Lions Vs. Vikings

Good Day Classmates!
Well in reality it wasnt a good day for the Detroit Lions as they played a pitiful game against the Minnesota Vikings, losing 20-13. After last weeks special teams collapse against the Tennessee Titans, you would figure that the Lions would go back to practice working very hard on their "special teams". Well, Minnesote showed everyone that the Lions special teams were very "special". The Lions won the coin toss and deferred to receive the ball in the second half and gave the ball to the Vikings first. As the kickoff reached retrurner, Percy Harvin, you could already see the alley open up for a long gain. And would'nt you know, Harvin shoots through the gap and explodes for a 105 yard kickoff return for a touchdown. The crowd begins to boo as they see how juch "work" the Lions must have put into their special teams over the week. This was only the beginning of their demise though. The offense just looked slow and very out of rythm. Stafford was throwing decent but the receiving core could not catach anything. I think if a cold managed to find its way to them they would probably drop that too. Impressive to say the least, not! The only sound aspect of the game for the Lions was the game paly of the defensive front 7. Though they let Adrian Peterson run wild, they tightened up in the redzone and only allowed 6 points to be scored by the Vikings offense. At the beginning of the second half, the Lions received the ball and had a quick 3 and out. They punted the ball and would'nt yyou know, the Vikings returned it over 60 yards to the house. This was the 4th touchdown allowed by the Lions special teams in the last 2 games. They have given up 9 touchdowns to their oppents defense and special teams so far this year. Needless to say, its the highest in the NFL so far. Detroit better straighten out their fundementals or its going to be one hell of a long year!