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RipCity · Oct 26, 2008

Tickets remain. That was the story Sunday. For the first time at Ford Field, the Lions couldn’t sell out; the game was not televised. Some called this sad. Others called it merciful. Many didn’t notice.
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But as one of the lucky 54,312 in attendance, I feel obliged to report to you what you missed.

Not much.

Detroit actually scored in the first quarter for the first time all season. A touchdown with 13 seconds left. That makes the year-to-date first-quarter total: Opponents 57, Lions 7. Yay!

But besides that, there was nothing you haven’t seen before. The Lions had chances. They missed them. They had plays to make. They didn’t make them. They kept within shooting distance. Then shot themselves in the foot.

They converted two third downs, gave up 439 yards, lost by eight, 25-17, and walked off the field.

And afterward, Rod Marinelli insisted, earnestly — and he is nothing if not earnest — that he was going to “just keep doing what I do,” even though some would argue that what he actually does is coach a losing football team.

“I’m coaching the dog out of them,” he said. “... We’re just not getting it done on Sunday.”

This is honest and unacceptable. It’s a bit like saying, “I went to med school, I scrubbed up, but I keep removing the kidney instead of the appendix.”

In “doing what they do,” the Lions don’t make big plays. They don’t convert. And they are 0-7.

Tickets remain.
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