- I don't understand the constant complaining about Matthew Stafford on Twitter today. He is by far the best quarterback the Lions have had that I can remember. And the Lions scored 10 first quarter points. That was a nice TD throw he made to Brandon Pettigrew.

- Frank Core is going to make big plays. The Lions can't afford really big ones like the one they just allowed.

- Lions have to get the ball out of Gore's hands. They have to get it into Alex Smith's hands. Only way to do that is to crowd the line.

- If the Lions had a bigger back with some running ability, it'd 14-7 instead of 10-7. They would have scored a TD rather than a FG after the turnover.