[Chief X_Phackter]

That was a tough game to watch for the many reasons some of you have already articulated. The refs were bad, especially at the end of the game, but the Giants just seemed like they wanted it more from the outset - appeared to be more physical overall. I thought the bye week was right on time, but I wonder if they would have performed better had they not had a week off. No excuses though, you have to be ready for that Prime Time game against a Division rival at home with the playoffs on the line...you have to.

I've never seen an offense look so good for the most part - before hitting the opponents 20-30 yard line, then completely forget how to call plays. Honestly, the defense is doing their job, but this offense has scored more than 20 points only four times this year. That doesn't scream playoffs to me...

The Lions have the Panthers, Bears and Packers left. They have already beaten the Bears and Packers, and I don't see them losing to the Panthers. My guess is we'll be on the outside looking in again. San Francisco's defense is going to swallow this O-line up whole, and Parsons & Company will make them look silly too. It's going to be tough to win more than one of the next three, if they play like they did last night. The Lions look like a much better team anyway - by far.

This team is destined to be middle of the road until we get a decent QB. Yeah the team rallies around Heinicke, they really really like him, he's gritty, blah blah blah.... But he's just not that good. The combination of him and S Turner is probably the worst in the league. I think I would probably take just about every other starting QB over him at this point. Don't be surprised if the C Wentz conversation pops up this week. I'm not sure this team would be worse off if he was under center. It might be the same, but I don't think it would be worse; not with the running game we have going lately.

Sucks, because I was really looking forward to this game for the last two weeks. What a let down...