A Game You're Supposed to Win?

L, Detroit Lions 10 - New York Giants 16

As mentioned a while back, there is always a close game you win that you shouldn't and one the you should. This game falls into the later category. You'd figure after the bitter taste of last week's game would result, if this team is indeed a playoff team, they've GOT to win this one.

The Giants are a very good team but they are struggling a bit right now so my hopes were up. Unfortunately, you quickly see that the Lions are uptight and fall behind. This game is similar to the early Bears game where you expect the offense to come alive in time to snatch victory from a demoralizing defeat. No one told the G-men though. The sacked Kitna over and over and over and controlled the tempo of this sluggish game.

Afterwards, Jon Kitna expressed an arrogant opinion (from a team still trying to define itself) by saying "we are better than this team" in the locker room. It is my hope that Michael Strahan's retort is true (he said that this [Detroit] was the worst 6-2 team he had faced). We'll see.