose, ...
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The church of Schwartz: Week Nine

Published 20 days ago by noreply@blogger.com (Ty) at The Lions In Winter

It’s time again for the Church of Schwartz ’s weekly roundtable of the most pious of Lions fans! Check out the latest installment for the answers to these imponderable questions three: How do you fix our special teams units? (After, of course, firing Stan Kwan) What is your ...
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Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet . . .

Published 23 days ago by noreply@blogger.com (Ty) at The Lions In Winter

Hey folks, it’s Mailbag time again.  I’m going to get right to it with a great one from Scott T.: I was watching SportsCenter tonight, and they cut to a preview segment of tonight's MNF game, with Matt Millen. For the first time, a raw emotion hit me as I listened to MM speak; loathing. ...
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the watchtower: lions at seahawks

Published 24 days ago by noreply@blogger.com (Ty) at The Lions In Winter

As regular readers know, I briefly revisit the previous Watchtower piece at the start of each new one.  Let me hold my nose and . . . Ultimately, Stafford’s return should give the Lions improved QB play over their season average. Combined with St. Louis’ horrific pass D, the Lions should ...
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any questions?

Published 25 days ago by noreply@blogger.com (Ty) at The Lions In Winter

We have more questions about this team than ever after this past week, so send them to me via email ( thelionsinwinter@gmail.com ), twitter ( @lionsinwinter ), or even Google Wave (also thelionsinwinter@gmail.com )!  You can also just reply to this thread. I'll do my dead-level best to get ...
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three cups deep: resignation

Published 26 days ago by noreply@blogger.com (Ty) at The Lions In Winter

Don't be fooled by the title! I'm not tendering my “resignation”, merely writing about my mood this morning. My second cup of coffee is slowly waking me up to reality: the Lions really lost to the Rams. Moreover, they looked completely impotent. It wasn’t just that they couldn’t score any ...
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the watchtower: lions vs. Rams

Published 29 days ago by noreply@blogger.com (Ty) at The Lions In Winter

Rob Milanov over at the Bleacher Report captured the feelings of Lions fans everywhere when he wrote, “ What Do You Do When Your Football Team Is Actually Favored To Win? ” That’s right—for the first time since the 2008 season opener, the Lions are four-point Vegas favorites . What, really?  ...
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